By: Madeline Hunter Publisher: Dell Average Rating: Binding: Mass Market Paperback Label: Dell Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 400 Publication Date: May 20, 2008 Release Date: May 20, 2008
Product Description: First he’ll learn her most intimate secrets. Then he’ll arouse her deepest passions. He’s the lover she’s been waiting for: the man who can rescue her from her wicked past–for a price–in Madeline Hunter’s tale of sin, seduction, and irresistible, impossible love.
He catches her eye across the dining room–a handsome stranger who stands out among the lewd noblemen and bawdy painted women. But their worlds are about to collide in a way Roselyn Longworth could never have imagined. For before the night is out, she will be auctioned off to the highest bidder…and Kyle Bradwell will lead her from one kind of hell to another. Yet from the moment he wins her, Kyle treats Rose with a gentleness she hasn’t known since a family scandal destroyed her reputation. And when she finally learns what is really driving Kyle, it’s too late. For Rose has fallen for the man who knows her most intimate secrets. Now he has stunned her with a proposal of marriage–the first step in a seduction that will demand nothing less than her complete surrender.…
No.... Anyone want a free book? I started skipping a lot of pages just to get to the end. Sorry, did not meet expectations.
Poor reading and storyline... The book was a difficult read where I almost throw down the book several times without finishing it. The storyline does not flow and the chemistry between the characters has not been throughout the book. Try reading her other novles, and skip this one.
Disappointing Didn't particularly care for the other books in this series/trilogy, but I didn't dislike any of the characters. They just didn't interest me very much. In this book, though, I nearly despised the main female character, Roselyn. She wasn't just uninteresting, she was obnoxious and unlikeable. For me, the worst 'sin' of a book is when you feel no empathy for the main character. In that context, this book sinned in the worst way. And too much of the story and the dialog was just... hackneyed. It was a struggle just to read it to its conclusion. Very disappointing.
Better than the last, not as good as the first Given the fact that the set up caused the hero and heroine to marry early, this book lacked the sexual tension and "getting to know you" aspects that, for me, make a romance novel great.
I also did not like the parade of characters from prior books without whom there apparently wasn't much of a story. It was as if Hunter did not have much to say about Rose and Kyle.
Still, I liked both leads. They were good solid people from different worlds who managed to make things work.
Normally, I would give a book that generated such a luke warm response three stars, but the likability of Kyle and Rose, combined with the wonderful writing of Hunter makes this a four star review for me.
Should have been better than it was I really wanted to like this book. I was interested in the plot and the premise -- certainly the cover blurb sounds promising -- but the actual storytelling was just not good.
There were plot holes, and I couldn't believe how clueless the heroine was about her brother. The negatives could have been forgiven, if there had been chemistry or romance, but what should have been passionate moments were very blah.
It's a very forgettable book. Definitely a library read at best.
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