Devil at the Gates, Lauren Smith
Devil at the Gates, Lauren Smith
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Devil at the Gates
A Gothic Romance

Author: Lauren Smith

Narrator: Nathaniel Priestley

Unabridged: 4 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Lauren Smith

Published: 07/20/2021


Synopsis

One dark night she meets her fate in the arms of shadowy duke…Fleeing a cruel stepfather, Harriet Russell escapes into a stormy night, relying only on the mercy of servants to help her. Her coach overturns, leaving her and her driver injured. Seeking help from whoever lives nearby, she stumbles between a set of gates guarded by fierce demonic gargoyle statues. As she enters the shadowy, haunted lands belonging to the Duke of Frostmore, she’s afraid of meeting with him, but she must in order to help her driver. Harriet comes face to face with the duke, she understands why he’s called the Devil of Dover, with his fierce sensual magnetism and his frightening temper. He’s beautiful, tempting and dangerous…He made a mistake once by falling in love and death followed…After the tragic deaths of his wife and brother, Redmond Barrington, the Duke of Frostmore, wants to be left alone and has barred all strangers from his lands. When an injured young woman begs for help, he finds himself reconsidering his vow of solitude as Christmas draws near. Harriet is as unwilling to trust in love as he is. What begins with a terrifying tension between them soon becomes something else entirely, a sensual passion that frightens him with its intensity. The more time he spends with her, the more Redmond wonders if fate might give him a second chance to chase away the ghosts of his past.

About Lauren Smith

Lauren Smith is an Oklahoma attorney by day and USA Today bestselling author by night who pens adventurous and edgy romance stories. She has won multiple awards for her work, including the New England Readers' Choice Award and the Greater Detroit Booksellers' Best Award, and was an Amazon.com Breakthrough Novel Award quarter-finalist and a semi-finalist for the Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Award. She was a 2018 RITA finalist in the Romance Writers of America Contest.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kat valentine ( Katsbookcornerreads) on December 05, 2023

This was a fantastic gothic romance!!!! I have always loved gothic romance and from the beginning something about this cover drew my attention! It reminded me of the gothic covers I loved as a teenager. Devil at the Gate had all the things I love. A dark handsome dangerous duke and a gusty heroine t......more

Goodreads review by Debbie on April 12, 2020

Really enjoyed this story I loved Redmond. He was such a great hero. But he did have a couple of moments where I wanted to slap him so that is why it is four stars. I just was stunned by a decision he made in the last section of the story. I dont want to spoil it but he does something very stupid but......more