- Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Avon (Oct 14 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0061579130
- ISBN-13: 978-0061579134
- Product Dimensions: 17.1 x 10.8 x 2.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #345,458 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
Product Description
Winner take all . . .
Sebastien Deville, the debauched, dangerously handsome illegitimate son of the Duke of Grandien, has waited his whole life for revenge—and suddenly it is there for the taking. A competition sponsored by the ing has all the ton talking. The winner will receive an immense fortune, a newly created title, sponsorship, and a well-born bride—everything Sebastien needs to reclaim his mother's stolen lands and to wield the colossal power itching beneath his fingertips. His victory is all but assured . . . until he meets Caroline.
Caroline Martin knows all about Sebastien, the legendary heartbreaker who leaves women weeping in his wake, and she is determined not to see him win the competition in which he would claim her friend as his bride. Yet sabotage is so very hard to concentrate on when the target's searing glances promise incredible pleasure and his skillful hands vow unimaginable desire. She knows the danger he presents, the temptation he offers, yet she is willing to risk everything for all she holds dear.
But Sebastien Deville will do anything to win . . . and Caroline's heart may become the ultimate prize.
About the Author
Anne Mallory is a lifelong romance reader who sold her first novel to Avon Books after becoming a finalist in RWA’s Golden Heart contest. In Total Surrender is her eleventh book. A native Michigander, Anne currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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4.0 out of 5 stars (13 customer reviews)
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting plot but... 3.5 stars, Nov 17 2008
By Jody Allen - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Bride Price (Mass Market Paperback)
This was interesting if farfetched plot for the period. The heroine comes off as too mature and then bounces between distrust and attraction toward the hero, not very mature. One would think she could see through his tricks. A bit too cliche at times. The female secondary character who is the prize of the tournament is too one dimensional until she finally gets a backbone and stands up for herself. Unfortunately, we don't see how it happened and learn about it in dialogue rather than her own action. Had this only been hinted it could have led to a spinoff book because her suitor was an interesting character who was sort of there but not really. To bad because this author's talent was in making interesting male characters: good or bad. In this book the hero stole the limelight: he was a blend of the bad boy we all love and yet right from the start he displays a sense of integrity born not of blood but of character. It is the hero that makes this book a better than average read.
There are a few surprises that explains things if the readers can hang on to the end. Though not one I would read again, I am glad that I hung in until the end. This author has the gift for creating yummy tortured heroes if only she could give them more interesting heroines and a believable plot.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Whiny Hero Leads to Unsatisfied Reading (D Grade), Nov 22 2008
By Katie Babs "Katiebabs" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Bride Price (Mass Market Paperback)
The Bride Price, has an interesting set up with an amoral hero who is the illegitimate son of a Duke. Sebastian is so delusional and as anti-hero as you can get. He enjoys seducing the innocents and being as reckless as he can, which is the perfect way to give his father the middle finger. Sebastian joins the other bastard sons of the aristocrats, who don't have a chance of being accepted in polite society or having a name for themselves, in a competition where the winner will be able to marry a gentlewoman, known as the bosom of the ton. If Sebastian can win, he will have a title, a massive fortune and a piece of land that was his mother's that his father owns and holds over his head. Sebastian accepts because there is nothing more important that belonging even though he acts as if he doesn't care.
Caroline Martin is a widow who married the wrong man, so much so, she must be ever so respectful so she is not the topic of rumors. She is a friend and confidant to Sarah, the bosom of the ton. She is so disgusted by what Sarah's father, the Earl of Cheevers is doing. But Caroline can not be too vocal because she relies on the Earl for her livelihood. Caroline is also quite the artist and Sebastian comes upon her as she is drawing a cottage that is on the property Sebastian wants so badly. Out of the blue, one thing leads to another and before Caroline can find out his name, Sebastian as given her the best orgasm of her life on the garden bench. From that moment on Sebastian will find a way to seduce Caroline and even places a bet that he can do so.
I do love an amoral hero, but Sebastian was more of a whiny brat if anything. Caroline feels she must take the moral high road because of the way she eloped with her deceased husband, and because of that she must gain her respectability back. She acts like she can't stand Sebastian because of who he is and the way he treats people, but when it comes to sex, she opens her arms to him and let's Sebastian do all types of naughty unrespectable things to her. The chemistry between these two were so lacking and I wanted to tell Sebastian to grow up and get over his issues he has with his daddy.
Disappointing read all around.
Katiebabs
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Wouldn't disagree with majority of reviewers, Dec 19 2008
By sarah stewart "Otagogirl" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Bride Price (Mass Market Paperback)
Anne Mallory is one of those authors who almost hits the mark but doesn't quite make it. Every book that I have read has had some great elements but there's issues that let's it down - this book is no different. The first half I found really improbable and cliched. But things started to hot up and I enjoyed the second half when I feel Sebastien became more human and Caroline grew up. I truly believe Mallory has the potential to be a great romance writer in this genre but she needs to get the balance right between melodrama and sex for the sake of sex, and people who totally captures your imagination and empathy.
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