Review: Short but well written and a fun read.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 5, 2012
To Desire a Scoundrel jumps right into the story with a confrontation between Tanner and Katherine.  Tanner and Kathrine had a passionate relationship years ago that ended abruptly.  Their pride and pain have kept them apart all these years but suddenly they are thrown together again.  Tanner realized the mistakes he made before and desperately wants to explain himself and reconcile with Katherine.  Katherine was heartbroken by the end of their relationship and doesn't want to revisit that pain.I really enjoyed the characters and their struggle to love and trust each other again.  This is a novella but I still felt that I got to know and care about them.  It's a beautiful story packed with sexual tension, emotion and romance.  Even though Sumner jumped right into the action, there was still enough back story to explain what was happening and I never felt confused or that I was missing part of the story.I did have one major issue with the story, the time period.  It is supposed to take place in the South US during 1852.  That did not work for me, throughout the story I kept picturing it as closer to 1952 rather than 1852.  I really struggled with that in the beginning and eventually just had to let it go and picture it my own way.  Once I did that, I loved the story and was able to enjoy it.This was the first I have read by Sumner and I was very pleasantly surprised.  Other than the time period issue, it was a really well written and fun love story.  I'll be honest, I have read enough works by emerging authors that I expected a somewhat clunky and awkward story.  Wow, was I wrong!  Sumner is a very talented author and I will definitely be reading more of her work.