Beyond Seduction (Bastion Club)
by Stephanie Laurens
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Author: Stephanie LaurensEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-09-01
ISBN: 0060839252
Number of pages: 496
Publisher: Avon
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Book Review: Should have been a great story, but...
Summary: 3 Stars
A strong heroine to match a strong hero, two sets of precocious siblings, a couple of bad guys, some left-over war intrigue to challenge the spying skills of a former spy - how could that go wrong? Let me tell you the ways:
Gervase Tregarth, Earl of Crowhurst, has been attempting to find a wife, but has repeatedly been called back to his estate to deal with one calamity after another ~ all caused by his 3 younger sisters, who are afraid he will bring home a spoiled London wife who will promptly banish them to live with an elderly aunt. Out of frustration, Gervase swears to marry the first suitable lady he meets, providing she is not uncompatible in any way. He figures he's safe, since he gets to decide what is compatible and besides, no suitable ladies reside in the area. Is he ever wrong! He knows, of course, that Madeline Gascoigne lives nearby at Treleaver Park, but he has only recently returned to the Castle after years spent spying for the Crown, and thinks of her as a unique person who capably runs her younger brother's estate, not as an eligible lady - until his sisters prod him into considering the possibility. Then he begins his campaign, and the next 200 pages are dedicated to his seducing her into his bed often enough so that passion will convince her to consider marriage.
Here are the causes of my disappointment in what should have been a great story:
1) Where in this seduction is the hero's respect for the heroine? He used sex as manipulation - that's not love.
2) In all other areas, Madeline's strong personality and sense of responsibility come through loud and clear, but she allows lust to wipe out all other considerations? It doesn't fit. And she doesn't expect or want marriage, so where was her concern about pregnancy?
3) Although there are some strong hints earlier, the villains of the story don't appear until nearly 200 pp. into the book - which also happens to be when the story became more interesting. It is often the secondary characters that strengthen a story.
4) This may be nit-picking, but two terms were very off-putting to me: his agatey eyes (really?!) and the use of library-cum-study; why not just one or the other, we'd get the idea. I can't quite envision him saying, 'Please come into my library-cum-study', so why describe it that way?
I will be reading Christian's story, since I want to follow the spy intrigue to the end. At one point in this series, I was hoping that Dalziel's story would be added to the six as the appropriate ending, filling in all the holes in their spying careers, but not if it's as painful as the first half of this one.
Summary of Beyond Seduction (Bastion Club)
In a moment of recklessness, Gervase Tregarth, 6th Earl of Crowhurst, swears he'll marry the next eligible lady to cross his path. Cloistered at his ancestral castle in Cornwall, with nary a suitable woman for miles, he never expects he'll have to fulfill his pledge, at least not until the London Season begins. But then he meets his neighbor, the very appealing Madeline Gascoigne.
Years of secret service to the Crown have taught Gervase the value of always having a loophole-there will be no wedding if he and Madeline are incompatible in any way. So he sets out to prove that they would make a most dreadful match . . . by luring her into his arms and, ultimately, his bed.
From their very first kiss, Gervase discovers that the headstrong and independent Madeline is no meek country miss . . . and that the fire between them will burn long beyond that first seduction.
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