Books by Madeline Hunter
How much you enjoy Lessons of Desire by Madeline Hunter will depend very much on how you relate to her heroine, Phaedra Blair. I found her slightly annoying at first, but step by step grew to like her hugely. The masterful way in which Madeline Hunter changes the reader’s perception of this charac ...
Lessons of Desire is the second book in Hunter's Rothwell Brothers series and details the complex relationship between the scholarly Elliot and Phaedra, the scandalous daughter of an even more scandalous mother.
Phaedra is the daughter of the infamous Artemis Blair, a brilliant Roman scholar ...
The Rules of Seduction takes place against the backdrop of economic panic and a growing lack of trust in England's banks.
Lord Hayden Rothwell, the younger brother of an eccentric marquess, has discovered that the bank where he kept some of his family’s money has defrauded him. The person respo ...
C+
On paper, it’s all here: Intelligent, likable characters; a not-overly “done” plotline; and a smooth writing style. So, why did I never really care about the characters here and – even more puzzling – why was my interest never really caught? To be totally honest, I don’t have the answ ...
C+
Okay, so it's not exactly run-of-the-mill to have a hero who's a knowledgeable and enthusiastic collector of erotic engravings or a heroine who is herself a professional and highly skilled engraver. But, sadly, with those notable exceptions aside, virtually everything about Lord of Sin is undeniab ...
C+
An interesting hero and a deeply conflicted heroine barely compensated for my frustration over secrets that were kept too long in Madeline Hunter's latest. I almost gave up caring about the heroine, because it took so long for her to reveal what motivated her thoughts and actions. A chance enc ...
I had pretty high hopes for this Madeline Hunter book since I'd read and enjoyed her medieval romances. Additionally, the back cover alluded to a buttoned-up hero - one my favorite kinds. However, The Saint had a lot of my not-so-favorite elements of romance, and those elements added up to a rather ...
B+
You've read this story before. Older, more experienced hero exploits innocent young woman, using her as an unknowing pawn in a ruthless quest for vengeance. But even though the plot holds few surprises, in Madeline Hunter's hands, a familiar story gains an altogether unexpected depth and dimension. ...
B-
The Charmer is a well crafted, solidly written book, but also an uneven one. That may be why, in the end, it's an easier book to admire than to love. Adrian Burchard comes to Paris in search of reluctant duchess Sophia Raughley. After the recent death of her father, the Duke of Everdon, she in ...
Ah, there's nothing like a good conflict. I knew I had come upon a satisfying one when I read these lines in the second chapter:
"Hell." He barely breathed the word.
He had been commanded to marry Genith, a sweet, innocent virgin. But he had almost made love last night to her older sister, Nesta.
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