Lessons of Desire by Madeline Hunter
He first appears beneath her prison window as her savior—a sinfully attractive man whose charm and connections have ensured her release from an unjust arrest. But author and publisher Phaedra Blair quickly learns that the price of her “freedom” is to be virtually bound to her irresistible rescuer.
For Elliot Rothwell did not come solely on a mission of goodwill. He came to extract a promise that Phaedra won’t publish a slanderous manuscript that would destroy his family’s name, and he’s not above bribery, threats, or bedding her to get his way. And with each erotic encounter raising the stakes between them, Elliot discovers he’s ever more reluctant to lose this sensual game. . .or the unusual, provocative woman who is every bit his match.
I so can not wait to read this book! The first book in this new series, The Rules of Seduction, was just grand. And the excerpt at the end of it for this book made me want to read it RIGHT that second.
Sadly that didn’t happen, but soon my friends, soon. But before that (hopefully in the very near future) Madeline will be sending us an excerpt to post! Even better is the fact she will be a guest on the blog in October. I know… makes you wanna sqqqquuueeee doesn’t it *g*.
I want this…I want this…I want this! The Rules of Seduction was a great read!
I love Madeline Hunter, but can she ever write a book using characters we’ve never seen before? I swear, she only introduces characters to pair them up in a later book. Granted, it’s a rather consciously sneaky way of anticipating readers’ propensity to bombard an author with annoying emails about “when is X getting a story?”, but still…it’s grown rather tiresome by the 9th book in her Regencies.
Rules of Seduction was a great book, my favorite of hers since the medievals. I was wishing I had Lessons too after the excerpt at the end, Sybil. I don’t care if she used that ploy of introducting characters (don’t most nowadays, lol), she made me want to read about them in Rules.
I love Rules of Seduction. It’s one of those books that gets better and better the more you read it because it’s so rich.
I admit that the Phaedra and Elliot pairing doesnt make me all that excited but I am still looking forward to the book.
I just read Lessons of Desire already and such a beautiful and mature romance! Excellent Oct read.