Jillian Hunter, Lessons of Desire

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Lessons Of Desire Jillian Hunter Banta

Lessons of Desire

Jillian Hunter

Bantam, Sep 2007

ISBN: 9780440243946

In London, Lord Elliot Rothwell informs his sibling Christian that he failed to find the manuscript. He learns from his other brother's wife Alexia that the owner of the manuscript her friend Lady Phaedra Blair is in Italy. Phaedra inherited her father Richard Drury's memoirs that have much of the Ton worried as it will expose many of them to scandal. Richard's partner in a small press Merris Langston was blackmailing people before he died; Phaedra owns that too.

In Naples Phaedra is stuck in her apartment under house arrest having caused a duel in which a favorite relative of the king was hurt. Elliot arrives and Phaedra begs from her window for her rescue. He succeeds but the local agent believes Phaedra and Elliot are engaged, and expects him to keep her out of trouble. Elliot asks Phaedra about her dad's manuscript that contains a passage on his father. He offers her money to delete it, but she refuses. She says a man sent another officer rumored to be his wife's lover to Cape Colony where he died. Elliot says it is a lie; Phaedra says prove it and she will remove it. As they travels around Italy in spite of the manuscript they fall in love, but she rejects his offer of marriage.

Having the female oppose marriage brings freshness to the sub-genre even as the relationship between the lead couple nicely evolves over the course of the tale; his refusal to steal the manuscript or demand it when he legally can makes him an honorable person. Although the lead female takes too many ridiculous unnecessary risks due to her need to be independent, Regency romance readers will enjoy learning the separate truths about her mother and his father.

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