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Title: The Perfect Lover by Stephanie Laurens ISBN: 0060505710 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.34
Rating: 4
Summary: The Perfect Lover
Comment: I have enjoyed all the Cynster novels, some more than others, so I was excited to discover a new book in the series. It is written with Stephanie Laurens usual flair, but I was disappointed in it. This is a FAMILY series, and part of the fun of reading them is to meet old friends in the various stories. This time Simon is off at a house party which none of his family members is attending. The only person from the other stories who appears is Lady Osbaldestone and while she is great fun, she is only a collateral family member. It wasn't until we were about three fourths of the way through the story that I discovered that Portia Ashford, who Simon falls in love with, is the sister of Luc who married one of Simon's twin sister's, Amelia (On a Wicked Dawn).
Rating: 2
Summary: Hot sex keeps this book from falling completely flat
Comment: Simon Cynster has inherited a house and now he needs a wife. He's never considered his childhood acquaintance Portia Ashford as a potential mate before, but when she proposes that he seduce her and teach her about the sexual side of a relationship, his thoughts come to a quick focus. Portia is an independent woman. Simon is much too demanding to be right for her, but she can't deny the attraction.
Author Stephanie Laurens is comfortable with sex, delighting in descriptions of escalating foreplay and frequent intercourse as Portia and Simon act through their charade. In THE PERFECT LOVER, she is a little less comfortable with story. Portia and Simon settle into frequent sex for the first two hundred pages, then decide to solve a murder between sexual interludes in the second half of the book.
Set in 1830s England, the games of nobility and manners play out in a country summer party. THE PERFECT LOVER is well enough written, with some amusing word choices (if her breath really comes in ragged pants, shouldn't she repair those pants soon?). The book's real strong point, though, is the sex. Readers who find detailed accounts of sexual activity offensive will want to avoid THE PERFECT LOVER as will readers hoping for a plot. Readers who like titillation in a safely historical setting may find THE PERFECT LOVER a delight.
Rating: 3
Summary: No Story-Just lots of XXX
Comment: I've never been so bored as I was during the reading of this book. The only reason I finished it was because I can't stand to start a book and not read it in its entirety.
If pornography were all I wanted, this would certainly fill that need. But, this is not the book for someone wanting to read a warm love story with a meaningful plot.
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Title: The Lady Chosen by Stephanie Laurens ISBN: 0060002069 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Further Observations of Lady Whistledown by Julia Quinn, Suzanne Enoch, Karen Hawkins, Mia Ryan ISBN: 0060511508 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 28 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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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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Title: Worth Any Price by Lisa Kleypas ISBN: 0380811073 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 28 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn ISBN: 0380820854 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 24 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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