Deborah Raleigh - A Bride for Lord Brasleigh

Seducing the Viscount

March 2009
Zebra Historical
ISBN 978-0-8217-8044-2

Illegitimacy is no obstacle for Ian Breckford. Darkly handsome and thoroughly charming, he has been bedding his way through London's most exclusive society. Yet this pleasurable existence has lately seemed a trifle dull...a fact soon remedied by a visit to his father's estate, where his aunt has acquired a delightful new companion. Mercy Simpson may be shy, but she is also sharp-witted and stubborn, especially when persuading Ian to relieve her of her innocence...

Ian's arrival presents the opportunity for Mercy to experience inhibited sensual adventure before she returns to her spinster life. Ian's extraordinary skill is everything she dreamed a lover might offer...and everything she can hope to keep...unless her brazen seduction can ignite a true, lasting passion...

Reviews

The plot of book two of Raleigh's trilogy about illegitimate bachelors looking into the mysteries of their past is an old one, but Raleigh gives it new life with accuracy, originality and passion. Readers will enjoy this delicious and sensual tale.

Summary: Ian Breckford is happy with his title of Casanova among London's ton -- it's better than bastard. With the death of his tutor, Ian decides to seek the answers to his past. He arrives at his father's estate, only to fall under the spell of a captivating innocent. Though Ian has bedded the most skilled courtesans, he is unmanned by a vicar's virgin daughter. Mercy Simpson knows a rake when she meets one, but she willingly allows Ian to lead her into exquisite temptation. (ZEBRA, Mar., 352 pp., $6.99) HOT