Review: A League of Devilish Rogues! 6 stars
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 25, 2014
As soon as I started reading the first chapter of WICKED DESIGNS, it got me hooked till the very end; I could not put it down and read until late this morning. Lauren Smith didn't disappoint me with the love story of Godric and Emily! I adored it; the words flew on the pages, a real page turner! It is an amazing story of two tormented young persons, who help each other, trust each other and finally find love in their lives! Miss Emily, is the perfect young lady, being controlled by her uncle and cousin, who desperately need her money. She does not want to marry for money and do not trust men, she only wants her freedom from these two men. Will fate intervene? Her story started with the death of her parents and she fell under these bad men in her family. Godric is an emotionally wounded man; he also belongs to a secret group with his four friends Cedric, Ashton, Charles and Lucien! These rogues are women charmer and Godric is the perfect seducer full of charm and finesse. Their love story starts as Godric, wanting revenge against one of these men, decides to kidnap Emily in exchange for the money he loss in a financial transaction. As soon as Godric and Emily meet, sparks flare and ignite a sweet tenderness that will evolve, in time, to passion. Beautiful hot chemistry between the captor and the captive! Some scenes are so cute to read, like the scene "when Emily tries to remove the keys from Godric's wrist while he is sleeping" and "the pond incident" I laughed and smiled, it was so charming to read their adventure. Ms. Smith really wrote a beautiful story filled with tenderness, passion and intrigues. I highly recommend without hesitation, Wicked Designs, her first book in The League of Rogues, and I can't wait to read her next book in this series; Wicked Seduction, Lucien's story. I have to say, that Godric's four friends are devilish and handsome rogues full of charm and tenderness, each, in a different way. I adore reading lives of rogues, they can be so much fun to follow!