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Summary: Lovely Regency with Wonderful Sensuality
Review: In the second installment of Enoch's Lessons in Love series Miss Evelyn Marie Ruddick had made her list of things she would like to teach to her, as of yet, unnamed scoundrel. At the present time though, her main concern was to do something for the orphans of the Heart of Hope orphanage and in the process, she found her pupil... the Marquis of St. Aubyn, aka "Saint" who just happened to be the head of the orphanages board of directors. More importantly, he was known widely as London's most perfect scoundrel, and banned from most of gentle society's social establishments - not that he cared!Evie, determined to aid the children in the orphanage, needed the approval of the arrogant and devilishly charming St. Aubyn, and, if in the meantime, she could impart a few lessons to him - so much the better. It almost seemed as though she were getting both her wishes until she discovered his nefarious plans of demolishing the orphanage. That was when the gloves came off and with the aid of the delightful children, they kidnapped the Marquis and locked him in the dungeon. Unfortunately, for Evie his touch, his looks, his words had already done much to inflame her desires. Once he escaped, his `blackmail' to keep silent over her kidnapping him, was nothing short of pure bliss! Loved this book! Evelyn Marie was a darling and the Saint - oooh, what a devil! The plot itself was very original and fun; the children were a delight; and the sensuality was passionate and heady! As part of the series, it can and most definitely does stand alone, but is also enhanced with involvement of Evelyn's best friends, Georgiana and Dare from THE RAKE, and Lucinda Barrett from ENGLAND'S PERFECT HERO. Any lover of Regency romances who like them served up with naughty and `very nice' sensuality will sure to be pleased with any or all of these books in Enoch's Lessons in Love series. --- Marilyn Rondeau, Official Reviewer for www.historicalromancewriters.com ---
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Summary: Lovely Regency with Wonderful Sensuality
Review: In the second installment of Enoch's Lessons in Love series Miss Evelyn Marie Ruddick had made her list of things she would like to teach to her, as of yet, unnamed scoundrel. At the present time though, her main concern was to do something for the orphans of the Heart of Hope orphanage and in the process, she found her pupil... the Marquis of St. Aubyn, aka "Saint" who just happened to be the head of the orphanages board of directors. More importantly, he was known widely as London's most perfect scoundrel, and banned from most of gentle society's social establishments - not that he cared! Evie, determined to aid the children in the orphanage, needed the approval of the arrogant and devilishly charming St. Aubyn, and, if in the meantime, she could impart a few lessons to him - so much the better. It almost seemed as though she were getting both her wishes until she discovered his nefarious plans of demolishing the orphanage. That was when the gloves came off and with the aid of the delightful children, they kidnapped the Marquis and locked him in the dungeon. Unfortunately, for Evie his touch, his looks, his words had already done much to inflame her desires. Once he escaped, his 'blackmail' to keep silent over her kidnapping him, was nothing short of pure bliss! Loved this book! Evelyn Marie was a darling and the Saint - oooh, what a devil! The plot itself was very original and fun; the children were a delight; and the sensuality was passionate and heady! As part of the series, it can and most definitely does stand alone, but is also enhanced with involvement of Evelyn's best friends, Georgiana and Dare from THE RAKE, and Lucinda Barrett from ENGLAND'S PERFECT HERO. Any lover of Regency romances who like them served up with naughty and 'very nice' sensuality will sure to be pleased with any or all of these books in Enoch's Lessons in Love series. --- Marilyn Rondeau, Official Reviewer for www.historicalromancewriters.com ---
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Summary: Funny, So I Read It
Review: It was not original, however, it was funny and a quick read.
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Summary: I had to stay up til the wee hours to finish it!
Review: It's been a while since I've done that. I'll admit I would have rated it lower until about 1/3-1/2 way through the book. But then it captured me and I couldn't put it down. The prologue links this book with the other two in the series, one of which comes out in March. Although I haven't read the first one, this fact was obvious by the end of chapter one. I'll be heading out for The Rake (first in the series) right away. Saint is definitely a bad boy--a very, very bad boy. He is utterly selfish, manipulative, deceitful, and shameless, caring for no one and nothing. He is also utterly alone. Until Evelyn arrives on the scene, seeking to make a worthwhile contribution to the world and to teach London's Perfect Scoundrel how to be a gentleman with a heart. Saint is dangerous, wicked, and delicious. Despite some comments that she's weak, Evelyn is the perfect foil for him. She's a woman who has been "encouraged" to conform to society's expectation of a harmless, brainless, compliant female. Through the events in the book, she becomes somewhat more assertive and thanks Saint for it. Granted, she somehow still loves her wretched, manipulative brother (How she can think he'd be a good member of Parliament is beyond me. This was the book's flaw, in my opinion.) and she appears resigned to succumb to his marital plans for her because she cannot find a way out once he locks her in her room. But Evelyn's timidity on her own behalf is not only a realistic trait, especially for the time period, but it is also necessary for Saint's redemption. He needs to be concerned about someone other than himself; he needs to be someone's hero, rescuer. He needs to be needed. The proposal was so very romantic, especially after knowing Saint as you do by then. It could not have been more perfect. The book is a little slow at first, but hang in there -- it more than makes up for it later.
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Summary: Anything but Saintly
Review: London's Perfect Scoundrel is a good devil/angel themed story, but yet Enoch's newest has much more than the category romance fiction theme going for it. It is truly about a man who has an epiphany, has redemption due to the heroine of the story. Evelyn wanted to make a difference in her life, so one day while passing the Heart of Hope Orphanage, she decides to volunteer there. But she has to get the board of trustees permission first, and the head of the board is Michael, the Marquis of St. Aubyn who is known as Saint for his unsaintly like ways. He ridicules Evie because he doesn't believe her efforts will amount to much, and that she is only volunteering for a diversion. There are several skirmishes during the first half of the novel, that come to a head when Evie kidnaps Saint and locks him in the orphanage basement for a week. While he tries to repent (half heartedly at first) he eventually comes to care very deeply for Evie and her cause. He too wants to make a difference and not let her down, so he has to find a way to keep the orphanage open and not have her be married off to Clarence, Mr. Avlington. The only thing I didn't like was how Evie kept crying in the book. She really didn't stand up much as a heroine, she was kind of weak willed. She should have stood up to her brother, no matter how much she loved her family. Saint was a totally wicked hero, but he was wonderful too. I don't think I have ever read about a more jaded, cynical Regency hero. They seem mismatched, especially with Evie's weak-willed personality, but in the end, they did fit together. All in all, a great story. I enjoyed the romantic scenes and the orphanage scenes which provided a lot of humor for the story. Suzanne Enoch has written another winner and I look forward to Lucinda Barrett's story, featuring Robert Carroway, Lord Dare's war tormented brother.
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Summary: A very entertaining romp.....
Review: Really, really cute story. Loved watching Saint come around - didn't like him AT ALL at the very first of the book, but he really shaped up great as he fell for Evelyn. His interactions througout the book with his butler was just too funny. Also, it was great to see Evelyn grow & come to realize how fulfilling life can be. Her 'big idea' (which I can't name or it'll spoil it) was quite ridiculous - but it definitely got Saint's attention! lol These were 2 that I wanted to get together..... they were just wonderful for each other.
The only small problem that I had with the book was Evelyn's attitude about her brother; she continually claimed that he really loved her & that he would be excellent as a member of Parliment....... uh, excuse me??? Whatever gave her these notions???? I suppose that her reactions for those times may have been realistic, but to me it just seemed she had no backbone when it came to her brother. It was hard to accept that the meek mouse being lead around by the nose by her brother is also the same woman that helped the orphans come up with their scheme concerning Saint. That got quite irritating to me.
However, every other aspect of the book was in turn fun & sweet; if you like historical romance, you'll most likely enjoy this one.
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Summary: Bad to the Bone
Review: St. Aubyn is a perfectly delicious bad boy. He reminds me of that old Mae West quote: "When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm even better!" Anyone who enjoys romances with rakes, rogues, and sexy scoundrels will find a keeper with this book.
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Summary: Her best yet!
Review: Suzanne Enoch is getting better and better. This time around she gives us Saint, a man who appears unredeemable. I was a little shocked at what a bad guy he seemed to be, but Enoch carefully took us through Saint's development, and I really believed that he changed by the end of the book (Evie too for that matter). Enoch gave us some really delightful interactions (one of the characters kidnaps the other for a while!), and while some of it was implausbile, it was all very witty and fun. Go buy it!
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Summary: Weak heroine
Review: Suzanne Enoch's new book is not worth reading. Evie is a throwback to heroines of twenty years ago. Nowadays I expect more in a heroine, even a Regency debutante. Enoch's young miss is a bore and truly a "silly" creature. Her desire to help the young orphans is half-hearted at best. I've enjoyed other books by Enochs, but this one was disappointing.
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Summary: Started out well, but had a dissapointing ending.
Review: The book started out well. The contrast between the good and noble heroine and the shameless hero was interesting, because even though at first sight it appeared that they had nothing in common, they attracted each other.
The author created a hero that really lived up to the adjective of scoundrel, unlike so many other romance heroes that are called that but in fact are more honorable than most men, St.Aubyn was really a scoundrel, shameless, selfish, manipulative, deceitful and full of bad intentions. I think he totally deserved what Evelyn did to him (and I'm not going to say what as to not ruin the surprise) however, in spite of that, I still liked him from the start (I guess it is the so called allure of a bad boy)
Evelyn was also very likeable at the beginning, but by the end I wanted to shake her for being so stupid. That's where the book lost its appeal to me. I just can't stand a person that is so "good" that allows others to take advantage of her in the worse possible way, even knowing she is being taken advantage of.
I read other reviewers also complained about this, I too, would have liked Evelyn to stand up to her despicable brother. Contrary to what she believes, I do not think her brother deserved a possition in the government. A man who is so selfish, ruthless and inconsiderate with his own family, does not make a good representative of the people. He has all the characteristics of a corrupt politician. The fact that at the end he got what he wanted by manipulating his sister and St.Aubyn is disgusting and quite ruined the book for me. I wanted him to get punished for his horrible behavior and treatment of his sister.
Another thing I think this book needed was another love scene. The 2 it has are ok, but insuficient. It is not that I'm looking for porno in a romance novel, but I would have liked to see them in a proper bed for a change, or at least in a proper bedroom!
I think a good opportunity was lost when he breaks into her house and visits her in her bedchamber where she was being held prisioner by her brother. What happened there instead (her refusing to leave with him because of her worthless brother) made my blood boil with outrage and exasperation.
All in all, the book had the potential to be a 4 or even 5 stars, but the way it ended was a real dissapointment.
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