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The Pleasures of Passion

door Sabrina Jeffries

Reeksen: Sinful Suitors (4)

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Fiction. Romance. Historical Fiction. HTML:Complete with the signature charm, "delectably witty dialogue...and scorching sexual chemistry" (Booklist) she is known for, New York Times bestselling author Sabrina Jeffries is back with the fourth romance in the Sinful Suitors series!
/> When Niall Lindsey, the Earl of Margrave, is forced to flee after killing a man in a duel, he expects his secret love, Brilliana Trevor, to go with him, or at the very least wait for him. To his shock, she does neither and sends him off with no promise for the future. Seven years and one pardon later, Niall returns to England disillusioned and cynical. And being blackmailed by the government into working with his former love to help catch a counterfeiter connected to her father doesn't improve his mood any. But as his role as Brilliana's fake fiancé brings his long-buried feelings to the surface once again, he wonders who is more dangerousâ??the counterfeiter or the woman rapidly stealing his heart.

Forced to marry another man after Niall was exiled, the now widowed Brilliana wants nothing to do with the reckless rogue who she believes abandoned her to a dreary, loveless life. So having to rely on him to save her father is the last thing she wants, much less trusts him with....But as their scheme strips away the lies and secrets of their shared past, can she let go of the old hurt and put her pride aside? Or will the pleasures of their renewed passion finally enable them both to rediscover… (meer)
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One of my favorite themes in Historical Romances is that of lost lovers finding each other again. In this case, Niall and Brilliana met and fell in love before she even had her come out. Niall was involved in a duel and had to flee the country. Meanwhile, Bree got married - not for love but to help her family. now, years later, they are both in London, he is an Earl and she is a widow and they must pose as an engaged couple to help solve a crime.
This is part romance, part crime story where the two try to find out whether her father is the counterfeiter that the government is looking for. To do this, they pose as an engaged couple. But, the longer they are together, the more the old feelings come back.
Sabrina Jefferies does a wonderful job with the characters. You can't help but love Niall and Bree and feel the pain of the betrayal they each faced in the past that kept them apart. I received an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. ( )
  ddeluna1 | Mar 19, 2020 |
I've received an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Review in Portuguese: http://pepitamagica.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/livro-pleasures-of-passion-de-
sabrina.html


irst time reading a Sabrina Jeffries’ book – and it was a good start, but it could have been better.

The entire book revolves around two connected plots: the main couple’s history and a counterfeit scheme.

Niall and Brilliana had met seven years before our story, and had had a secret relationship of love declarations and sweet gestures (nothing else). When Niall is forced to flee England and asks Bree to run away with him, she refuses because of her sick mother. Niall feels betrayed when Bree doesn’t send any news, and he only knows through his father that she married Mr. Trevor a few months after his departure. Bree knows he ran away because he killed a man in a duel, but she doesn’t know why, which made her vulnerable to speculation when confronted with a different idea about Niall’s true character.

All of these misunderstandings make them hate the reasons that kept them apart and of course, hate what each thinks the other had done wrong. Trust needs to be rebuilt, at the same time as they must find out if Bree’s father is creating and distributing counterfeit bank notes. With a fake engagement, doubts and suspiciousness, the book ends up losing something by repeating several times the same ideas of why the trust was lost and how it’s so difficult to regain it – but for us readers, it’s not necessary to keep pushing the same button so much.

It seemed like there were some plot holes: what really happened to Bree’s mother? Did she end up living with Bree and her husband or did she stay with her husband until her death? What was her condition? How long was she sick, did she pass away shortly after Niall’s departure or was it years later? Bree wrote to Niall – why didn’t he write to her? He knew where to find her and England knew exactly where he was so that’s no excuse. These questions, among others, were left unanswered.

The most interesting part for me was the counterfeit scheme and how, even though they were forged to pretend to be engaged to discover the criminal (who I identified from the very moment he first showed up), every character just worked like a well-oiled clock. Without question, the best characters were (the eccentric) Aunt Agatha and the mysterious Lord Fulkham.

It was a pleasant book, a quick read, read at ease, which kept me interested the entire time. ( )
  Joana_v_v | Aug 10, 2018 |
4 "Misunderstandings & Second Chances" Stars for the Story and Narration.

Just what could cause two young people in love to lead completely separate lives for years: misunderstandings. Double misconceptions with the aid of an Earl turn love into hate for an Earl's heir and his intended. But when a forced reunion is orchestrated by a spymaster, will true love find a way to reign supreme?

Niall Lindsey, the heir to Earldom and Brilliana Trevor are in love and intend on marrying. Then the unthinkable happens and Niall is involved in a duel and kills a man. Brilliana is told the duel was over a woman and her heart is broken. How could she have misread Niall so wrongly? Moreover, as Brilliana has a sick mother and an unreliable father who has gambled away much of the family's wealth, she feels she has no choice but to stay where she is to take care of her mother.

Niall, on the other hand, can't believe that his one true love refused to follow him out of England when the duel and death lead to a necessary exile. How could she be so cold and heartless? Perhaps its true that all she sought was the comforts of being a Countess, and now that he must flee the country and the same comforts and privileges surely will no longer await abroad, she finds herself no longer "in love" with him.

Fast-forward seven years later. Brilliana is now a widow with a young son and Niall has finally been vindicated with the aid of a spymaster for whom he worked for while away. Niall is finally back in England but that same spymaster who he owes much too has asked for his help in nabbing a counterfeiter (an offense akin to treason and punishable by death). Even worse that same spymaster threatens Brilliana with the apprehension of her father for this crime in order to secure her cooperation. With no choice, both Brilliana and Niall reluctantly agree to work together to find the answers sought and nab the true mastermind behind the counterfeit ring. Being reunited again will the misconceptions continue or will true love find a way to break through all the disillusionment?

Justine Eyre is an experienced narrator who has narrated many romances. I have listened to a fair number of her paranormal/UF romances as well as a few historical romances. Ms. Eyre definitely has a distinctive, somewhat nasally voice, and also has an interesting pronunciation of certain words which she tends to elongate. Therefore I urge you to sound sample the narration before buying to ensure that it's to your liking.

From a voice differentiation perspective, Ms. Eyre did a good job of deepening her voice sufficiently to create genuine sounding male voices. She also does a good job of differentiating between even among characters of the same gender based on personality traits. For example, she made her voice sound older for Brilliana's father. I also think Ms. Eyre does a good job of communicating emotion.

It is a trope often used, but I found myself for the most part engaged and cheering on this couple to find their HEA in the end. Perhaps the most intriguing part of the story overall though was the suspense plot that was thrown in to keep the listener guessing as to the real culprit (and Brilliana's father's true role) in the counterfeit scheme that Niall and Brilliana are forced to work together to solve. All in all this wasn't my favorite book by Sabrina Jeffries but it worked to pass the time and it kept me engaged until the end.

Review copy provided in exchange for an honest review. ( )
  B.J.O. | Sep 3, 2017 |
Received an ARC for my fair review for netgalley. I tend to really enjoy Ms. Jeffries books, for historical romance, she is on my list of who to go to. And, while I did enjoy the book, it was not my favorite, and honestly I had to make myself sit down and actually read it, I kept going back to other books, so it did not grab my interest as it normally does, not that it was a bad book, no just not my fav. So we have previously met Niall, who was Clarissa's brother, and Warren's cousin, I hope you read the other books in series, because you will be lost, you need to know the premise. Niall had to leave the country after a duel, in his sister's honor, leaving his love "Bree" behind, he could not tell her why he fought, or that could ruin his sisters reputation. So he asks Bree, to run away with him, because he loves her and does not want to leave her behind, but he had never introduced her to his family, nor mentioned her, since he is of rank, and she is not. Bree, loves Niall and was torn, but her mother was truly ill and she could not just leave her behind without making sure she was ok. Unfortunately, lies were told by people that they trusted, and they suffered misunderstandings thinking the worst of each other. They were apart seven years, and due to a family members marriage, bump into one another. The rest of the story, I can not tell you, it was the discombobulated story, that was to capture our interest, and to get them to work with each other, now did the truth come out, did they get their HEA? well my friends you have to read. ( )
  NelisPelusa | Jul 6, 2017 |
I received a copy of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley.

Seven years ago Niall killed a man in a duel and was forced to flee to the continent. He tried to persuade Brilliana (bizarre name - thankfully often shortened to Bree) to go with him, but since he would not tell her what the duel was about and she could not leave her sick mother, she refused. (She also claimed to be unable to go as she had no passport, which struck me as historically anachronistic, but maybe I'm wrong).

In the present day (1830) Niall is pardoned and returns to England full of bitterness that Brilliana married months after he left (she is now a widow). Brilliana is bitter that when she tried to contact Niall through his father she was rebuffed. However they are forced to agree to pretend to be engaged (of course they are!) so that Niall can get close to Brilliana's father and determine if he is a counterfeiter.

This was an enjoyable read overall, although too much of it was taken up with Niall and Brilliana rehashing the past and (really very) slowly revealing to each other what actually happened. This novel has a lot of backstory and many big misunderstandings. I thought the romance was sweet, although Niall never really seemed to take seriously the fact that he had asked Brilliana to abandon her mother. The counterfeiting plot occupied very little of the page count, although things got going with a vengeance during the last few chapters. Nice to see Aunt Agatha helping to catch the baddie.

I wasn't convinced that Niall's engagement was absolutely necessary to the cunning plan - Oswald seemed pretty accepting of new friends. His character was problematic to me - one minute he is totally evil and Brilliana never wants to see him again after what he did to her; the next he is bit of a bumbling fool and she'll be bringing Silas round so he can meet his grandson. Silas was well done, I thought - age appropriate and not sickeningly endearing.

Fun when it wasn't bogged down in angsty conversations. ( )
  pgchuis | May 31, 2017 |
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Fiction. Romance. Historical Fiction. HTML:Complete with the signature charm, "delectably witty dialogue...and scorching sexual chemistry" (Booklist) she is known for, New York Times bestselling author Sabrina Jeffries is back with the fourth romance in the Sinful Suitors series!
When Niall Lindsey, the Earl of Margrave, is forced to flee after killing a man in a duel, he expects his secret love, Brilliana Trevor, to go with him, or at the very least wait for him. To his shock, she does neither and sends him off with no promise for the future. Seven years and one pardon later, Niall returns to England disillusioned and cynical. And being blackmailed by the government into working with his former love to help catch a counterfeiter connected to her father doesn't improve his mood any. But as his role as Brilliana's fake fiancé brings his long-buried feelings to the surface once again, he wonders who is more dangerousâ??the counterfeiter or the woman rapidly stealing his heart.

Forced to marry another man after Niall was exiled, the now widowed Brilliana wants nothing to do with the reckless rogue who she believes abandoned her to a dreary, loveless life. So having to rely on him to save her father is the last thing she wants, much less trusts him with....But as their scheme strips away the lies and secrets of their shared past, can she let go of the old hurt and put her pride aside? Or will the pleasures of their renewed passion finally enable them both to rediscover

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