Book 2 Reborn Villainess read in 2025
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/236182758-destiny-redeemed
This book starts where the last book ends (so make sure you read them in order) -->
This book is the 2nd half of the story following Lady Ilyana D'Arcane in her attempts to right wrongs from a past life and forge a new path for a brighter future for herself and her family. From the first book we learn that Ilyana had been working on multiple schemes all to get what she wanted for herself in her previous life she had wanted to be with Noah (the prince's cousin)... Noah wanted to be with another woman through a series of events Ilyana ended up essentially getting rid of her rival which led to what she thought she wanted (being Noah's wife) but when things were discovered about her and her father's involvement in all their shady dealings it led to her father's death and her families banishment from the kingdom where they lived in exile (see my book 1 review for a bit more details on this).
In order to change her future in this time line, she knows how rare it is to get a second chance and even though she thinks of confiding in some people that this is her second time living some of these events she decides it's best to just not mention it who would believe her anyways when she thinks about it it sounds just wild her whole family died including herself in this past life and now she's back even she has a hard time believing this past life existed.
Ilyana focuses on building her businesses and being more independent with her divorce from Noah granted by the Queen herself it leaves her a free woman again she's happy to see Noah go after what he wants... the woman he wanted to be with to begin with and seeing that relationship blossom even with the other noble families gossiping about her and her mother not speaking with her she has been in worse situations... she can get through this too.
What Ilyana doesn't expect in this new time line is to grow closer to the Prince (Anderic Voltaire) he never really paid much attention to her in her last lifetime but now he is everywhere she wants to be and seeing way more than she wants him to see, how can she move about as freely to continue to protect her family if she has this irritatingly handsome man actually noticing her and everything she's doing?
When the dangerous events that led to her families downfall still start to happen Ilyana realizes the time has come that she might just need to break down her walls and confide in someone she never thought that she would confide in but it might not be that bad... the Prince already holds her heart.
Can Ilyana and Anderic work together to save the kingdom or will it be too late? Can a former Villainess get the redemption that she longs for?
I really enjoyed this series, while this second book starts off slow after getting away from the initial battle scene and focuses on Ilyana and her business savvy nature it begins to pick up the pace and sparks fly between her and our Prince!
The second book continued from the where the first book left off and didn't have a time travel element but just the day to day struggles to make sure that history didn't repeat itself you continued to see Ilyana plotting and redirecting to reach her new goals of keeping her family safe and out of exile and I loved her relationship with her loyal maid Laurel at this point they were friends more than employer and employee.
Had to overlook some of the fight scenes due to the fact that she was not truly trained for battle but appeared to be able to handle herself against multiple enemies without any real difficulty, but I loved the story line and that our lady was truly trying to make changes to be a better person and right all of her past wrongs.
If you enjoy historical romance with a time travel element don't miss this one!
*historical romance *Time travel romance *slow burn *some spice *Medieval romance
*Independent fierce FMC *handsome prince MMC *Warrior MMC *banter *Indie author
*Happy ending
My blog post for book 1: https://elbyslibrary.blogspot.com/2025/02/vanessa-rhoswen-villainesss-redemption.html
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