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Beneath the cover of darkness, passion plays by its own rules.
Lovely, poised Anne Beddington is in a desperate situation: on the run for a crime she didn’t commit. Anne understands the wicked games she must play to survive—she has perfected her silky voice, practiced her feathery caress—but has she sufficiently mastered the art of seduction to become the mistress of the notorious Duke of March, Devon Audley? War has left him a recluse, but Anne is penniless, alone, and needs a powerful gentleman’s protection. Anne has learned how to pleasure a man, yet when this sinfully handsome duke insists that intimate delights must be a two-way street, Anne cannot deny his sensual promise.
Anne’s delicate hands hold a healing touch, but it’s her gentle kindness that opens the duke’s eyes to the beauty around him and to a family who need him. Still, Anne is a mystery, and Devon intends to spend endless erotic hours uncovering her secrets. When he finds out the terrible truth about the devious plot to brand her a villainess and endanger her life, saving Anne becomes his salvation. She has shown Devon how to live and love again. Now he will prove the power of his passion.
Lovely, poised Anne Beddington is in a desperate situation: on the run for a crime she didn’t commit. Anne understands the wicked games she must play to survive—she has perfected her silky voice, practiced her feathery caress—but has she sufficiently mastered the art of seduction to become the mistress of the notorious Duke of March, Devon Audley? War has left him a recluse, but Anne is penniless, alone, and needs a powerful gentleman’s protection. Anne has learned how to pleasure a man, yet when this sinfully handsome duke insists that intimate delights must be a two-way street, Anne cannot deny his sensual promise.
Anne’s delicate hands hold a healing touch, but it’s her gentle kindness that opens the duke’s eyes to the beauty around him and to a family who need him. Still, Anne is a mystery, and Devon intends to spend endless erotic hours uncovering her secrets. When he finds out the terrible truth about the devious plot to brand her a villainess and endanger her life, saving Anne becomes his salvation. She has shown Devon how to live and love again. Now he will prove the power of his passion.
About the Author
Sharon Page is the USA Today bestselling author of more than ten titles, including The Club and Engaged in Sin. She is a two time consecutive winner of the National Readers’ Choice Award for her historical erotic romance and has twice received the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award.
Married, with two children, Page holds an industrial design degree and has worked for many years in a structural engineering firm. When not writing, she enjoys reading with her children, downhill skiing, and mountain biking. Sharon Page loves to hear from readers and can be reached at www.SharonPage.com.
Married, with two children, Page holds an industrial design degree and has worked for many years in a structural engineering firm. When not writing, she enjoys reading with her children, downhill skiing, and mountain biking. Sharon Page loves to hear from readers and can be reached at www.SharonPage.com.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Raunchy Historical romance that fizzles with Contrived Plot and Silly Characters, Nov 9 2011
By The Raunch Dilettante "Amanda Ryan" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Engaged in Sin (Mass Market Paperback)
Anne Beddington is a fallen woman on the run. Having recently bashed her evil matron over the head with a fire iron, she and the three young girls she was intent on rescuing, seek refuge away from the brothel. Anne takes her fellow courtesan's advice and seeks out a protector. She sets her sights on Devon Audley, the Duke of March. Recently returned from war, March suffered an injury that left him blind and battered both physically and emotionally. Anne whittles her way into his favor through sexual prowess, and before long these two end up becoming closer and closer, attaching in a manner befitting a duke and his mistress.First thing's first, I was excited for this book because IT'S SHARON PAGE, ya'll! (I said that in my Paula Dean voice BTW). When I think Sharon Page I think "lush raunch." Engaged in Sin is classified a a historical romance, though it toes the line into erotica at times, a common "risk" anytime a courtesan theme is used. I was expecting a bit more push toward story over sex. Did that happen. Ehr...not sure. What story there was had me rolling my eyes.
And that totally broke my heart.
I really wanted to like this book. Really. I did. As the book progressed I couldn't help but think what a horrible whore Anne made - she was just so...ignorant. I mean, yes - there would be a degree of ignorance when you're kidnapped off the street and forced to work as a prostitute. But really...the limits she goes to convince Devon she's pleasing him when in fact she's incredibly detached and awkward was just...blurg. I didn't buy it her ignorant take on it. As for our hero, Devon. *sigh* Let me just get this out - it irritates the snot out of me when heroes nickname their heroines ridiculous names right off the bat. The culprit here? Angel. He calls her angel NONSTOP. From the moment he meets her - stark naked, drunk, and in the fit of a violent nightmare recalling the war. I mean, REALLY? UUUGGGHHH! I wanted to tear my hair out. Page does this in her other books as well, but it seemed to fit those characters more for the tone of the novel, and thus it didn't bother me...as much. *eyelid twitches*
I was hoping for a well written, raunchy historical. What I got was a raunch fest (I approve) with ridiculously bizarre leading characters and a manufactured plot. I was really, well, bummed. I may or may not have pouted when I finished.
I'd recommend checking out Page's previous historical works, like Sin (a particular favorite of mine) or Black Silk.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Five years in a brothel is a long time. . . ., Nov 24 2011
By B. S. Andrews "barbiesa" - Published on Amazon.com
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I've enjoyed other books by this author, but I finished this one feeling unconvinced of any happy-ever-after ending for this couple. Why?Well, she may have started out as a gently-bred young lady, but after FIVE YEARS of captivity in a brothel, Anne can no longer be considered "angelic" in any way, shape, or form. She has been kidnapped, beaten, raped, and forced to service men, including men of the TON, and there is no way she would ever be accepted into society, where she would be recognized by former johns and not allowed anywhere near their wives or daughters.
That said, I suppose it isn't fair to also blame the duke for hesitating to consider marrying her so long after realizing his feelings for her. Well, yes, his mother made him promise to marry for love, and he promised himself he wouldn't betray his wife, so he really had to decide to marry her or say goodbye to her, and he could not for the LONGEST time. But Anne could see the writing on the wall, and she made the right decision to leave him.
In my opinion, the author wrote herself into a corner on this one, and the way she chose to resolve this issue was just not convincing to me. There is just no way this heroine would ever have been accepted by his family or her great-grandmother, let alone the ton. The way she was treated when recognized in the park by a former client. . . are we really supposed to believe that somehow the duke's reputation will protect her in his absence? Or that people would not notice the fact that the marriage and the birth of the child occurred at the same time?
I WISH something like this could have happened, but there is no way that such a marriage could have done anything but drag down the duke and his entire family. It's not fair, and I hate it, but five years as a prostitute will disqualify any woman from a HEA ending with a duke. Frankly, my impression is that few prostitutes lived past their 20's in those days, what with primitive contraceptive methods and sexually-transmitted diseases, not to mention the harsh treatment.
Maybe Anne could have been only a LITTLE bit ruined (in secret)? Or the duke could have been a commoner who decided to run off to America with her for a new start? Or just decided to avoid society and immerse himself in good works (although this would be hard since he had a mother and sisters to consider)?
As you can see, I really want to believe in this story, but it's just not happening. There is just too much water under the bridge for Anne to be redeemed. And as a duchess? Never!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
"Prostitute Heroine", Dec 20 2011
By pen pen - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Engaged in Sin (Mass Market Paperback)
Ok....let me start by saying the relationship was a little bizarre between the hero (Devon) and heroine (Anne). I never perceived any romance in the story. When Anne first meets Devon, on about the third page she is pressuring Devon to take her as his mistress by trying to put his penis in her mouth. I can't understand why the author kept trying to get the reader to see her as an innocent, when she was a whore and committed acts of a whore through the entire story. Anne seems sort of young and silly because the author always describes her as giggling. The hero Devon seems sort of slow and dumb because he just falls head over heels over a whore that walks in house uninvited and asks to be his mistress. A lot of oral sex throughout the story. Don't get me wrong. I love a hot romance story. But I did see where they had time to fall in love. They were just fu#$!*& from the time they met and throughout the entire book. She fakes orgasm in just about every love scene. Then when he tries to help her, she keeps running from him. It just seemed really unrealistic to me. A duke marries a whore and the ton excepting her in the end.... Not real. I guess I don't care to read romance about prostitute heroines.
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