"A deliciously erotic romance"
In 1812 England, though the daughter of an Earl, Lady Sarah
Compton knows her family is ruined due to the bad judgment
of her kind but now deceased father and the absolute idiocy
of her brother Hugh believing that gambling away everything
is his divine right. Needing cash to support his decadent
lifestyle, Hugh demands Sarah snare a wealthy husband, but
she thinks little of the idea especially when she reflects
on her one disastrous season. However, Sarah does attend
Lady Carrington's house party in Bedford not so much
because of Hugh's orders, but as her last chance for fun
before poverty becomes her life. However, this is no rustic tea party as the aristocracy has
come here for sexual games. Among the participants is
Michael Stevens, the most notorious rake in the land. Her
innocence unnerves him, especially when she insists that he
teach her the art of pleasure. As they fall in love, an
unknown enemy will do anything to insure that Michael fails
to find the proof that he seeks. This is an exciting erotic Regency romance starring two
intriguing characters who in spite of the explicit scenes
are typical of the sub-genre, i.e., the rake and the
virgin. Still the story line grips the audience from the
start until the final nude setting, as the lead characters
are a dynamic couple battling for TOTAL SURRENDER. The
suspense element adds tension, but the tale belongs to
Sarah and Michael. Cheryl Holt turns up the heat with this
enticing historical romance. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted June 15, 2002
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It was a game with only one rule - ultimate pleasure.
He was a master in seduction... With the last of her family's possessions gambled away by her dissolute brother, Lady Sarah Compton has traveled to a country house gala for one last moment of grace and beauty. But she is unaware that the occasion is actually a notorious trysting event, where members of the aristrocracy can indulge their every sensual fantasy and erotic whim. Nor does she realize that the striking man who has stolen into her bedroom is none other than Michael Stevens — a rake who gives and takes his pleasures boldly...
She was a pupil, willing to learn... The bastard son of an earl, Michael Stevens relishes his reputation as London's most notorious seducer. But he has no idea what to make of the auburn-haired beauty he'd nearly mistaken for a new conquest or how such an innocent could possibly have been invited to a gathering where London's bored elite caters to each other's carnal desires. When the lady refuses to heed Michaels' warning — to leave the house for her own protection — a powerful attraction grows, and soon, he longs to tutor the very proper Lady Sarah Compton in the art of passion... Genre: Historical Romance, Sensual, Regency
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