Dreaming of You audiobook

5+ stars – Historical/Regency RomanceThis is such a beautiful, heartrending love story that I savored like the finest Vosges chocolate! And it’s no wonder why this is such a sentimental, LK fan favorite...Derek Craven...*dreamy sigh*.Author Sara Fielding wants to observe the workings of London’s underground gaming halls for her latest novel, including the most famous gambling club of all, Craven’s, and the notorious man who runs it. Derek Craven, the sexy, cynical, hardened cockney son of a prostitute, grew up on the rough streets of London and learned to make his way in the dangerous rookeries by any means necessary, eventually accumulating vast wealth and power by running a popular, thriving gaming club. Derek has erected strong defenses and adopted a detached, cool, blasé façade to hide his emotions, protect his heart, and conceal his longing for the things in life he doesn’t think he deserves and can never have: honor, respect, trust, friendship, love, and family. Of course, he never counted on an innocent, brave, inquisitive, genuine, mousy, and tenderhearted spinster like Sara Fielding shaking up his life and tearing down his walls of self-protection.Derek Craven is such an endearing, diamond in the rough hero because he’s a tortured soul and deeply flawed, yet he has a huge, albeit tarnished, heart of gold and such vast potential for love; and when he falls for Sara, he falls hard and forever. The way he cherishes and protects Sara like the world’s greatest treasure is incredibly sweet and romantic. Dreaming of You is a poignant, passionate story about the invincible power of love that tugs the heartstrings and that stays with you a long time after it’s over. Big 5 stars!

Yes, it is 2022 and I am just reading Dreaming of You for the first time. Is Derek Craven really that big of a deal? Well, yes. Yes, he is. Holy moly this book! From the start I was obsessed with Derek's character. He is a self-made man who went through a very rough childhood and I just want him to find happiness. His past has made him fear people leaving him, which only increases when he grows closer to Sara. I loved how he and Sara meet and how Sara is a writer who is trying to learn more for her books, which means getting into some dangerous situations. There's a masked ball involved and two characters who try to resist each other but can't. Both Derek and Sara try to move on from each other, but they quickly realize no one can compare to how they feel about each other. Ughhhh it was so good! Seriously, I want to reread this book already! If you haven't read this book because of the hype, you just need to pick it up already. Because I'm obsessed!!

AMOOOOOOO!!!Me ha encantado mucho mucho mucho, y estoy indecisa si fue mejor que el anterior o no porque siento que lo historia de Lily y Alex es un poco mejor pero en personajes me quedo con Derek y Sara son INCREÍBLES!!Derek es uno de los personajes más misteriosos y enigmáticos que he leído en histórica, es oscuro, cínico, peligroso y ladronzuelo que se robó mi corazón. Es un hombre con un corazón endurecido por la vida que el tocó sobre todo su niñez no cree en el amor obviamente pero llega a su vida una mujer que rompe todos sus muros y va quitando cada capa que lo cubre para descubrir a un hombre HERMOSO!!Derek Craven se ha convertido en mi segundo protagonista favorito después de Sebastian ex St Vincent ahora Duque Kingston nadie puede superar a mi Sebastian. Pero Derek tiene lo suyo siento que faltaron páginas para descubrir más de él. Desde el libro anterior el me intrigó y cubrió todas mis expectativas es tan akdkkdfkdksk.Sara me pareció una chica que a pesar de su inocencia era muy valiente siempre defendió sus ideales, se crio en el campo teniendo una vida sin sobre saltos la naturaleza de ella le pedía aventura arriesgarse y fue lo que hizo cuando se decidió ir por Derek ella me gustó mucho y la pareja que hizo con Derek era maravillosa.Y como este libro era más de personajes que historia por eso me decidí hablar sobre ellos. Esta es la Lisa Kleypas que espero leer en el libro de West. échale ganitas Lisa

I have wanted to read "Dreaming of You" ever since i read "Then Came You" last year and got to meet the very beloved Anti-hero Derek Craven!(i see that every member in Goodreads are madly awed by this hero)I was so captivated by his dark mysterious character that i wanted to meet the one lady who would bring this rake down his knees.Lisa Kleypas is a marvelous writer who delivered much drama,intrigue,emotions,love,passion that was so smoldering that i simply couldn`t stop reading.I love the story-line,developement of romance and all the characters that brought light to the story.Sara Fielding of Greenwood Corners is a very passionate novelist who one fateless evening saves the life of Derek Craven, the notorious owner of a gambling club and in return he has to let her join into his dark life for her research of the destruction of a gambling life.Despite her innocence i liked how she handled Derek.They both baffled each other since they were so different in natures,but they fall in love with each other against their will,and that was bittersweet to watch!I loved the scene where she masquerade herself as a temptress that resembles her main-character in her written novel,and captures the eyes of everyone in the ball including Derek.Oh that scene made my toes curl!!!Derek Craven is every bit as bad as i thought he would be.Reckless,crude,insolent,manipulative,cold and a rude bastard i just wanted to slap sometimes.He was the defenition of scoundrel.But he was also so irresistibly charming,charismatic and sexy that i wanted to kiss him all along.He was simply gorgeous Alpha of a hero,so bruised and tortured.Sara`s sweetness and pure heart was a temptation his heart couldn`t afford.But he couldn`t stay away from her and i love it when he eventually do ask her to marry him.The way he did it made me laugh.Ah i want a Derek Craven for myself!!!!His love for Sara made my heart melt,he cherishes and respects her so much.I love the eternal love between Derek and Sara,smoldering flames that will never go down.***“For making me want you until I ache with it. For the way I wake at night just to watch you sleeping.” His face was intense and passionate above her, his green eyes harsh in their brightness. “I want you more each time I’m with you. It’s a fever that never leaves me. I can’t be alone without wondering where you are, when I can have you again…”-Derek***We also got appearances by the couple from "The Came You" Alex and Lily and their children.Oh it made me happy watching how they still love each other so much,i missed these two so much!Hope their daughter Nicole will have her own book in the future,she seems to be a promising future heroine! I will say this again,i love you Lisa Kleypas!!!

Me ha gustado mucho. Pero menos que el primero, por el que siento debilidadImposible leerlos por separado para ver la evolución del personaje de Dereck CravenMe han gustado los dos, pero el que más (contracorriente) SAra. Por esa bondad, esa valentía y ese romper moldes de mujer independiente que es un pequeño homenaje a las escritoras de a épocaEs una novela lleva de simbolismos, una historia muy bonita con unos personajes que atrapan,Lectura imprescindible, aunque yo me quedo con Lily y Alex

Ahora ya puedo decir que he conocido a Derek Craven 😉😍Desde luego está historia está entre las mejores de la autora. Ambos personajes protagonistas, Sara y Derek, son maravillosos.Lectura MUY recomendable