Review: Their is no power stronger than love
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 5, 2014
The book picks up shortly after Sebastian, Lord Coldhurst returns from his forces exile in Jamaica due to a duel of honor going horribly wrong. What should have been a fight till first blood, turned into the murder of Lord Larkwell.Due to him being one of the Libertine Scholars, six of London's most notorious and handsome rakes, he's met at the wharf by some of his adoring fans, "ladies" of the night.  Amongst the ladies gathered there is very respectable Lady Beatrice Hennessy, the sister of Lord Larkwell and a woman considered by the ton as "on the shelf". Her family facing the poorhouse, with one other option that was inconceivable, Beatrice now has to do the unthinkable..convince Lord Coldhurst to accept her marriage proposal.Sebastian has always avoided long-term entanglements with the fairer sex, due to his hellish experience with his "loving" parents.  Yet, he knows he must marry and provide an heir, he wants nothing to do with love, and makes his terms very clear to Beatrice. However, Sebastian's plans for how he wants his marriage to be quickly goes up in flames. The ensuring struggles and problems these two young people endure are written with much feeling and angst. Trust is such a fragile thing yet, without it, so many avoidable heartache and misunderstandings can become monumental. This becomes more apparent as Beatrice is hiding secret with the ability to destroy not only her his trust, but her bugeoning hopes for a real marriage and the pleasure that her husband has awakened in her. It was absolutely invigorating to see a man such as Sebastian, sinfully gorgeous, wealthy and accustomed to women falling at his feet wriggle like a worm on a hook hopelessly trying to understand his unwanted yet undeniable feelings for his wife.Ms. Evans, once again creates an astoundingly well-written book.  She gives a very creditable view into how little control women of that era had, less when born into society.  Her handling of a very touchy topic such as rape was done with delicacy yet with honesty as the reader is made to realize how times may have changed in many aspects yet, women are still preyed upon even to this day.We are given snippets as to whom the culprit may be and what their ultimate goal is for the six friends yet, the search is still not at an end. With yet another of the Libertine Scholars happily leg-shackled, the epilogue at the end is riveting and entices one with what the next chapter in this series will be.The one missing member of the six, Grayson Devlin, Viscount Blackwood is on his way home with the Lady Portia Flagstaff, one person other than Lady Serena Markham who may have some knowledge as to the identity of their antagonist ..let the games continue.  I highly recommend this series, my only complaint is that the next installment is not due until 2015.Book One: A Kiss of Lies - (Jan 2014)Book Two: A Promise of More - (April 2014)Book Three: A Touch of Passion - (Spring 2015)Book Four: A Whisper of Desire - (Autumn 2015)Book Five: A Taste of Seduction - (TBC)Book Six: A Night of Forever - (TBC)My reviews are posted on facebook.com/rainbowreadeAmazon.com, BarnesandNoble, Pinterest and tumblr.