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Title: A Game of Scandal by Kathryn Smith ISBN: 0-06-050226-6 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 02 July, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Good, but not Great
Comment: GAME OF SCANDAL is the story of reunited lovers Lilith and Gabriel. Ten years earlier, Lilith and Gabriel were heading towards marriage, but family tragedy kept Gabriel for asking for Lilith's hand, however this tragedy occurred after Gabriel "ruins" Lilith. As a result, Lilith leaves the country, only to return ten years later as the owner of a gambling club called Mallory's.
Gabriel, Lord Anglewood, is the leading crusader in Parliament against gambling. After suspecting that a peer was cheated at Lilith's club, Gabriel sets out to find out if the allegations are true. However, from this point, the story looses the focus of the gambling crusade.
Lilith does not trust Gabriel because of his broken promises in the past. Gabriel does not trust Lilith because of her leaving. This distrust follows the couple throughout the entire book. Even though they have conversations about what happen, and seemed to resolve the issues, one party or the other continues to distrust the other. This issue with the book weighs it down until the fun from the novel is taken away. Added to that a side storyline where Lilith is threatened by a rival club owner, and I had a very difficult time keeping my interest in the book.
It is obvious from Ms. Smith's latest effort, INTO YOUR ARMS, that her skills as a writer have only improved with the novels she has written. This is good. Some of the earlier work can be more trying to get through, but ultimately, the tales are good.
Rating: 5
Summary: Another wonderful romance from Kathryn Smith
Comment: Once again, Ms. Smith has crafted a passionate, intriguing and exciting romance. Rather than focussing on the ton, her story ventures into the gambling houses of Regency England as her hero and heroine, separated years earlier by circumstance, battle each other and their rekindled love. Gabe has his reasons for wanting to end gambling in England, while Lilith is proud of her achievement in building a business all her own, the elite gaming club, Mallory's. Each is haunted by demons from the past, but must learn to put them aside and trust in the other.
Well-paced, with lush detail, a tender and tantalising romance, and intriguing plot twists, A Game of Scandal proves Ms. Smith is definitely going places in the world of historical romance fiction.
Rating: 4
Summary: Amusing Regency
Comment: The setting is 1818 London, and our hero, Earl Gabriel Warren, has been approached by his very good and older friend Viscount Blaine Underwood to assist him in a delicate matter. Blaine's son insists that he was cheated at a gambling establishment. Knowing Gabriel's stance on outlawing gambling Blaine feels that this is something that would benefit Gabriel's political career. The problem is the name of the club is Mallory's and the woman that Gabriel has loved since he was a young man and never been able to forget is none other than the owner, Lady Lilith Mallory.
Ten years prior, they had been madly in love, and had been discovered in a compromising situation. Gabriel had every intention of marrying Lilith, but family circumstances prevented him from going to her immediately and making an offer before her name was bandied about and her reputation ruined. She disappeared and though Gabe made every effort to find her - he couldn't. Through a total lack of communication ten years later both blame each other for their plight of unrequited love and their being on total opposite sides of the gambling issue leads for even more controversy - including the fact that neither will admit to loving each other.
This is turning into such a nice little trilogy - and it certainly does stand alone - but if you had read the first book (A Seductive Offer) you were introduced to our hero. The story is both an amusing Regency romance when the lead couple exchange scathingly double entendres that are quite sharp, as well as bring tears to your eyes at the betrayals and the misguided notion of letting pride stand in the way of undying love. As the author reintroduces friends from her first of this trilogy, she also sets you up for the third book in the series - Into Temptation - that I am quite looking forward too with the hope that it stays as fresh and sensually enticing as this one did.
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Title: Elusive Passion by Kathryn Smith ISBN: 0380816105 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 03 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Into Temptation by Kathryn Smith ISBN: 0060008121 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 28 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: For the First Time by Kathryn Smith ISBN: 0060527412 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: To Marry the Duke by Julianne MacLean ISBN: 0060527048 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 27 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: A Gentleman's Honor by Stephanie Laurens ISBN: 0060002077 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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