Sinful in Satin [Mass Market Paperback]

Madeline Hunter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 6, 2012

Celia's quiet life ends when her mother, a famed London courtesan, dies, leaving her a small house in town-and a darkly handsome, reputedly dangerous tenant.

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After the estate of her notorious courtesan mother, Alessandra, is settled, Celia is left with little except for a small townhouse in London. Celia has big plans for her new home until she discovers it comes furnished with a tenant: Jonathan. Despite Celia’s best efforts to convince him to move, Jonathan refuses to leave, because, unbeknownst to Celia, he needs access to Alessandra’s papers to see if the lady left any treasonous secrets behind. When nothing convinces Jonathan to remove himself from her property and her life, Celia begins to think she may have to borrow a page from her mother’s book of tricks. Hunter deftly sifts intrigue and exquisite sensuality into the plot of the third book in her exceptionally entertaining Rarest Blooms quartet. --John Charles

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Jove; 1 edition (March 6, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 051514844X
• ISBN-13: 978-0515148442
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #476,216 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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I am a published novelist, a mother and wife, an art historian and a teacher. My first historical romance was published in 2000 and my bibliography shows the list of books since then. My books have been on the bestseller lists of the New York Times, USAToday, and Publishers Weekly (where I have also had two starred reviews.) I have won the RITA award twice and been a finalist seven times. My novels combine strong romances between layered and complex characters with plots that include mysteries or intrigues.

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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Book 3 of Hunter's quartet is as good as Book 1., September 29, 2010

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This review is from: Sinful in Satin (Mass Market Paperback)

I have a bias towards liking whatever M. Hunter writes, and this book lives up to that bias. This is another Hunter regency that pulls me into the historical times of its setting, with no silly or TSTL characters, no jarring anachronistic language or behavior, no Big Misunderstandings or unbelievable situations to frustrate me. It has a tender yet sexy romance and a bit of mystery to add some spice to the story.

Hero Jonathan Albrighton is the illegitimate son of a deceased earl and is shunned by the present earl (his cousin) and other members of the family, with the exception of his uncle Edward. Heroine Celia Pennifold is the illegitimate daughter of a well-known courtesan and a father presumably of the peerage but unknown to her. At the beginning of this story, Celia's mother has died and left Celia all her properties, including a lot of debts. Celia moves into the small house in London she has inherited to find that she has also inherited Jonathan as a tenant of long standing in that house.

From there the story moves into uncovering mysteries from the past; for Jonathan it is to find out what part Celia's mother played in wartime spying and with whom, and for Celia it is to find out the identity of her father. Developments along the way turn them at times into allies and at times lead to some misunderstandings (not of the Big variety) and their romance develops beautifully at the same time.

Another enjoyable aspect of the book is that the main characters of books 1 and 2 play secondary yet important roles in this one. Not to mention the character who has been fascinating everyone since RAVISHING IN RED: Tristan, the Duke of Castleford. He's up to his usual debauchery but always manages to be like the Lone Ranger and save the day for everyone in spite of supposedly being sober only on Tuesday of each week. So looking forward to his and Daphne's story, which is coming in May 2011. For Daphne's sake, however, I do hope he is exaggerating his vices so he won't pass on any STDs to her.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Liked it the best in the series so far, September 28, 2010

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M. Mitchell "historical romance junkie" (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sinful in Satin (Mass Market Paperback)

While I am counting down the days until I can read about Castleford and Daphne (that has to be the fourth book, doesn't it?), this one about Celia was a great appetizer. I like a bit more angst in my romances, but even with out that, I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

I do like it the best of the three in the series thus far, but not by much over Ravishing in Red. FYI--it isn't necessary to have read the first two books to enjoy this one.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Sweetest Bloom, October 2, 2010

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A. Cook (Augusta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sinful in Satin (Mass Market Paperback)

This has been my favorite book of the series, a great comeback after the rather disappointing "Provocative in Pearls". I for some reason had assumed Celia would end up with Castleford, but after reading this story it is evident that Celia and Jonathan were made for each other. Their similar backgrounds have left them little illusions about the world, yet instead of becoming hardened cynics they are both deep romantics at heart and are willing to make huge personal sacrifices for the love they have for each other. At times Celia is a little too perfect and holds surprisingly little resentment for the unwarranted censure and assumptions leveled at her. A previous review commented on the lack of chemistry between the two leads, I completely disagree the characters seems much attuned to each other's needs and emotions and this is the sexiest book in the series, the bathing scene is especially memorable..