Deception So Agreeable

by Mary E. Butler

An alliance with the devil

Lady Bradamant Mount-Aubin knew the proposal was not offered seriously. London's most notorious rake had many such schemes for seduction, and by all accounts they were always successful. But now Lord Nicholas Devlin needed to be taught a lesson.

Brad never meant to marry him. Despite her sweetly worded acceptance, she intended to hold Nick honor-bound to his pledge until it suited her to break off the engagement-thus making him the laughingstock of London.

Gradually, though, her plan began to lose its deliciously wicked appeal. Could it be that she, too, had succumbed to the charm of Devil Devlin?

Paperback

First published March 1, 1986

Reviews

[Claire S · Rating 3 out of 5]

The blurb on this page is pretty spot on about the first part of the book and that was the best part. Lady Brad is an intelligent and strong character and I liked how, even though she was falling in love with Lord Nicholas, she still kept her self-worth. The author did a good job redeeming Nick, even though she had to use the trope of the sad boy rebelling against his father. There were several excuses for his disreputable behavior, including I wasn't really trying to seduce an innocent, I was just showing my young protégé how HE could do it (well, that makes it okay, then). However, it was his behavior afterwards and his treatment of Brad that won me over. Unfortunately, the second half of the book is a mystery that's so obvious you're just waiting for the protagonists to catch up. It also had this unbelievable plot where the H, who loved his brother and kept in touch with him, didn't know some very important things about the brother's family. To top it off, the way the mustache twirling bad guy goes about threatening the h's life at the end was laughable as to how easily the H could have overpowered him. The three stars is for the first part of the book, which was a bit above average, possibly even close to 4 stars, but was bogged down by the second part.