Just Wicked Enough

by Lorraine Heath, Avon, September 2007, ISBN #0380803291, $6.99 U.S.

Desperate for riches, penniless Michael Tremayne, Marquess of Falconridge, is willing to auction away his only possession of any value - his title - to the highest bidding American father. But Kate Rose was the last daughter he had in mind to marry. The willful and headstrong Kate requires from marriage the one thing Michael is unable to give - powerful, unending love . . .

Kate refuses to give into her husband's sensual demands until he has earned her love. Michael is not one to back down from a challenge, but neither does he believe in playing by the rules. While he is unfamiliar with love, he is extremely intimate with passion. He is determined to convince Kate that one can substitute for the other. And what better way to convince her than by patiently and skillfully seducing her?

Having read both A Duke of Her Own and Just Wicked Enough, I have come to realize that this series, Rogues and Roses, has been named perfectly. Ms. Heath has given us people we can believe in and places you can see through the eyes of the characters of the books. Just Wicked Enough is one book that has the strength and depth of character and of plot that we like to read.

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What will she bid?

   Desperate for riches, penniless Michael Tremayne, Marguess of Falconridge, is willing to auction away his only possession of value - his title - to the highest bidding American father. But Kate Rose was the last daughter he had in mind to marry. The willful headstrong Kate requires from marriage the one thing Michael is unable to give - powerful, unending love.
   Kate refuses to give into her husband's sensual demands until he has earned her love. Michael is not one to back down from a challenge, but neither does he believe in playing by the rules. While he is unfamiliar with love, he is extremely intimate with passion. He is determined to convince Kate that one can substitute for the other. And what better way to convince her that than by patiently and skillfully seducing her? Kate never thought marriage would be so mischievous . . . or that her husband would persuade her to be so sinful.