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A Beginner's Guide to Rakes (Scandalous Brides #1)

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All of London is abuzz with the return of the utterly alluring, recently widowed Diane Benchley. Will she remarry? What will she do with her late husband’s fortune? Society is shocked by her announcement—at the Grand Ball, of all places!—that she plans to open an exclusive gentleman’s gaming club in the family mansion. But no one is more stunned than the Marquis of Haybur

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Published October 4th 2011 by St. Martin's Paperbacks

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Nov 14, 2011 TJ rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: adc-reviews, historical-romance

How odd... The title has absolutely nothing to do with this surprisingly rich and delightful read.

For a complete review, visit Affaire de Coeur magazine, online or hard copy,http://affairedecoeur.com/ - October 2011 edition.

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Nov 05, 2012 Julie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: kindle

Not the best by Suzanne Enoch. I found it very difficult to get into this storyline for the heroine was constantly irritable and cranky. Penniless widow who was suddenly dropped by her lover (our hero) two years earlier comes to London to open a gentleman's club. He's funding it because she's blackmailing him. Much happens, they can't resist each other, but she needs convincing he's changed. Not bad, but not great either, and can't understand the title, has nothing to do with the story! Still, I...more

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Jun 07, 2012 Sandy Williams rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical-romance

Hurray! This is the second book by this author I've read and the second book I've loved.

I enjoyed reading about how Diane started her men's club. Since I accidentally read the second book in this series first, I knew that there was a story here, and it turned out to be a fun read. The only complaint I have is how the problem with Anthony was resolved. Diane and Haybury both kept thinking about how convoluted and complicated their solution was... and they were right. So many things had to go per...more

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Jan 06, 2012 Jessi rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: dnf, appealing-characteristic-setting, historical, romance, part-of-a-series, 2012-challenge, 2012

The reviews for this book are generally favorable and that fact, along with the knowledge that I generally enjoy Enoch's books, prompted me to read this one even though I wasn't particularly interested in the story line. I can tell it is a good book, it is just not one that I was pulled into and with my backlog at the moment... it became a DNF (did not finish). I did read a the first fifty and last hundred or so pages so I feel like I can talk about it a little.
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Nov 16, 2011 April rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical-regency-romance

A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO RAKES by Suzanne Enoch is an interesting historical romance set in Regency England.Book #1 in the new “THE SCANDALOUS BRIDES” series. It has scandal, passion, love, romance,gambling,an indecent proposal,secrets,a bit of blackmail,a rusque business,a past indescretion,sweet sensuality,an exclusive gentleman’s gaming club opening in the family mansion. This is the story of Lady Diane Benchley,recently widowed,alluring,and determined to never be impoverished again,she decides...more

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Nov 09, 2011 Christine Morehouse rated it 4 of 5 stars

Reading one of New York Times bestselling author Susanne Enoch’s books is like getting a fresh warm chocolate brownie topping it with vanilla ice cream, hot fudge finished with a cherry and taking the first decadent rich bite...delicious. A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO RAKES is a rich sweet decadent indulgence that readers were given last month from St. Martin’s Paperbacks who gobbled each.

Lady Diane Benchley is back in town and has all of London’s tongues wagging. Will she marry? Why is she back? Diane...more

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Oct 22, 2011 PoligirlReads rated it 3 of 5 stars

Talk about not judging a book by its cover. First, as others have pointed out, the title has zilch to do with the actual story. No clue why she went with this title. Second, the picture looks nothing like the characters. Why, would a woman who always dresses in black, be portrayed in a white dress?! Makes no sense.

Book covers aside, it's a fun read. Some of this has elements of other Enoch works, such as the use of totally implausible scenarios (an axe through the ceiling, anyone?), and the not...more

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Feb 04, 2013 Ashley F rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2013, historical-romance

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Can you say misleading title?! This book has almost nothing to do with a rake other than Oliver having been questionable in the past. Sure he sleeps around a little bit but he doesn't exactly hide the fact. He's not the most notorious nor the most speculated about. He's simply normal. He gambles and sleeps around but in the end he's relatively traditional.

The interesting thing about this book is the thing I usually care very little about. The setting really took the cake in this book than in mos...more Can you say misleading title?! This book has almost nothing to do with a rake other than Oliver having been questionable in the past. Sure he sleeps around a little bit but he doesn't exactly hide the fact. He's not the most notorious nor the most speculated about. He's simply normal. He gambles and sleeps around but in the end he's relatively traditional.

The interesting thing about this book is the thing I usually care very little about. The setting really took the cake in this book than in most. The setting was the Tantalus Club which was Diane's gaming club. She came up with this amazing idea to open a gaming club for men but made all the dealers and servers women. She made it clear it was not a brothel and told the women they could entertain men but no money could change hands. The moments in the club were some of my favorite scenes and I am looking forward to spending more time there in subsequent books.

Diane was an interesting heroine. She blackmails Oliver into helping her and also dictates her demands. It was her club so she made all the decisions. She was willing to risk alienation in order to have independence and financial stability after years of having neither. She was willing to alienate herself from the ladies of the ton in order to make that stability but if she could bridge the gap between scandalous and respectable then she was fine with that as well. It was an amazing thing to see a woman be so independent in a time when female independence was nearly non-existant.

The conflict arose over Diane's brother-in-law trying to claim the house/club and the money from the property. It seemed a bit forced and the ending was a little...odd. Ms. Enoch set up the conflict throughout the entire book but it didn't become the main focus until the last fifty pages with a resolution in the last ten. It seemed unnecessary for the most part and I wished it had been incorporated throughout the book more. At the same time the conflict between the hero and heroine was not enough to sustain the book completely. It was a case of balancing the conflicts to create enough interest to have the reader continue to read and read and read.

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Mar 24, 2012 ♡KarLynP♡ rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: genre-historical, audiobook, published-2012, read-2012

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..........DNF

I made it halfway, so someone pat me on the back. What a snooze. Maybe this book only seemed worse than it is because I tried listening to it instead of just reading it. So not only did I get a boring story with characters I could careless about, but I had to suffer through the annoying voice of Anne Flosnik. I should have known better to get a book that she read. I know many like her, but I forgot how annoying her narration is. Still, the story is the story and I...more

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Dec 31, 2012 Cass Morris rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical, historical-regency, romance

Full review at the Incurable Bluestocking. A Beginner’s Guide to Rakes is the first book in Suzanne Enoch’s latest series, Scandalous Brides. Though, having glanced at the back covers of the other two, I suspect it would be better named the Tantalus Club series, since that seems to be the common thread yoking them all together. What is the Tantalus Club? Precisely the question that Diane Benchley wants you asking. The lovely widow has just returned from abroad, where her bankrupt husband died, l...more Full review at the Incurable Bluestocking. A Beginner’s Guide to Rakes is the first book in Suzanne Enoch’s latest series, Scandalous Brides. Though, having glanced at the back covers of the other two, I suspect it would be better named the Tantalus Club series, since that seems to be the common thread yoking them all together. What is the Tantalus Club? Precisely the question that Diane Benchley wants you asking. The lovely widow has just returned from abroad, where her bankrupt husband died, leaving her with a mountain of debts to settle. She managed to do it by selling off almost all of his unentailed property except one location, a home in London. That, she gets into her own hands with a bit of clever forgery — illegal, but deserved, she feels, since her husband ignored her and then left her with nothing. She intends to transform the house into an upscale gaming hall, staffed entirely by women — but she needs some cash to get the enterprise started. So she approaches one of the wealthiest men she knows — Oliver Warren, Marquis of Haybury, who also happens to be her ex-lover. She and Oliver met in Vienna just after her husband’s death. They entered into a torrid affair, but after two weeks, he fled back to England, leaving her heartbroken. Why go to him? Because she has a sworn statement from another man labeling him as a cheat, an accusation which could ruin him. Oliver agrees to loan Diane the money — but with some hesitations and stipulations.

This book actually reminds me a lot of another Enoch book, The Rake — the focus on wagering, the antagonistic former lovers reuniting, the odd living circumstances — but it is, on the whole, more tightly plotted than that book. ... Diane is smart and savvy, and if she hangs onto her belligerent dislike for Oliver rather longer than I expected — well, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Oliver really has to work to get her affection and her trust back, and to his credit, he realises that. Ultimately, you really do get the sense that they suit each other very well — they’re both far from perfect people, but they’re imperfect in similar ways and in ways that work well together. (less)

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Feb 19, 2013 Cheap and Lazy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance, regency-ish, hero-makes-up-for-it

Other than the title, which didn't relate to the story in any way I could decipher, I loved this book. The premise is a favorite of mine: the hero messes up badly (before the story even starts in this case) and then must make up for it to the heroine. While not all of the books with this premise deliver satisfaction, this one did very well for me. Although the hero and heroine do get together in the middle of the book, he earns her trust gradually throughout. I found the conflict, emotions, and...more

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Jan 09, 2012 Monique J. rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: regency

Not one of Enoch's strongest books, but still enjoyable. After breaking Diane's heart years earlier, Oliver allows himself to be blackmailed into helping Diane open a gentleman's club similar to the iconic White's. While originally a bid for for finanical freedom, Diane's club soon becomes a safe haven for women with little choice or freedom in their future—from illegitimate children to women of quality who are down on their luck. The best part of the book was this odd "family" that Diane create...more

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Dec 11, 2011 KarenF rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle, historical, romance

I wasn't certain I was going to like this one at first. Oliver and Diane have a painful history and when this book starts they truly do not like or trust each other. There is plenty of wit but it is more of the sarcastic, biting kind, not just banter. However, as they come to spend more time together the wounds begin to heal and their relationship turns from dislike to a tenuous partnership to friendship and love. And as this happens their conversations become more playfully witty and less cutti...more

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Jan 15, 2013 Anya Breton rated it 4 of 5 stars

Initially I gave this one a 3* but then I read the 2nd book in the Scandalous Brides series and realized how good this one actually was.

Diane Benchley is an awesome heroine. She overcomes quite a bit of adversity--her wagering wastrel of a husband up and dies on her, leaving her penniless and in debt up to her eyes in a foreign country, add to her recent widowhood a hottie too frightened by his feelings for her to help. With a tiny bit of forgery, Diane returns to London to kick ass and take nam...more

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Apr 15, 2012 Paraphrodite rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

For the first half of the book, I just did not like either Oliver or Diane and if I wasn't a "completist" I think I would have chucked it in. Luckily the second half was a bit better and hence my overall rating of 2 stars.

Why the dislike? Well, Oliver is a cad, a gambler and a cheat. He was cut out of his uncle's will and went to Vienna where he met Diane 2 years ago, who had just buried her husband and was left penniless and alone in Vienna. He seduced her and then left her when things got a bi...more

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Oct 28, 2011 Barbara Elsborg rated it 3 of 5 stars

I really like Suzanne Enoch but I struggled to finish this book. I'd give it 2 and half stars. For some reason the plot didn't carry me along in the way I'd hoped. The outright antagonism for the hero by the heroine became irritating rather than amusing. It meant that I didn't really like her and that's fatal in this sort of story. I DO like Ms Enoch's writing. I've read a great number of her books, but this one disappointed me. The title made me think it was going to be something very different...more

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Jun 30, 2012 Malin rated it 4 of 5 stars

Lady Diane Benchley's late husband was a dissolute gambler, who left her with nearly nothing after she paid off his creditors. She does posess the deed to his town house in London, however, and has very specific plans to make herself a fortune. Shocking all of polite society, she sets out to establish an exclusive gentleman's gambling club, run and staffed entirely by respectable women.

Oliver Warren, the Marquis of Haybury, has tried to forget Diane for two years, since they shared two incredibl...more Lady Diane Benchley's late husband was a dissolute gambler, who left her with nearly nothing after she paid off his creditors. She does posess the deed to his town house in London, however, and has very specific plans to make herself a fortune. Shocking all of polite society, she sets out to establish an exclusive gentleman's gambling club, run and staffed entirely by respectable women.

Oliver Warren, the Marquis of Haybury, has tried to forget Diane for two years, since they shared two incredible weeks of passion shortly after she was widowed. Diane knows only that Oliver abandoned her in Vienna without a word and sped back to England, and his heartless behaviour means she has no qualms about blackmailing him into providing the start-up capital for her club. She intends for him to be a silent, entirely passive partner in the club (once he has used his considerable experience as a very successful gambler to help train her staff).

Oliver has other plans. He's not spent long with Diane again before realising that he was a fool to leave her. Now he just has to convince the woman whose heart he broke to take him back, through fair means or foul.

While the book has an utterably baffling title, which has NOTHING to do with the plot of the novel at all, A Beginner's Guide to Rakes is a lot of fun, and can now be added to my list of delightful romances where the heroine shoots the hero at some point. Diane has very good reasons for detesting Oliver, and being reluctant with trusting any man with her heart. To his credit, and very refreshingly in a romance hero, once Oliver realises the truth about his feelings for Diane, he does whatever he can to make up for his previous misdeeds and sets out to prove to her that he can be trusted.

As well as creating an engaging central couple, who spar most entertainingly, Enoch doesn't neglect the supporting cast, making sure that they are fully fleshed out, making the reader more invested in the creation and continued success of the Tantalus Club. Several of the characters are also clearly going to feature in future books, without their introduction and presence in the story feeling as forced as it sometimes does in planned multi-book series by other authors. The first installment in the Scandalous Brides can definately be recommended.(less)

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Feb 14, 2012 Anita rated it 2 of 5 stars

Suzanne is a wonderful writer, but this book left me cold. I did not care for either main character and didn't care what happened to them. I found the female to be too calculating and the male to be too submissive. I hated the scene where she shot him. And where in the world did that title come from? It had nothing to do with the story and was not mentioned in the story anywhere. I had just finished reading her series of books about the men who belonged to the Duke of Stoneville's club and was h...more

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May 19, 2012 Cris rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: british, historical-romance, romance

I never got very interested in this book, probably because I didn't care about the characters. Diana's blackmail of Oliver didn't bother me, I'm not sure why. But Oliver disgusted me with something he did a bit later. (view spoiler)

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Jun 26, 2012 Amanda Kimball rated it 3 of 5 stars

While I usually love this author's work, I felt that this novel lacked in the plot area. I loved Diana in the sequel to this (the reason I went back and picked this up) but felt that she was a little too predictable and repetitive. It seemed as though the whole novel was bickering and the last bit where we see the confrontation with Lord Cameron was rushed through in little more than three pages. I know the man was skittish but to let him back down so easily was a disappointment. I also was hopi...more

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Jan 25, 2012 Jasey rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical-romance

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Mar 29, 2013 Heather rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book was enjoyable. Diane is a young fiercely independent widow intent on stirring scandal. After her deceased past husband left her penniless from her gambling, she decides to open a gentleman's club so that others gambling will work in her favor. In the process, she ends up hiring a cast of girls with no where else to go. In order to fund the project, she needs help, and blackmails the man who broke her heart a few years ago - the Marquis of Haybury, Oliver Warren.

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Sep 02, 2012 Carole rated it 3 of 5 stars

Les personnages sont assez forts. Au départ, on pense qu'il n'y pas d'espace de réconciliation tant leur animosité est forte. L'intrigue est originale puisque l'action se déroule dans une maison de jeu tenue par une femme un peu anachronique pour l'époque. Ce qui est intéressant, c'est la peinture sociologique de l'époque, particulièrement cruelle pour les femmes qui ne rentrent pas dans le schéma classique du mariage qui offre la protection sociale et économique. Plusieurs femmes du roman ont u...more

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Oct 27, 2012 Shea rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical-romance

I really enjoyed this book. I picked it up because it was a deal as a Nook book. I have never read this author before. Her characters are well developed and their relationship is more believable than many romances. Diane is a smart, savvy and strong woman who knows what she wants and isn't afraid to offend to make her endeavor a success. The soft heart hidden below her cool demeanor makes her an unlikely mother figure to displaced London girls who have no where else to go. Oliver is the likable...more

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Aug 27, 2012 Sandra rated it 2 of 5 stars

While I usually enjoy Suzanne Enoch's historicals this one was a bit of a hard slog, mostly because I found the 2 main characters quite unlikeable. Diane was slightly more sympathetic as I could at least understand why she was that way and how she had to become hard and more selfish to survive. Most of SE heroes are hedonistic rakes but they usually have plenty of charm and a sense of humor to counter balance that. This time however, Oliver came across to me as a selfish jerk. It was much harder...more

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Apr 08, 2013 Dangermousie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: period-romance, romance, reunited-lovers

Heroine plans to open a gambling club and blackmails the hero into helping (they have some past history). An Enoch I did not love, alas.

I disliked the heroine and didn't love the hero, but what really got to me was that they didn't really get on for most of the book. I don't require love from page 1, but liking would be good. (Compare it to her earlier effort, The Rake, where the heroine and the hero seemingly dislike each other but you can tell they are totally into each other under the pretens...more

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Sep 07, 2012 Heather Tisdale rated it 3 of 5 stars

I debate between 3 and 4 stars here. I love the women in this book and what they're trying to accomplish. However, there is just something about me and Enoch that just don't connect. I generally like the ideas, but somewhere in the execution I'm left wanting more. Not in a good, give me more of the character way, but in the I feel like something was missing to make this great. I'll keep reading her until I can put my finger on what it is. It could be just that I see her potential and I feel like...more

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May 05, 2013 Sharyn rated it 4 of 5 stars

Once again didn't realize this was a series until I brought #3 home from the library. Fortunatly had #1 on my own shelves, so read it yesterday and bought 2 and 4 today-in for a long read-Thought the book was fun, didn't have a hit the heroine over the head moment, so that is always good. Understood having your heartbroken and trying to resist, afraid of it happening again! Diane opens a gaming club, hires many women to staff it (will be heroines in the next books) must borrow money from Oliver,...more

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Oct 22, 2012 Heather rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance-historical

This is one of the most boring romance novels I’ve ever read. If I didn’t have a compulsive need to finish books I start I would have never made it through this one. The hero & heroine have no chemistry and there is barely any romance between them. They constantly bicker throughout 75% of the book & it’s not witty enjoyable banter – it’s just mean & repetitive and totally undeserved in my opinion anyways. And, as others have noted, the title has nothing to do with the book at all.

The...more This is one of the most boring romance novels I’ve ever read. If I didn’t have a compulsive need to finish books I start I would have never made it through this one. The hero & heroine have no chemistry and there is barely any romance between them. They constantly bicker throughout 75% of the book & it’s not witty enjoyable banter – it’s just mean & repetitive and totally undeserved in my opinion anyways. And, as others have noted, the title has nothing to do with the book at all.

The author’s writing style drove me crazy. I wish I would have counted the numerous times she referred to a woman as a chit – at least then I would have had something to keep me interested in the book. Seriously, every character calls a woman a “chit” regardless of their social standing or situation. It was completely ridiculous. Then there was the overuse of ellipses to indicate a dramatic pause so the person being spoken to in the novel knows the speaker means something else entirely. Once was enough. I don’t need to read “we were . . . friends” a hundred times in relation to the hero’s & heroine’s previous relationship. Then the hero constantly referred to the heroine’s best friend as “French twist” in his head. And then there was the overuse of other slang like blunt & bamming. If a young guy refers to money as blunt then fine, but for other characters it is just odd and totally takes me out of the flow of the story.

Lastly, the story was terrible. The heroine opens a men’s club so you’d think there’d be a lot of interesting action there. But, no, all we get is boring discussions of décor, training of the all women staff, and discussions of the heroine’s black outfits that are supposed to increase her mystery. And, while she doesn’t care about what others think about her opening a men’s club she sure seems to mention how much she doesn’t care an awful lot. Then there is a ridiculous scene in which she shots the hero (just a graze), but then it’s just forgotten. And, the way they deal with the evil former brother-in-law is just stupid.

There is nothing that I can recommend about this book.
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Nov 30, 2011 LuvGirl rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle, historical, just-bought-it, unlikable-heroine, i-hate-this-heroine, 3-stars, kindle-buys-from-amazon

This book was okay for the most part. I liked the premise of the hero breaking the heroine's heart in the past and then meeting up with her again. I kind of lost interest towards the end though. Also, the heroine behaved a little too alpha female for my taste and wasn't very likable. Some of the scenes were too OTT and stupid, like the heroine shooting the hero for kissing her, and the hero breaking through the heroine's bedroom floor with an axe to get to the her. I'm not sure if I will be on p...more

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About Suzanne Enoch

Suzanne was born in Southern California sometime in the latter half of the 20th century. In the way that some people are born knowing they want to be astronauts or cellists, Suzanne always knew she wanted to be a writer. Early dreams of becoming a zoologist and writing true stories about her adventures in Africa were crushed, however, after she viewed a television special about the world’s most po...more Suzanne was born in Southern California sometime in the latter half of the 20th century. In the way that some people are born knowing they want to be astronauts or cellists, Suzanne always knew she wanted to be a writer. Early dreams of becoming a zoologist and writing true stories about her adventures in Africa were crushed, however, after she viewed a television special about the world’s most poisonous snakes; she did NOT want to write about how she’d been bitten and lost a limb to a cobra. Thankfully at the same time the movie “Star Wars” premiered, and she realized that she could make up adventures and write about them, and not be eaten by deadly predators while doing research.

She dabbled in romantic fantasy writing for a year or two after graduating with a degree in English from the University of California, Irvine, until her affection for traditional Regency romances led her to write one for fun. After several encouraging rejections from publishers, she snared the interest of the world’s best and most patient literary agent, who advised her to revise the manuscript. This ultimately led to the publication of her first book, The Black Duke’s Prize, from Avon Books in the Spring of 1995. A second Regency, Angel’s Devil, followed that Fall.

When Avon folded its traditional Regency line, Suzanne was encouraged to try her hand at historical romance. As she remained keenly interested in England’s Regency period, she decided to attempt another manuscript set in that time. Lady Rogue hit the shelves in March of 1997. She wrote a total of 29 books for Avon, including two anthologies and a five-part contemporary series which received a pair of starred reviews from Publishers Weekly. One of those books, Twice the Temptation, was named one of the five best romances of the year by PW in 2007.

In 2002 her well-known love of all things “Star Wars” led to an invitation to appear on the E! channel in the television special “Star Wars: The Force Is Back”, where she discussed the romance in the movie series and ended up with more air time than George Lucas.

In 2010 Suzanne left Avon Books for St. Martin’s Press, where she continues to pen historical romance novels. Her 31st book, Taming an Impossible Rogue, is set to arrive in March 2012.

Suzanne is known for her humorous characters, sexy bad boys, and whip-sharp, witty dialogue. She currently resides in Placentia, California with several hundred guppies and various other tropical fish, and handful of very loud, spinach-loving finches. And her collection of action figures and statues from “Star Wars”, “Lord of the Rings”, “X-Men”, and “Pirates of the Caribbean”. Everybody needs some inspiration, after all.

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