Le comte d'Esmond (Les débauchés, #2)
by:
Loretta Chase (author)
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9782290018125 (2290018120)
Publish date: July 1st 2011
Publisher: J'ai lu
Pages no: 384
Edition language: French
Series: Scoundrels (#2)
Huh. Well, Ismal got redeemed pretty well considering. You know, if you must redeem a bad guy, you need to do it believably. I'd guess his getting stuck helping England with security issues for 10 years probably would do it. Well, that and his apologies at the end of the previous book. The h was a...
The good parts: Great dialogues, witty banter, a quite enthralling crime plot and some delicious tension. A very hot and magnetic male lead. A headstrong, but interesting heroine who is NOT a simpering virgin (widow - yay!). I have to stress, that the sensual tension and the suspense part were ver...
** 2.5 **The beginning of the book was somewhat dreadful. Storyline slow and in places antagonizing. Only towards the end I found myself intrigued and amused. Love story wasn't as good as it should be. I do have praises for the characters and their unique traits. Later works of Loretta Chase are muc...
*le gasp* Is this? Could this be?
Although characters overlap, this is very different from Lord of Scoundrels. I found it mostly a mystery. The H/h interaction was very adult/intricate but ultimately fell a little flat for me.