His Captive Lady (The Devil Riders)

I have read several of Ms. Gracie's books and LOVED all of them for different reasons - the humor that catches you by surprise, the wonderful characters and well-woven plots, but I think this one is my most favorite. Although I think I cried the most with this one, it was such a tender story, it really touched my heart. Thank you, thank you, Ms. Gracie, I bow before you in awe of your storytelling abilities.

This is a wonderful story. It has Anne Gracie's wonderful writing style and characters. I laughed and cried with this one!

Harry Morant can't take his eyes off the woman in the rain. She's wet and muddy, and the most fascinating woman he has ever seen. Not knowing why, he gives her his favorite hat and gloves to protect her from the rain before she disappears. She fills his mind even as his aunt searches for a wife for him. Nell Freymore only wants to get home. Everything will be all right once she gets there and she can start looking for her baby daughter. Except that when she gets there everything is not okay. Her father has lost their home in a card game. And now Nell is homeless and alone. The kindness of a stranger went a long way to sooth her bruised spirit. Their paths cross again when Harry wants to buy the home her father lost. Nell is amazed that the man with the grey eyes wants to buy her house. Out of the blue Harry asks Nell to marry him, to the surprise of them both. And she refuses him though she doesn't want to. She will be companion to a widowed lady going to London. She can stand the way Mrs. Beasley treats her if it means finding her baby. Nell is the only choice for Harry but she can't let him ruin things. She has plans for after she finds Torie and he is not a part of them. No matter how persistent he is. Harry wants Nell with every breathe in his body but how will he feel about her when he hears the truth? The second in the Devil Rider's series, His Captive Lady is better than I'd expected it to be. I used to read every historical I could get my hands on then somehow I strayed. I do believe I have been lured back. I love the interactions between Harry and Nell. Nell turns Harry's brain to mush when he's around her. I laughed at his surprise when he asked her to marry him. He didn't even see it coming. Nell has to learn to trust this man who is so different from anyone she has ever known. A definite feel good ending. Willow Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

A Heart warming story, could not put book down. The story was rich and so well written. Touched so many events in life, had me in tears, but Happy tears. Great Book, looking forward to more from the author. Thanks Ms. Anne Gracie

This book is one of my favorites. I usually read a book then turn it in for credit to the used book store. I have a few that I keep, this is one of them. Harry was strong yet vulnerable which we all want in our romantic heroes. Nell evoked sympathy without being pathetic; she was strong and independent without being shrill or pushy. Nell's torment was palpable and Harry's tender concern for her was touching. They made a great pair and the secondary characters really brought the story to life. I loved Ethan and Tibby and their romance. I don't want to give the story away (potential spoiler) but Nell's yearning to find lost child and her suffering were very real. Harry's genuine desire to see her happy at any cost to himself was stirring. I highly recommend this book.

It is without a doubt that Anne Grazie has to be one of the most amazingly talented romance writers today, able to create novels brimming with heart wrenching emotion, humor and tenderness and characters that revolve around the human spirit. With HIS CAPTIVE LADY - she has done just that. While traveling to see an old dilapidated estate for sale, Harry Morant spies a woebegone and thoroughly soaked woman sitting at the back of a cart. One look at her soulful and beguilingly griefstricken gaze and he is lost. He removes his hat and gloves, hands them to her for protection against the elements and rides off. Lady Helen Freymore (Nell) is a fallen woman returning home. She has lost everything - her self respect, her virtue, the child she has given birth to illegitimately and now her father is dead as well. On a quest to return to London to look for her lost infant, a stranger's unexpected kindness gives her hope in her otherwise hopeless world. Upon arrival at her home - she realizes that the stranger on the road, Harry Morant is now the new owner. He has purchased her father's crumbling estate with hopes of starting his stud farm and breed priced race-horses. When Harry sees Nell in the stables, as she is helping her mare birth a foal, he is instantly captivated - as he realizes that "Lady Nell Fraymore" was the bedraggled, wet waif at the back of the cart in the forest. Harry impulsively proposes marriage to the destitute Nell - he already feels a powerful attraction to her and an inexplicable need to protect her. What follows is the start to a really beautiful, tender and powerful love story. The circumstances that have befallen Nell will bring tears to your heart for her plight and anguish over her lost child. Not to mention the cruel and heartless childhood that Harry has suffered. How he has retained any semblance of kindness after such an abusive childhood is amazing. These two souls come together under amazing circumstances, each starved for affection in their own way. Being a bastard, Harry has received scorn and rejection all his life and feels that someone as lovely as Nell will never care for him. Nell has fallen instantly in love with the caring, noble and wonderfully tender Harry, but feels that her plight will never allow him to love her. You will laugh, cry and cheer at their story. Anne Gracie's novels are powerful, moving and beautifully written. If you liked HIS CAPTIVE LADY - check out "GALLANT WAIF" and "AN HONORABLE THIEF" and "THE PERFECT WALTZ" - they are my favorites!

It's been a long time since a book kept me so interested, I stayed up all night to finish it. I found His Captive Lady everything I long for in a good romance. There was a little mystery, a lovely heroine and a hero that I could fall in love with! Harry was a man that was definitely masculine, but with a tenderness for his lady that made my heart melt! A definite keeper!!