Night of Sin

St. George Brothers #1

by Julia Ross

Wild Lord Jack, who's seen much of the world, has wanderlust to spare. Miss Anne Marsh knows only the peace of the countryside. But during a swashbuckling caper that brings their two worlds together, unexpected sparks begin to fly.

Genres: Romance, Historical Romance, Historical

336 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

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Reviews

[Ilze · Rating 3 out of 5]

The review of this book at theromancereader.com says pretty much everything I want to say about this book. Julia Ross wrote some incredible love scenes, but a lot of other things in the book are over the top, including the hero as a character: an Englishman who is an expert in multiple Asian languages, Kung Fu and tantric sex! The time period of the book was also an aspect that bothered me - this is not clarified until about 3/4 of the way through the book, when some political context is explained and the Prince Regent is mentioned as having lived quite a while ago. For most of the book I thought that the story was happening in last part of the 18th century rather than the middle of the 19th century.

[Keri · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was much easier to read then Games of Pleasure. I should have read this one first as it was the first in the trilogy. Bad Lord Jack is the second born son, so therefore he had more freedom to roam than Ryder did. This caused dissent among the two men to the point that Jack felt more comfortable in foreign lands learning about the erotic arts, than his own country. Also his mother played a large part as well as she wanted to bind him to her. When Lord Jack ends up chasing a "dragon's tooth" back to England. Plain, devout and engaged to another man, Ms. Anne ends up being caught up in the mess. This was a wonderful read and at first you didn't like Ryder or Duchess Ryderbourne, but in the end you understood. JR has such a way with the written word and I hope someday she rediscovers her muse. I don't want to give anymore away, but will say that is was a beautiful love story by two unlikely people.

[Barbara ★ · Rating 3 out of 5]

This starts out strong, flags in the middle but ends strong. I really liked emotionally tortured Lord Jonathan Devoran St. George. He's an adventurer but his family just doesn't understand his need to roam. Upon his return to England, a twist of fate puts Anne Marsh in his sights. Jack is very smooth and even after breaking into her house, convinces her to travel with him. For a young English miss engaged to be married (to someone else), it all goes downhill from there. Anne lets down her guard and converses with Jack as an equal which, of course, gets her in serious trouble. Their travels and their "night of sin" are tedious and boring. Once they arrive at his ancestral home, the action heats up again, and the story finishes strong. Not the best I've read by Julia Ross but not the worst either.

[Maura · Rating 4 out of 5]

The heroine is a prim and proper lady just living her life when she meets the hero. The hero is quirky and unusual in his era. He is facinated with everything India and there are some deep secrets he hides.
Our poor heroine is forced into arranged marriage with this guy and her prim and proper self is destroyed. I liked the story of how they learned to love. This is a hot read and what I remember is our hero introducing tantric tricks.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just as good as Games of Pleasure, though I hate reading a series out of order like this...

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Historical romance that captured my imagination. Very passionate.

[Twidlebug · Rating 1 out of 5]

I tired reading this but just couldn't get into it.

[Mmeguillotine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some rather hot (tantric?) sex. Otherwise somewhat milk-toast, but fortunately, Julia Ross's milk-toast is better then many others' best effort, so there's that.