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Jo Beverly, St. Raven
She's a nabob's daughter willing to do anything to recover the family jewels (no, I am not kidding). He's a libertine Duke playing highwayman who decides to help for the fun of it. They attend orgies (no, I am not kidding).
I totally - and against my usual inclination - got suuuucked into this one. I usually read this sort of books in a detached fashion, and it's very rare for me to get caught up and swept along. I don't know what got me - something in the book (the whole first half is very intimate and takes place over 2 days with basically 2 characters) or something in my circumstances. In retrospect, there were a lot of holes - his falling for her made little sense to me, the whole convolution and final wrap-up of the plot were silly - but that first half sure was a rush.
She's a nabob's daughter willing to do anything to recover the family jewels (no, I am not kidding). He's a libertine Duke playing highwayman who decides to help for the fun of it. They attend orgies (no, I am not kidding).
I totally - and against my usual inclination - got suuuucked into this one. I usually read this sort of books in a detached fashion, and it's very rare for me to get caught up and swept along. I don't know what got me - something in the book (the whole first half is very intimate and takes place over 2 days with basically 2 characters) or something in my circumstances. In retrospect, there were a lot of holes - his falling for her made little sense to me, the whole convolution and final wrap-up of the plot were silly - but that first half sure was a rush.