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Wicked As Sin: A Novel (Boscastle)
written by Jillian Hunter
Studio : Ballantine Books
by Ballantine Books
Release Date : 2008-06-24
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Released : 2008-06-24
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780345503930
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 13 reviews)
List Price : $6.99
Our Price : $1.72
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Product Description |
Award-winning author Jillian Hunter has written a deliciously sexy new novel rife with sly wit, perilous temptation, and breathless passion.
Handsome cavalry officer Sir Gabriel Boscastle returns from Waterloo a hero, only to resume his pursuit of forbidden pleasures in London. There is no bet this cynical gentleman will not take–and no woman he cannot seduce. But when he travels to the country manor he wins during a card game, he discovers there is one gamble he has never risked and that he may have met his match. His opponent and neighbor is none other than Alethea Claridge, the only person who stood by him during his wildest years and the only woman ever to captivate his heart.
The beautiful and solitary Lady Alethea is seemingly still mourning for her fiancé, who died in battle. But beneath her shield of feigned sorrow, she hides an unspeakable secret–one that could destroy her reputation forever. So when this dark horseman thunders back into her life one night, she is understandably wary of him. She had defended Gabriel once when he was a wicked boy. But now, as a beguiling man, he makes his sensual desires well known even as he swears he will reform. Will the irresistible scoundrel redeem himself and restore her trust in love or ruin her completely? She will soon have her answer as Gabriel challenges everything she believes about love, about herself, and about what it takes to be a hero. |
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LOVED IT ! |
I really like the characaters and story made me what to read more by this author. Sir Gabriel Boscastle wins a home in a card game in his hometown area and decides to spend some time their and chase aways some old demons. What he finds is Lady Alethea Claridge his childhood neighbor who was always his champion. What I liked about this novel and romance of Alethea and Gabriel is she didn't try to hold back her laughter and he made her remember her joy in life.
Can't wait for her new book Wicked at the Wedding, second in the series about one of Gabriel's long-lost brothers. |
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Could of like it but... 2 1/2 stars |
I don't know what happened with this book. The beginning I really enjoyed and then when the middle hit I was like can this book just end yet! I don't know I think she had a good premise for the book, but she just didn't follow through as well as she should. I think when they kept on telling each other that they loved each over and over then all they would do is have little stupid fights the rest of the book that had no purpose whatsoever. I just thought there was not a lot of thought into the plot or how things played out throughout this book. I wish she or her editors would of spent more time working on the story because I think the characters were excellent though.
I also didn't like how they did the whole rape when she finally got with Gabe it was like that never happened. idk it just seemed that she wrote all this stuff at the end just to make the book longer and nothing flowed well. |
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This book was good as far as the two main characters go. What I didn't like was how it left you hanging regarding his brother and his mother that it hinted at toward the end. That took away from the book's appeal and left it unpolished. There wasn't any hint of a continuation from the author either at the book's end..... |
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Weak ending |
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I agree with the majority of the reviewers of this book that it is not one of Hunter's best and I believe the Boscastle series has probably done its dash now. I really loved the first half - it had an emotional depth that I was really enjoying. Then things went to pot. I didn't like the way Gabriel was obsessed by Alethea's sexual past when it was clear that she loved him in the 'here and now'. But the really annoying thing about the second half that it was setting up for the next book in the series which had no relevance to Gabriel's story - a sort of after thought. So for Hunter's best efforts, go back to her earlier books. |
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Not again... |
Sadly- I am a fan of MS. Hunter's work, but this latest book was terrible.
No, I'm not using that term lightly. I have to say it not only was the worst book of hers that I have read- it may also be in the running for worst romance book that I've read. Borrow it, buy it 'used', but don't waste the price of a gallon of gas on this one.
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