Her cousin Charity joins her to be with Caroline and to find her lost love. I absolutely loved this book! It is such a good love story.Ĭaroline has lived in Boston since she was 4 but her father has demanded her to return home to England right away. As always, a definite must read from a brilliant & accurate authour. In short, Rebellious Desire is typical early Julie Garwood (circa 1986), but just as desirable as any of her more recent novels.

Together with her friends, family, and love interest she battles against someone who has taken quite a dislike to her. Her love interest, Jered/Bradford, is the one who gets answers and figures out what's going on. The night that she can't remember comes back to haunt Caroline although she doesn't realize it. Some are accepting and others love to walk around with their noses in the air.

We get to be a part of the beauty, Caroline, and her cousin, Chasity, being introduced to the socially elite ton of England & the intriguing Earls, Duke, Marquis, etc. She has no recollection of the night mentioned in the prologue, only that she had an extreme phobia of pistols when she was younger & worked to overcome it to the point where she could 'shoot a speck of dust.' Then we jump to 14 years later where she returns to England & is reunited with her father. The prologue throws us into a dark chilly night where a young damsel (circa 1700s) is defending her daddy via a pistol. It follows the typical romantic storyline of where it's obvious that the couple love each other, but for some reason they are trying to deny it, as well as some hidden agenda that is slowly revealed & that they have to work together in order to figure it all out. However, that does not make this novel any less appealing. Therefore it is not quite as polished as her more recent novels, as seen through a significant use of exclamation marks and various wording. 'Rebellious Desire' is one of Julie Garwood's earlier works. The kind of man you want to peel back the exterior and find what has him brooding beneath. She determines to make the best of any situation and is a very likable character. Jered discovers this and is determined to protect her for though he doesn't trust her, he does feel something for her and will kill whoever dares to keep her from him.Ĭaroline is intelligent, witty, and strong. Her father doesn't realize that the danger isn't over. Caroline doesn't realize that her father sent her to Boston to keep her safe. He is immediately drawn to the fiesty American. Soon he discovers that she is protecting a friend of his from bandits. When Jered Marcus Benton, the Duke of Bradford, meets Caroline for the first time, she threatens to shoot his horse. Suddenly, her father sends word that she must return to him in England. Caroline Richmond has been living in Boston with her uncle and his family since she was a small child.

Rebellious desire by julie garwood