Eve Silver - His Wicked Sins

Henry Pugh has been called to a gruesome murder scene. The owners of a local pub are killed in a very bloody manner. Upstairs he finds the maid Ginny, with her hair scalped from her head and her fingers cut off… And the horror doesn’t end there.
Years later Elizabeth travels to Yorkshire to attend a teaching position on a local boarding school. She needs the job to help her family survive. But when she gets at the village, it appears that they have forgotten her. Luckily for her, Griffin Fairfax is on his way to the school to visit his daughter. His nearness evokes feelings in Elizabeth she hasn’t felt before.
But once at the school rumors about the handsome gentleman makes her apprehensive. He seemed to have been the one discovering the dead bodies of several of the serial killers victims. When Beth is wandering on the grounds of the school, she gets the uncomfortable feeling of being watched… and most of the times she runs into Griffin right after that.. But she doesn’t dare to confide in anyone, since she has secrets best kept to herself… Is she attracted to a coldhearted killer, or can she trust her heart to make the right decision?

Eve Silver has a way with words that makes me reading her books and forgetting all around me…
That is what happened with this one too…
Elizabeth has had a terrible experience in her past, thus making her an oddity in her town. Her mother taught her to deal with her fears and anxieties, but she never really gotten over them. When she attends a new position as teacher and odd things are happening, she must face her fears since she can’t afford to loose the income she is providing. When she is near Griffin Fairfax, her fears seem to vanish, only to be replaced with other feelings. But can she trust the one man who understands her, but also seem connected to each murder….
Griffin is a gentleman and rumors claim he killed his own wife in front of his daughter. The child refuses to speak, and it takes another bruised soul like Beth’s to break down Isobel’s walls. Griffin recognizes Beth’s fears and knows how to handle them. Both have their secrets, who will be the first to reveal them?
But while they deal with their feelings, the serial killer has set his eye on Beth.
I just loved His Wicked Sins… Mrs. Silver takes you out of your daily life and pulls you into her world. I confess, there were moments Beth was being watched and I felt the shivers creeping over my back. Telling myself not to be foolish and not to look over my shoulder.
The tension is tangible, the surroundings well described and the sensuality much more present than previous Dark Gothic books of Eve Silver.
I’m so glad I got the occasion to read this in advance, and I suggest you all look out for this book when it hits the shelves. It will give you some nice hours of entertainment.