Lord of Scoundrels

Loretta Chase

Oct 2009 · The Scoundrels Series Book 3 · Sold by Harper Collins

About this ebook

They call him many names, but Angelic isn't one of them . . .

Sebastian Ballister, the notorious Marquess of Dain, is big, bad, and dangerous to know. No respectable woman would have anything to do with the "Bane and Blight of the Ballisters"—and he wants nothing to do with respectable women. He's determined to continue doing what he does best—sin and sin again—and all that's going swimmingly, thank you . . . until the day a shop door opens and she walks in.

She's too intelligent to fall for the worst man in the world . . .

Jessica Trent is a determined young woman, and she's going to drag her imbecile brother off the road to ruin, no matter what it takes. If saving him—and with him, her family and future—means taking on the devil himself, she won't back down. The trouble is, the devil in question is so shockingly irresistible, and the person who needs the most saving is—herself!

Ratings and reviews

I loved this book. I have read my share of romance novels over the years and I can tell you there are more bad books out there than a little! What I love about Loretta Chase is her ability to draw me into a story and care about the people she is writing about. Her characters are not perfect people.....who shoots their almost lover and expects to get away with it? What she does is write about characters with many bright points and many deep flaws. I did not love either of the mane characters in this book. The hero was more than a scoundrel, he was in his way a coward. A man afraid to face his past with other than deep fear. So afraid he left his own son to the devices of an uncaring mother. The heroine was pushy, over bearing, righteous and HAD to be right ALL THE TIME. At the same time they were definitely a product of their upbringing. She had the ability to deal with this man because, as you will read, she raised 10 boys and what was the hero but a very frightened, very rich, very unsure poorly behaved boy? Any way, I think Loretta Chase writes a detail rich book that can be hard to read if you want light weekend fair. She has become one of my favorite writers and has joined Quick/Krentz/Castle, Kleypas, Ashley, Hoyt and Howard on my list of writers to "read at all cost!"

Yes this is no more than a book full of two baffons have sex in about every way possible. It came across to me as one of the worst books ever written and that it should not be shown to children which has already been given to as an english reading assignment for little 4th graders to discover what is to come later on in their poor little lives when they finally what the floppy stick is growing out of their "areas". This could only be a book of horrible sex and disclaimability. In conclusion this book sucked Always loving

This is my first book of Loretta Chase and I have to say that it is one of my top favourites. The story was superb from the beginning to the end. I literally couldn’t put it down. I loved the relationship between Sebastian Ballister, the Marquess of Dain, and Jessica Trent. Whenever they were in the same vicinity, sparks would fly and subtle insults and threats would be exchanged. Jessica was extremely intelligent and Dain was surprised that he had to keep up with her. He finally met his match. Even though he was a total shameless rake who never wanted to get involved with any respectable lady, he found himself being “smittened” by Jessica. After the inevitable wedding, they started to fall in love with each other. As their love grew, so did Dain (in a psychological sense). Although he was an adult, he was still incapable of knowing how to fully accept himself, his past, and his unwanted son. Jessica helped him cope with his past/losses and he went through an amazing transformation (especially when he learned to accept and care for his “unwanted” son who looked and behaved just like Dain when he was little). It was an overall beautiful story.

About the author

Loretta Chase has worked in academe, retail, and the visual arts, as well as on the streets—as a meter maid—and in video, as a scriptwriter. She might have developed an excitingly checkered career had her spouse not nagged her into writing fiction. Her bestselling historical romances, set in the Regency and Romantic eras of the early nineteenth century, have won a number of awards, including the Romance Writers of America’s RITA®. For more about her past, her books, and what she does and doesn’t do on social media, please visit her website. LorettaChase.com