Only a true, deep, calm reassuring love can eventually overcome such fears.

The abuse and harshness was a reality that broke my heart, but I know that not only emotional, but physical scars were left. While researching my own family history I've uncovered many similar, harsh, emotionless relationships between parent and child. I can connect with the inner fear he experienced as a result of those actions. I was touched by the mention of the harsh training Nathaniel had to endure as a child by his uncle in his effort to makehim a strong (proper, probably emotionally detatched) adult, and how deeply those actions affected his adulthood and relationship reactions. What was one of the most memorable moments of Her Mad Baron? and far more important that personal happiness or love. Not only was the story steeped with emotional intrigue and inner battles the main characters had to face, it reflected the 'emotional unattachment, distance' often seen between parents and children of that time period. What made the experience of listening to Her Mad Baron the most enjoyable? This version includes the first chapter of The Powder of Love.

Originally published as The Mad Baron by Summer Devon. Together they must break his addiction and expose the villain who would destroy his life. But Nathaniel's offer of employment intrigues her. Florrie, now a shopgirl, has foresworn her life of adventure. Addicted to his captor's drugs and bent on revenge, Nathaniel seeks out the feisty thief who freed him. When she discovers they're trapped together, she devises a clever escape. The dashing, drugged man in the locked room soon sweeps her into his story - and his bed. But, barricaded in a small room, he can't outwit his mysterious jailer.ĭetermined to steal back one of her father's swords, Florrie Cadero gets more than she bargained for when she breaks into the baron's mansion. At first, certain he's gone insane, Nathaniel learns potent opiates are the cause of his strange vision. Nathaniel, the new Baron Felston, awakes from a fever to discover he's a prisoner on his own estate.

Her mad baron