To Seduce A Sinner (The Legend of the Four Soldiers)
by Elizabeth Hoyt
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Author: Elizabeth HoytEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-11-01
ISBN: 0446406929
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Forever
Book Reviews of To Seduce A Sinner (The Legend of the Four Soldiers)
Book Review: meh
Summary: 4 Stars
Two secondary characters from To Taste Temptation, Lord Jasper Vale and Melisande Flemming, get their own story in this next installment of the Legend of the Four Soldiers series. I was kind of surprised to find that these two were going to have their own story because they seemed like such side-kick type characters. Surprised but pleased, because one of the things I like best about Hoyt is the originality of her books - even when she seems to adhere to formula, the style of her writing, the way she presents her characters, is different and fresh. Maybe it's something to do with the time period she writes in as well. I think she was daringly original in To Seduce a Sinner - particularly in her choice of hero. He's compared to a Basset Hound I think in the first book, acts a bit ditzy, and certainly doesn't fit the tall, dark, and handsome mold. Melisande isn't quite so different in that she is a plain spinster - but her self possession, poise, and common sense still rang true for me. I think together they had the makings of a great love story. Jasper plays the part of a clown, but his laughter conceals the torment of psychological war wounds. (And I'm a sucker for the whole "ridi, Pagliaccio" feel to his character.) Melisande has loved Jasper for years without his knowing she exists. He plans on a typical aristocratic marriage of convenience that will allow him to conceal how shamefully (in his opinion) he's been warped by his war experience. She likewise hopes to keep all her secrets. All the ingredients for redemption, passion, and healing are there. And I really loved the fairy tale, Laughing Jack, for this book.
I just wish Melisande and Jasper's romance could have been as compelling as the fairy tale. The story never seemed to take off or get to the bottom of their emotions, their love. Nothing's done with Jasper's "dark secret" - Melisande just finds out one day and they barely even comment on it. I particularly couldn't reconcile Melisande's actions. She chases after Lord Vale and proposes marriage to him because she loves him. Once she's gotten what she wants, she's determined never to let him know how she feels, but she's still not happy without his love. Her contradictions didn't make sense, and it seemed like she was just hiding her love for him out of concession to silly formula (the old tale that she was hurt by another man in the past and she'll never let herself be so vulnerable again.) In addition, the mystery element (the ongoing search for the one who betrayed Jasper and his men during the war) is just as awkwardly handled here as it was in To Taste Temptation, but the characters and romance weren't strong enough to make up for it. All the same, Hoyt writes well, and there were some quiet, happy moments in the story that I liked. Not a great book, but I didn't hate it either.
Summary of To Seduce A Sinner (The Legend of the Four Soldiers)
Jasper Renshaw, Viscount Vale, has a problem: he needs to marry and produce an heir to the title. All Jasper wants is to find a lady who will put up with him long enough to wed so he can retreat to his life of debauchery--a life that keeps the haunting memories of his past at bay. Knowing that Jasper is under pressure to marry, Melisande Flemming grasps her fate with both hands and volunteers to wed him. Although Jasper is initially only interested in producing an heir, he soon becomes entranced by his wife--prim and proper by day, wanton by night-- and vows to learn her secrets.Melissande, however, is determined to keep her husband at a distance. She has loved, and lost, before, and will do anything to keep him from learning her terrible weakness: she's secretly been in love with him for years. But to her chagrin, her husband pursues her, wooing her as if she were a paramour, not his lady wife. As Melissande and Jasper embark on a passionate game of cat and mouse, secrets from the past begin to resurface.... threatening to tear them asunder.
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