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A Gentleman's Wager (Scandalous Seductions, #1)

Madelynne Ellis

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May 23, 2023 Madelynne Ellis added it · (Review from the author) · review of another edition

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20th Anniversary reimagining of an erotic romance classic. Completely rewritten, with loads of extra material. Dive into the scandalous tale of a marquis, the man he loves, and the woman who's determined to come between them.

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Jun 09, 2010 Erastes rated it really liked it

Shelves: gay-historical

“What’s this?” I can hear you shout. “That’s a M/F cover – what’s going on?” Well, yes, it does have some het in it – quite a lot of het, to be honest, but this isn’t just another menage book. There is an established (if only if they did it once) homosexual relationship described and as such I think it deserves a place on the site.

This, let me say from the first, is an erotic novel. Whilst there is a plot running through it, (and it’s a much better plot than so many novels where sex scenes happe “What’s this?” I can hear you shout. “That’s a M/F cover – what’s going on?” Well, yes, it does have some het in it – quite a lot of het, to be honest, but this isn’t just another menage book. There is an established (if only if they did it once) homosexual relationship described and as such I think it deserves a place on the site.

This, let me say from the first, is an erotic novel. Whilst there is a plot running through it, (and it’s a much better plot than so many novels where sex scenes happen almost every other page) it’s an erotic novel – there’s sex from the first page just about, and sex almost to the last page. One could level accusations of anachronism for the “let’s stay in this big house and all have sex with each other a lot” but who’s to say that some people didn’t behave like this in private?

Yes, as expected, everyone wants Bella, and annoyingly, even the decadent, seemingly homosexual Pennerley is swept away by her “charms” (however well worn…!) but that’s to be expected in a Black Lace book – the heroine has to be irresistible. But what I did like particularly about the book was the way Lucerne (however silly it is to be named after a bean) struggled with his feelings for Pennerley and those of Bella. At times he’s swept away by Pennerley’s seduction, and at other times he’s protective of Bella, and then jealous of her as Penerley starts to stalk (hur hur) her.

I was less impressed with Bella who – it seemed to me – would have not only slept with anyone who asked her (and she does, including the staff!) but would have gone off with any of them either. I was never really convinced that she loved Lucerne, and frankly I was cheering Pennerley on from the sidelines and hoped that he’d win Lucerne for himself.

It’s a hot and steamy one-handed read, which will appeal to people who like a lot of froth and a lot of sex – it will even appeal to die-hards who only read M/M. Hell, I read it and enjoyed it, didn’t I? Can’t get more die-hard than that! ...more

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Dec 04, 2009 C!NDY L00 rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, erotica-fiction

Aug 13, 2010 Charlotte Stein rated it it was amazing

Jan 30, 2011 Madelynne Ellis added it · (Review from the author) · review of another edition

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Jan 30, 2011 Madelynne Ellis added it · (Review from the author)

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Aug 13, 2012 Madelynne Ellis added it · (Review from the author) · review of another edition

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