Revenge Wears Rubies (Jaded Gentleman) [Mass Market Paperback]

Renee Bernard (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2, 2010 | Series: Jaded Gentleman

Vengeance doesn't always turn out the way you planned.

First in a sexy new series of erotic passion set in Victorian London

Galen Hawk desires nothing but revenge against the woman who betrayed his dearly departed friend. Instead of mourning the loss of her fiancé, Miss Haley Moreland is merrily celebrating her upcoming nuptials to another man. Now, Galen has one mission: to seduce Miss Moreland and enslave her heart. And when she is completely his, he will destroy her.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Galen Hawk survived a hellish imprisonment in India. John Everly did not. Before his friend died, Galen promised John he would tell John’s fiancée, Haley Moreland, how much he loved her and that he always wished for her happiness in life. Once Galen arrives back in England and discovers Haley hasn’t even bothered to mourn her late fiancé and is already engaged to another man, Galen decides a bit of revenge is in order. His plan is to seduce Haley, ruining her socially, and destroying any hope she might have of marrying again. But what Galen had not planned on is falling in love. Bernard expertly leavens her latest exquisitely sensual historical, the first in her new Jaded Gentleman series, with a generous dash of dry wit, while delivering a captivating, complex tale of revenge and romance. --John Charles

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Berkley; Regular Print/Single Titl edition (March 2, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425233375
• ISBN-13: 978-0425233375
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #697,532 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

What in the world is a retired Navy chaplain's daughter doing writing scorching hot historical romances? Renee Bernard is applying a great education from traveling all over the world to story telling and doing her best to keep her father proud. Truthfully, her father is her number one fan, even though he has sworn never to read a single word of her books (a vow he has kept to this day!) Nothing stops him from telling everyone he knows that his daughter is now a USA Today Bestselling author or from handing out bookmarks on the golf course. Love can make even a minister do strange things!

Renee Bernard is a freelance writer and a contributor to Romantic Times Bookclub magazine. A Lady's Pleasure (Pocket Books, November 2006) was her first novel and won an award from RT for "Best First Historical Romance of 2006". She also wrote a story for the School of Heiresses anthology (Pocket Books, January 2007), which made the USA Today Bestseller List. Madame's Deception, was nominated for "Best Sensual Historical of 2007" by RT and A Rogue's Game, the final installment in the Mistress Trilogy, received 4 ½ stars and a Top Pick from RT and is available now.

Her next books, "The Jaded Gentlemen Series", are available now. The first book in the series, Revenge Wears Rubies (Berkley, March 2010) was nominated for best Sensual Historical of 2010 by RT's reviewers. Seduction Wears Sapphires (Berkley, August 2010) is out now and Ecstasy Wears Emeralds (Berkley, September 2011) will be available for pre-order soon!

Renee currently lives in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Northern California. (Note an interesting proximity to great wineries!)

For more information, please visit her website at www.reneebernardauthor.com. You can also listen to her live Internet radio show "Canned Laughter and Coffee" at 8:30pm EST on Tuesday evenings at www.readersentertainment.tv/radio.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hot Romance!, March 6, 2010

By 

SNB (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Revenge Wears Rubies (Jaded Gentleman) (Mass Market Paperback)

Admittedly the whole premise of the book, revenge for not properly mourning, is silly. But,that is off-set by the really, REALLY, steamy and plentiful love scenes in this book. Also, it was to forgive the silly plot, b/c obviously the hero was using the idea of getting revenge to deal with his post-traumatic stress. The plot is passable, but the love scenes are GREAT!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great start to this new series!, March 22, 2010

By 

K. Hightower (Memphis, TN USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Revenge Wears Rubies (Jaded Gentleman) (Mass Market Paperback)

I am a big fan of Renee Bernard and thought this was a good start to her new series. I felt this had all the spark of her first novel, which I absolutely adored. I found the storyline interesting once I truly understood Galen's motivations which Ms. Bernard explained rather well. And if you are like me and love hot love scenes, this book will not let you down. ( Although sometimes they seemed to truly takeover). But, all in all, I really loved the book and can't wait to read the next in the series and learn more about the sexy yet tortured "Jaded".

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "Woo now thats HOT", May 14, 2010

By 

pen pen (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Revenge Wears Rubies (Jaded Gentleman) (Mass Market Paperback)

This was very entertaining from beginning to end. Galen is a spirit wounded hero that comes to life after meeting Haley (heroine). His intent is revenge, but that dissipates as soon as he gets with Haley. The story is full of hot, hot love scenes. The plot is pretty good. I look forward to reading all of the Jaded series.