Good to know where people are coming from when they discuss this book, but not for me in general. Too old school, though an excellent example of its type.
Just as good this reading as the first time. This book is hard to describe. It's a historical romance that's not really a historical romance, if that makes sense. The hero's behaviour borders on reprehensible at the beginning, if he had been written even a smidge differently he would have been un...
Just finished a second reading of this book and my opinion of it is better than it was originally, probably because this time I could read it at a relaxed pace, not needing to rush through it to see what happens and how it ends. The melodramatic trial scene near the end didn't affect my overall opin...
One of my favorite "themes" in romance novels is The Reformed Rake -- you know, the man who's seen it all, done it all, and is to the point where he's actually getting bored with debauchery, only to be turned around by the love of a good woman? Yeahhh those :)I'm so torn with this book. I truly can'...
This is a tough book for me to rate. It's definitely somewhere between a four and a five for me.On the one hand, this book is a phenomenal character study. Too often authors use the term "rake" as shorthand for a fun-loving libertine. When Gaffney uses the term here, she means business. Sebastian Ve...
This book is one that sneaks up on your senses. You start reading the first sentence and before you know it, you're hooked. It was that simple. The writing flows, and the beauty of it is captivating. Yet at the same time, it is not flowery or florid. Just exhibiting the careful and artistic use...
rape is rape, even if the hero (I hesitate to call him a hero, at the start he has no redeeming qualities) eventually reforms and deeply falls in love with the heroine.
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