Suzanne Enoch, Something Sinful

Something Sinful

Suzanne Enoch

Avon, September 2006, $6.99

ISBN: 0060842555

The first time Lord Charlemagne "Shay" Griffin saw her glide across the ballroom, he thought he would die from the excess palpitations of his heart. Based on her voluptuous body, he assumes she will be all glitter and no substance, the way he likes his women.

After meeting Lady Sarala Carlisle, he tries to impress her with his business acumen and a deal he is about to make involving silks. Not long afterward, to his shock, he realizes how intelligent she is when she buys the silk before he can. Shay now knows Sarala hides her brains behind her dazzling beauty. Still, he applauds her for beating him at his game; but also vows to seduce her until she and the silks are his. Neither anticipated the danger the ownership of the silks proves to be, as Chinese warriors claim the items are sacred.

The sequel to the amusing An Invitation to Sin is another rousing Regency romance starring an intelligent opportunistic female and another Griffin meeting his better. The storyline is a typical gender battle, as the hero tries every seductive trick in the book, and a few not listed to obtain the silk that the lady bought, thanks to his bragging and misunderstanding the intelligence of a female. Fans will appreciate these loving combatants, who together as a team show why England became the first in world trade in the nineteenth century. This is a delightful reading experience.