Search - Seduced By A Scoundrel

First Sentence:
Lady Alicia Pemberton braced herself to commit an act of desperation.

I liked this one more than I thought I would. Beneath a Regency battle of wills, there are quite a few surprising twists and I *loved* some of the secondary characters!

I don't really get why I read this all the way through, as it's one overly familiar plot element after another, and the sex scenes have an unrealistic choreographed feeling. I suspect it's because the author knows how to do a fast paced page turner, the suspense being when will the characters figure out what I've already guessed.

The hero Drake is really kind of a pain, with his obsession with revenge and his near-impossible sexual control, but he's not the only regency historical hero written that way by far, so I guess I can't blame the author for that. I was able to relate much better to the female characters - Alicia, the heroine; her friend Sarah; her mother Eleanor, who suffers from dementia; Yates, the servant beaten and left for dead by her husband. It's no classic, but it did hold my interest to the end.

Although the plot is one Regency romance cliche after another, this is a smoothly written, entertaining story.

Society shunned the base-born rogue. Matrons whispered behind their fans about his sensual exploits. Young ladies secretly dreamed of his intimate touch. No one expected Drake Wilder to force his way into the closed ranks of nobility- by coercing a very proper lady to the altar.

good book, fun reading and fast

Historical romance about a lady forced to mary the owner of a gambling club