Review: Lord of Darkness

Lord of Darkness by Elizabeth Hoyt
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Reading the earlier books in the series when you've the later books is slightly disconcerting because you know that certain people are married, or aren't who they seem, and it can be confusing.

Nevertheless, this was an entertaining read.

Godric St John's first wife died a decade ago. He was blackmailed into marrying Margaret by her older brother Griffin in exchange for Griffin's silence about Godric's secret identity as the Ghost of St Giles. Margaret was pregnant at the time with her dead lover's baby and needed a husband to save herself from being ostracised by society. Unfortunately Margaret (or Megs as she prefers) lost the baby shortly after the marriage. Since that time two years ago Megs has lived on Godric's country estate and Godric has lived in London. But now Megs desperately wants a baby and is determined to avenge the murder of her lover so she returns to London. The twist? She believes her lover was murdered by the Ghost of St Giles!

Godric and Megs are both in love with people who died and both believe that they can never love again. But as they fight and spend time together it seems there may be a second chance for both of them. But the real identity of the murderer is a mystery and leads the two of them into danger.

I enjoyed this, Godric was a bit irritating at times with his obsession with rescuing the people of St Giles but in the end he was quicker to realise that he loved Megs than she was to realise that she loved him - so it all worked out in the end.

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