Book Review: The Duke With the Dragon Tattoo by Kerrigan Byrne

A touch of “The Count of Monte Cristo” and a “The Princess Bride” made this book a fun read. If you have read these two classics, then you know what I mean. If you haven’t, there really is nothing to worry about. “The Duke With the Dragon Tattoo” is a story on its own right, albeit the title is so very familiar with a contemporary tale out of Sweden.

A story of second chances both in love and in life, “The Duke With the Dragon Tattoo” follows Lorelai and Ash who met when they were in their teens and barely adults. Separated by a cruel act, they never forgot each other. And when Lorelai needed Ash the most, he came back for her.

If we follow the normal romance genre formula, it should have been a “happily ever after” on that point. But author Kerrigan Byrne had other plans as she took readers to Lorelai and Ash’s journey of self-discovery and falling in love all over again.

The Duke With the Dragon Tattoo is Rated T for Teens due to some violence and some mature themes.

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Description

Kerrigan Byrne returns to her captivating Victorian Rebels series with the USA Today bestselling The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo.

The bravest of heroes. The brashest of rebels. The boldest of lovers. These are the men who risk their hearts and their souls—for the passionate women who dare to love them…

He is known only as The Rook. A man with no name, no past, no memories. He awakens in a mass grave, a magnificent dragon tattoo on his muscled forearm the sole clue to his mysterious origins. His only hope for survival—and salvation—lies in the deep, fiery eyes of the beautiful stranger who finds him. Who nurses him back to health. And who calms the restless demons in his soul…

A LEGENDARY LOVE

Lorelai will never forget the night she rescued the broken dark angel in the woods, a devilishly handsome man who haunts her dreams to this day. Crippled as a child, she devoted herself to healing the poor tortured man. And when he left, he took a piece of her heart with him. Now, after all these years, The Rook has returned. Like a phantom, he sweeps back into her life and avenges those who wronged her. But can she trust a man who’s been branded a rebel, a thief, and a killer? And can she trust herself to resist him when he takes her in his arms?

“Byrne is a force in the genre.”—RT Book Reviews