Sabrina Jeffries
Author of Never Seduce a Scoundrel
About the Author
Sabrina Jeffries was born in New Orleans in 1958. She received a doctorate in English literature from Tulane University with a specialty in early modern British literature. She is the author of numerous romance series including The School for Heiresses series, The Hellions of Halstead Hall series, show more The Swanlea Spinsters series, The Royal Brotherhood series, and The Lord Trilogy. She also writes under the pen names Deborah Martin and Deborah Nicholas. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Sabrina Jeffries
Występna miłość 1 copy
Baneful! 1 copy
6 Sabrina Jeffries Novels 1 copy
Wiezy krwi (polish) 1 copy
A Perfect Match 1 copy
Quem quer se casar com um duque - Dinastia dos duques – Livro 3 (Em Portugues do Brasil) (2019) 1 copy
Czar wigilijnej nocy 1 copy
Pirat 1 copy
Tajniki uwodzenia 1 copy
Associated Works
誘惑のルール (エメラルドコミックス ハーモニィコミックス) — Original text — 1 copy
放蕩貴族のレッスン (エメラルドコミックス ハーモニィコミックス) — Original Text — 1 copy
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- Other names
- Martin, Deborah
Nicholas, Deborah - Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- North Carolina, USA
- Education
- PhD, English Literature
- Agent
- Pam Ahearn
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I just couldn't buy into this story and the characters seemed like cliches rather than interesting, unique people. I also found all the harping on the rulebook lessons tedious. But, it wasn't painful or didn't offend me or anything, so I'm okay leaving it at a 2. It wasn't horrible, but it wasn't for me.
I've definitely read worse books, but I didn't enjoy this one at all. If it weren't the first of a series, (and that I've liked previous books by this author so I hate to just write off an entire series out of hand), I wouldn't have bothered finishing it. Some of the stuff is personal preference, I'm not a fan of a hero kissing the heroine as a manipulation just to shut her up, or distract her. He actually thinks to himself that kissing her is a weapon. The heroine also really suffers from Body Betraying Me. All the time she's angry at him for something and he starts kissing her and she loses every thought in her head. She's just powerless to resist. I feel kind of eye roll about that, but some people really go for it. This was written over 20 years ago, and some of this was just pretty common for the novels at the time. Other things, the characters go straight from opposition and bickering to love and needing the other desperately. It made the heroine, especially, seem super naive. And the hero is dishonest about so much! I just didn't buy any of it. And I didn't find either character very likable. A big ol' miss from me.… (more)
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- Rating
- 4.0
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I really loved watching them both work through their own struggles and wounds both on their own at first, and then they were able to come together and tackle the obstacles together. Normally I don't like it when the romance hinges on a lie(s), but there was just so much underlying genuine warmth and tenderness between them that I felt confident by the end that they were strong enough to face the ugly truths when the time came.
The reason I give 4 stars and not 5 is that I did not feel like there was very much plot going on. There was a lot of telling and not showing here. I was bored of the actual storyline - if there really was one? The lies/truth were juicy enough to carry the book, but I could have used more "action." But I think we may just get that with Verity and her Phantom Fellow in the next book and I can't wait!
Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC. All opinions are my own.… (more)