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The plot was overly contrived and required a lot of suspension of disbelief, but it was at least interesting. The villain is predictably one-dimensional, lacking in any nuance or deeper motivation. The scene with Byrne's past lovers gossiping about him was particularly hard to swallow, because it was an obvious, and poorly executed, ploy to underline how special and unique Christabel is.

Not to mention, an unsubtle attempt to convince the reader and Christabel that Byrne has real, deep feelings, rather than a tawdry sexual connection as he had with previous women. Byrne spends the night with Christabel because he is jealous and possessive, not because he expresses any tenderness in the aftermath of their lovemaking.

He calls her "darling". And I am meant to believe that the man has real feelings because of those rather sparse signs of affection, despite knowing he is eagerly anticipating betraying their agreement when he has finished using her for his own ends. Later in the book we discover that he has the occasional kind whim, such as lying to procure a job for a girl.

He also has his mother secreted away in a lavish home. He has tiny bits of good in him But it is too little, too late.

When Christabel trusts him with the contents of the letter, he is so gleeful about his plans for revenge. And he seriously doesn't care about the lives of the people he intends to ruin.

He doesn't care that he will throw the entire country into turmoil, ruin one family and tear apart two others. He wants revenge, and not even Christabel is enough to sway him. His abrupt about face is, in the end, not the kind of character growth that would have made a difference to me. Giving up his revenge was never what he needed to do: that made him a less hateful person but not a better man. What Gavin Byrne needed to do to earn my respect was to admit that women, regardless of their status, have worth.

He assures Christabel that she is not a whore-- after all, she is not poor. Christabel logically points out that, street walker or courtesan, a whore is a woman who exchanges her favours for money. Their argument highlights everything that is wrong with this novel he in turns berates her, bullies her, then attempts to humiliate and degrade her. What he had to learn was not that Christabel is a special snowflake worthy of his love, he needed to realize that no woman deserves to be called or treated like a whore.

The ending was trite and not really worth the slog through this terrible novel. If I didn't know this book was the third book written in this series, I would have thought it was the first book Jeffries had ever written. I can't even recommend the book for writing style or prose-- there are such awful, florid descriptions that i found myself rolling my eyes.

None of the side characters show any of the vivacity I had come to expect from the previous two novels, so this book was a complete wash. I would give it no stars if i could. Jun 06, Kelly22 rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: Readers who loves to read a high-quality reformed-rake story!

Recommended to Kelly22 by: Cheryl. Shelves: bad-boy-rake-rogue-casanova , hero-makes-good-girls-go-bad , hero-flirt-playful-skilled-charmer , hottest-love-scenes-ever , notorious-playboy-commitment-phobic , reformed-rake-player , alpha-hero , banter-all-the-way , favorite-heroine , gorgeous-handsome-attractive-hero.

Thanks a lot to Cheryl, whose beautiful review made me finally start this amazing book! But God I was so gloriously wrong! I ended up reading this book non-stop, turning page after page, intaking the soft musical writing, only to enjoy the priceless witty dialogues with a well-brought-up story-line and characters that shouted authenticity and made me smile and forget I have a very busy schedule of a week coming up!

Christabel, the Marchioness of Haversham, is a widow who must retrieve some important letters she possessed previously which her late husband gambled away to a practiced gambler without her knowledge. She must get access to his house for a gambling party, where she believes she could find the letters.

Reluctantly, circumstances make her approach Gavin Byrne to be his fake mistress, whom she once shot at, years ago, in an attempt to save her husband from debtors. Gavin Byrne is the notorious owner of a successful gaming-club, always scoring with ladies and having a parade of ex and future mistresses all over the place. A man about town, Gavin finds the situation pleasantly agreeable with him with slight alterations. The conflict of interests leads them exactly where we want them to be.

Gavin is a charmingly bogus scoundrel and a tremendous flirt with a very matured heart and determined pairs of eyes on target. Christabel is an intelligent, strong, sweet heroine with a very kind yet resolute mind. Together they were priceless! The dialogues and the banters these two had were precious and will alone readily make you give this book a 5-star rating. The way he handled her and his transformation of emotion towards her with changes of events throughout the book was unbelievably dreamy.

There was no way Christabela could stop herself from falling in love with him. Not to mention the way this strong hero loved her and redeemed himself. That episode was another masterpiece. An incredibly romantic story, this book is a keeper. A very satisfied, sigh-worthy 5 stars for this book is a must for me.

Fans of Ms. These half-noble brothers have gotten into all types of scrapes, known countrywide as notorious rogues-in their personal lives as much as their professional ones. Gavin, the well-known-and sometimes despised-owner of the Blue Swan Men's club, a gaming house, sets out to exact revenge.

As young, royal, rash princes seem inclined to do, Gavin takes advantage of the opportunity to enlist the aid of a woman. Lady Christabel, Marchioness of Haversham, is a widow on a mission to rescue letters that could destroy both her father and Prince Regent. She agrees to do the unthinkable-pose as Gavin's mistress in order to save her family's reputation, and that of the Prince. Christabel wants the secret letters to keep her father from being sent to the gallows-Gavin wants them because he hates his biological father, Prince Regent, and resents the way he turned his mother away.

When Alexander and Marcus, Gavin's half-brothers, urge him to go into alliance with Christabel, he's wary. Once he decides to do so, his main goal-aside from ruining his father-is to get the proper Lady Christabel into his bed.

This heroine is no fainting spinster, however, and the tables are soon turned. When all is said and done, which will Gavin Byrne find more important-the destruction of the man he's hated all of his life, or the safety of the woman he's come to love? Engaging characters, attention to historical detail, and humorous dialogue will keep you reading long into the night.

I'm sorry to see this trilogy end, but I'm sure Ms. Jeffries has something else planned for our reading pleasure in the near future. May 19, Inna rated it really liked it Shelves: hero-pursues-the-heroine , 4-stars , hero-man-whore , widow-widower , historical-romance , om-drama , ow-drama , , separation-before-end , favorite-heroine. The man throwing the party has some letters that could prove deadly to her father if they ever saw the light 4 stars The man throwing the party has some letters that could prove deadly to her father if they ever saw the light of day.

Of course, Byrne has no intention of allowing her to put him off from actually becoming his mistress.

Soon, they are working together to find the missing letters while also trying to win the very competitive whist tournament at the house party. They eventually work out their issues and get a lovely HEA.

Anywayyys, I have a whole list of things that I just simply try my best to not read when reading romance. But whatever. This book was nearly a non-starter for me because of all the mistresses that the hero has had in previous books and also because I read a read in a review that they make up a large part of this story.

And they do!!! Go figure! The whole series has been an enjoyable experience Safety is meh H was a MAJOR manwhore and h is widowed but was married for 10 years to a man who never once gave her an orgasm in all those years.

Mar 09, Lauren rated it really liked it Shelves: historical-romance , regency , widows-weeds , reformed-rake , gaming-hell. When his brothers request that he help the widowed Marchioness of Haversham, Christabel, retrieve some compromising letters, Gavin sees an opportunity to avenge himself. Christabel, however, has other plans and Gavin soon realizes that he will have to choose between his new found love or his long sought after revenge.

Gavin and Christabel have fantastic chemistry and their dialogue is witty and engaging. The conflict regarding the letters is interesting and leads to some intense moments at the villain's house party. My one minor nitpick with the book is the number of former mistresses that Gavin has, which does not present him in a good light. Moreover, his treatment of them is more than a little hypocritical given his attitude towards Prinny.

Overall, a charming ending to the series and I look forward to reading more of Sabrina Jeffries works. Sep 10, Saly rated it really liked it Shelves: rom-historical , single-titles , read-in Apr 23, S. Sabrina Jeffries at her best. I haven't read a "scoundrel" hero that I liked in a while I also haven't read a lot of historical romance recently , but she knows how to make it work. Very classic, but very efficient I laughed out loud a few times, and got teary-eyed near the end. Apr 30, Shannon rated it it was ok Shelves: crappy-love-interest , , regency-romances.

This has to be my least favorite in the series. After how much I loved the first book, this seemed pretty bad. The biggest problem I had with this was Byrne as a love interest. Even knowing that they were eventually going to fall in love, a lot of his behavior up until that point really rubbed me the wrong way.

She was pretty clear that This has to be my least favorite in the series. Also, I thought that Byrne was just so selfish. In order to get back at one man, he was willing to screw over multiple others. By the time Byrne came to his senses, it was too little too late for me.

May 25, Chels rated it it was ok Shelves: punchable-hero , historical-regency , she-s-a-hoyden , a-little-thievery , widows. Gavin asks Christabel how she got such a fanciful name, and this caught me off guard.

According to the baby name websites I searched, it means "Beautiful Christian" or something along those lines. The timelines don't quite match up, as the first part of Christabel was released Gavin asks Christabel how she got such a fanciful name, and this caught me off guard.

The timelines don't quite match up, as the first part of Christabel was released in , and this Christabel is 30 years old in It's amazing how the way we perceive names changes, because "Christabel," to me, is the name of a haunted porcelain doll, not a person. Anyways please excuse the detour! Gavin Byrne is Prinny's unacknowledged bastard, and Christabel is a widow and reluctant marchioness.

Prinny conscripts Christabel into helping him retrieve letters that are both damning to him and to Christabel's father. She has to infiltrate the houseparty of the known cardsharp Lord Stokely, and she needs Gavin's help to get an invite.

Gavin is tiresome. He works his way through mistresses, and they are conveniently quite awful so you don't dwell on the fact that Gavin is rather careless with them. Christabel is different though. She's not that type of girl. And lo, Gavin is reformed by Christabel.

Both characters have likeable moments, but it's outweighed by the more frequent moments where I caught second-hand embarrassment. I wouldn't trust them with your letters, Prinny! Aug 23, Shellie rated it liked it Shelves: cy-at-local-used-bk-store , regencys. I had a hard time getting into this book. I may give another of her books a try in the future.

The heroine's character made this book perfect to me! Mar 31, Lady Jaye rated it really liked it Shelves: new-to-me-author , romance-historical , stars-4 , series-book-finale , read-in Rather surprising myself, by the end, I enjoyed the book far more than I thought I would. Mar 03, PlotTrysts rated it it was amazing Shelves: romance-novels. We both really enjoyed the conclusion to the Royal Brotherhood series. Byrne is a believably not-all-that-bad bad boy, and Christabel is the good girl who's always toed the line.

He corrupts her just enough, and she makes him "want to be good. That said, this isn't a serious romance novel. It's got plenty of over-the-top historical romance spice to keep it interesting, and the love scenes are steamy.

There are 3 chapters of sexy c We both really enjoyed the conclusion to the Royal Brotherhood series. There are 3 chapters of sexy card playing, OK? We really, really liked it! Laine: Not all cardsharks are rapists: a primer by the world's best daughter.

Dedicated to a Gibraltarian who is definitely NOT prinny's son. Jan 04, Chloe rated it really liked it. Of course, I once again mistakenly read the third in a series first. Despite my silly mistake, this was actually so addicting to read. The author did a really good job making the reader like the love interest at the same levels the MC was; hated a first, then liked, then swooned. It was a genuinely fun and sweet romance. It is brief and does not get far, but I do want to put that out there as a warning.

Jul 03, Insh rated it liked it. Oct 08, C Joy rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: historical romance fans, those looking for a good read. Shelves: historical-romance , ebooks. This is the perfect ender for a great trilogy, the Royal Brotherhood series, where the author Sabrina Jeffries tells Gavin's story, and a delightful one at that.

He's the eldest of the three, and the only one who made it through his own hard work, and whose mother was harshly wronged by Prinny. This is one of those books that overwhelmed me I want to write a good review of it, and I hope what I'll write here does it justice. I'll start with the story. I loved Ms Jeffries's writing style, it was s This is the perfect ender for a great trilogy, the Royal Brotherhood series, where the author Sabrina Jeffries tells Gavin's story, and a delightful one at that.

No man had ever gazed upon her like that before. Even Philip had never really taken the time to look at her. While Mrs. Watts took her measurements and scribbled them in her notebook, he did some measuring of his own. His eyes lingered on her bosom with disquieting interest, then examined her cinched-in waist and too ample hips.

When he was done with his thorough assessment, his heated gaze made a leisurely trip back up her body to fix on her face. He would stop at nothing to have her in his bed, bargain or no. She cursed as a wayward thrill coursed down her spine. The impudence of the man! Well, she would just show him. She turned to the dressmaker with a smooth smile. Sometimes he can be most outrageous. Worse yet, Byrne merely chuckled. Watts has dealt with me often enough, my sweet, to know that I pay my bills with annoying regularity.

Ignoring her frowns, he turned his attention to the dressmaker. The woman smiled broadly. Watts pivoted to him like a dog following the bounce of a ball.

She pulled the chemise down a little more. As the dressmaker coughed to hide her laugh, he raised one eyebrow. Watts continued to hold the chemise in its present position, her gaze fixed on him.

Is this all right or not? He glanced from the dressmaker to a glowering Christabel, then back to the dressmaker. At least that explains why you persist in wearing them. And have one of them ready in the morning? As he opened the door, Rosa practically fell into the room.

Christabel rolled her eyes. Rosa would never go meekly off when there was gossip to hear. Watts with you. She can assess which ones are best for alteration. Rosa and Mrs. Watts hurried off, and Byrne closed the door. Only then did she realize they were alone. And she was dressed most scandalously. He seemed to realize the same thing, for his gaze took outrageous liberties as he surveyed her scantily clad form. She was hoping to beg off so she could search his room while the others dined.

But clearly he expected her there, and she dared not rouse his suspicions by disappointing him. One Night with a Prince by Sabrina Jeffries. Philip had probably sold the letters to him that very day, blast him.

While he was explaining the reason for his dire financial situation. Her husband had brought his own ruin upon himself. Did he really think she would admit to knowing that he had them?