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Langley Family Trilogy #2
Tempt Me
Humiliated by his family's indiscretions, Lucas, Lord Ashton—nicknamed "The Saint"—wants nothing more than to live a quiet life with the prim and proper bride of his choice. And if the innocent young lady in question gives him some decidedly devilish urges, he is determined to control himself—much to her dismay.
Lady Irisa Langley is at her wit's end. Much as she loves her exasperatingly perfect fiancé, she's starting to think it would be wrong of her to marry him. For Irisa has a secret that would shock even the world-weary denizens of the ton, and someone—who doesn't want her anywhere near Lucas—knows it.
Lucas never knew that he could desire more in a bride than impeccable manners and an unblemished pedigree. But even a scandal looms, a loyal little spitfire with heated kisses and silken skin is making him forget every rule of etiquette he's ever known.
Lady Irisa Langley is at her wit's end. Much as she loves her exasperatingly perfect fiancé, she's starting to think it would be wrong of her to marry him. For Irisa has a secret that would shock even the world-weary denizens of the ton, and someone—who doesn't want her anywhere near Lucas—knows it.
Lucas never knew that he could desire more in a bride than impeccable manners and an unblemished pedigree. But even a scandal looms, a loyal little spitfire with heated kisses and silken skin is making him forget every rule of etiquette he's ever known.
316 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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Lucy Monroe
616 books1,583 followersI write spicy romance books that end in an HEA. Contemporary romance, historical romance, paranormal romance…I write it all. The two things my books all have in common is lots of emotion and spice. Last year, I fell in love with a new subgenre: mafia romance. Since I write what I love to read, I started a new standalone series, Syndicate Rules where you’ll meet over the top alpha heroes in the Italian and Greek mafias as well as the Irish mob. There are arranged marriages, forced marriages, enemies to lovers, stalkers, forced proximity and lots of mafia intrigue. Morally gray is my new favorite color.
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I’ve been published a while and most of my 90+ books have hit the Nielson Bookscan bestseller list, a few ended up on the USA Today bestseller list and some even hit national bestseller lists in the UK and Australia. My books have been translated into numerous languages and are for sale in dozens of countries around the world. I’ve won awards and been published with most of the big houses in New York, but my greatest achievement is touching readers’ hearts. When I hear from a reader who got caught up in one of my books, I know I’m doing what I’m meant to do.
I love writing emotionally deep stories with snappy dialogue and solid plots. I’m more grateful than I’ll ever be able to express that so many readers have taken my stories into their hearts and put my books on their reread and keeper shelves.
Follow me on BookBub for alerts on my next release: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/lucy-...
I’ve been published a while and most of my 90+ books have hit the Nielson Bookscan bestseller list, a few ended up on the USA Today bestseller list and some even hit national bestseller lists in the UK and Australia. My books have been translated into numerous languages and are for sale in dozens of countries around the world. I’ve won awards and been published with most of the big houses in New York, but my greatest achievement is touching readers’ hearts. When I hear from a reader who got caught up in one of my books, I know I’m doing what I’m meant to do.
I love writing emotionally deep stories with snappy dialogue and solid plots. I’m more grateful than I’ll ever be able to express that so many readers have taken my stories into their hearts and put my books on their reread and keeper shelves.
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April 1, 2017
I loved the first book in the series but was baffled by this one.
Lucas and Irisa each have a difficult past and a solid foundation for their fears. They both want the past to remain buried and this desire influences their actions and decisions.
Irisa was a teenager in the first book and she came across as feisty and clever. But the grown up Irisa is too emotional, confused and determined to hold on to her misplaced guilt.
Lucas is always proper, controlled, not willing to upset any of the ton's rules.
He shook his head. "You're mad."
"I am not. I am being logical, though I don't expect you to see it. Gentlemen can be quite dense, I have observed."
The Saint meets The Paragon, it sounds like a heavenly match.
But are they really what they present to the world?
The first half of the book is slow and somewhat dull but things speed up after 50% . This is when a mystery is introduced and our leads are forced away from their proper reputations.
Is their bond enough or will the past tear them apart?
This book gets 3 stars because :
1 Lucy Monroe's writing.
2 A decent mystery and some romance.
He spun to face her, looking bewildered but still quite dangerous. "Why did you do that?"
She glared at him. "You deserved it. I will not allow you to mislead me in this fashion again."
You needn't pretend you don't understand. Everyone believes you to be such a saint, but I know differently. You're a… a…" She couldn't think of what to call him and then it came to her. "You're a tease! Yes, you are. Leading me to behave in a perfectly wanton manner and then rejecting me for succumbing to your charms."
3 Drake and Thea are back as supporting characters.
This book loses 2 stars because :
1 Seriously toxic parents who are weak and cruel.
2 You struggle through the first half, nothing really happens.
Lucas and Irisa each have a difficult past and a solid foundation for their fears. They both want the past to remain buried and this desire influences their actions and decisions.
Irisa was a teenager in the first book and she came across as feisty and clever. But the grown up Irisa is too emotional, confused and determined to hold on to her misplaced guilt.
Lucas is always proper, controlled, not willing to upset any of the ton's rules.
He shook his head. "You're mad."
"I am not. I am being logical, though I don't expect you to see it. Gentlemen can be quite dense, I have observed."
The Saint meets The Paragon, it sounds like a heavenly match.
But are they really what they present to the world?
The first half of the book is slow and somewhat dull but things speed up after 50% . This is when a mystery is introduced and our leads are forced away from their proper reputations.
Is their bond enough or will the past tear them apart?
This book gets 3 stars because :
1 Lucy Monroe's writing.
2 A decent mystery and some romance.
He spun to face her, looking bewildered but still quite dangerous. "Why did you do that?"
She glared at him. "You deserved it. I will not allow you to mislead me in this fashion again."
You needn't pretend you don't understand. Everyone believes you to be such a saint, but I know differently. You're a… a…" She couldn't think of what to call him and then it came to her. "You're a tease! Yes, you are. Leading me to behave in a perfectly wanton manner and then rejecting me for succumbing to your charms."
3 Drake and Thea are back as supporting characters.
This book loses 2 stars because :
1 Seriously toxic parents who are weak and cruel.
2 You struggle through the first half, nothing really happens.
March 21, 2011
This is my first book that i read when i started reading followed by "Cynester ,Bastian Club and from there onwards no looking back,reading is my passion and i m enjoying each seconds of it
I really liked this book,my heart went out to Irisa just cause she is "Illegitimate" her own mother shuns her n father is different story,both treat her badly cause she was concieved before marraige and always tell her it was her fault,Irisa loves Lucas but is unable to make her feelings clear to him,when Irisa somehow manages to break her engagement"she was engaged to a man who is old enough to be her grandfather"Lucas proposes n they get engaged,Irisa is happy but she considers herself as unworthy for Lucas cause of her conception
Lucas is a head strong good humbled hero,liked him
Lucas and Irisa fabulous characters, and more complex than I can begin to describe. Tempt Me has wonderful character development. This book had everything you need to create a good romance: a dashing hero, a beautiful heroine, a person who always seems to interfere with the hero and heroine, and, most of all...PASSION!Tempt Me is wonderfully written with just the right emotional touches.
Recommend it
I really liked this book,my heart went out to Irisa just cause she is "Illegitimate" her own mother shuns her n father is different story,both treat her badly cause she was concieved before marraige and always tell her it was her fault,Irisa loves Lucas but is unable to make her feelings clear to him,when Irisa somehow manages to break her engagement"she was engaged to a man who is old enough to be her grandfather"Lucas proposes n they get engaged,Irisa is happy but she considers herself as unworthy for Lucas cause of her conception
Lucas is a head strong good humbled hero,liked him
Lucas and Irisa fabulous characters, and more complex than I can begin to describe. Tempt Me has wonderful character development. This book had everything you need to create a good romance: a dashing hero, a beautiful heroine, a person who always seems to interfere with the hero and heroine, and, most of all...PASSION!Tempt Me is wonderfully written with just the right emotional touches.
Recommend it
April 8, 2011
Wow - so slow! Slow pacing, lots of internal dialogue, not a whole of action. Definitely not the Lucy Monroe I'm used to! Lucas is Dudley Do-Right, Mr. Upright and Uptight, and Irisa is just plain stupid, concocting hair-brained schemes rather than coming out with whatever's her mind. If the characters just spoke to communicate with each other, this book would have been over in 50 pages. As it was, it seemed like an eternity.
September 10, 2010
Boring and a waste of time.
Iris loves Lucas but tries to break their engagement because she believes she has a bad reputation that will hurt him. He doesn't care but she still tries to leave him. Too many conflicts occur due to innacurate assumptions between Irisa and Lucas, and neither one of them clarifies for the other. Too many boring conversations. The author spends too much time with the thoughts of the characters going back and forth about what to do or what to think. I skimmed several parts of the book to get through the tediousness. It was a waste of time. I wish I had never read it.
Sexual content: strong. Setting: 1820 England. Copyright: 2006. Genre: regency romance.
As of 6/14/08, I've read 6 Lucy Monroe books, as follows.
5 stars. Ready. Copyright 2005. My review posted 2/21/07.
5 stars. Willing. Copyright 2006. My review posted 2/21/07.
4 stars. And Able. Copyright 2006. My review posted 2/21/07.
3 stars. 3 Brides For 3 Bad Boys. Copyright 2005. My review posted 5/26/07.
1 star. Tempt Me. Copyright 2006. My review posted 5/26/07.
1 star. Deal With This. Copyright 2007. My review posted 6/14/08.
Iris loves Lucas but tries to break their engagement because she believes she has a bad reputation that will hurt him. He doesn't care but she still tries to leave him. Too many conflicts occur due to innacurate assumptions between Irisa and Lucas, and neither one of them clarifies for the other. Too many boring conversations. The author spends too much time with the thoughts of the characters going back and forth about what to do or what to think. I skimmed several parts of the book to get through the tediousness. It was a waste of time. I wish I had never read it.
Sexual content: strong. Setting: 1820 England. Copyright: 2006. Genre: regency romance.
As of 6/14/08, I've read 6 Lucy Monroe books, as follows.
5 stars. Ready. Copyright 2005. My review posted 2/21/07.
5 stars. Willing. Copyright 2006. My review posted 2/21/07.
4 stars. And Able. Copyright 2006. My review posted 2/21/07.
3 stars. 3 Brides For 3 Bad Boys. Copyright 2005. My review posted 5/26/07.
1 star. Tempt Me. Copyright 2006. My review posted 5/26/07.
1 star. Deal With This. Copyright 2007. My review posted 6/14/08.
August 21, 2011
This was one of those books that start out so boring & slow you just want to drop it. The male character was so bent on being propler, it started to read as a christian romance. Sice he tried to be so distant in seriouslt the first 120 pages, I never liked him.
My low rating is due to the lack of character connection. By the time things started rolling, It was too late to like them. Irisa wanted something physical from Lucas he would not give, and then after his angry show of what he wanted, she was being blackmailed into not marrying him, so then more back and forth with the characters began. Always pulling away in a frigid story to begin with makes an irritating read you set down several times to take breaks.
I will say some of the other novels... newer ones are 5 star reads. There are a ouple others I will still read. It was this book that bugged me, not the author.
My low rating is due to the lack of character connection. By the time things started rolling, It was too late to like them. Irisa wanted something physical from Lucas he would not give, and then after his angry show of what he wanted, she was being blackmailed into not marrying him, so then more back and forth with the characters began. Always pulling away in a frigid story to begin with makes an irritating read you set down several times to take breaks.
I will say some of the other novels... newer ones are 5 star reads. There are a ouple others I will still read. It was this book that bugged me, not the author.
June 30, 2014
Ugh, so tedious I don't know how to begin. The pacing is so over the map and the dialogue so dull. Irisa starts out as a strong character than quickly turned into a ninny. Lucas is so uptight and full of himself I just wanted to smack him. The basic plot had promise but the execution ridiculous. My first Lucy Monroe book and I'm not sure I care for reading another.
November 30, 2012
I can't say that I liked this book. Irisa annoyed the hell out of me. If I was in Lucas place I would have strangled her a long time ago. I don't know how anyone can stand her she is acting like a 8 year old all the time...
January 14, 2021
I loved the first book in this trilogy, Touch Me, and I had to force myself to finish this book. I did not enjoy the MCs. Lucas was a stick in the mud, stodgy, and conservative hero. Irissa was impulsive, flighty, and irrational. There is no clear structure to the book and a villain appears around 2/3 of the way in. Add to that, the first love scene occurs around the 80% mark. Frustrating.
May 26, 2017
I like this series this was a good book
July 15, 2019
This book started off slow but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
March 14, 2021
A good read, seeing how the Langley family continue, this time Irisa and lucas.
December 14, 2023
Annoying storyline.
Super duper slow before anything ever happens.
Before the wedding.
Boring.
Super duper slow before anything ever happens.
Before the wedding.
Boring.
July 28, 2011
I’m normally not a fan of misunderstandings between main characters when reading. Misunderstanding happens a number of time between Lucas and Irisa, but it’s mostly because of her innocence and naïveté, so it didn’t really bother me all that much because they would talk it out, argue it out, and go on. I actually had to laugh at these times because Lucas would become so frustrated not understanding the female gender, though he was at fault a few times himself and did not help the situation at hand.
Now the misunderstanding between Lucas and Irisa’s father is another matter altogether. It’s perpetrated by this poor excuse of a father to guarantee that Lucas would not back out of asking for Irisa’s hand; though at this point nothing mattered to Lucas, he wanted Irisa, and I was happy he felt that way. Of course, the misunderstanding comes to light too late, causing Irisa to once again take the blame on herself and try to give everyone an out to save their reputations at the expense of her own.
She’d been raised in a very unloving home, parents wanting her only for what she could bring upon her marriage. Irisa made sure she was biddable on everything except the choice of a husband. So turnabout is fair play, she blackmails her parents into refusing inappropriate suitors. That is until Lucas makes his request for her. All of her “properness” goes out the window once she’s engaged to the man, however, getting herself into trouble right and left with Lucas to the rescue every time. And still he chooses to stay with her instead of walking away.
Irisa expected him to walk away because she’s courting scandal just as Lucas’ mother and brother did and that’s the one thing he doesn’t want in a wife. He’s been a courtly gentleman for years in order to bring the family name back from ruin, but by the time Irisa manages all her trouble, his feelings are full blown for the girl and he refuses to lose her.
Even with the misunderstandings, I enjoyed these characters together. If they hadn’t talked things out, the story could have become quite worrisome, but it actually worked for me. And we’re set up very well for the last book in the trilogy, Jared’s story, which I really looked forward to while reading this one.
See my complete review at http://www.goodbadandunread.com
Now the misunderstanding between Lucas and Irisa’s father is another matter altogether. It’s perpetrated by this poor excuse of a father to guarantee that Lucas would not back out of asking for Irisa’s hand; though at this point nothing mattered to Lucas, he wanted Irisa, and I was happy he felt that way. Of course, the misunderstanding comes to light too late, causing Irisa to once again take the blame on herself and try to give everyone an out to save their reputations at the expense of her own.
She’d been raised in a very unloving home, parents wanting her only for what she could bring upon her marriage. Irisa made sure she was biddable on everything except the choice of a husband. So turnabout is fair play, she blackmails her parents into refusing inappropriate suitors. That is until Lucas makes his request for her. All of her “properness” goes out the window once she’s engaged to the man, however, getting herself into trouble right and left with Lucas to the rescue every time. And still he chooses to stay with her instead of walking away.
Irisa expected him to walk away because she’s courting scandal just as Lucas’ mother and brother did and that’s the one thing he doesn’t want in a wife. He’s been a courtly gentleman for years in order to bring the family name back from ruin, but by the time Irisa manages all her trouble, his feelings are full blown for the girl and he refuses to lose her.
Even with the misunderstandings, I enjoyed these characters together. If they hadn’t talked things out, the story could have become quite worrisome, but it actually worked for me. And we’re set up very well for the last book in the trilogy, Jared’s story, which I really looked forward to while reading this one.
See my complete review at http://www.goodbadandunread.com
June 30, 2015
I Loved the book,that's a must for Lucy's books. Irisa's is a sweet girl,untamed and she meets gorgeous, Lord Ashton- The saint. With the reputation he has of being a saint, Lucas asks for lady Irisa's hand in marriage. Who in the world will ask for your hand in marriage and not simply show any affection? Irisa's feelings are allover this book. Her conflicting emotions about whether to marry him or not, specially when he finds out shes illegitimate. But the fires wild and gusty aroused by Lucas Ashton cannot be shunned by just mare gossips and she fights through them all- her fears and the gossips.
August 4, 2016
Second in this series. Irisa Langley is the third childof her father's and only of her mother. Her twin siblings, Thea and Jared, where separated at birth when Lord Langley removed the first child, Jared, not realizing his wife carried twins. She kept Thea secret from him and removed her from England to protect her. Langley later remarried, assuming (incorrectly) that his first wife was deceased. Irisa falls in love with Lucas Ashton, but there is murkiness in her family that may jeopardize their happiness. A nice story and enjoyable read.
September 2, 2014
The second book in the Langley trilogy does not fail yet again to hold all your attention with gasps of pleasure, shrieks of aggravation and the inevitable "who the hell is the culprit trying to break up Irisa and Lucas"? As usual with Ms. Monroe's stories this one is hard to put down and her characters and dialogue so well thought out that meeting even the secondary characters excite you knowing they are going to soon have their own story...on to "Take Me"....squeal!
August 15, 2014
3.5 Stars. A pretty good book. I didn't like it as much as Touch Me. Irisa and Lucas flip-flopped about their level of attraction too much. "I want him desperately-I'm afraid" or "I'm so honorable-I'm desperately attracted" -- back and forth way too much. But I still enjoyed the book and look forward to the third one.
April 16, 2018
I loved it!
This is a amazing story full off romance and intrigue. It will keep you hooked until the end. I must admit the I find Iresa a bit tiring. However the intense physical attraction between them and the romantic moments were enough to overlook it. Highly recommend it
This is a amazing story full off romance and intrigue. It will keep you hooked until the end. I must admit the I find Iresa a bit tiring. However the intense physical attraction between them and the romantic moments were enough to overlook it. Highly recommend it
September 12, 2022
Still a favorite all these years later.
July 11, 2009
very good
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