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In Bed With the Devil (Avon Romantic Treasure) | 
 enlarge | Author: Lorraine Heath
Publisher: Avon
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 4542
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0061355577
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780061355578
ASIN: 0061355577
Publication Date: July 1, 2008
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Condition: From Todd's Private Collection
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Product Description
They call him the Devil Earl—a scoundrel and accused murderer who grew up on the violent London streets. A proper young lady risks more than her reputation when consorting with the roguishly handsome Lucian Langdon, but Lady Catherine Mabry believes she has no choice. To protect those she loves, she would do anything—even strike a bargain with the devil himself. Lucian desires respectability and a wife above all else, but the woman of his choosing lacks the social graces to be accepted by the aristocracy. Catherine can help Lucian gain everything he wants. But what she asks for in exchange will put their very lives in jeopardy. When danger closes in, Catherine discovers a man of immense passion and he discovers a woman of immeasurable courage. As secrets from his dark past are revealed, Lucian begins to question everything he knows to be true, including the yearnings of his own heart.
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 Not a knockout for me but worth a read thanks to the delicious hero October 8, 2008
Lorraine Heath really knows how to write a romance hero, Lucian Langdon, the Earl of Claybourne, is splendidly charming, a little wicked, noble and really sexy. It was very easy to like him. Heroine Lady Catherine really is in his shadow, it wasn't that she was a bad heroine it was just she lacked that special charisma that Luke possessed.
Admittedly, I was not sure if I was going to like Lady Catherine. She invites herself to Luke's home in the middle of the night and calmly asks him to murder someone for her. It was insulting that she would think Luke would have no scruples and would agree to her request because of his childhood in the rookery.
Luke did have an awful life as a child and was facing the gallows when he was saved by the old Earl of Claybourne who was convinced he was his grandson. The old Earl saved him despite the fact Luke had killed is son (Luke's uncle) for a heinous crime. Like jumps at the chance to escape his horrible life at fourteen but he has never been accepted by the ton.
Luke at first balks at the idea of doing Lady Catherine's bidding but decides that he will if she will tutor the woman he wants to marry in the world of the ton. They come to an agreement and so begins their acquaintance.
Lady Catherine is at first distant with Luke and hides behind her properness. Luke likes her despite the fact hat she is strong willed, opinionated and not marriage minded. Lady Catherine began to grow on me in the second half of the book and this was mainly because she allowed herself the opportunity to know Luke. She found him utterly delightful but she also worries about her growing feelings for him, he claims to love another, albeit even he questions his feelings for his almost fiance.
For his part Luke is wonderful with his almost fiance from the rookery, and his friendships with Dodger and the other thieves who lived with him. (There is a lot of Oliver Twist in this novel). He is wonderful in action when it comes to Lady Catherine. There are some very sweet and also awkward moments in this novel. For instance, I had a hard time imagining that the french kiss that Catherine and Luke share with a doctor less than a foot away to be really be all that consuming. The sexual tension was on low till the end of the novel for me.
This is a good novel but could have been better if Lady Catherine's personality was as expansive as Luke's. She was loyal and committed to her friends but wavered in her all out commitment to Luke. I thought she should have fought for him tooth and nail. The ending for me was okay but not fantastic, I have never been a big fan of non-communication (Catherine does this more than Luke does), especially on life changing events.
 Great Book! September 24, 2008
I must agree with most of my fellow reviewers. This was a great book! You should get it!
Pure romantic enjoyment!!! September 21, 2008
Wow, this lady really knows how to tell a story, with great characters. This is the first book I've read by Lorraine Heath, I can't believe it took me so long to discover her books. I found her thru reading a best of list somewhere. I now plan to check out all her books.
 Dickens of a tale September 21, 2008
I really loved this book. The character development really pulls you in at many levels. Once begun I could not put it down. The only thing I didn't like was that at times the Dickens references were too overwhelming -- I felt like I'd been hit over the head with a hardback of Oliver Twist.
Great book. September 13, 2008
This was my first Heath book. I couldn't put it down. a very good read.
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