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Lord of Scoundrels (Avon Romantic Treasure) by Loretta Chase
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Lord of Scoundrels (Avon Romantic Treasure)

by Loretta Chase

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MNMom | Jun 28, 2009 |  
This is my favorite book of all time. Great hero, heroine, story, humor, romance, angst. Perfect except I didn't want it to end. I fell in love with Dain from the moment of his birth. He was an ugly baby, loved only by his dearest mother, who was taken away from him. He was horribly treated by others growing up because of his half-Italian heritage and his large nose and ungainly features. Not knowing love, he felt he was unworthy of being loved. As an adult, he lived a life of selfish pleasure, spending his time with women who he could pay for his pleasure, thinking no woman would want him voluntarily. How could I not know love a hero who is so tortured. Enter Jessica, the best heroine ever written. She is ruthlessly intelligent, and knows just how to handle Dain. And she pretty much loves him the first time she sees him. Although others think he is ugly, he is perfect to her. There's a statement made my Jessica where she thinks or says she cannot resist him, and he is baffled that she would feel that way, used to being considered ugly as sin. I am like Jessica. To me, Dain is gorgeous. The chemistry between Dain and Jessica is better than any other book I've read, and I've read a lot. I've read books that were much more sexually explicit. The love scenes are not at all in this book. But they are incredibly affective, because of the passion between Jessica and Dain, and the deep caring and love they feel for each other. She knows of his flaws, but cares about him anyway, although she doesn't let him get away with anything. She even shoots him when he compromises her in the eyes of the ton but doesn't offer marriage. How cool is that? Dain cannot resist her, even knowing that she is much too good for him, and will change his life irrevocably. The scenes between Dain and Jessica are so delicious, it's like eating a banana split with a cheesecake chaser. And I have read few books that could manage poignancy and humor so well. There are scenes that make me cry every time I read them. Yet other scenes cause the biggest smile to spread over my face. One of my many favorite scenes is when Dain acknowledges his illegitmate son, knowing he loves him, even though he is just as ugly as Dain was as a child, and is filthy and covered in vomit. My heart wept, and tears flowed from my eyes. At the end of the day, it's really hard to describe why I love this book so much. But I do. Yet I have absolutely no reservations in saying, this is my favorite book of all time. If I ever meet Loretta Chase, I will thank her from the bottom of my heart for writing this book that has so enriched my life ( )
gatadelafuente | Jun 15, 2009 |  
This was charming, fast-paced, witty and I *really* loved the main female character, Jessica. She's smart, feisty and witty. Recommended! ( )
kayceel | May 29, 2009 |  
Lord of Scoundrels is one of the best romances out there. Anything I say can’t do justice to this masterpiece, and there’s not much by way of a review to add to what’s already been said. It stands the conventions of the genre on its head and left me reeling, dizzy with delight, swept away by emotion, and overcome by sympathy for the characters. The story is so excellently constructed, the prose elegant and sparkling, the characters brilliantly portrayed. Simultaneously hilarious and heartbreaking, it’s a book to savor – every scene is memorable. Without resorting to ponderous moralizing, unfettered by clichés, it carries a message of healing and love that is uplifting, that makes you think and feel. While remaining grounded in what is human and accessible, Lord of Scoundrel still derives epic proportions from the strengths and struggles of its characters, from the power of the beautiful story it tells. I love everything about this book. It’s a must read. ( )
theshadowknows | Apr 20, 2009 |  
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Thanks to: Sal Raciti, for the choice Italian phrases;
Carol Proko Easton, for the loan of her splendid books
on Russian icons; Cynthia Drelinger, for computer
processing my pencil hieroglyphics; and my husband,
Walter, and our friend, Owen Halpern, for an
unforgettable journey through England’s beautiful west
country.
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In the spring of 1792, Dominick Edward Guy de Ath
Ballister, third Marquess of Dain, Earl of Blackmoor,
Viscount Launcells, Baron Ballister and Launcells, lost his
wife and four children to typhus.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0380776162, Mass Market Paperback)

They call him many names, but Angelic isn't one of them . . .

Sebastian Ballister, the notorious Marquess of Dain, is big, bad, and dangerous to know. No respectable woman would have anything to do with the "Bane and Blight of the Ballisters"—and he wants nothing to do with respectable women. He's determined to continue doing what he does best—sin and sin again—and all that's going swimmingly, thank you . . . until the day a shop door opens and she walks in.

She's too intelligent to fall for the worst man in the world . . .

Jessica Trent is a determined young woman, and she's going to drag her imbecile brother off the road to ruin, no matter what it takes. If saving him—and with him, her family and future—means taking on the devil himself, she won't back down. The trouble is, the devil in question is so shockingly irresistible, and the person who needs the most saving is—herself!

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