No Good Duke Goes Unpunished: The Third Rule of Scoundrels Mass Market Author: Visit Amazon's Sarah MacLean Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0062068547 | Format: PDF
No Good Duke Goes Unpunished: The Third Rule of Scoundrels Mass Market Description
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*Starred Review* Temple thought he killed her. Twelve years ago, he woke up, very drunk, in Mara Lowe’s bedchamber. The sheets were stained with blood, and Mara was nowhere to be seen. Dallying with his father’s latest bride-to-be on the night before her wedding is scandalous enough, but the possibility that he may have murdered her as well makes Temple a social outcast. Now the “Killer” Duke of Lamont, Temple has built a new life for himself as the part-owner and muscle behind London’s most notorious gambling hell, the Fallen Angel. When Temple hears footsteps following him home late one night, the last person he expects to see when he turns around is a dead woman. Mara ruined his life, but now she offers Temple the redemption he desperately craves, if he will only meet her demands. In the third stunning installment of her Rule of Scoundrels series, RITA Award–winning MacLean richly rewards readers with a dark, intense, and supremely sexy story that will connect emotionally on every level. Brimming with brilliant dialogue, memorable characters, and just the right dash of dry wit, No Good Duke Goes Unpunished is everything a romance should be. --John Charles
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“For a smart, witty and passionate historical romance, I recommend anything by Sarah Maclean” (Lisa Kleypas, New York Times bestselling author)
“This is not just a marvelous deep-sigh romance, but a story in which the intensity and profound significance linger long after the tale is done. Well done!” (RT Book Reviews (top pick))
“MacLean richly rewards readers with a dark, intense, and supremely sexy story that will connect emotionally on every level. Brimming with brilliant dialogue, memorable characters, and just the right dash of dry wit, No Good Duke Goes Unpunished is everything a romance should be.” (Booklist (starred review))
“In the third installment of the Rules of Scoundrels series, MacLean once again creates compelling and complex characters and sets them on a path toward love and reconciliation that begins with seemingly impossible odds and ends with exquisite fulfillment. Beguiling and emotionally lush.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))
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- Series: Rules of Scoundrels (Book 3)
- Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Avon (November 26, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0062068547
- ISBN-13: 978-0062068545
- Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 1.1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
The people in this book are idiots. It has some good moments, but the premise is as follows, and it has many, many problems:
12 years ago, the heroine was being forced into marriage with an old duke. She decided to bail on the wedding and did so by finding some random young blood out in the garden and flirting with him so he would take her to bed. Also, she drugged him. She meant to leave a little blood on the sheets to imply that the fellow had absconded with her virginity, and I think there was also some part of the plan where the fellow she had drugged and abandoned was also supposed to have left, so it would look like they had eloped together. (I was unsure. It was a really terrible plan, so the particulars were hard to tease out.)
Anyway. The guy she drugged was actually her husband-to-be's son and heir, and she used TOO MUCH pig blood and so, in spite of there not being a body or any other evidence, naturally everyone assumed that he had murdered her.
(Guys, guys. What?)
So now it's a dozen years later, and the young man has now inherited the dukedom (he is "The Killer Duke", because people of this era are apparently ultra gullible and not like "So... I mean, is there a body, or...?") but because people are mean to him because of how he may have murdered someone, he lives a lonely life as a partner in a gambling club, where he (tiny lol) has boxing matches with people when they've lost a lot of money. Or something.
Anyway. He is very sad and broken and he has changed his name to Temple. But then Mara comes back into his life. She isn't dead! Instead, she runs an orphanage for the by-blows of aristocrats, and also her brother is an idiot who lost all her money... to Temple's gaming club.
That's basically the plot.
My god. My. God. What is Sarah MacLean doing to me? I simply cannot function when I'm reading one of her books in the Rules of Scoundrels series, because I become obsessed with the characters, the romance, the story-everything-while reading. I adore this series. I am completely, 100%, over-the-moon in love with this series. One Good Earl Deserves a Lover and No Good Duke Goes Unpunished are absolute gems (A Rogue by Any Other Name was pretty great too). I don't know how Sarah MacLean does it, but the owners of The Fallen Angel are to. die. for. And Temple... He makes me swoon so friggin' hard. And yep, I have another book boyfriend to add to my already long list.
I can't even begin to do this book justice. It's just... too amazing. The story blew me away, the romance was the divine, and I fell so hard for the characters. I honestly had no idea I would love historical romances as much as I love this series. No Good Duke just cemented my love of the genre. Sarah MacLean is a genius! I don't know how you do it Sarah, but DON'T EVER STOP!
Okay, okay. So if you've read the previous two books in the series (and if you haven't, get right to it now!) and loved them just like me, you were crazed to read Temple's book. It's the Killer Duke's book! And have you read that synopsis? Like, hot damn. I knew Sarah MacLean would give us another incredible, heart-wrenching romance, and yes, she delivers! Quite perfectly, if you ask me.
To be honest, I wasn't sure Sarah could top One Good Earl (book 2). I loved loved loved Cross so damn much that I didn't think that any of the other characters in their group of four could beat him. And while I can't say Temple is better, I can say that Temple is absolutely on par with Cross. If you make me choose between them, I won't be able to!
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