Lord and Master

Lord and Master by Kait Jagger was a romantic read with so much detail and depth that it kept me reading until the end. There is so much to this novel: intrigue, suspense, romance, and emotion.

The main characters, Luna Gregory (PA to Lady Augusta Wellstone) and Stefan Lundgren (3rd in line to inherit Arborage), who meet when Stefan comes to Arborage to assist August in managing Arborage, have such layers that reading about their previous encounter when they were younger and the growth of their relationship as they begin to work together is great. All her characters are realistic and relatable. The supporting character are also a treat like Luna's friends and Stefan's dad Soren.

Beside the budding relationship between Luna and Stefan, the family drama that Luna gets dragged also moves this novel along. The ending had me dying for book two.

Overall Lord and Master was a great read. I truly recommend.

(Thanks to Kait Jagger, Troubador Publishing Limited and NetGalley for the chance to read an ARC of Lord and Master for an honest review.)

***A gifted copy was provided by NETGALLEY for an honest review****

This is a great read by a new author to me. This made my list of one of the best new books of 2015 for me. It has mystery, romance, earthy sensuality, drama, some violence and betrayal all built in. You have the two main characters, Luna Gregory & Stefan Lundgren. Luna is the English Rose while Stefan is the Nordic God. Luna is the PA for an Marchioness, she studied in the same girl's school as the Marchioness daughter and ended up working for her mother. There is this mystery revolving around Luna that permeates the story regarding her past. When Luna met Stefan , we find out they had a encounter in the past that was short which changed their past to make them into who they are now.
They start into a romance when Stefan is asked by her Marchioness to help manage her estate, Arborage Estate. She introduces him to her PA, Luna, and they start being around each other due to work and their mutual attraction is inevitable.
Now there is a mystery brewing in the background. The Marchioness is up to something, which means family drama. As reading, we find out Stefan is the son of the Marchioness cousin, and the Marchioness wants him to take over the Estate but other members of her family do not. The Marchioness wants to make some changes, especially because the Marchioness' brother in law is the first in line to inherit the Estate someday and he is a cruel, disgusting man. But he is sneaky and he is always up to no good.
You may be asking where Luna comes into this? Stefan and Luna keep their relationship secret, but not for any reason , its more for a just because, I gathered more on Stefan’s end and I think , Luna did it to keep peace. With their relationship, Luna came out of her shell and just bloomed into a happy. Less serious girl and came into her own but out of that came the snake- the Marchioness’s brother in law. The middle of the new of their relationship, things escalate in the family issues going on , Luna is caught up in the middle of it and she doesn’t know where to turn. Twists and turns abound. She is afraid to tell Stefan because of things going down and she doesn’t know what to do. She is being threatened by the Marchioness’ brother in law and when she finally does come clean to the Marchioness, her world comes tumbling down This book is wonderful and full of mystery, romance, love, fully charged sexual feelings, betrayal ,-everything you think you would find in a historical but is in a contemporary romance. I LOVED IT! Although this book ends in a cliffhanger, I cannot wait for book two to come out. This is a terrific new author who has a wonderful way with words.

My rating : 5 stars *****

I discovered this book on Netgalley and I believe it's Kait Jagger's first book. I was blown away by the level of professionalism in her writing. Lord and Master doesn't even look like it's her first book!

I was intrigued by the blurb and I had a feeling I might like the story, but I wasn't prepared to be so immersed inside this book and to love it as much as I did!

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The story revolves around the romance between Stefan Lundgren and Luna Gregory, but it goes beyond it. My favorite kind of stories are the ones where we can see there's an actual story besides the romance. This was one of those. That singular quality in some books, makes them feel like a movie for the reader. It didn't even notice I was reading the story, it was so alive!

Stefan is Swedish, intelligent, rich. A Nordic God. What's not to love? Oh, did I mention he is dominant and knows his way through a woman's body? This story doesn't really deal with BDSM, but both Stefan and Luna have (different) control issues, so they both benefit by his dominance.

Luna Gregory works as a PA to a Marchioness, she studied in the same girl's school as the Marchioness daughter and there's a mystery I didn't see coming about her past. She and Stefan had had a brief encounter in the past, an encounter that marked both of them. For different reasons. It helped Stefan be who he was and Luna be who she wanted to be.

Their romance start when Stefan goes to the Marchioness state, Arborage Estate after her ladyship asks him for help in managing it. Luna is her PA and they start interacting and their mutual attraction is inevitable.

But it isn't all roses and rainbows. There's a boiling family intrigue. Stefan is the son of the Marchess's cousin, and there are other relatives, including the Marchioess daughters, invested in wanting the Estate out of Stefan's managing hands. The Marchess and Marchioness live apart, she in Arborage Estate and he in Venice, but no matter their differences, they have the managing Arborage in common. The Marchioness wants to make some changes, specially because the Marchess' brother is the first in line to inherit the Estate someday and he is a cruel, disgusting man. But he is canny. He has his nieces in the palm of his hand, specially because Stefan is the third in line to inherit it (his father is alive and is the second in line).

You might be asking yourself it this is a historical romance...No it isn't. It's as contemporary as they come.

But what about our heroine in the middle of all this? Stefan and Luna keep their relationship in secret, but not for any reason in particular as I gathered.

They first started with a night of passion, when even though Luna didn't trust Stefan yet, they shared so much lust and Stefan showed her how he could help her let go. Luna is a serious girl, almost stuck up, when she wasn't with her group of friends.

After their night, Luna wasn't expecting anything from Stefan, specially because he left her after they were had their night. But Stefan had other ideas. He didn't let go of her. No matter his reputation (and filmed prove, after his one season starring a reality show of sorts) of a player, he seemed really into her. At first he seemed more invested than her.

While their romance built, Luna bloomed. She became less stuck on her past. She had reasons to be, as we discover later on. Stefan really isn't a player, he proves his worth to her (and he made me swoon so MUCH while doing it). But then in the middle of it, things escalate in the family drama and Luna is caught up in the middle of it and her relationship with Stefan doens't help calm her down.

Lord and Master is a long-ish book, which I LOVE! By 50% there was already so much story going on and that always make me happy, because I hate seeing a (good) book ending.

There's a web of secrets and intrigue in the story and although it has nothing to do with Luna, she gets caught up in the middle of it and has some choices to make. Specially after finding out that no one was who she thought they were.

Does it end in a cliffy? Well, I might not be a good reference to answer that, because I feel cliffies differently than most people. The story isn't done, in the end, we see there's more to come and I was left satisfied with that knowledge, so for me there isn't a cliffy.

Now, for me there is a feeling whenever I find a book that I just know will be a success. It's weird, because every time I find one of these I also feel afraid, because I might be crazy and loved the book but people might not. It was the same with some of my favorite books like Degradation, Rainfall and Breach.

And when I recommend them I feel the pressure, but I absolutely know they are amazing.

Lord and Master is the first one I felt like that in the last months. I felt that way about My Time in the Affair too, but whenever the book is by an author I don't know yet, this feeling gets bigger.

You might think the story in Lord and Master starts slow, but after a few pages only I was already hooked, until I was so immersed I just wanted to keep reading it. I really lived this story and that's the best part of a good book that is a long one. You have the time to really enjoy it.

And the writing...I fond Kait's writing style is FANTASTIC. There's no other way to describe it. It's not easy to make us readers forget we are reading a book. Even when a book is really, really good, sometimes we still don't live the story, like we are watching a movie.

This book is filled with good story, passion, good writing and real characters. Nothing feels forced, the story flows flawlessly. Kait has done a GREAT job giving her characters life. It was almost like a punch in the face when I finished it and couldn't stop thinking about it. At first you think it's just a common story, with family drama and romance and very well-built characters. But then as the story progresses you realize, it's such a GREAT story, that is uncommon exactly for being so AMAZING as a "common" story. At first you might think, what's so special about it? Well, besides Kait's incredible talent, it's the characters and how right they fit in their places.It's the setting. And it's Luna and Stefan...

Stefan is my newest book boyfriend, and I want one of my own!!

This story is one of those that is so complete, that the romance, the background story and the characters, either they are the main ones or the supporting ones, all fit right into their places and so perfectly timed that we can hardly belive it is really fiction, that it was made up by someone.

Coming up with an story that good is no easy feature, but putting it into words and giving it life and justice, is even harder and I can say Kait Jagger did it perfectly.

Lord and Master is definitely one of my Favorite Books of 2015 and I can't wait for more of Kait's writing in the sequel (coming this year)!! She gives us a small excerpt of the second book and it was so intriguing it left me curious to know how did that happen!! haha

It's hard to explain exactly how I felt about this book, because it was different than others, obviously, but at the same time it wasn't "different". There isn't anything particular about it that made it stand up from the other books I've been reading. It's not angsty (the type that usually stands out for me), dark, sweet... There isn't anything too sad, it didn't make me ugly cry (or cry at all), no tortured past...It's so fresh to discover a story that doesn't have anything specifically different that makes it special, yet it's so special you can't stop praising it!