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4.0 out of 5 stars
This is an excellent historical romance, October 27, 2009
This setting is Georgia, 1856.
Cain and Olivia Breedlove buried their father a couple of weeks earlier. At the reading of the will a stipulation is placed on Olivia. She must marry within six months to a man of upstanding character and financially well off or depend on her brother to dole out an allowance. How can she find a husband? She wants one that will satisfy her needs both mentally, romantically and financially. The one she wants, the one she is in love with, only thinks of her as a friend.
Morgan Gatewood, a friend of Cain's has been in love with Olivia for years. Her father warned him to stay away from her because He would not make not fit husband material for his daughter.
Olivia has a scheme to bring Morgan to his senses. She asks Morgan to take her to L' Amour Immortelles so she could pick a husband based on his expertise. Cain and Morgan try and talk her out of it. She is determined. She doesn't know Morgan is the owner of the brothel.
A murderer is on the loose. He kills ladies of the evening and leaves behind a black rose. Morgan attempts to keep Olivia safe.
This is an excellent, well written historical romance. This book does have graphic scenes and adult language.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Another fabulous romance, July 12, 2009
Keta's writing is always fabulous and compelling, but Decadent Deceptions is my favorite by far, a real page turner. I loved the suspense, the romance and the wonderful storyline!
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Decadent Deception by Noble Romance Publishing Author, Keta Diablo, June 12, 2009
Decadent Deceptions
Keta Diablo
Noble Romance Publishing
eBook
Historical Romance
Heat Rating: Scorching
Book Rating: 4 ½ stars
Reviewed by C.S. Morehouse
About the book:
Daring and desperate to win Morgan's love, Olivia Breedlove embarks on a reckless folly. But everything backfires when Morgan remains one step ahead of her and the game ventures down a path of duplicity and murder.
A decade ago, Morgan was a heartbeat away from taking Olivia's virginity. Her father, Thaddeus, intervened and threatened to meet him over pistols if he so much as looked at his daughter again. But now, Thaddeus is dead and Morgan has no intention of ignoring the ravenous hunger he's harbored for the blasted woman for ten years.
One way or the other, he will quench this burning desire and make her his forever.
Special Content Alert: Voyeurism
Set in 1856 Savannah, Georgia, author Keta Diablo gives her readers and devoted fans a mesmerizing romantic love story with her Noble Romance eBook release "Decadent Deceptions".
Ms. Diablo's heroine, Olivia Breedlove is hell bent on thwarting her late fathers plans of marrying within or above her station in the proclamated six months or be forever indebted to her older brother, Cain. The headstrong southern belle will not go quietly to the alter. No, she has enlisted the one man that she has always loved but was forbidden to be with,Morgan Gatewood to help her with her plight.
Knowing the headstrong hellion will do exactly what she please, Morgan will help her, but only on his conditions. So the little minx wants to visit the exclusive Savannah's renowned and exclusive bordello--L' Amour Immortelles and dabble in voyeurism, he'll arrange and escort her on this venture manufacuring that Olivia will get more than she bargained for. All in hopes that what she sees will set her southern sensibilities running back to L' Esperance and giving up this foolish scheme.
Spending time with the hoyden has flared the flames that Morgan has tried to tame these past years. But night after night of show and tell breaks both their resolve as they surrender to the hydroelectric power of their passion raging through them.
While Olivia and Morgan fight their feelings and miss understandings, a homicidal maniac is on the loose, murdering Savannah's elite ladybirds of the night and leaving his calling card--a single black rose bud. Olivia is his obsession. Morgan has no other option but to kidnap the one woman he loves and take her far away from an assassin's knife only to find that they have been watched and Olivia is his next prey.
Decadent Deceptions was everything I love in a romance and more. Olivia is a young woman at the precipice of life when her late father's will declares she is to find a respectable husband. What happens next is a mesmerizing and exhilarating romance that had started ten years ago and was abruptly cut short.
To say I'm a sucker for unrequited love would to call me a sap for love songs. Olivia's plight pulled at the heart strings. But when she asked her older brother, Cain and Morgan for their help in seeing her husbands-to-be in action--girl needs to know what she's getting and if he can do it right--had me laughing so hard I cried. I enjoyed the interaction with the characters and never once felt pulled or jarred by a scene.
When I finished reading I had to read it two more times because it was such an entrancing and erotic story that I wanted to devour every morsel again and again.
Decadent Deceptions is a must for every romance aficionado to have downloaded to their laptop, Mobilepocket, and any other device you keep handy.
Hoping to get my greedy little hands on Keta Diablo's other Southern Romance release by Ravenous Romance "Land of Falling Stars. Wish me luck!
Happy Reading,
Christine
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