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In the Captive, arguably the most powerful book Grace Burrowes has written to date, the heroine stole my heart. As much as I dislike the label of "strong heroine," which is overused in reviews and, as such has been nearly stripped of its meaning, I'm at a loss for a better description.

Gillian, the Countess of Greendale, epitomizes of strength in the face of adversity, though, adversity is too mild a word for the personal hell her life had been while her husband was alive. And she managed a narrow escape from his nefarious posthumous plans, bruised, but by no means broken, because her husband's torment had taught her to think out of the box and defy him without engaging in direct confrontation. In other words, her thoughts and actions fit with the time period, in which she lives. And her experiences molded her to become the female counterpart of the hero.

After Christian returns home to England, hurt physically, but unbroken psychologically - the parallels are obvious - Gillian takes over the running of his household, and in many ways of his life, on the condition that he returns to his country estate and spends time with his daughter. There, during hot summer months, sheltered from the eyes of society, two damaged people find that their cracked edges fit together and their friendship heals their scars. Their love story is as heartfelt as it is compelling, and, endless orange peeling and lemonade swilling aside, I thoroughly enjoyed the book.


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The Captive Captive Hearts Grace Burrowes 0760789240805 Books Reviews

Gilly, who was initially supposed to marry Christian (Duke of Mercia), was paired to an old and merciless Earl while he married her cousin Helene.
Helene did not love Christian and, at her request, he went to war to run away from their failing marriage, but ended up as a war prisoner tortured endlessly by the French.
After Christian went to war, Gilly helped Helene and took care of her daughter Lucy, becoming responsible for the child when her cousin passed away. Her husband also died and although he was old and ill, an inquiry took place and she was nearly accused of his death.
When Mercia managed to escape prison, he seemed in no hurry to go to his daughter, so Gilly came to town to call him on his paternal duties. She found a man so battled and frail that he could hardly eat or drink. He asked for her help to manage his house and to help him reconnect with his daughter and they stroke a beautiful friendship that slowly grew into love.
But there were secrets in her past that made her afraid of ever marrying again and he was too settled on revenge against his captors to give a chance to love. On top of that, strange things were happening and threatening their lives.
Great romance with suspense, adventure, friendship, and love.
This certainly began as a five star book for me. As the book progressed toward Christian and Gilly's relationship, it was a little slow but I realize from reading many of Ms. Burrowes' books, this is the way her stories play out. The characters are interesting enough and there is so much to their lives upon which light is shed ever so slowly - I was definitely intrigued and engaged for much of the book.

However, at some point - about 3/4th of the way through the book, I began to grow impatient with the same old routine of the H/h that nearly always accompanies this author's books - that would be the game of that goes like this The hero eventually realizes he loves his gal but she is resisting, even though she may have started it by kissing him a few times square dab on the mouth - apparently it was loneliness, the need for affection, curiosity, etc. But... oh no - not marriage - never that. Of course the reasons are never really justified as was the case in this book - at least not to this reader's mind.

Gillian did have her sorrows - dear me, this book was riddled with the recounting of two sorrowful lives. Both Christian and Gillian were horribly misused and abused and to Ms. Burrowes' credit, she doesn't go into all the horrid details that some writers might have done considering the subject of the storyline - torture at the hands of the French for Christian and a horrible life married to her elderly, miserly, devil of a husband for Gillian from the time she was 17 years old. Don't misunderstand, there are details aplenty and probably too many for some readers. All I'm saying is that the handling of the details might have been presented with less palpability making it more difficult for sensitive readers to digest the story - of which I consider myself one. Thankfully, Ms. Burrowes' gives us the hard facts and some details and leaves the rest to our imagination.

The fact that the H/h can come together for friendship, camaraderie, solace and eventually love might have been resolved a little earlier on and the reader could have basked in the sweetness of two minds wholeheartedly enjoying one another after all they had endured. But, no - Gillian's persona would not give up her whole heart until near the end of the story. Personally, I get very weary of this same old mentality which abounds in many of Ms. Burrowes' books. The old "I'm not good enough," or "You deserve someone better than me," or "I can't get married again and have another man be in control of my life" - whatever the reason - it never makes any sense because the storyline always includes two people who belong together and will do well together. This type of reasoning on the party who won't get with the program never makes sense to me and becomes plain old boring after awhile.

**Spoilers** Then the ending took the cake. I won't go into the details because to do so would give too much away but I did not care for the ending. Some people who should have paid dearly did not. So much philosophizing about what is/was just and how best to let the past be, etc. when someone - St. Just perhaps - might have lived up to his name and performed a bit of "justice" on behalf of the injured and take out the sucker. The ending was too contrived and too mealy mouthed by a long shot. For crying out loud, if you're going to give the readers agony about torture and mayhem for a good portion of the book, then at least, give us the satisfaction of seeing "all" the culprits in question come to a swift and righteous end. By the end, Christian's torturer was being presented as an "almost" hero? I didn't want to see him in that light - not at all.
In the Captive, arguably the most powerful book Grace Burrowes has written to date, the heroine stole my heart. As much as I dislike the label of "strong heroine," which is overused in reviews and, as such has been nearly stripped of its meaning, I'm at a loss for a better description.

Gillian, the Countess of Greendale, epitomizes of strength in the face of adversity, though, adversity is too mild a word for the personal hell her life had been while her husband was alive. And she managed a narrow escape from his nefarious posthumous plans, bruised, but by no means broken, because her husband's torment had taught her to think out of the box and defy him without engaging in direct confrontation. In other words, her thoughts and actions fit with the time period, in which she lives. And her experiences molded her to become the female counterpart of the hero.

After Christian returns home to England, hurt physically, but unbroken psychologically - the parallels are obvious - Gillian takes over the running of his household, and in many ways of his life, on the condition that he returns to his country estate and spends time with his daughter. There, during hot summer months, sheltered from the eyes of society, two damaged people find that their cracked edges fit together and their friendship heals their scars. Their love story is as heartfelt as it is compelling, and, endless orange peeling and lemonade swilling aside, I thoroughly enjoyed the book.