It's a rather silly romance novel, but, again, it was a fun read, even though I liked The Price of Temptation (minus the dungeon-scene) much better - although most people seem to feel the opposite. This one wins a little by its nice descriptions of the English countryside, but loses by its slightly less alluring characters and its deus ex machina coincidences. Still, an enjoyable read - and yet another humorously ludicrous book-cover. :)

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I'm pretty torn up about this book. The intrigue and historical aspect were good but unlike Price of Temptation, the romance, was not.

A young Earl who came into possession of his title recently finds himself in a dire situation in which marriage to a wealthy lady seems to be his only choice. Along the way he meets with a prostitute that was hired by someone to ruin his life. The Earl enlist his help in figuring out who is trying to make sure he doesn't marry. Much drama ensues. They find themselves pennyless and left to fend for themselves on the road but thankfully his young friend doesn't need anything more than a private room in an establishment full of old gentlemen to make them money..... The end was somewhat unexpected and very good but it didn't erase the rest of the book sadly. I couldn't stand the whore and it was pretty meh when he did what he does best to get them money while the Earl was waiting in another room. Especially since the Earl came into a huge sum of money almost right after and made what the whore did essentially pointless. How ironic. The Earl of Price of Temptation is mentioned once in this book too.

Truthfully I was somewhat expecting this from the summary but since Price of Temptation turned out to be so good I wanted to give it a chance anyway. ( )

Discreet Young Gentleman
MJ Pearson

This book I chose purely for its cover. I was so impressed with its complete historical romance trashiness that I had to have it just for that alone. While I was reading the book, I would occasionally look at the cover and giggle. As a veteran of romance novels, the cover was something I really appreciated.

Between the covers, I was not disappointed either. This was just a fun read. I enjoyed it a lot. The story begins when a highwayman, who turns out to be not a highwayman, but a prostitute with an empty gun, holds the new Earl of Carwick, Dean Smith, at gunpoint. When Dean is discovered by his soon-to-be father-in-law while in the company of a male prostitute, his engagement is ended immediately.

Upon further questioning, Dean discovers that Rob, the prostitute, was hired by an unknown gentleman to have a bit of “fun” with the Earl of Carwick. Desperate to prove to his fiancée that he is not a lover of men, Dean demands Rob’s help in finding the man responsible. Thus begins a journey to Bath in order to right wrongs. But Dean discovers that he is not as adverse to Rob as he would want, and Rob definitely fancies the Earl.

There are parts in the story that seemed a bit like the author was showing off her knowledge or love of architecture, which seemed a bit out of place and superfluous, but it did later play a part in the story so it could be forgiven in the end.

This story is written in the romance novel formula, so if you are looking for plentiful down and dirty sex, you won’t find it here. There is only one scene and it is couched in euphemisms and the writers’ version of blurriness.

The characters are great and a lot of fun. Their voices are strong all the way through and you really become attached to all of them. But don’t look to the cover to tell you anything about the main characters’ relationship. In fact, pretend it is two other people portrayed on the cover, because it certainly is not the two inside the story. Again, loved the cover, but it is very misleading and can trip you up as you read.

This story is great if you want a bit of light and fun reading. And it’s perfect for those who have read historical novels in the past. It’s as familiar as a Johanna Lindsey or an Amanda Quick novel. And just as sweet. ( )

A DISCREET YOUNG GENTLEMAN has two elements which as far as this simple fan-girl is concerned make a story instantly brilliant: The first is a whore and the second is lots of freckles.

Our protagonist is a man with low self esteem. He is sure he is the ugliest thing on the face of the planet mostly because his mum tried to scrub his freckles off throughout his entire childhood. He is making his way to meet his bride to be when his carriage is stopped by a highwayman. After a short struggle he manage to subdue the highwayman and throwing him into the carriage, draggs him to his soon to be father in law house. The father in law just happen to be a judge and the highwayman just happen to be the male prostitute the same judge had in court recently. Looking at the men disheveled state of dress he reaches the natural conclusion that something raunchy happened in that carriage and breaks of the engagement on the spot.

Making haste to London in order to explain himself to the woman he admits he does not love our freckled main man manages to stray in every possible direction in order to accomodate a large gohst hunt in the country side. Apparently Both the prostitute and himself have a taste for fishing and supernatural stories and that is enough to have them take to the road together. The fact that mister prostitute had just ruined his life is negligable... logic be hanged! They are both gorgeous and their journey together is mouth-watering.

I loved this aspect of the story most of all, the excursion from village to town, the sites and stories, strange houses, hay stacks and molly houses on their way to self discovery and of course the discovery of each other. The way they have to learn to accept each other, the gaps between their social circles, the lies between them and around them. It is all utterly delicious - if I could eat a book with chocolate souce and cream and a cherry on top - THIS would be the one :D:D:D

I dooooo love those books so much. I urge everyone to read them. If you are not like me and you don't harbour a lust for the cheesy cover - then close your eyes and just jump into the stories - it is really worth every moment and I do believe you would be licking your fingers by the end of it.

YUM ^_^ ( )