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Chargement... The Seduction of an English Scoundrelpar Jillian Hunter
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Lady Jane Welsham has been left at the altar by Sir Nigel Boscastle. Shocking! But it is part of her secret plan with him. Best friends since childhood, they are not in love. She wants to marry for love and he is in love with his governess, whom he has eloped with. The wedding was to have been held in the chapel of Grayson Boscastle, the Marguess of Sedgecroft. A recent scoundrel made head of the family by his father's unexpected death, Sedgecroft is determined to save Lady Welsham's reputation. Average Lady Jane Welsham is left humiliated at the altar when her childhood friend, Sir Nigel Boscastle, fails to appear at their wedding. Though in a precarious social position, secretly Jane is elated that her plan has succeeded so brilliantly. Nigel marries the woman he secretly adores, and Jane is at liberty to seek a husband she loves. There's only one problem: Grayson Boscastle, the notorious rake and wealthy Earl of Sedgecroft, takes it upon himself to squire her about in society to make up for his cousin's cruelty. Thus he manages to set an example of respectability for his wild brothers and sisters, and he gets to spend more time with a woman he finds more and more fascinating every time he sees her. But trouble begins to brew when he learns of Jane's deception... The book was going along just fine at first. The characters were strong and likable. Hunter did a wonderful job of exposing the vulnerability and the playfulness of London's most notorious rake. But then he decided to get his revenge. Why exactly he feels that he needs revenge for Jane's deception of the ton, I'm not entirely sure. You'd think he would be pleased that she's not pining after his boring cousin when he's falling in love with her. Instead he plots to punish her when he's the one who foisted himself upon her as her escort in the first place. Furthermore, why does a woman strong enough to deceive society and risk ruin for the sake of finding her true love become a weak-willed ninny for this man? Why would she not stand up to him in a brilliant blaze of fireworks instead of 'being unable to resist his cruelty'? Sex as cruelty and sex as revenge have never sat well with me. I find it disturbing and not at all attractive when a man turns ruthless and cold over something stupid and the woman simply acquiesces out of 'love'. Unfortunately the second half of the book is taken up with this kind of ridiculous maneuvering and loses all of the easy charm of the first half. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Appartient à la sérieBoscastle Family (Book 1)
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HTML:Award-winning author Jillian Hunter pens a delightful romp of passion and tantalizing trickery proving all is fair in matters of love. It would have been the wedding of the year--had the groom, Sir Nigel Boscastle, bothered to put in an appearance. To the shock of her distinguished guests, the respectable Lady Jane Welsham is left humiliated at the altar. Yet truth be told, although outwardly ruined she is elated to have escaped marriage to a man she does not love. Enter Grayson Boscastle, the irresistible Marquess of Sedgecroft (and cousin to Nigel). Grayson's duty is clear: salvage the young lady's pride and reestablish the family's good name, while repairing his own tarnished reputation as one of London's most notorious scoundrels. Their whirlwind affair is the talk of the ton. Yet nothing is as it seems between the bewitching Lady Jane, who knows that her wedding was cleverly sabotaged, and her charming rogue, as they are drawn into an amusing game of seduction and secrets. From the Paperback edition.. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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If you like a romance between two strong willed people that starts with a major misconception and has you laughing your sox off between erotic scenes you'll absolutely looooove this book! ( )