- Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Dell; reprint edition (Oct 13 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0440224926
- ISBN-13: 978-0440224921
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 10.4 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,144,865 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Mary Spencer reintroduces likable characters from her previous book, Dark Wager, and explores London's unsavory underworld in this Regency historical that's more notable for its original characterizations than its sensual lovemaking. Plainspoken Gwendolyn Wells, raised in Boston but connected to the ton, knows on sight that Jack Sommerton, Earl of Rexley, is destined to be her husband. Convincing Jack, however, isn't so easy. Jack, who has reason to believe he's illegitimate, spends his nights searching London's most notorious neighborhoods for proof of his birth, and ferreting out evildoers who profit from the most heartless crimes. When Gwendolyn ventures into those depraved dens after him, and engages in a risky scheme to help bring a villain to justice, Jack is kept busy protecting her reputation... and resisting the idea that life without Gwen would be intolerable. An amusing secondary romance between a clumsy lord and his long-suffering fiancée provides a refreshing diversion. Spencer creates an authentic and appealing Regency world on a broader-than-usual canvas, and hints at more related books to come. --Ellen Edwards
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A Game of Passion . . .
Miss Gwendolyn Wells was determined to win the Perfect Husband--and she found him while visiting London with her father. From the moment the spirited young American laid eyes on Jack Sommerton, Earl of Rexley, she knew he was The One--though he had vowed never to wed. So she secretly wagered that the notorious rake would soon be married. To her! But first she had to tempt and infuriate him, to drive the man who was the talk of the London ton to passionate extremes. Then she said no--and he vowed to have her at any cost. . . .
...Played for Keeps...
Her beauty dazzled him. Her bold laughter unnerved him. For the first time in his rakehell life, Jack Sommerton met a woman who touched his very soul. Gwendolyn Wells invaded his dreams, blinded him with her charms, drove him mad with desire, until he finally swept her into his arms. Love had nothing to do with it--until she said she'd settle for nothing less. . . .
Miss Gwendolyn Wells was determined to win the Perfect Husband--and she found him while visiting London with her father. From the moment the spirited young American laid eyes on Jack Sommerton, Earl of Rexley, she knew he was The One--though he had vowed never to wed. So she secretly wagered that the notorious rake would soon be married. To her! But first she had to tempt and infuriate him, to drive the man who was the talk of the London ton to passionate extremes. Then she said no--and he vowed to have her at any cost. . . .
...Played for Keeps...
Her beauty dazzled him. Her bold laughter unnerved him. For the first time in his rakehell life, Jack Sommerton met a woman who touched his very soul. Gwendolyn Wells invaded his dreams, blinded him with her charms, drove him mad with desire, until he finally swept her into his arms. Love had nothing to do with it--until she said she'd settle for nothing less. . . .
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2.0 out of 5 stars
The worst of the Wager series,
By A Customer
This review is from: Lady's Wager (Mass Market Paperback)
There is too much mystery and not enough romance in this book. The hero's character, which certainly seemed promising from the first book in the series, is poorly developed and shallow. The heroine likewise is poorly crafted.
2.0 out of 5 stars
botched, and dashed annoying,
By A Customer
This review is from: Lady's Wager (Mass Market Paperback)
This absurd foray into regency England isn't romantic, it isn't funny, it's just botched. The heroine is not charmingly stubborn, she is headstrong to the point of idiocy. The only romantic tension in the story comes when she makes a dead set at the hero, informs him that she is his destiny, and he denies it for a couple of hundred pages. The myriad violations of period conventions are beyond annoying, but the violations of human nature are far worse. We are at no point persuaded that real live human beings would speak or behave like Ms. Spencer's characters. We are not persuaded to like them or to are what becomes of them. Period conventions can, of course, be flaunted by convincing and sympathetic characters, as they are in Judith's McNaught's novels. They can be flauted even more flagrantly with a humorous purpose, as they are in Amanda Quick's wonderfully funny regency novels. We are even willing to ignore them when an author has a compelling love story to tell and sets it in the regency despite the fact that she knows nothing of the period, as in Eloisa James' first novel. Ms. Spencer has nothing to offer her readers.
5.0 out of 5 stars
I love this book!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Lady's Wager (Mass Market Paperback)
Both Lady's Wager and Dark Wager are wonderful books. As a Regency Romance addict, I can say that these books are for every romance reader! I can hardly wait to read the end of the triology, story of Kerlain! I believe that his story also will be as good as Lucky's and Jack's.
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