- Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: Zebra - Kensington; Reprint edition (Dec 1 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 082177347X
- ISBN-13: 978-0821773475
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.9 x 3.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 227 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #315,272 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
When Portia St. Claire's half-brother gambles away the family estate, leaving them penniless, she sets off in search of a wealthy family friend, the Earl of Walgrave, from whom she hopes to secure a loan. Unfortunately, although Walgrave proves elusive, Portia has repeated, disturbing run-ins with handsome and notorious rake Bryght Malloren. Poor, plain and past the usual age for marriage, Portia recognizes that the well-connected Bryght is out of her league; moreover, she despises him as a gambler who, she suspects, contributed to her family's ruin. To her chagrin, she finds him strangely compelling. And Bryght, increasingly captivated, sets himself the difficult tasks of proving to her that they are truly soul mates and that he is not the rogue she thinks him. But circumstances and various scheming associates continually conspire to thwart Bryght's efforts. Beverley's latest fast-paced romp through 18th-century London is tremendous fun, and the hero and heroine are likable and satisfyingly complex. The chemistry between them is compelling, and the well-constructed plot keeps the pages turning. This is romance fiction at its best.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
"Lucky in cards, unlucky in love" was how Lord Arcenbryght, the worldly scion of the wealthy Malloren family, cynically viewed himself until the night he was accosted at gunpoint by a daring, fiery-haired innocent who turns his life upside down-and who soon learns herself what the phrase "to dice with the Devil" really means. Although occasionally too stubborn, the heroine is well matched to the determined and surprisingly "heroic" lord; the pair eventually fall neatly into place within the Malloren family. Intricately plotted, fast-paced, and delightfully wicked, this book details the bawdy, risk-loving decadence of mid-18th-century Georgian England; it is the second in the Malloren series, following the award-winning My Lady Notorious (Avon, 1993). Beverley, a well-known writer of Regencies and historical romances, sits in the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame.
Kristin Ramsdell, California State Univ. Lib.-Hayward
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Kristin Ramsdell, California State Univ. Lib.-Hayward
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Don't waste your time,
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This review is from: Tempting Fortune (Mass Market Paperback)
My advise to anyone looking to read this book, is don't waste your time. The plot of the story has real potential. A head-strong country girl is in the mist of trying to regain her family's home after her brother gambled it away. The down fall however, is not so much the story but the characters,with the main disappointment being the heroine Portia. The opening chapters you see a glimpse of strong a personality, however by the end of the book the few intriguing traits she has have turned the reader sour. This book litearlly had me shooting to Portia "why are you so stupid." Due to the lack of development of the heroin it's hard to follow why the hero fell in love with her or root for a happy ending.
2.0 out of 5 stars
More like tumultous and unfortunate,
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This review is from: Tempting Fortune (Mass Market Paperback)
Bryght has as much depth as a puddle, everyone hates the Mallorens so much there are enemies popping out all over the place, the fascinating Rothgar we first met in My Lady Notorious is about as excting as a wooden Indian, and theere is no sensuality in this book. All Portia does is whine, complain, mistrust Bryght, and God only knows why he puts up with her. The part in the brothel is totally gratuitous and there is nothing romantic about this book because they never realy fall in love. Bryght himself tells her several hundred pages into the book that they never talk. How true-they are hardly ever in the same room together, both tearing off in different directions, him trying to save her and her getting involved in worse and worse disasters. Trying to seduce his enemy and her old childhood friend are among the dumbest and most offensive things she does even after he has told her he loves her and that she should try to trust him. All the people who hate him and her are the ones she does trust. She is supposed to be named after the woman in Merchant of Venice who is able to discern truth from lies, and dispense justice. She is totally feeble at both, and as blind as a bat to herself and others. A frantic book with little humor and even less love. I will take Bryght any day, but he deserves a lot better than Portia. No one would ever want to identify with such a priggish fool. The endless warnings against gambling and descriptions of the games of chance and canals, and her afterword, show that the author really let her research show for all to see, and got way to carried away in her message to make us care about any of the characters. A feeble volume in this increasingly lacklustre series. Where is the sizzle?
3.0 out of 5 stars
tempting fortune? more like tempting annoyance!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Tempting Fortune (Mass Market Paperback)
For the life of me, I cannot understand why Bryght is with Portia. She's has a nasty habbit of running away (three times in the book!), she's rude to him, and she's extremely hot-headed! The herorine in this book really annoyed me. It took me two weeks to finish off this novel because I was too frustrated with her. Don't get me wrong, the storyline was interesting enough, but there were times when I just wanted to chuck the book at the wall. Maybe the next book in this series is better...
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