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Summary: A perfectly delightful romance!
Review: "The Perfect Scoundrel" by Heather Cullman is a perfectly enchanting regency historical, filled with passion and desire - just like a perfect romance should be.Selected as a part of Signet's "Lords of Love" promotion, Cullman's delightful tale offers readers a peek into a slightly different area of Regency England. Instead of concentrating most of her story in London among the ton, Cullman sets her story in the tiny village of Little Duckington. Sullen Lord Quentin Somerville finds himself married to the decidedly plain Jane Wentworth after an attempt to woe her step-sister goes awry. After a disastrous wedding night, he banishes her to his ramshackle estate in the country. Jane, however, thrives in the familiar surroundings and befriends the neglected townfolks, setting out to improve everyone's situation. As Quentin discovers Jane's hidden talents, her true beauty becomes apparent to him, and he finds himself falling in love with his wife. Heather Cullman proves herself to be a talented storyteller who mesmerizes her readers with her charming descriptions and interesting characters. I look forward to reading future novels from this gifted author.
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Summary: Finally! ....
Review: a regency with nary a dead body in sight! No murder plot, no cartoonish villain.. yay!!. In short, this book is what romance is about: a relationship between a man and a woman. This is the story of Lord Quentin Somerville, a rake to end all rakes. He has made a living out of debauchery until the fateful day he lays eyes on the Season's reigning beauty Clarissa Edwardes. He is instantly smitten and decides to pursue her. Tired of competing with Clarissa's other titled and more wealthy suitors, Quentin concocts a plan to trap her into marriage by compromising her at a masked ball (Quent is not very nice). Quentin's plan goes without a hitch until he's found (as planned) by members of the ton. To his surprise and utter dismay the passionate woman in his arms was not Clarissa at all but her plain, boring stepsister Jane. I know that the forced marriage thing has been done a million times but this author somehow manages to bring an interesting spin to this tired plot. The hero is as nasty as they come (think Sebastian Verlaine in Patricia Gaffney's To Have and to Hold) who even goes so far as to rape the heroine on their wedding night. I know this is terrible but the author makes his transformation into an ideal and loving husband believable. By the end of the story I was head over heels for him. On the other hand, Jane is kindnes personified, her sweet but strong personality was overshadowed by the glitz and glamour of London's nobility. Once Quentin gets to see her in her natural setting,in the countryside among peasants and nature, his frozen heart is in great danger of being thawed by Jane's sweet smile. My only quibble: I thought Jane should have made Quentin grovel and beg and plead a lot more for his evil deeds. Otherwise this book is a great read especially for those who are heartily sick of the dead corpses and evil villains that populate every other romance today. Highly recommended. :)
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Summary: Some of these people obviously read a different book than me
Review: Couldn't put it down! This book was an absolute delight. Loved everything about it. A keeper!...
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Summary: A Real Page Turner!
Review: Heather Cullman has written vivid, real characters in a timeless story. Lord Quentin Somerville is an aristocratic, pompous scoundrel who can't see beyond title and status until Jane Wentworth enters his life. Jane is everything he doesn't want, yet he can't deny his attraction to her. To Jane Wentworth, Quentin is everything and the only person she has ever wanted, until she has him. Then she sees the person he really is. Determined to make a good situation out of a bad one, Jane doesn't look back but instead forges ahead with her new life, determined to make life with Quentin at least companionable. Quentin is at first appalled by Jane's ideas and actions, but soon finds fulfillment and satisfaction with the one woman he never gave a second thought to. Witty, heart warming and, at times, emotional. I personally couldn't put the book down, so compelling and well written was this timeless story. I highly recommend this book!
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Summary: A great book by a great author.
Review: I read a review for this book when it was first published a year or so ago. The review was great, but I didn't read the book because I usually don't like plain Jane stories where the heroine's kindness outshines her lack of beauty so on and so forth. I picked up this book not remebering the review or the reason I didn't read it when it was first released. When I was far enough into the book to remeber,it was too late, I was hooked.
I loved the heroine Jane especially. She took a bad situation and made the best of it. As intended, the Hero was hard to like at first. The wonderful thing about Heather Cullman's books is that she can take a less then perfect person and make them into a hero or heroine. The transformation for me was very believable.
This was a great book with a great love story.
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Summary: An Enjoyable Read
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed "A Perfect Scoundrel" by Heather Cullman. Her endearing story of this love plauged couple kept me turning pages well into the night. The care she takes in describing everything from the furniture to the country side to the 'romance' will keep me reading Ms. Cullmans books for a long time. A very enjoyable read.
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Summary: An Enjoyable Read
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed "A Perfect Scoundrel" by Heather Cullman. Her endearing story of this love plauged couple kept me turning pages well into the night. The care she takes in describing everything from the furniture to the country side to the 'romance' will keep me reading Ms. Cullmans books for a long time. A very enjoyable read.
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Summary: Some of these people obviously read a different book than me
Review: I'm sure that I've read worse books, but I'm hard pressed to think of them. What's bad about this book? Perhaps the doormat heroine who is raped on her wedding night but continues to try to please her "caught" husband? Perhaps the self-centered slob she marries who has NO redeeming qualities then a sudden conversion to virtue? Perhaps the simplistic "simple" folk who live in the village and wait to be "saved" by the heroine? Or maybe it's all the short choppy sentences and superficial utterances of the author? My first and last Heather Cullman book. If you're literate, avoid this book.
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Summary: Surely there are worse books out there somewhere?
Review: I'm sure that I've read worse books, but I'm hard pressed to think of them. What's bad about this book? Perhaps the doormat heroine who is raped on her wedding night but continues to try to please her "caught" husband? Perhaps the self-centered slob she marries who has NO redeeming qualities then a sudden conversion to virtue? Perhaps the simplistic "simple" folk who live in the village and wait to be "saved" by the heroine? Or maybe it's all the short choppy sentences and superficial utterances of the author? My first and last Heather Cullman book. If you're literate, avoid this book.
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Summary: Another great one!
Review: If you've ever read Heather Cullman you know what great characters she creates and she doesn't disappoint us with this book. Her characterizations are the highlight of A Perfect Scoundrel. She puts her hero and heroine in truly unique situations and you can't help but wonder how they're going to get out of this one. The heroine's naivete adds a splash of humor to not so funny situations. Poor Quinn! But by the end you can feel how deeply these characters love one another and how truly devastated they are during the black moment. Heather offers us another great story in the tradition of her first and my favorite novel, Yesterday's Roses.
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