“Good morning, my lord,” Samantha said smoothly, sliding into a chair well out of his reach. The battle of wills between Samantha and Gabriel provides for some sharp and really funny dialogue. All things a sighted person takes for granted. When Gabriel suddenly wakes up, he has no way of knowing whether it is day or night and when Samantha takes him to task for not using a knife and fork, he explains that they are difficult to manage because if he can’t feel the food, he can’t find it. Ms Medeiros provides a real insight into the problems of being blind, things which I had never appreciated before. “What if I don’t want to adjust? What if I just want to be left the bloody hell alone so I can rot in peace.” He hides his vulnerability behind a show of arrogance and biting retorts such as his reply when Samantha tells him she’s there to help him adjust to his new circumstances: He is a man without hope living in a dark and lonely world where the trappings of civilized behaviour no longer matter. Gabriel definitely fulfills my penchant for tormented, brooding heroes. Warm, funny, heartrending, tender and sensual, re-reading it is one of my guilty pleasures. I first read YOURS UNTIL DAWN several years ago and it has remained one of my all time favourite historical romances. This review was originally posted back in September 2012 shortly after Rakes and Rascals first went live and it’s possible that many of you who have followed the blog since may not have seen the review or read this book. As Samantha begins to let the light back into Gabriel’s life and his heart, they both discover that some secrets - and some pleasures - are best explored in the dark … Although he claims she doesn’t possess an ounce of womanly softness, she can feel his heart racing at her slightest touch. Determined to do her duty, she engages the arrogant earl in a battle of both wit and wills. Prim nurse Samantha Wickersham arrives at Fairchild Park to find her new charge behaving more like a beast than a man. Abandoned by the fiancée he adored, the man who once walked like a prince among London’s elite secludes himself in his family’s mansion, cursing his way through dark days and darker nights. Gabriel Fairchild’s valor during battle earns him the reputation of hero, but costs him both his sight and his hope for the future. She is also a member of Kentucky Romance Writers and Novelists, Inc.Genre: Historical Romance (Regency, 1806) Additionally she is a charter member of the Romance Writers of America Honor Roll. She is a two-time Fantasy, Futuristic, and Paranormal Romance Writers PRISM Award winner, and two-time recipient of the Waldenbooks Award for bestselling fiction. Her books have appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list.

According to her official biography, she lives in Kentucky. Before becoming an author, she was a nurse. Teresa Medeiros (born 1962/1963) is an American award-winning romance novelist.

Yours Until Dawn by Teresa Medeiros