G K. (ginnyk1) reviewed on 2/19/2006 + 49 more book reviews

No one writes romance like Jo Goodman, especially with her magnificent quartet featuring the irresistible men of the Compass Club. In her third installment she holds readers spellbound as Gabriel Whitney, known as East to his friends, enters the life of a woman disinclined let him into her housemuch less into her heart

Lady Sophia Colley, daughter of the late Earl of Tremont, finds herself imprisoned in her own home by mercenary cousins who want her to marry the money her poor father failed to leave them. When the Marquess of Eastlyn arrives to rectify the false rumor that he and Sophie are engaged, the last thing he expects is to be entranced by her honey-hued eyes. East proposes on the spot, only to have Sophie turn him down flat.

But Sophies rejection of East is far from personal. In fact, its all she can do to resist his charmsand her willpower is put to the ultimate test when he returns. The desire between them is impossible to deny, but deny it she must in order to protect East from a past intrigue that is about to place them both in very present danger. Now, they must work together in very close quarters, for only after they unravel a treacherous mystery will they be free to pursue the love of a lifetime

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