Liz Carlyle, The Devil to Pay
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The Devil To Pay Liz Carlyle Pocket, Jan
The Devil to Pay
Liz Carlyle
Pocket, Jan 2005, $6.99, 384 pp.
ISBN: 0743470044
Sidonie Saint-Godard learned her self-sufficiency in France so to have to buckle up her independence due to London society norms feels like a straitjacket. Still, to earn money, she teaches deportment to the inane daughters of the upward-thrusting nouveau riche. In the evening she is the avenging Black Angel, sworn to strike out on dishonorable men preying on misfortunate women.
Her current target is the Devil of Duke Street, the Marquess of Devellyn, whose mistresses come and leave rather quickly, but always leave in tears. Known for his hedonism, he is stunned when the Black Angel with a tattoo of her nom-de-plume on her breast seduces him into her bed, ties him up and steals his most valuable possession. Frustrated in several ways, he warns her that he is coming for her. Not long afterward, Sidonie tries to serendipitously return Devellyn his things, but he catches her. They make love and both feel like a prisoner of their passion.
This is an entertaining Victorian romance with two likable but emotionally guarded individuals unable to trust anyone, especially the opposite sex. The storyline moves rather quickly forward as Devellyn and Sidonie engage in a battle of the sexes starting with when she ties him up and ending in one heated final altercation. Fans will enjoy this absorbing dueling duet as they furbish a fine nineteenth-century romance.
Harriet Klausner
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