Notorious Pleasures, Elizabeth Hoyt
Notorious Pleasures, Elizabeth Hoyt
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Notorious Pleasures

Author: Elizabeth Hoyt

Narrator: Ashford McNab

Unabridged: 11 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/01/2011


Synopsis

Their lives were perfect . . .
Lady Hero Batten, the beautiful sister of the Duke of Wakefield, has everything a woman could want, including the perfect fiance. True, the Marquis of Mandeville is a trifle dull and has no sense of humor, but that doesn't bother Hero. Until she meets his notorious brother . . .

Until they met each other.
Griffin Remmington, Lord Reading, is far from perfect - and he likes it that way. How he spends his days is a mystery, but all of London knows he engages in the worst sorts of drunken revelry at night. Hero takes an instant dislike to him, and Griffin thinks that Hero, with her charities and faultless manners, is much too impeccable for society, let alone his brother. Yet their near-constant battle of wits soon sparks desire - desire that causes their carefully constructed worlds to come tumbling down. As Hero's wedding nears, and Griffin's enemies lay plans to end their dreams forever, can two imperfect people find perfect true love?

About Elizabeth Hoyt

Elizabeth Hoyt is the New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty-three lush historical romances, including the Maiden Lane series. Publishers Weekly has called her writing "mesmerizing" and in 2018 she received the RT Book Reviews Career Achievement Award for Historical Romance. She also pens deliciously fun contemporary romances under the name Julia Harper. Elizabeth lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with three untrained dogs, a garden in constant need of weeding, and the long-suffering Mr. Hoyt.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by PATRICIA on 2016-05-08 13:25:33

Didnt finish once I realized I didnt like either the hero or the heroine named Hero. Rounded up the extra half point, because it finally gave me the answer to my question of what Maiden Lane was and why the series was named after it. Only my second in the series, but apparently at least one character in each book has a tie to the foundlings home on Maiden Lane. I really enjoyed my first sample so wont give up on the whole series. Each will just have to prove itself.

Goodreads review by Karen on December 28, 2015

5 STARS This one was a total winner for me! Loved it from beginning to end. Lord Griffin Reading was somewhat of an arrogant arse... which I'm sure is why I loved him so much. Don't ask me why, buy I am just enamored by the total jerks in these books. His dirty mouth could light a glacier on fire. Se......more

Goodreads review by Jilly on February 06, 2017

Not as good as the first one, but I still liked it. Our female's name is Hero and the male is... shit, forgot his name already. Let's just call him Bad-Brother, or BB for short. So, Hero meets BB by walking in on him sticking it to a married woman at her engagement party. Engagement to his brother. Ap......more

Goodreads review by WhiskeyintheJar on November 23, 2016

"How romantic," she drawled in a bored, social voice that set his teeth on edge, "to think that love has anything to do with marriage." Our heroine, Hero (I'll pause to let you work that one out), is another woman of her time, thinking marriages are for enhancing your family and sex is for men a......more

Goodreads review by Sher❀ The Fabulous BookLover on August 16, 2017

🌟🌟5 Incredible Stars!🌟🌟🌟 London, 1737 β€œYou say my name like a lover, so soft, so sweet. I want to lick the word from your lips, sip the exhaled breath from your mouth. I want to possess you utterly. Right now. Right here.” I'm convinced. Elizabeth Hoyt writes magic. She has a magical, unicorn laptop and......more

Goodreads review by Choko on November 19, 2016

*** 4 *** A buddy read with the incurable romantics at the MacHalos! We need more love in our lives:-) This is the second book in the Historical Romance Series of Maiden Lane. The first introduced us to the seedy neighborhood of Saint Giles in London in the seventeen hundreds. This one picks up about......more


Quotes

"There's an enchantment to Hoyt's stories that makes you believe in the magic of love."β€”RT Book Reviews

"Elizabeth Hoyt writes with flair, sophistication, and unstoppable passion."β€”-Julianne MacLean, author of PORTRAIT OF A LOVER

"Hoyt is firmly in control of her craft with engaging characters, gripping plot and clever dialogue."β€”Publishers Weekly

"The new master of the historical romance genre."β€”-HistoricalRomanceWriters.com

"A sexy, steamy treat!"β€”-Connie Brockway, USA Today bestselling author on THE RAVEN PRINCE


Awards

  • RT Book Reviews, Best Historical Romance
  • RITA Finalist, Darling Beast
  • RT Book Reviews, Historical K.I.S.S. Hero
  • RITA finalist, Duke of Midnight
  • RITA Finalist, Sweetest Scoundrel