Borrowed Dreams

by May McGoldrick

Book Overview

USA Today bestselling author

Winner of the Holt Medallion for Best Historical Romance

Romantic Times Award Winner for Best British-Set Historical Romance

A unique twist on Beauty and the Beast

The Burdened Widow...

Millicent Wentworth is burdened by the sins of her deceased husband and determined to undo the wrongs he inflicted upon the innocent souls...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1960330268
• ISBN13: 9781960330260
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Book Duo Creative LLC
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

**TOTALLY AWESOME**

I haven't even finished this book and I can rate it already. Have had all of her books for quite some time but waiting for my daughter to read. I am finally reading them and I am so sorry I took this long to do it. I find it hard to believe that the last one is only rated four stars. The thing I love so much about this book (don't get me wrong, have loved them all) is the way Millicent & Lyon "Aytoun" interact. Their verbal encounters are so very real. It makes you feel like you could be in the room with them. Even though he is an Earl of the peerage and she is highborn, Jim & Nikoo are able to make it quite everyday. I don't know if I am speaking of this correctly but this book is by far one of the """BEST""" books I have ever read. All of her books are on my KEEPER shelf. The thing of it is...I DON'T WANT IT TO END. :):):)

Great start to a series

Millicent and Lyon marry for conviences; for her, it's to save her estate and help her people; for him, it's a matter of indifference. Lyon can't walk and has sunk into a deep depression. His mother instigates the marriage, hoping that Millicent will either care for her son humanely (as she refused to send him to Bedlam, as everyone else wishes) or find a way to help him.Both characters are stubborn and likeable, human and heroic.On a side note, a husband and wife authored this book. It's rare to find romances written written by a team of writers, especially one that is male. I hope they write more books together!

Great beginning to new series !

The McGoldrick team has released another winner. This is a wonderful story about overcoming adversity. The supporting characters were exceptional. All around a great read. This was a great beginning to a new series. I am in anticipation of the brother's stories.

Engaging Georgian romance

In 1772 though she owes a fortune due to her nasty deceased husband's debts to Jasper Hyde, Millicent Wentworth spends more than she can afford to buy an elderly Jamaican slave. Millicent immediately frees Ohenewaa while Jasper goes wild over learning he was outbid because he obsesses over owning the aging former slave.Needing money badly, Millicent agrees to wed Lyon Pennington, a wealthy invalid wallowing in self-pity. His family pays off her debts and he is moved to her home where many free former slaves earn a wage. As Millicent pushes Lyon around and with the aid Ohenewaa a healer, he begins to recover much of what he lost in the accident that left his first wife dead. As the English couple falls in love, Jasper becomes desperate to get hold of Ohenewaa so he can force her to "free" him from her curse. He is willing to kill anyone in his way of achieving his goal.This engaging Georgian romance works on several layers besides the obvious romance between the lead couple. The secondary players provide depth to the high morality of the prime protagonists so that the audience feels the mental anguish and physical pain of Lyon and the need bordering on guilt for Millicent to make retribution for her odious first husband's treatment of people. Though the Jasper subplot adds little to the prime tale except suspense and action, sub-genre readers will strike gold with this deep tale.Harriet Klausner