Rating: 
Summary: 5 Stars says it all, but here's more...
Review: This is Nicole Jordan as we know her - a DIVA of romance, erotic sex & connecting her characters to her readers.If you've ever been so sexually "connected" to a man that words weren't necessary to make all things possible, you'll embrace this book as your own. If not, you'll learn what it feels like. Julienne is strong, unconventional, independent and experienced sexually, not a bit of "fluff" but a woman of courage and determination, and loyalty. Both to herself as well as the man she loves. Dare is a rake for sure but there's no doubt who his "love" is and what he'll do to have her. He's definately a "Prince of PLEASURE" (As Julienne is a PRINCESS of Pleasure!!) This is a novel of passion, intrigue and a complicated journey. And something I loved about this book, & is so often missing recently (in fact nearly ALWAYS!) is that there is GREAT sex from beginning to end. No waiting till the second to last chapter. No beating around the bush for 100's of pages. It's THERE & it's NOT gratutious. It is "sexual tension" NOW. It is a man and woman passionately in love and in lust and you will feel it in every sexual encounter. Mz. J pushes the envelope sexually (like she's ALWAYS been SO good at). It's raw, it's honest, it's "plain-speak", screaming, up-against-the-wall, sweating, beautiful erotic sex between two people who discover that it is what it IS because of love. This is Nicole Jordan at her best with pure, unadulterated, ROMANCE at it's best.
Rating:
Summary: Reading pleasure of the highest order
Review: We've last seen the debonair Marquess of Wolveton, Jeremy Dare as a mischievous matchmaker in The Seduction and recently an undercover spy to ferret out the treasonous and mysterious Lord Caliban. The Prince Of Pleasure expounds on the pursuit led by Dare and his friend Lucien as new suspects in the form of Lord Riddingham and his friends Sir Stephen and Martin Perrine surface. Tension rides high when Dare meets his French emigre of an ex-flame Julienne Laurent who now wows audiences as a theatrical ingenue. Dare has long seen through her deceptions as a manipulator when she spurned Dare for Earl Ivers seven years ago. Can Ms. Jordan get any better than this? The Prince Of Pleasure fuses a fascinating historical tapestry on realpoliticks in France,The Royal Theatres, horse-racing in Newmarket as a lush backdrop to the sensuous romance between Dare and Julienne. Ms. Jordan's protagonists brim with emotions and quick witted intelligence while the romance spins from a heart-ravaging conflict where Julienne sacrifices Dare to assure his inheritance and appeases his malevolent grandfather. Mistrust hangs when he caught her with Ivers who was intent on raping her; Julienne bears shame and treason charges as she flees with her sickly mother. Pounding suspense and turbulent passion makes Nicole Jordan's latest her most balanced and sizzling read after The Seduction. The fiery and spicy scenes are never reduced to debauched prurience under Ms. Jordan's tight narration but instead glows with unfettered romance. The mystery is superbly-paced and plotted as a laudable sideshow to the well-developed romance. You finally agree that it is finally worth the wait. The Prince Of Pleasure is reading pleasure of the highest order.
Rating: 
Summary: 4 1/2 *s - Lush, sexy, angst-ridden story of lost love found
Review: Who would ever believe that Jeremy Adair "Dare" North, Marquess of Wolverton, the handsome, sexy self-indulgent member of the infamous Hellfire League actually suffers from a broken heart?! And now the woman responsible has just re-entered his life after seven long years. She is Julienne Laurent, the current darling of the London stage. Julienne is a very sympathetic character, though I doubt I would have made the sacrifices she did! She and her mother fled Revolutionary France when Julienne was four years old and made a living in their millinery shop in Kent - a far cry from their aristocratic background as wife and daughter of the guillotined Comte de Folmont. During one of Dare's rare visits to the family pile that extended to the entire summer, he and Julienne fell in love and planned to marry, much to Dare's grandfather's displeasure. To keep Dare from being disinherited, and to protect herself from trumped-up treason charges, she feels she has no choice but to succumb to his grandfather's manipulations and lets Dare believe the worst of her knowing she will lose him forever. But she swallowed her pain and ugly memories and clawed her way out of scandal and poverty to become Drury Lane's most renowned actress. As a favor to his friend Lucian, the earl of Wycliff, Dare is hunting infamous traitor Lord Caliban and suspects that he may be one of Julienne's many suitors, so in order to better observe his quarry, he very publicly joins the candidates vying to become her protector. Julienne can think of only one reason why Dare would pursue her - revenge. As they spend time in each other's company, both Dare and Julienne try desperately to hide their deep vulnerability to one another. Though Dare repeatedly bemoans how she wronged him (it got a bit old), we discover that it is Julienne who has truly suffered and born her pain with quiet dignity (women really are the stronger sex!). When Julienne agrees to work with Dare to unmask Caliban, the old feelings rise to the surface to ensnare both in a passion that really never died. But can past hurts be forgiven or forgotten so easily? Is the love they found seven years ago still alive? A few minor issues: personally, I found the pace a little on the slow side, though the intrigue was well executed - there were several possibilities as to who Caliban was, so it kept the reader guessing. And it bothered me that Dare was so willing to believe the worst of Julienne (then and now) when he supposedly loved her so (luckily he sheds much of his childish self-centeredness by the end). And then the author left Gray hanging at the end - he disappeared from Lucian's Highland castle, but we are left in the dark as to what becomes of him (perhaps he will appear in a future book - I know she is planning a new trilogy.). But in true Jordan style, there are plenty of spicy sexual encounters and ultimately, a love that survives the most arduous of tests! Recommended!
Rating:
Summary: Nurturing. 4.5 Stars
Review: With each new release, this author has grown into a very good story teller. I liked this book. When I first started reading this material, I was apprehensive. I suspected it would be a book about revenge -- a cruel, retaliation read. However, I was wrong. It wasn't. It turned into a story of nurturing passion. Although, Jordan's sex scenes are explosive, I was pleased Ms. Jordan did not relinquish this story to a "Susan Johnson" clone. Instead, the author delivered a story of harboring love. The tale of two people who meet seven years after a brutal breakup and slowly begin again. Jordan's untangles the story of a grandfather's cruel manipulation, the effect such heartless maneuvering had on two lovers. Then she highlights the remaining story with intrigue surrounding French spies and English traitors. Yet, the main thrust of the book is the scarred love story. Although this book is a sequel in the Jordan series "Notorious", fortunately it can stand alone. The character that reappears, from a parent book, plays a small role. I liked this consideration. The reader was not forced to read a repetitive historical storyline pulling the entire series together. Grace Atkinson, Ontario - Canada.
Rating:
Summary: A "Prince" of a Tale!
Review: Wow is all I can say after reading Nicole Jordan's latest. She's always delivered a steamy read and THE PRINCE OF PLEASURE is no exception. From the passionate prologue to the dreamily romantic epilogue, Dare and Julienne's story kept me glued to the pages. I loved every word! A definite winner from one of the best in romance. :->
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