A Taste of Seduction A Disgraced Lords Novel

This review was originally posted on Addicted To Romance Summary Evangeline and Hardley fell in love at a young age, and right when they were ready to elope and get married, Evangeline's mother sold her into marriage to a man who treated her like a slave in every way. Now its been five years, she has a young son who has never known his real father but Evangeline is determined to make sure she sees Hardley once again even though she feels hurt that he never tried finding her. Hardley, has no idea of the horrors that Evangeline suffered. He believed that she made her own choice is marrying another man even though she professed her love for him. He has spent five years with the hurt and betrayal of that day when all his dreams and his love for her were crushed. But then these two meet when their mutual friends set them up at a dinner party. In the process of hashing out the past and trying to deal with new circumstances there is a killer on the loose, a woman who wants all members the libertine scholars killed because of acts committed against her by their fathers. Plot and Story Line oh yes I have such love for this author, and she adds some unique elements to a era that is overdone by many and she definitely stands out from the crowd. I love her writing and her love stories she pens and this story was no different. Now I hadn't read the previous book (although I do have it collecting dust on my kindle), so I was uncertain if I would be a bit loss. And not really, I was more curious about what had happened in the previous book of course, but it didn't detract my enjoyment of this one. However, I do recommend at least reading the first couple of books, as there are certain elements to the plot that will make more sense if you do. "so read at your own risk or suffer the consequences of confusion". What I did find most wonderful about this book was the actual romance between Evangeline and Hardley. We see a prologue of what they were like when they were young and in love before everything fell apart. Then we see how they have changed over the five years. And some of the changes aren't positive. Both are wary of each other especially, and hurting in different ways. "Love" was a scary word---easy to spell, easy to define, easy to say, but very difficult to believe. When you found love, you had to have faith it was reciprocated. She prayed he would love her enough... There were some heart felt moments in this book though that I found a bit heart breaking. These two were torn apart unwillingly from each other because of greed and I just savored every moment seeing them find their way back to each other. It was interesting to see how events played out in this book, and we do get a bit of a teaser involving our next and I think last couple of the series. I do feel that as far as the "suspense" points of the series plot is slowly drawing to a close and I have a feeling book six is going to keep us on the edge of our seats for sure!!! I have no clue what Evan's has planned, but if its anything like the previous books I have had a chance to read so far I am super stoked to find out. The Cover Oh I could gush over this cover all day and not get enough of it. It's so pretty I could put it on my wall just to look at it. I love the purple tones and sexy dip here!!! Overall View A Taste Of Seduction is a well written romance that adds intrigue, mystery and suspense within every chapter. It will excite, delight and intrigue you to the end of love and passion and true test of will!!! SUPERB Click on Cover For Buy Link [foogallery id="22902"]

A Taste of Seduction is the fifth book of the Disgraced Lords series. I have not read any of the books prior of this one so at first I was slightly thrown off by certain events and people I had no knowledge of. However, the relationship between Evangeline and Hadley kept me curious and interested. They had plans to marry when they were young but due to a meddlesome mother, it didn't happen. Years later, they meet again and their love unfolds once again. In the meantime, there is a mystery to be solved involving the Libertine Scholars. Other characters from her previous books do make an appearance and I was glad that their stories were briefly explained, otherwise I would be lost. I believe that I would have enjoyed this story more if I had read the other books in the series before this one. Although I liked the connection between Evangeline and Hadley as well as the bond between Hadley and his brother Augustus. For more of my reviews, please visit my website https://ilovereading2016.wordpress.com/