My Beautiful Enemy (Heart of Blade, #2)

by Sherry Thomas

In this spellbinding romance by the acclaimed, USA Today bestselling author of The Luckiest Lady in London, a beautiful and cunning woman meets her match in a man just as dangerous and seductive as she is, putting both her heart and her future at risk…  

Hidden beneath Catherine Blade’s uncommon beauty is a daring that matches any man’s. Although this has taken her far in the world, she still doesn’t have the one thing she craves: the freedom to live life as she chooses. Finally given the chance to earn her independence, who should be standing in her way but the only man she’s ever loved, the only person to ever betray her.

Despite the scars Catherine left him, Captain Leighton Atwood has never been able to forget the mysterious girl who once so thoroughly captivated him. When she unexpectedly reappears in his life, he refuses to get close to her. But he cannot deny the yearning she reignites in his heart.

Their reunion, however, plunges them into a web of espionage, treachery, and deadly foes. With everything at stake, Leighton and Catherine are forced to work together to find a way out. If they are ever to find safety and happiness, they must first forgive and learn to trust each other again…

• ISBN10: 0425268896
• ISBN13: 9780425268896
• Publish Date: 5 August 2014
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Berkley
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 304
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780425268896

Reviews

[Amanda]

3.5

My Beautiful Enemy is told in dual timelines, and, like other books that employ this tactic, it took a while to settle into the story. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it can require a specific mood to get into, especially when the bulk of the romance happens in the past timeline.

As is the case here.

That said, the only thing stopping me from rating this book higher is the ending; certain parts of the romance (not the sex! AHEM) happened so easily I had to blink and reread just to make sure it had really happened. It was anti-climatic, especially when the rest of the book seemed to pull and tug at my heart strings because ALL THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED.

The suspense plot line was, perhaps, also lacking in tension right in the end, with enough clues early on to guess who was causing trouble, but not enough clues to figure out why or how beforehand, so it was a surprise and obvious, all at once. If that makes sense.

But I did enjoy that a good portion of this book took place away from England and included Chinese culture. I want more Sherry Thomas books, and despite my promise to myself that I'd attend to my non-historical romance books sitting unread on my shelves, all I want to do is check to see if my library has more Sherry Thomas books.