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Devil in Winter – Lisa Kleypas
Book on CD read by Rosalyn Landor.
3***

Book number three in the Wallflower regency-romance series.

Evangeline Jenner has been sent to live with her relatives, as her father, Ivo Jenner, does not deem it appropriate for her to grow up in his gambling club. Her maternal aunt and uncles have their eye on her fortune and have arranged a marriage for her to one of her cousins. But Evangeline has other plans. She presents herself at the home of Lord Sebastian St Vincent, a viscount with significant need of funds and a notorious rake, and strikes a bargain with the devil.

Well, this was a fun romp of a novel. The situations are melodramatic and full of sexual tension. Kleypas’s characters are straight out of central casting, but that’s part of the fun. The action moves forward at a steady pace, there are dastardly villians, innocent damsels, mysterious foreigners, handsome heroes, and a feisty heroine.

Rosalyn Landor does a marvelous job of reading the audio. She sets a good pace and does a pretty good job of differentiating the many characters. The deep voice she uses for Sebastian makes me laugh but it’s really all part of the fun. I did read about half the book in traditional text format, however.




LINK to my review