Review: Casanova, English style???
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 25, 2012
I must admit that I liked Ashe, the rakish hero that makes sex an art form, from the beginning. He's another in a long line of sexy lovers conjured by the talented imagination of Bronwyn Scot. This, the third installment in the Rakes Beyond Redemption, is a well-written story that manages to touch one on all levels, almost as much as he does!That said, the story captures one's attention in the beginning, when Ashe receives a note of the news of his father's death, while he's in bed with Lady Hargrove-somebody else's wife. He returns to Bedvedere, his childhood home, and finds it in major disrepair.  His brother, Alex, is now the earl, but is not in residence and purportedly mentally unstable, and unable to assume the duties of running the estate. Ashe believes he's to take up the reins for his brother, but instead of being the man-in-charge, he finds himself part of a regency. His father having petitioned the Crown for this trusteeship, made up of himself, an American heiress he's never met before, Genevra, and Henry, his hated cousin, has set in motion events that will define Ashe and Genevra's future.  The regency's divided into shares and the heiress has the major shares. Who is she and why is she in charge? These are Ashe's first questions, but not his last, as he makes a journey home, and to the man he can be. On the way to that man, he seduces a wife, breaks his brother out of the private hospital, and kicks his cousin to the curb.I really liked this story, and I felt that it was more or less, Ashe's tale, with Genevra thrown in for spice. The attraction between Ashe and Genevra, at times was hot, and sensuous, but always honest; no subterfuge, or pretense was involved in the fact that they wanted each other, which was refreshing. You'll run the gamut of emotions in this, and I recommend it for a winter's read!