Georgianna Exley's passionate nature has always been her undoing, and for this reason, the beautiful young widow allows her lovers only a single night in her bed. But Ivo Dauntry has come home to England, and for him, she'll break her most sacred rule: granting him six nights of sensual bliss one for every year he's given up for her...As a gentleman born, Ivo risked his reputation and his life in a duel to defend Georgianna's honour. Now, returned from exile, Ivo discovers that she has proven to be less than a lady...and soon, his daring seduction becomes a sensual contest of wills. But the long-ago duel that bound them forever has fuelled the hatred of a madman determined to make Georgianna pay for her misdeeds with her life, and once again, Ivo must risk everything to save the woman he loves...
Lord Sin
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I won't write a synopsis because the one given above is adequate. I'm not sure whether this is a first book for Kalen Hughes, but I found it very enjoyable.
Georgina and Ivo are likable central characters and there are several likable and amusing secondary characters who may find themselves as central characters in another Hughes book if we're lucky.
Ivo fought a dual on George's behalf when she was newly married and in Paris. As he actually killed the man in question his family feel that he disgraced their name, so he stayed for six years in Italy before returning to England.
George is now 26 years old and a widow. She is a flamboyant 'tomboy' figure, having more close male friends than females and is considered titilatingly scandalous by the ton. Her house is open house to her friends who are there at all hours day and night and come and go as they please. Consequently the ton think that she has numerous lovers. She is an excellant and fearless rider and shot. Her close, childhood friends Gabriel and St Aubrey, are extremely loyal to her and protective of her. A fact that makes Ivo very jealous.
Ivo is madly attracted to George and she to him, however, he doesn't really understand her. He is both attracted and scandalised by her "rackety" behaviour and fierce independence of spirit yet determined to make her his and change her behaviour when he does. To make her his he has first to get through her "bulldogs" as he calls Gabriel and St Aubrey, plus her other friends.
Then there is the fact that someone, for some reason, seems to want George dead. Various incidents happen, which makes it imperiative that both Ivo and her friends find out who is trying to kill her.
Very enjoyable.
Georgina and Ivo are likable central characters and there are several likable and amusing secondary characters who may find themselves as central characters in another Hughes book if we're lucky.
Ivo fought a dual on George's behalf when she was newly married and in Paris. As he actually killed the man in question his family feel that he disgraced their name, so he stayed for six years in Italy before returning to England.
George is now 26 years old and a widow. She is a flamboyant 'tomboy' figure, having more close male friends than females and is considered titilatingly scandalous by the ton. Her house is open house to her friends who are there at all hours day and night and come and go as they please. Consequently the ton think that she has numerous lovers. She is an excellant and fearless rider and shot. Her close, childhood friends Gabriel and St Aubrey, are extremely loyal to her and protective of her. A fact that makes Ivo very jealous.
Ivo is madly attracted to George and she to him, however, he doesn't really understand her. He is both attracted and scandalised by her "rackety" behaviour and fierce independence of spirit yet determined to make her his and change her behaviour when he does. To make her his he has first to get through her "bulldogs" as he calls Gabriel and St Aubrey, plus her other friends.
Then there is the fact that someone, for some reason, seems to want George dead. Various incidents happen, which makes it imperiative that both Ivo and her friends find out who is trying to kill her.
Very enjoyable.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Where's the dialogue??
26 Dec 2007
By cashthedog
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I liked this book quite a bit. The only problem I had was with the dialogue between the hero/heroine. Where was it??? the author spent most of the time going on about what was going on in their heads. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, I know, but please I do need some spoken words between the characters once in a while. Looking forward to her next book with hopefully more dialogue.....
14 of 18 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Horrible.........Don't waste your money
28 Feb 2008
By Snuggled Up
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This will be the first book I have ever reviewed, only because I have never hated a book more.
I bought this because of the great price and the other 22 reviews that mostly celebrated this book. I can assure you after reading thousands of romances over twenty years this is the worst piece of work that I have ever read.
The thought of the heroine was provoking but I never really got to like or know her. The main characters never spoke to each other and when they did there was no substance to any of it. I was tired of reading about lust in the characters heads and not hear them speak the words to each other. There was no romance, no real emotion. I never really understood how they could have possibly fallen in love, it just made no sense.
Where the heck did the title come from.........
This book will be a fire starter in my Chimenea......
I bought this because of the great price and the other 22 reviews that mostly celebrated this book. I can assure you after reading thousands of romances over twenty years this is the worst piece of work that I have ever read.
The thought of the heroine was provoking but I never really got to like or know her. The main characters never spoke to each other and when they did there was no substance to any of it. I was tired of reading about lust in the characters heads and not hear them speak the words to each other. There was no romance, no real emotion. I never really understood how they could have possibly fallen in love, it just made no sense.
Where the heck did the title come from.........
This book will be a fire starter in my Chimenea......
15 of 20 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
I was hoping...
14 Jun 2007
By D. Benton
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I bought Lord Sin after reading the reviews posted below, and I must say that I wish I hadn't! This is VERY far from being "historical romance at its best" (although it's a great example of why romance novels have gotten a bad rap).
In the first chapter alone I thought I was going to scream if Kalen Hughes used the word "humanity" once more to describe a crowd. She's also fond of throwing in what appear to me to be random vocab words of yore in order to validate the historical time frame, but it fails miserably (and I have no idea what she's talking about). Furthermore, there are little details that don't line up that drive me nuts. For example, the heroine and the hero share a steamy kiss on the stairs as she's heading to her rooms. Shortly thereafter, bathed and dress, she come down the hallway from her room (which is on the first floor)...um....OK.
As a lover of romance, I have to say that this one is weak. There's simply not enough backstory and not enough depth.
In the first chapter alone I thought I was going to scream if Kalen Hughes used the word "humanity" once more to describe a crowd. She's also fond of throwing in what appear to me to be random vocab words of yore in order to validate the historical time frame, but it fails miserably (and I have no idea what she's talking about). Furthermore, there are little details that don't line up that drive me nuts. For example, the heroine and the hero share a steamy kiss on the stairs as she's heading to her rooms. Shortly thereafter, bathed and dress, she come down the hallway from her room (which is on the first floor)...um....OK.
As a lover of romance, I have to say that this one is weak. There's simply not enough backstory and not enough depth.
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