Dorothea Ellingham is waiting for the man who can ignite a spark of consuming passion with just a kiss. For when that happens, she'll know she's found the one. But after three suitors miserably fail her test, she's about to lose all hope until she lays eyes on Viscount Carter Grayson. His devilish good looks and charm send her pulse racing - and when he kisses her, she finally finds what she's been craving. Viscount Carter Grayson is in no hurry to wed. But when he meets Dorothea, he's captivated by the urgent need she sets off in him. Knowing he must have her, he proposes. But as they soon discover, a union forged on passion alone is never enough - and explosive desires can often lead to love.
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Carter Grayson, the Marquess of Atwood, has just received an ultimatum from his father, the Duke of Hansborough: he must get married before the end of the season! The Duke even prepares a list of “suitable” wife candidates for Carter, but Carter is not ready to give up his rakish life for wedded bliss, especially because the only woman he would even consider marrying—Dorothea Ellingham—is already engaged. Carter decides to thwart his father’s plan by finding a totally unsuitable woman to wed, but he quickly changes gears once he discovers he is mistaken about Dorothea’s engaged status. Dorothea is more than ready to accept Carter’s proposal, but she quickly finds that a successful marriage needs more than just passion, it needs love. Basso’s skillful characterization, steamy sexual chemistry, and graceful writing give her latest Regency historical a splendidly satisfying sense of richness and depth. --John Charles
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Uneven story but gets better by the second half, three and half stars,
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Adrienne Basso's latest offering, How to Seduce a Sinner is an uneven story. Parts move along splendidly with good tension and nice dialogue while others are boring with little tension and little interaction between the leads.
Heroine Dorthea is a little on the naïve side when it comes to selecting her husband from this season's eligible bachelors. She will determine his worth through his kiss, if there are sparks then she will know that this is the man for her. Dorthea does not expect to love her husband at first but believes passion will turn into love, hence the knock-your-slipper-off kiss. She has smooched several men and so far none of them make her see fireworks. Hero Carter Grayson is under pressure from his father to wed. He spies beautiful Dorthea kissing different beau and is intrigued by her kiss test and her views of marriage. He likes the spunky gal and before you know it he is kissing Dorthea. Before this couple engaged in a kiss, this novel was flat. Dorthea is under the protective eye of a family friend who is condescending and arrogant. He almost gets into a fight when Dorthea does not dance with him. He's married and his pompous attitude toward all in his domain made him insufferable. Dorthea spends much of her time in these early chapters scoping out different men to kiss. She has little interaction with Carter and when they do converse the dialogue feels stiff. She is completely direct with him though and this was a refreshing. Carter is carousing and bantering with his friends during these chapters, ruminating on how miserable his life is now that his father is forcing him to marry. The leads know they could have a very good marriage based on their passionate kiss. Problem is Dorthea believes two people can use passion as the starting point for a love filled marriage while Carter doesn't. And here is the best part of the novel, when these two try to reckon their feelings and expectations in a union defined not by love but passion. Carter is patient with Dorthea. They have an interesting relationship especially in the latter half of the book. Both have unexpected events occur in their lives. At times they handle them well and other times they over react, especially Dorthea. They do mature though, Dorthea becomes more trusting and Carter stops dismissing his growing feelings for Dorthea. If not for the slow going first half of the book, this would rate four stars. The latter part is well paced and an enjoyable read. 3 ½ stars.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Dorothea is Gwendolyn's sister - from How To Enjoy a Scandal,
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This was fun book to read - the concept is the Dorothea is looking for a husband who is a good kisser and continues to test out the men of society. Carter Grayson, Marquess of Atwood stumbles a pond Dorothea kissing a potential husband and there unusual love affair starts. Dorothea finds herself falling in love with Grayson after they are married - lots of twist and turns... great writing - Enjoy! Looking forward to Eleanor & Sebastian's Story (Sebastian is Carter's closest friend).
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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engaging fast-paced Regency romance,
This review is from: How To Seduce A Sinner (Paperback)
In 1818 London, Dorothea Ellingham establishes a test to determine who she will marry. The chosen one will be selected by her based on a kiss-meter as she expects passion to ignite between them.
His ducal father directs Viscount Carter Grayson to be wed by the end of the current season or else. Carter observes Dorothea kissing three different men and decides she will do to satisfy his father. He throws his lips into the ring and both are stunned by the force of fervor in their shared kiss. However an ardent kiss does not necessarily lead to a strong relationship as Carter and Dorothea soon learn. This is an engaging fast-paced Regency romance from the opening first kiss to the last kisses. Starring two wonderful lead characters, who quickly learn there is much more to a relationship than a kiss, the story line focuses on the educating of Dorothea and Carter, but also is enhanced by strong related secondary subplots involving family members. Fans will enjoy the test as who is the sinner and who is the seducer when both feel the passion of being seduced. Harriet Klausner
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