Wild

By Margo Maguire

Book Overview

No woman could tame him . . . He moves with the grace of a predator--savage, dangerous, wild. For Grace Hawthorne, the newly arrived stranger is unlike any man she has ever known. Proud, defiant, mesmerizingly masculine, he flouts convention and refuses to enter into proper society. Is he the real Anthony Maddox, heir to a glittering earldom Or an arrogant imposter, sworn to claim what doesn't belong to him Including Grace. Practically engaged to another, the well-bred lady's companion is now entrusted with the task of civilizing the primitive nobleman. Determined to fulfill her duty and nothing more, she tries to ignore her growing desire for Anthony, but it is a futile endeavor. As they come together in a scandalous secret liaison, Grace must choose between the conventional life she was born to lead . . . and a future with a man as unpredictable as he is irresistible.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B007YTOOHK
• ISBN13: 9780061667879
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.3" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Reviewed by Wild on Books!

Presumed dead over twenty years ago, Anthony Maddox is finally returning to England. He is not happy with this and proceeds to let everyone know exactly how he feels. The only person who knows who he is, his grandmother, accepts him for who he is but also knows that in order for him to be accepted in society, he needs to someone who will teach him the way of the ton. The only person Anthony's grandmother can trust with this highly secretive endeavor is her companion Grace Hawthorne. Grace understands the seriousness of Anthony's grandmother's request. As much as she wants to refuse, Grace is unable to do so. Anthony is intriguing to her and she can't get him out of her head. Teaching Anthony how to be a gentleman will take every bit of knowledge and know-how she has. Anthony loves to be outrageous and inappropriate - two things that are a must if he wants to take his place in the social order of the peerage. WILD by Margo Maguire is awesome. Her ability to fully immerse her readers in historical England always amazes me and WILD is no different. The plot of a `wild' boy grown into a man and suddenly found and asked to resume his place in his family was enough for me to take a second and even third look. Had Grace not been able to `tame' Anthony I was ready to offer my services but alas, this enigmatic and beautiful woman was exactly what bad boy Anthony needed. Grace had a hidden naughty side that I found refreshing and I really loved watching Grace's interactions with Anthony. WILD is exactly the type of historical romance that makes me want to grab a seat, settle in, and read the entire book in one sitting. Which, to be honest, is exactly what I did! ***Natalie S. for Wild on Books***

engaging historical romance

Two decades ago Anthony Maddox went on an African safari with his father and never returned to London. While his family and friends assume he died, his grandmother Lady Sutton prayed for a miracle that she would see him one last time before she died. Shocking everyone in 1829, an adult Anthony comes home. However, he is no longer the polite behaved child; instead he is a savage who flaunts the inane rules of High Society. Unaccepted by all except his grandma and yet desired by the ladies due to that same lord of the jungle unacceptability, the WILD Lord Sutton shocks the aristocracy with his behavior. A whisper campaign insists he is in an imposter taking advantage of a foolish lonely old woman. However Lady Sutton believes he is genuine and asks her companion Grace Hawthorne to tame the beast by teaching him proper etiquette. As they see each other daily, they fall in love, but he needs to go home to Africa to enact revenge on the individual who left him ostracized; that compulsion changes when he realizes someone wants his beloved spinster dead he believes because of him. This intriguing early nineteenth century Tarzan meets the Ton and Jane in England is an engaging historical romance. The story line is at its best when the student purposely misbehaves to impishly get a rise out of his tutor. The avenging subplot feels overdone and though understandable never quite holds up to the Tarzan-Jane prime theme that sub-genre fans will relish. Harriet Klausner