Rating: Summary: Surprised by the raves. . . Review: I was very disappointed in this book, especially after reading the strong reviews here (that's why I went out and bought it!) I've read other of Jordan's books and this was, by far, the least interesting of the ones I've read. The plot is treadworn and the relationship between the heroine and hero was very confusing. One moment they're vowing to revenge themselves/punish one another and the very next they're engaged in hot sex (which wasn't, in my view, very erotically described.) I felt Jordan was trying to have her cake and eat it too. The two protagonists were resisting/misunderstanding/punishing each other while simultaneously enjoying each other sexually. Yuck!! In romance it's resistance first, then the sweet reconciliation. Don't waste your money. If you want to read this get it at the library.
Rating: Summary: These loves scenes will set you on FIRE! Review: Imaginative, sensual, and HOT are words to describe the passionate interludes that Dare and Julienne share. Have a water spritzer ready because you will need to cool off! Dare is a great character, if a little 2 dimensional. Julienne is great as the ruined former love turned actress. Anyone who read "The Seduction" wanted Dare North to be tamed...he was just too wild and out of control! The intricate story of their past and present was touching and original.I give this book 4 stars only because the whole political assasination/intrigue was just a bit too much for me. I didn't need page after page of Dare and Lucian discussing and planning the whole Caliban thing. Just get to the good stuff already! :) But if you like a little story with your romance, this book will fulfill you completely.
Rating: Summary: Spicy romance Review: In 1807, French émigré Julienne "Jewel" Laurent and Jeremy "Dare" Adair fall in love. Though his grandfather objects to the match, Dare plans to elope. Instead she rejects his proposal insisting that Lord Riddington is her lover. Jeremy leaves in anger that his grandfather was right about his beloved being a whore. In 1814, Lucien Tremayne asks Dare to uncover the traitor that is hurting the English cause. He wonders if Drury Lane actress Jewel is in cahoots with Riddington as French spies. He forces Jewel to deal with him and soon falls in love again and eventually exonerates her. When he learns the truth of what his deceased grandfather and the odious Riddington did to Jewel, Lucien feels shame. Still before he can make it right, he must stop the sly cleverly disguised Caliban from giving away more secrets that hurt the English. Regency readers will enjoy THE PRINCE OF PLEASURE, an entertaining espionage romance starring two individuals whose love turn to hate and disrespect due to the machinations of his relative. The story line is loaded with action, but the audience will tire of Dare's betrayal lament and empathize with the heroine except when she relatively easily forgives him. Nicole Jordan demonstrates why she is sub-genre favorite with royally pleasurable novel. Harriet Klausner
Rating: Summary: A very hot sensual regency romance Review: Jeremy Adair North (Dare) is known as the Prince of Pleasure. 7 years ago, Dare lost his heart to the young Julienne Laurent, a french emigrée. He courted her during one summer of innocent love but was betrayed when he found her in the arms of another man. Julienne had pretended to betray Dare because his grandfather would have disowned him if Dare had married Julienne. So in order to forget Julienne, Dare has been living a life of debauchery taking his pleasures in carnal sins.
7 years later, Julienne has become a celebrated actress treading the London boards. Julienne and Dare's path cross again when Dare is employed to uncover a traitor, the notorious Lord Caliban. Dare thinks that Julienne may be involved with the Caliban and publicly announces that he will make Julienne his mistress. In return, Julienne wagers that she will bring Dare to his knees.
As Dare discovers that Julienne is indeed not in league with the Caliban, together they play a dangerous game of uncovering the true identity of the Caliban.
I didn't care much for the story about the Caliban but the love story between Dare and Julienne was engaging and the love scenes were so hot that the pages will burn your fingers. Be warned that the sex scenes were very graphic and may not be agreeable to all readers. Otherwise a rather good read.
Lea Ling Tsang
Rating: Summary: I cannot say enough... Review: on how much I loved Dare and Julienne's love story. This book deserves more than five stars and it is a keeper! Out of all the hellfire league stories Ms. Jordan has written, this has got to be the tops. Seven years before, Dare and french emigree' Julienne were a young couple in love but were pulled apart by the manipulations of Dare's grandfather who felt that Julienne was not good enough for his grandson. Dare bitterly set out on a course of carnal excess and destruction and Julienne became an actress. Seven years later, Dare finds out that Julienne is in a play and sets out to take revenge for what she did to him seven years earlier, plus find out if she is involved in any treason against the crown. His real motives are pretty clear and that is the fact that he never forgot about his first love and wants to make her his for all time. Julienne never forgot the love she shared with Dare and agrees to help him flesh out the infamous Caliban that you have read about in previous books. I was enthralled by the sexual chemistry,love and romance these two shared and hated for their story to end. If you love romance, sensual sex and adventure in your romance novels, then you need to pick up a copy of this book. You will not be disappointed.
Rating: Summary: OH BABY! Review: The long awaited novel of the Prince of Pleasure is not a dissapointment! The Marquess of Wolverton, Dare North, thought he put the long ago summer when he got his heart broken behind him. Little does he know that as soon as he lays eyes on Julienne Laurent for the first time in seven years. For the girl that betrayed him with another man has turned into a beautiful woman, one who he knows he must have. Julienne has spent the last seven years in heartfelt regret for what she had to do to Dare. Even he doesn't know the lengths that she went to protect him. All that she had to hold on to was the thought that his life was better off with a title and wealth than being a pauper with a wife he would soon start blaimng. Soon Dare and Julienne are in the middle of a fight to uncover a tratior who is trying to kill a prominent figure in the foreign office. Dare soon realizes that his suspicions of Jewel being in league with Caliban is completely unfounded and the fact that she is French can be used to their advantage. The story of Julienne and Dare is long awaited and will not dissapoint readers. With it's eroticsm as well as danger, this romance will keep you hooked from page one.
Rating: Summary: THE PRINCE OF PLEASURE Review: THE PRINCE OF PLEASURE really sizzles. Nicole Jordan ends her Notorious series with Lord Jeremy Clune, "DARE", the confirmed bachelor who laughed at love in THE SEDUCTION, bewitched, bothered, and bewildred when he meets his match in the beautiful Julienne. Julienne is an actress who plays her role well on and off the stage as she tempts Dare to "bring him to his knees" in this fast paced fun read that I had a hard time putting down until the end. If you love romance, you will definitely fall in love with this book. Mollie Wheeler
Rating: Summary: THE PRINCE OF PLEASURE Review: THE PRINCE OF PLEASURE really sizzles. Nicole Jordan ends her Notorious series with Lord Jeremy Clune, "DARE", the confirmed bachelor who laughed at love in THE SEDUCTION, bewitched, bothered, and bewildred when he meets his match in the beautiful Julienne. Julienne is an actress who plays her role well on and off the stage as she tempts Dare to "bring him to his knees" in this fast paced fun read that I had a hard time putting down until the end. If you love romance, you will definitely fall in love with this book. Mollie Wheeler
Rating: Summary: The Prince of Pleasure Review: There is only one thing I have to say about this book of Nicole Jordans and it OUTSTANDING. I laughed and cried with Jewel and Dare as they went through the tale woven by Ms. Jordan. If I could give this book 10 stars it would be deserving of every one of them. Thanks again to Nicole Jordan for being such a wonderful and entertaining writer. Now that I have read the entire Notorious series, I will be searching for anything with her name on it.
Rating: Summary: The Prince of Pleasure Review: There is only one thing I have to say about this book of Nicole Jordans and it OUTSTANDING. I laughed and cried with Jewel and Dare as they went through the tale woven by Ms. Jordan. If I could give this book 10 stars it would be deserving of every one of them. Thanks again to Nicole Jordan for being such a wonderful and entertaining writer. Now that I have read the entire Notorious series, I will be searching for anything with her name on it.
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