An enjoyable cast of secondary characters liven up each scene, and the English countryside is vibrant. His emotional issues stem from a home incapable of love, reared by indifferent parents who reveled in their own bacchanal pursuits.Īfter ten years in jailed squalor, Rachel finds her way back to a civilized life, interacting with people, enjoying the gardens and flowers, and of course, reading. Rachel, having suffered greatly, is drawn sharply against Sebastian, who hasn’t suffered or been deprived. Scenes in this novel feel very intimate, as though you’re “right there” in the room with these characters. After the horrors she’s endured, she understandably has PTSD. Sebastian flexes his power to arrange an unusual sentence – she can either serve out more time, or agree to be his housekeeper, under his “supervision.” His goal is to seduce her, and he wants her to respond to him, not to be limp or comatose or disgusted or traumatized. When she lifts her head, Sebastian is captivated by her face, particularly her eyes. She’s charged with a petty crime – stealing apples. As part of the village tribunal about to pass sentence upon her, Sebastian hears the details of her case.
We first see her as flattened, graying before her time, bent over from years of bleak imprisonment, for the crime of murder – which she did not commit. We know he must change, the grist to creating an unforgettable story.Įnter Rachel Wade. As readers, we’re drawn to his seductiveness, his imperious confidence, but we’re also repelled how shallow and self-serving he is. Gaffney, for not sugar-coating this character. Once he loses his youth and looks, this is a man who won’t have much to offer other than money.īravo, Ms.
If he were to stay on this particular trajectory, we could only assume he’ll go to seed, done in by his boredom, sexual appetites and contempt for his fellow man.
He’s not into noblesse oblige, he’s into satisfying his own whims. Sebastian is a rake, headed toward thirty with no real accomplishments other than attaining his future title. Paragraphs so vivid, that it seemed like a cinema screen unfolding in front of me. Readers who love a bona fide dark hero and self-doubting yet steadfast heroine should love this story. “To Have and To Hold” is an apt title, in that Sebastian, the male lead, initially “has” the heroine sexually, and throughout the course of the book, learns to really “hold” her. To Have and To Hold Patricia Gaffney 9780451207852 Books Download As PDF : To Have and To Hold Patricia Gaffney 9780451207852 Books To Have and To Hold Patricia Gaffney 9780451207852 Books
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