Rating: ★★★★
Audience: Historical Romance
Length: 365 pages
Author: Julie Anne Long
Publisher: Avon
Release Date: February 22nd, 2011
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BOOK SUMMARY:

For years, he’s been an object of fear, fascination…and fantasy. But of all the wicked rumors that shadow the formidable Alexander Moncrieffe, Duke of Falconbridge, the ton knows one thing for certain: only fools dare cross him. And when Ian Eversea does just that, Moncrieffe knows the perfect revenge: he’ll seduce Ian’s innocent sister, Genevieve—the only Eversea as yet untouched by scandal. First he’ll capture her heart…and then he’ll break it.

But everything about Genevieve is unexpected: the passion simmering beneath her cool control, the sharp wit tempered by gentleness…And though Genevieve has heard the whispers about the duke’s dark past, and knows she trifles with him at her peril, one incendiary kiss tempts her deeper into a world of extraordinary sensuality. Until Genevieve is faced with a fateful choice…is there anything she won’t do for a duke?

AN ENJOYABLE READ.

It sounds counterintuitive to say that I don’t feel like I have many words to say for this review. But to me, that’s not a bad thing either. I just really liked this book and had a good time picking it up randomly from a friend’s recommendation. It’s not my go-to genre. Yet it worked out and I am thinking of picking up more from this series.

I did read this without reading the others in the series and had no issues (that I noticed).

The banter between Alexander and Genevieve was fiery and I loved the way that Alexander worked for Genevieve’s attention. Not in an over bearing manner. It made me smile and they started to connect over true things they had in common which slowly started to bring the heat. It is a slow burn (with a little innuendo) and I live for slow burns.

Plot wise I’m not always that big of a fan of house party style historicals. Some of that was fine, and other times it felt like simple games as fluffer to add a scene to fill the story.

Overall audience notes:

• Historical Romance
• Language: some
• Romance: 3-4 open; high explicit
• Violence: low
• Trigger/Content Warnings: loss of a wife (asphyxiation), loss of a baby (recounted)

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