(As it happened I read It Happened One Autumn last year but got distracted by the shiny and have only just gotten around to reading Devil in Winter.) I started off with It Happened One Autumnbecause Sebastian’s behaviour in the latter part of the book is the big issue and I needed to understand it before I could go ahead and read Devil in Winter. So I kind of expected Sebastian would be like that. I like reformed rakes well enough but usually their behaviour (at least in romance) extends to heavy drinking, womanising and gambling. I gathered he was one of the author’s most popular heroes however and that he was a reformed rake. What worked for me (and what didn’t): When I listened to Devil in Spring last year I had no idea who Sebastian Challon was. Together they will defy their perilous fate, for the sake of all-consuming love. When Evie is threatened by a vengeful enemy from the past, Sebastian vows to do whatever it takes to protect his wife… even at the expense of his own life. It quickly becomes clear, however, that Evie is a woman of hidden strength-and Sebastian desires her more than any woman he’s ever known.ĭetermined to win her husband’s elusive heart, Evie dares to strike a bargain with the devil: If Sebastian can stay celibate for three months, she will allow him into her bed. No one would have ever paired the shy, stammering wallflower with the sinfully handsome viscount. Everyone knows that.”ĭesperate to escape her scheming relatives, Evangeline Jenner has sought the help of the most infamous scoundrel in London.Ī marriage of convenience is the only solution. What it’s about: (from Goodreads) “I’m Sebastian, Lord St. Kleypas's fans will appreciate the high action and scintillating twists and trysts.Why I read it: I had just listened to Devil’s Daughter and I wanted to understand what all the fuss was about. The suspicious newlyweds fight growing passion and frustration while a mysterious villain makes attempts on Evie's life.

Despite their mutual mistrust, they forge a tentative bond, but Sebastian is alarmed by his powerful reaction to the consummation, while Evie tries to defy her feelings for this ''muff-chaser.'' After Evie's father dies, Sebastian takes an interest in the club, and while reforming it, Evie challenges him to a three-month celibacy bet before she'll bed him again. They embark for Scotland, where they have a hasty marriage. Evangeline offers up her future inheritance to Sebastian in exchange for the protection of marriage and assistance in seeing her father before he dies. Vincent, striking a deal with Evangeline Jenner, the stuttering daughter of a sickly club owner whose uncle is plotting to marry her to a cousin, kill her and take her father's money. Bestseller Kleypas's latest begins with the rake Sebastian, Lord St.

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