Temptation's Kiss

by Lisa Bingham

To tame the beast in a man, one woman must unleash her own animal nature. Chelsea Wickersham seeks a new start. The conservative English governess agrees to tutor the long-lost heir of the mysterious Cane estate. But when she arrives expecting to find a boy to teach, she is instead introduced to a strange and terrifying Sullivan Cane, a feral, uncivilized man. But Cane is craftier than any beast. Taken from his island hideaway, forced to return to his family estate in Scotland, he strives to outwit his calculating brethren. He plays the role of wild man that they all believe him to be, but even as he grows exhausted of his savage pretense, he also discovers an unexpected pleasure in watching the walls of Chelsea's faade crumble. As passion sparks between teacher and student, a sinister enemy lurks in their midst, threating their love and their lives. To survive, and to be together, this untamable man must learn to act his part, and this upright woman must learn to unleash the animal inside of her.

Genres: Romance, Historical Romance

324 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 1, 1992

About the author

Lisa Bingham was thirteen when she decided she wanted to be a published author, and she reached that goal less than ten years later. Now Lisa is the bestselling author of more than thirty historical and contemporary romantic fiction novels. Lisa has also been a teacher and a professional theatrical and historical reenactment costume designer—she’s considered an expert in those fields. She has been lucky enough to live and study in such exotic locales as Brazil, Mexico, Europe, and the United Kingdom. Currently she lives in rural northern Utah near her husband’s fourth-generation family farm. She is married to her sweetheart of twenty-two years and has three beautiful children, an over-protective dog, a burr-laden cat, and a miniature goat who thinks she’s a puppy.

Reviews

[Lisa Arnold · Rating 3 out of 5]

This story is lively and a great adventure tale, a man is accused of treason and sent away from home, he is shipwrecked and starts a family on a tropical island, his kids grow up not knowing their true heritage, but after their fathers death people arrive looking for his heir. one of the brothers loses his wife and takes to the bottle, another is unwell so the youngest travels home pretending to be a wildman (shades of tarzan) the family servants take up highway robbery to finance his clothing and education (cue the bumbling side kicks for amusement) Then you have the love interest a flame haired governess who pretends to be all buttoned up but actually is not. More like a forties or fifties movie than a modern romance but I did enjoy it. If you are looking for something amusing this might fit the bill.

[Pam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Historical romance.