The Virgin Huntress (The Devil DeVere #2)
by:
Victoria Vane (author)
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Victoria Vane
Desperate times call for devilish measures… when the object of one's passion has eyes for another… it's time to take matters in hand!Lady Vesta Chambers is accustomed to getting what she wants…Coddled and pampered, since her mother's death, Lady Vesta Chambers is beside herself when her father...
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Desperate times call for devilish measures… when the object of one's passion has eyes for another… it's time to take matters in hand!Lady Vesta Chambers is accustomed to getting what she wants…Coddled and pampered, since her mother's death, Lady Vesta Chambers is beside herself when her father goes to London to prepare for her come-out and returns with a young bride of his own. With her world turned upside down, Vesta accompanies her godmother, Diana, to town, where she is smitten the moment she lays eyes on a certain captain of the Seventeenth Light Dragoons. But when the object of her passion has eyes for another… Captain Hewett DeVere, younger brother and heir to Viscount Ludovic "The Devil" DeVere, has returned from the American war scarred, disillusioned, and looking forward to settling down to a quiet and respectable life. But when the handsome and straight-laced captain turns his eyes toward the widowed Diana, Vesta is prepared to take devilish measures to prove she is no longer a little girl, but a woman with the passion of …a huntress.THE DEVIL DEVERE SERIES:A Wild Night's Bride #1The Virgin Huntress#2The Devil You Know #3The Devil's Match #4A Devil's Touch #4.5Jewel Of the East #5PREQUEL VIGNETTES:Devil in the Making #1The Trouble With Sin #2
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B00EXVX3NS
Publish date: September 1st 2013
Publisher: Vane Publishing LLC
Pages no: 148
Edition language: English
Category:
Humor,
Funny,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Erotica,
Erotic Romance,
Historical Romance,
Short Stories,
Georgian Romance,
Erotic Historical Romance
Series: The Devil DeVere (#2)
I absolutely love, love, loved Vesta. In the beginning, she was a bit a of strain to read, but then I grew enamored of her sheer persistence and humor. The banter in this is so incredibly well-written!
I stopped right about the time that Pratt, the manservant, was remonstrating the hero, Hew, on his leaving the heroine, Vesta, to get herself down from the tall part of a ship. This was apparently a fit bit of punishment for her according I Hew but Pratt thought it was cruel. This ship and manservan...
Nicely written, but very unbelievable story line... How could a young girl, almost a child, plan and execute a kidnapping of an experienced soldier? And he just falls madly in love with her after one boust of sex? Oh, come on...
Okay, so I knew that I wouldn't love Vesta. She showed her childish nature during Ned's book, when he brings home her new step momma. (Ned is her father, and the 'hero' from the first in the Devil Devere series.)But I must say that I think Vesta and Hew are wonderful together. Hew DeVere is Ludovi...
Vesta Chambers, Ned’s pampered and spoiled 18 y/o daughter from book 1 in this series, is now in London for her come out in hopes of finding a husband. She is accompanied by her godmother Lady Diana, a beautiful widow who once thought she might marry Ned. Since Lord DeVere, Ned's best friend and ene...