Let Sleeping Rogue’s Lie (2008)
Sabrina Jeffries
Rating: 3.75/5
Obviously it goes without saying that I still can’t wait for Charlotte and Michael.
When Madeline Prescott took a teaching position at Mrs. Harris's School for Young Ladies, it was to help restore her father's reputation. Instead, she's in danger of ruining her own. The devilishly handsome Anthony Dalton, Viscount Norcourt, has agreed to provide "rake lessons" to Mrs. Harris's pupils so they can learn how to avoid unscrupulous gentlemen, and Madeline is to oversee his classes.
Wednesday 20/2/08
Monday, October 20, 2008
Book two-ninety-nine: Let Sleeping Rogues Lie
Monday, January 7, 2008
Book two-hundred-and-twelve: After the Abduction
After the Abduction (2006)
Sabrina Jeffries
Rating: 2/5
I liked this more than the first two because it was a lot funnier. At least I think that’s why.
After two London Seasons—and a score of resoundingly dull society suitors—lovely Juliet Laverick still longs for only one man: Morgan Pryce, the dashing scoundrel who kidnapped her two years ago. But her determination to bring him to justice hasn't waned—not even when the man she mistakes for Morgan, his twin brother Sebastian, tells her some shocking news: her mysterious paramour has disappeared.
Sebastian Blakely, the Baron Templemore, dares not admit that he's the one Juliet seeks, that it is his kiss she still yearns for. Confessing to her abduction would bring disaster and scandal upon them both. But how can he convince Juliet to forsake her pursuit of her dream lover when all he dreams of is holding her in his arms again?
Finished: Wednesday 27/11 more...
Book two-hundred-and-eleven: A Notorious Love
A Notorious Love (2006)
Sabrina Jeffries
Rating: 1.5/5
To be honest, I don’t remember why I didn’t like this that much. But I wrote down 1.5, so I’m sure there was a reason. Really. I was probably just disappointed that it wasn’t as funny as her later books are.
Lady Helena Laverick is at her wits' end! The only man who can help her find her eloping young sister is that scoundrel Daniel Brennan—the man who played with her emotions last summer and then left.
And he used to be a smuggler! Although Mrs. Nunley's Guide to Etiquette for Young Ladies would never approve, Helena is forced to go after the runaway in Daniel's company. But something about being with him feels oddly freeing—and a delicious tingle warns Helena that more than her reputation may be in danger…
Daniel finds most of the prim lady's rules ridiculous—but when she has to masquerade as his wife for appearance's sake, he immediately envisions the delights of sharing a bedchamber. The unexpected passion smoldering beneath her proper exterior ignites his desire, and the vulnerability hidden beneath her cool control makes him want her even more. Yet Helena's a lady, and he's the son of a highwayman. How can he ask her to share his world?
Finished: Monday 26/11 more...
Book two-hundred-and-ten: A Dangerous Love
A Dangerous Love (2006)Sabrina Jeffries
Rating: 1.5/5
Opps. I didn’t mean to leave it over a month. At least I wrote down which books I read… now I just have to remember what happened in them… Hmm….
This was all right, I just didn’t like having to read all that Shakespeare… I think I have already read the last book in this series, but it didn't really matter as only the first three are closely related.
Griffith Knighton has found the perfect way to avoid being trapped into marriage with one of the Earl of Swanlea's daughters: he'll swap identities with his man of affairs during their visit to Swan Park, and be free to search out the hidden document that will prove his legitimacy. After all, Griff is not about to marry some homely spinster just to get it from the earl. But he didn't reckon on the brazen, voluptuous Rosalind, who could tempt even a saint into sinning—and Griff is no saint.
Rosalind balks at the plan to marry her off to her father's wealthy heir—and his man of affairs is even more intolerable! The arrogant man is clearly up to something with all his sneaking about Swan Park, but the sparks that fly when they're together make her wish that he wasn't. He's a bit dangerous and a lot mysterious. Dare she risk her heart on a man whose secrets could destroy her love?
Finished: Sunday 25/11
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Book one-sixty-nine: One Night with a Prince
One Night with a Prince (2005)
Sabrina Jeffries
Rating: 2/5
All right, but not as good as the others.
Lovely Christabel, the Marchioness of Haversham, is desperate to regain some letters that could destroy her—so desperate that she pretends to be the mistress of notorious gaming club owner Gavin Byrne, in order to accompany him to a scandalous house party hosted by the man who now has her letters. But when she agreed to let Byrne coach her on how a true mistress behaves, she never suspected how very… persuasive his wicked lessons would be.
Gavin is secretly determined to find the letters before Christabel, to use them for revenge against the noble sire who abandoned him to grow up in London’s worst slums. He’s also delighted at how very successful his “mistress lessons” are: it won’t be long before the luscious young widow is in his bed. But when the fiery Christabel catches Gavin in his own seductive net, he realizes that if the letters are found, he’ll face a difficult choice: to wreak the vengeance he’s planned all his life, or to protect the woman he may have foolishly fallen in love with.
Saturday 22/9 more...
Book one-sixty-seven: To Pleasure a Prince
To Pleasure a Prince (2005)
Sabrina Jeffries
Rating: 2.5/5
It was pretty weird reading this actually, because I’ve already read Only a Duke Will Do which is about the outcome of a lot of the things that go one here. So as usual I was kind of reading a series backward. Even though they aren’t in the same series.
Anyway, that confusion aside it was pretty funny.
Beautiful Lady Regina Tremaine has turned down so many suitors that she's called La Belle Dame Sans Merci. The truth: she won't marry because she carries a dark secret. She sees no good reason, however, why her brother shouldn't court the lovely Louisa North—even if Louisa's half-brother, the notorious "Dragon Viscount," objects.
Marcus North, Viscount Draker—bastard son of the Prince of Wales—is rumored to be a monster who holds women captive and has his way with them. He has been exiled from polite society for years. But when Lady Regina makes a plea on her brother's behalf, Marcus strikes a deal. Her brother can court Louisa so long as Marcus can court Regina. But can the beauty and the beast survive a proper courtship when the chemistry between them threatens to cause the scandal of the century?
Finished: Sunday 16/9
Book one-sixty-two: The School for Heiresses
The School for Heiresses (2006)
Sabrina Jeffries, Liz Carlyle, Julia London & Renee Benard
Rating: 4/5
I usually don’t like short stories, but I did like this collection. Especially After Midnight, the Liz Carlyle story (I think the uncle and aunt from this are what her latest trilogy is about?).
From Sabrina Jeffries…
"Ten Reasons to Stay"
When Miss Eliza Crenshawe discovers her new guardian's plans to marry her off without so much as a Season, she flees – on a horse she unwittingly steals (oops!) from Colin Hunt, a newly minted earl who wants nothing more than for her to go home…or stay forever.
From Liz Carlyle…
"After Midnight"
Confusion over room assignments at her uncle's estate yields a passionate encounter between Martinique – the daughter of a French courtesan – and the notorious rake Lord St. Vrain. Soon, there is talk of a proper courtship…though there's nothing proper about either of them!
From Julia London…
"The Merchant's Gift"
A graduate of Mrs. Harris's school, Grace attends a refresher tea and receives a lesson. Sent to London to attract a match among the ton, she finds herself drawn to rugged Barrett Adlaine – an entirely inappropriate mate who will never meet with the father's approval.
From Renee Bernard…
"Mischief's Holiday"
Alyssa's father is counting on her to make a match that will allow her transition into titled society despite Alyssa's constant mishaps and chaotic ways. There's no way she's a match for Mr. Leland Yates, who is ruled by logic and reason – or is there?
Finished: Wednesday 13/9
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Book one-hundred-and-sixty: In the Prince’s Bed
In the Prince’s Bed (2004)
Sabrina Jeffries
Rating: 3/5
She makes me giggle. Actually, even just the cover and the title of this book made me giggle.
Miss Katherine Merivale is desperate to make a respectable match—if only her childhood sweetheart would propose! Until he does, she can’t touch the fortune she’s inherited. So the last thing she needs is notorious rogue Alec Black putting her proposed marriage at risk with his distracting, smoldering gaze and moonlit kisses.
Alec, the Earl of Iversley—and one of three bastard sons of the Prince of Wales—is secretly searching for an heiress bride to pay his debts. Fiery Katherine seems the answer to his prayers, and her passionate response to his stolen kisses and practiced seduction soon assures him that she is his. But Alec knows Katherine is looking for a love-match, and he wonders …what will happen when she discovers his deception?
Finished: Saturday 7/9 more...
Book one-hundred-and-fifty-two: Beware of a Scot’s Revenge
Beware of a Scot’s Revenge (2007)
Sabrina Jeffries
Rating: 2.5/5
Interesting, because it had this whole mystery thing going on about the money, but something about it was just not quite right. Don’t know what.
Lady Venetia Campbell's visit to her childhood home of Scotland takes a dramatic turn when she's kidnapped at pistol-point by her father's sworn enemy.
Sir Lachlan Ross is widely feared in his guise as The Scottish Scourge, but Venetia remembers her former neighbor as a handsome youth whose attentions she craved. Now a wickedly sexy man, Lachlan's appeal is even more intoxicating…and much more dangerous. Though Lachlan tries to treat her as his foe, his scorching kisses tell another story. And despite his plan is to use her as a weapon against her father, Venetia is determined that Lachlan's lust for revenge will be trumped by an even more powerful desire…
Wednesday 29/8
Book one-hundred-and-fifty-one: Only a Duke Will Do
Only a Duke Will Do (2006)
Sabrina Jeffries
Rating: 2.5/5
Okay, but would have probably been better if I’d read whichever other book the two main characters appear in. Although, it was kind of interesting trying to work it out as I went along.
I can’t help thinking that it is very smart marketing wise of the author to make this part of this series, rather than the other one. Because now I want to read the other series, and I guess people who had read the other series, would now be forced to read this one… tricky, very tricky.
Marry? Never! It would end Louisa North's work with her ladies reform group—and truth be told, she likes her independence very much, despite her royal father's protests. So when Simon Tremaine, the dashing Duke of Foxmoor whom she'd once loved—and had exiled from England-returns bent on marrying her, she's skeptical. Does he truly care for her, or does he simply want revenge? It's difficult for Louisa to resist Simon's dangerous charms, because the fire between them still burns as hot as ever. But when his ulterior motive for marriage is exposed, along with the deeply buried secrets of his past, Louisa vows to make him pay…and the price will be his heart.
Tuesday 28/8
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Book one-hundred-and-forty-six: Married to the Viscount
Married to the Viscount (2003)
Sabrina Jeffries
Rating: 2/5
Darn. Apparently this is the FIFTH book in a series. How did I manage that?
I think it should be clearly marked somewhere. I mean, most times the back copy of a book tells you what happens in the first 200 pages, but it can’t tell you it’s the FIFTH book in a series.
Okay, so the truth is it doesn’t really matter, but I like to read things in order.
Anyway, this was all right… its quite funny. Maybe it would have been even funnier if I’d read the other four…
Also, can I just say: the cover = bizarre.
Abigail Mercer was breathless with anticipation at being reunited with Spencer Law, whom she met in America and later married by proxy. But now the dashing Viscount Ravenswood denies all knowledge of their union! Too many witnesses have made it impossible for the secretive Spencer to reject his "bride" without causing a scandal, but he has sworn never to marry. So he proposes a marriage in name only until they can locate his mysteriously absent younger brother Nat—who is responsible for everything!—and untangle this messy affair.
Abigail is incensed, irate…and irresistibly attracted to this handsome, infuriating man who hides his smoldering passion behind a proper exterior. So the lady will agree to his terms on one condition: Spencer must seal their bargain with a kiss. But when Spencer agrees, he finds that one deep, lingering, unforgettable kiss isn't nearly enough. And keeping his hands off his pretty wife is going to be much harder than he thought…
Finished: Thursday 23/8
Book one-hundred-and-forty-five: Never Seduce a Scoundrel
Sabrina Jeffries
Rating: 2.5/5
I hadn’t read anything written by Sabrina Jeffries before, but I'm really glad I picked this up (or downloaded it, I guess, as it was an eBook). I really love the way she writes. Very funny and very easy to read.
This is the first in a series… aren’t they all? (Well, usually with me, it’s the second or third in a series, only I don’t realise at the time of purchase…)
And of course, I can't wait to read Charlotte and Micheal's book (their letters open each chapter). I think it is coming out in 2008.
Lady Amelia Plume has many admirers; too bad they’re all fortune hunters and fops who can’t provide the exotic adventures she seeks. The ballrooms of Mayfair have become more appealing since the arrival of Major Lucas Winter—an American marine with a dangerous past and a brooding air. Lucas is brash, arrogant…and scandalously tempting. Every thrilling kiss sparks deeper desire, yet Amelia suspects that Lucas has a hidden motive in wooing her and she means to discover it, by any means necessary…
Lucas came to London to find the cad who embezzled money from a naval contractor. The captivating Lady Amelia could be the key to his quest, but what started as simple flirtation has become a delicious dance of seduction. And when a rival jeopardizes Amelia’s reputation, Lucas must choose what he wants most—the chance to avenge his past, or a future filled with fiery passion…
Finished: Wednesday 22/8