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  • Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Avon Books; Reprint edition (1 Oct 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0380805693
  • ISBN-13: 978-0380805693
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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Harold Henry Cynster--better known as Demon to family and friends--leaves London society for the all-male environment of his Newmarket stables in an attempt to escape matchmaking mamas and the spate of marriages that have decimated the ranks of his bachelor cousins. But Demon barely sets one foot on his property before he notices a too-shapely boy settling into the saddle of his favourite Irish thoroughbred. Beautiful Felicity Parteger hasn't seen Demon Cynster since she was a young girl, when with clear-sighted practicality she had reasoned that the handsome rake was a threat to every female's heart and had scrupulously disappeared every time he visited her guardian, General Sir Gordon Caxton. When Demon finds her masquerading as a stable lad and demands an explanation, she has no choice but to confess that she's trying to uncover information about a racing syndicate that bribes jockeys. The General's son, Dillon, has fallen in with them and is now in hiding to escape their threats on his life.

With cool efficiency Demon attempts to take over her campaign to save Dillon. Felicity, however, refuses to sit at home and tend to her needlework while Demon has all the fun, and a partnership of sorts is formed. Much to Demon's delight, she also willingly co-operates in his plans for seduction; but pleasure turns to frustration when Felicity refuses his marriage proposal. Although she's head-over-heels in love with him, the independent young woman has no intention of saying "I do" to the infamous rake before he says "I love you" to her. While the two lovers risk their lives in tracking the dangerous syndicate, they engage in a courtship dance that risks both of their hearts as well.

In Rogue's Proposal, the fourth book in the Bar Cynster series, Laurens offers a hero and heroine full of honour, courage, wit and humour; Demon Cynster--a man who has never wanted love and marriage--meets his match in Felicity, an intelligent and passionate woman who refuses to settle for anything less than his heart. The course of true love never did run smoothly, and it's no different for these two, but they are clearly two halves of a passionate whole--and passion and romance, solidly anchored in a well-crafted plot, is something Laurens does so very well. --Lois Faye Dyer

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After seeing so many men destroyed by passion, Demon Cynster vows never to become involved with a woman, but when Felicity Parteger begs him to help her friend out of trouble, he finds himself irresistibly drawn to her.

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Another fine member of the Bar Cynster stories, 12 Oct 2000
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A wonderful treat to read another of the Cynster stories and I must confess to being hooked. I found Flick to be a very lively and engaging heroine and Demon sounded even more attractive than the other Cynsters (if this is possible). A good story and I'm glad to see that the passion developed so early in the novel, it gave it that extra twist, also nice to read a story where the heroine has a nice name. Though I love Devil's Bride, I admit to cringing every time the name Honoria was written. Overall, another recommendation to any true romance lovers.

My only complaint is the over use of the word 'humph', a seemingly persistent fault ominously present in all of the Bar Cynster novels. I'm sure that I can't be speaking for myself only when I say that this is ever so slightly annoying, and really effects the overall enjoyment of such a wonderful romance series.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars An improvement on the last one - and a heroine I like!, 8 Mar 2003
By Dr W. Richards "wmr-uk" (Canada) - See all my reviews
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Book 4 in the Cynster series - or Book 5 if, like me, you count The Promise in a Kiss as Book 1 - features Vane's younger brother Harry, known as Demon. After seeing three of his fellow Bar Cynster members happily chained in marriage, Harry knows that he'll be next if the women in his family have anything to do with it. So he decamps to his stud at Newmarket, a place where he's very sure he won't encounter any marriageable women.

A new jockey at his stables catches his attention - the jockey's bottom, in particular. It's not a man's rear. And he's right: the jockey is actually Felicity Parteger, the ward of his nearest neighbour. She's investigating a race-fixing scandal - the obligatory Laurens A-plot and this time, thankfully, one which doesn't take over the story. The last time Harry - Demon (I really think these nicknames are silly!) - saw Felicity, she was in pigtails and still obviously a teenager. Now, she's 20 to his 31, and she's beautiful. Not only is she beautiful, but he's attracted to her.

To my relief, this story proceeds a little differently to the four earlier books. Harry actually *fights* his attraction to Felicity - Flick, as he calls her - and he doesn't propose until almost half-way through the book. Very sensibly, Flick turns him down. She's been in love with Harry all her life, but she knows that he doesn't love her. He proposes for reasons to do with propriety and also, as she knows, because he finds her attractive. But she will only marry for love.

How their courtship develops, against the backdrop of the A-plot and, eventually, the London season and the rest of Harry's family, is generally well-told. This time, Laurens develops the romance steadily and well, instead of marrying her characters off in the first half of the book and thus taking away any romantic suspense. This is *definitely* an improvement on the earlier books, and I really felt as if I was reading a love story.

I also liked Flick a lot. She's an independent young woman with a mind of her own, and she's determined not to be pushed around by Demon. She has a sense of humour and intelligence coupled with innocence, but she won't let Demon use his greater experience and age to get the better of her. One of Laurens' better heroines so far.

But there's still the unanswered question of how Laurens' heroines manage to escape pregnancy while they're blithely and happily having sex with their men before marriage.

Laurens' choice of nickname for her hero here led to a lot of distracting repetitions, too: "Demon leashed his demons..." and similar phrases occur throughout. And she *really* needs to look up 'disinterest' in a dictionary. It does *not* mean 'lack of interest'; it refers to a state of non-involvement or objectivity.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely brilliant, just like the others., 2 Jan 2000
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'A Rogue's Proposal' was another fantastic book in the Cynster series. Demon is a very sexy hero, and Flick was a very likeable heroine. I adore all the Cynster men, and I can't wait till July when Gabriel's story is released! Stephanie Laurens is one of the best romance authors I have ever read. If you want to find out about her other Cynster stories, go to the Avon Ladies website, where she has her own homepage. It also tells you the order in which her other books will run. After Lucifer's story, it's the turn of the Earl of Chillingworth, then Amanda Cynster, then Amelia Cynster, and then Simon!! She's thought far ahead!! Well done, Ms Laurens, keep up the great work, and (of course) the hot sex scenes!!
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