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Rent Devil's Bride (Cynster Novels)
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Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Harpercollins
Published: Jan 1998
Genre: Fiction - Romance - Contemporary
Retail Price: $8.99
Pages: 400
Synopsis
Setting: Regency England
Sensuality: 8
Governess Honoria Wetherby is determined not to marry; she plans to have adventures among the Egyptian pyramids in lieu of wedding a controlling husband. But even the best-laid plans can run afoul of luck and outrageous fortune, as is fatefully proven one stormy evening when Honoria happens upon a dying young man in the woods. After passing the night in a cottage alone with the corpse and his cousin, the rakish and very much alive Devil Cynster, it's decided--by the handsome rake--that Honoria has been compromised by the unchaperoned evening and the only remedy is to marry. Despite her flat refusal, Devil is determined to have the beautiful and feisty governess; his family is overjoyed that he's finally planning to marry. But Devil definitely has his work cut out for him as he attempts to convince Honoria to wed him and forego her plans for adventure. Luring Honoria to the altar is further complicated when she insists upon aiding him in the search for his cousin's killer. Which will Devil accomplish first: seducing Honoria or unveiling a murderer? Or will Honoria foil the first plan and solve the second before Devil can?
Devil's Bride is the first of several novels by Laurens that feature the members of the noble Cynster family in Regency England. The larger-than-life hero is bold, brave, daring, and determined and meets his perfect match in the heroine, who is plucky, intelligent, practical, and wise. Lush sensuality, deft plotting, and charming secondary characters make this novel a stellar beginning for the Bar Cynster series. --Lois Faye Dyer
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Reviews
The Cynsters may be macho macho men, but seem to be dumb as a box of rocks. Ms Laurens made the killer so obvious I figured it out very quickly, but he almost had to confess before the light dawned for them. Not unusual for Regency heroines to be brainless, but its really not appealing in the heroes. Am I being sexist?
I don't really know what to say. It's only ok. There are steamy parts, but the boring bla story rambles on and on. I think I'm really used to Kleypas. In contrary this author seems stretch the stories side out.