A Beginner's Guide to Rakes

“Pariul pe iubire” este o lectură intensă, plină de răsturnări de situație, cu mult suspans și romantism. Este povestea văduvei Diane Benchley, Lady Cameron, și a lui Oliver Warren, marchiz de Haybury. O poveste complexă, plină de răni din trecut încă nevindecate, care îi fac circumspecți pe cei doi......more

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..........DNF I made it halfway, so someone pat me on the back. What a snooze. Maybe this book only seemed worse than it is because I tried listening to it instead of just reading it. So not only did I get a boring story with characters I could careless about, but I had to suffer th......more

There is a prequel novella to this book, titled The Wicked One, that gives a bit of background on Oliver and Diane. They start this book with a history and dislike of each other. Diane has returned to London a widow, after an unhappy marriage. She has received a property from her late husband that w......more

How odd... The title has absolutely nothing to do with this surprisingly rich and delightful read. For a complete review, visit Affaire de Coeur magazine, online or hard copy,[URL not allowed] - October 2011 edition.......more

This book was okay for the most part. I liked the premise of the hero breaking the heroine's heart in the past and then meeting up with her again. I kind of lost interest towards the end though. Also, the heroine behaved a little too alpha female for my taste and wasn't very likable. Some of the sce......more