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Title: Notorious Rake, Innocent Lady (Harlequin Historical Series)
ISBN: 0373294964
Author:
Bronwyn Scott
Publicate Date: 2008-05-01
Publish: 2008-05-01
List Price: $5.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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1: Great Rainy Day Read !
Julia's Uncle Barnaby is broke and 'sold' her to Mortimer Oswalt who uses virgins in a sacrifice cult fashion to cure him of his 'disease'. Julia decides that running away will not work but maybe loosing her virginity will stop the marriage. She seeks out worst rake in London who ends up being her savor! Great story and complex characters - Enjoy!
If you enjoy this genre check out the following novels; To Wed a Wicked Prince , The Naked Gentleman , Double Fantasy and Every Night I'm Yours (Zebra Historical Romance) .
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2: Fast paced and cute!
Julia had no intention of being forced into A marriage with the despicable man who needed A virgin to wed. Since she's heard that Paine Ramsden is the notorious rake of the ton, she sets out to have him ruin her. Paine was shocked to see the beautiful woman asking for his assistance in her ruination, but with such A delectable prize, how could he resist? The man she is running from is also his hated enemy, so why not kill two birds with one stone?
I liked most of this book. It was A fast paced read. The writing was simple but the storyline made the book interesting enough to read. I liked watching the hero and heroine fall in love. I also liked the fact that Julia wasn't the average prudish heroine and she wasn't afraid to explore her desire for Paine even after she was ruined. I also thought Paine stayed true to his character as A rake because he had no qualms about ruining Julia because he had selfish motivations. He wanted her because he was attracted to her and he wanted to get his revenge on the man she was running from and that is one of the characterization of a rake. I also loved the fact that paine got the help of his family to battle the villain. It was refreshing to read about A family helping each other out in A romance novel. you never really see that, even though the family is suppose to be powerful.
The book started to unravel when it was close to the end. It was A bit unbelievable that the villain, A commoner, could have taken such liberties with an earl's brother. He tried to kill Paine even though his brother the earl and his whole family would have known about it and he still expected to be rewarded with A knighthood! He didn't even expect repercussions. Another thing that had me scratching my head was that no one called the authorities on this crazy man! Didn't they have Bow street runners back then or people in charge who could have been told of the villian's misdeeds? Another problem that I had was that the whole Sheath thing was not very romantic. In real life it is A must, but in A historical romance it is just not romantic. There was only one major love scene and the sensuality was about 5 out of 10. I enjoyed most of the book and didn't really start to lose interest until It was close to the end so I would still recommend it to someone who wants to read A fast paced book.
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