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Title: A Rake's Vow by Stephanie Laurens ISBN: 0-380-79457-8 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.64 (39 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: 2nd in the Bar Cynster series
Comment: First off these books should be read in order. The 1st book is DEVIL'S BRIDE, which is Devil's story. Devil is the cousin to the hero of this book, Vane. Vane and Devil are extremely close almost like brothers. After Devil has found himself a bride its now Vane's turn. Now Vane has decided no to marry. He is a Rake and has no plans to surrender his bachlorhood. That is until he meets Patience. Now patience has no desire to marry. She is "on The Shelf" and is quite content to groom her young brother, Gerrard, to becoming a great man. She and her brother are residing at the home of her Aunt Lady Bellamy. Vane has taken refuge at Bellamy Hall to wait out a storm and soon finds himself involved with a mystery. Someone has been stealing little baubles from Lady Bellamy's houseguests and everyone has pointed the finger at Patience's brother. Now Vane and Patience must prove Gerrard is innocent.
This is an exciting fast paced story. You get to meet Devil and several others of the Bar Cynster as well. Its filled with very passionate love scenes and quick humor. I highly recommend it and the whole series.
Rating: 4
Summary: Keep introducing me to the Cynster men!!!
Comment: This was the first book I read of Stepjanie's Lauren's or the Cynster series. I am hooked!! Vane was so refreshing, and so real in his reactions. I thought Patience was wonderful!! I was surprised to read that the majority of the other reader reveiws found her boring. I have a very busy day with work and family, and found this book to be fun, engrosiing, a wonderful story, and not at all insulting of my intelligence. I loved this book, the story line, the characters, Vane, and the incredible love scenes. Maybe because this was the first of the Ms. Lauren's books, I was not set up for diappointment. I have since purchased "Scandals' Bride" and LOVED it am now ordering Devil's Bride. These Cynster Men are awe-inspiring!! Let me say that I would like to thank Ms. Lauren's for doing more for the lovelife in my 11 year marriage than anything else - Stephanie Lauren's writing is the most wonderful aphrodesiac!!
Rating: 3
Summary: Not as good as Devil's Bride
Comment: Except for her hard-to-understand aversion to men like Vane, Patience is a good if slightly ordinary heroine. We eventually understand her reasoning, but it takes time to sympathize. Vane is one of those characters you really want to like, a lot, but Laurens never gives him his due. To me, Vane is never as clearly realized as the rest of the Cynsters.
I, however, found it refreshing (having read this series out of order) to have the hero almost immediately realize that this was the woman he wanted to marry and she's the one who needs convincing. The mystery plot was not particularly good; honestly, why could no one figure out the sand any earlier? Geez.
But Laurens writes well, and this book is enjoyable, although certainly not the best of the series. I think Vane has been cheated; it's almost as though the author never really understood him. His handling of Patience's brother Gerrard was one of the most insightful elements. Read it as part of the series, but it's hardly the best. Devil's and Scandal's stories are much better.
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Title: All About Love by Stephanie Laurens ISBN: 0380812010 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: All About Passion by Stephanie Laurens ISBN: 0380812029 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 04 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: On a Wicked Dawn by Stephanie Laurens ISBN: 0060002050 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 30 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: On a Wild Night by Stephanie Laurens ISBN: 0380812037 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 02 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Promise in a Kiss by Stephanie Laurens ISBN: 0061031755 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 05 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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