Temptation, Jude Deveraux
Temptation, Jude Deveraux
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Temptation

Author: Jude Deveraux

Narrator: Alison Fraser

Abridged: 4 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2000


Synopsis

The year is 1909, and Temperance O'Neil is a woman ahead of her time. At 29, she is happily married to her work helping single mothers on the streets of New York. Unfortunately, Angus McCairn - her new stepfather - controls the purse strings to her substantial inheritance. Angus insists she quit her career and live in his house in Edinburgh. Temperance heads to Scotland with one mission - to drive Angus crazy. Angus asks that she pose as housekeeper to Angus' nephew, James, in a secret attempt to find him a wife. If she succeeds in matchmaking, she will be allowed to return to New York.

Although James McCairn is Laird of Clan McCairn, he's no cultured gentleman - he's a strapping, rough-mannered giant interested only in farming. His stables are immaculate, his horses gleam with care, and he lavishes personal attention on his sheep - but there are pigeons roosting in the kitchens and chickens in the bedrooms.
Temperance is determined to win her return passage at any cost. But the cost may be her heart...for as Temperance O'Neil attempts to open James' eyes to the wonders of love, it is she herself who is liberated - by the power of an overwhelming passion.

About Jude Deveraux

Jude Deveraux was born in Fairdale, Kentucky as Jude Gilliam. After earning a degree in art from Murray State University and studying teaching at the University of New Mexico, she taught fifth grade in Santa Fe, New Mexico until her first book, “The Land of Enchantment”, was accepted for publication by Avon books.

The American Romance novel author is well known for her historical romances and has forty-one New York Times bestsellers to date, including “Moonlight in the Morning” and “A Knight in Shining Armor”. There are more than sixty million copies of her books in print worldwide. Deveraux, who was described as "a popular romance author" by the New York Times in 2009, appeared as herself in the 1987 romance novelist documentary “Where the Heart Roams”.

Jude has lived in England and Egypt as well as in several American states, and she has traveled around the world. In her spare time, she likes to read nonfiction and murder mysteries, work in her garden, and in her boxing class, she enjoys showing much younger males that she can throw a mean right cross.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Linzy on September 16, 2015

I hate the name of the book cuz it makes it sound like a cheap romance novel. It is so not. It is very funny and more like romantic comedy. It ends good, but i feel like it just ended fast. i wanted more! It is the ultimate story of how pride can ruin everything.......more

Goodreads review by Phifer, on May 25, 2009

I really enjoy intrigue, mystery and romance intertwined and she delivers!......more

Goodreads review by Cornelia on February 17, 2021

A book about a sexy Scotsman and a strong-willed early feminist, with lots of humor, romance, adventure, and charm. I loved it. A real page-turner. I have never been disappointed by a JD book.......more

Goodreads review by Pamela on September 08, 2016

I usually love Jude Deveraux, and the good parts of this book are why. Two head strong people getting over deaths, that they felt responsible for. They hid from their pain by working. for others welfare. I won't spoil the book, but when they are thrown together you see what great possibilities, are......more

Goodreads review by Auj on May 25, 2020

To be honest, I almost didn't read this book. I picked it up to read to have fewer books on my To Be Read shelf, and then chapter 1 just didn't seem so interesting, so I took this off my to-read shelf, but continued reading it anyways. And I was drawn into the story; Jude Deveraux is really a wonder......more