The Devil Earl
"Out of a midnight coach stepped Ravenscar... The perfect gothic mystery man... Dark and brooding and rumored to have done murder, the Devil Earl was everything Prudence Lancaster's imagination could conjure. But he was also flesh and blood, and definitely more seductive than anything else she...
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"Out of a midnight coach stepped Ravenscar... The perfect gothic mystery man... Dark and brooding and rumored to have done murder, the Devil Earl was everything Prudence Lancaster's imagination could conjure. But he was also flesh and blood, and definitely more seductive than anything else she had ever created. In his presence, the dreamy authoress became a sultry sleuth, hungry to solve the mystery of Ravenscar's missing brother and to save her beloved Devil Earl from his own wicked legacy..."
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780373289172 (0373289170)
Publish date: April 1st 1996
Publisher: Harlequin
Pages no: 298
Edition language: English
Series: Regency Quartet (#2)
A spectacle wearing writer of gothic novels adores the neighboring gothic abbey owned by a descendant of the "Devil Earl". This is a lot of fun, if you don't take it too serious that is. Its a bit silly and over the top, but very entertaining. There are caves and smugglers, pirates and dark and stor...
I was annoyed at first by how obviously this was inspired by Heyer's Sylvester -- even the names are similar -- but Simmons took it in a completely different direction, so that's okay. Still, just could not get into it. I only seem to like Simmons when she writes Medievals, exactly the opposite of m...
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