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Lord of London Town |
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Tillie Cole |
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October 13th 2020 |
| Cheska Harlow-Wright was born into a life of luxury and privilege. She has never wanted for anything. A comfortable future as a married London socialite awaits her. But since the age of thirteen, Cheska has harboured a secret—an unshakeable fixation on a boy who could never offer her anything close to comfort. A boy steeped in sin and draped in depravity. A boy born into the possessive embrace of darkness. When Cheska’s seemingly perfect world is ripped apart by an unknown but deadly enemy, there’s only one person she can run to. One person in the world who has the power to keep her safe. The one person her weak and shattered heart craves. Arthur Adley. The new head of the most feared crime family in London. Forced too young to take the helm of the Adley firm, Arthur has become even more ruthless, formidable, and cold than ever before. His enemies are circling, and he must fight—and kill—to maintain his family’s place at the top of the London crime underworld. There is no room for weakness, emotion, or loss of control. But then Cheska smashes back into his life with the force of a wrecking ball. She has no place in this dark, vicious, and bloodthirsty world. And worse, she is the solitary chink in his impenetrable armour. He’s already pushed her away once, but this time she desperately needs him. She’s broken, lost, and in danger, and he is the only one who can help. Arthur must protect her. He must destroy those who dare to threaten her, hunt down those who would take what is his. He would raze all of London to the ground to keep her safe… but can he also protect himself? The infamous Dark Lord of London Town faces his most brutal battle yet—the crippling weight of the past, the unrelenting enemies lurking in the shadows… and the havoc that Cheska’s presence is wreaking on the granite fortress that was once his heart. ( |
| I never checked how many books of Tillie Cole I read.
But I’ve read quite a few …. and some of them were pretty dark – so you might think you know what you are getting yourself into when you start reading “Lord of London Town” – well at least I thought so – and trust me when I tell you … you should throw your thoughts out of the window if you think the same way… Really Tillie Cole is such a nice person … I met her at a book convention and trust me you would never expect these kinds of stories from her … Her characters always have these unexpected and dark sides that should make them unredeemable – and I guess it is her special magic – that even in the worst situations -that should be so far out of the reach of a “normal” person – you can still connect to them in some maybe very primal and dark way but it’s still possible. …. and you might find yourself thinking things that should not be ok but somehow they are Spoilers are a no go for this – so let me give you another kind of example basically unrelated to the book I always felt it would be impossible for me to imagine a situation where I could kill a person in “cold blood” or “out of revenge” or whatever you would like to call it … then in 1995 I saw a movie … it was “Se7en” … have you seen that? well no spoilers if not – but at the end of the movie – I was sitting in the cinema and along with others I was mumbling “DO it DO it” … So – even if its sort of unrelated to the story of this book – reading Tillie Cole’s books is a little like that – she brings you to an edge that you think you would never cross and then suddenly you’ve crossed it and standing on the other side you know it is bad – it’s dark – its wrong – you KNOW all that but you find reasons to remain there … you find redeeming qualities in the characters so dark its hard for me to compare them to anything. Because when you are there in the Tillie zone – even the darkest ones are human – you see sides of them they wouldn’t want anyone to see – their weaknesses … you know they would never survive in the light… But that is ok – they are book characters and for short time you join them in their fictional world – where their darkness is not really hurting living persons – and because of that – within the Tillie zone a lot is allowed – and this book really expanded the drawn lines again. I always think it should not be possible – but I should have learned by now with this author anything is possible –
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