In the Prince's Bed (Royal Brotherhood) |
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Author:
Sabrina Jeffries
By Pocket Star
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List Price: $7.50
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Product Description
From bestselling author Sabrina Jeffries comes the first dazzling novel in a sexy new series featuring three half brothers. Bound together by the royal father who denied them, they've formed a pact to help each other achieve their every desire...including the women of their dreams. Miss Katherine Merivale is desperate to make a respectable match -- if only her childhood sweetheart would propose! Until he does, she can't touch the fortune she's inherited. So the last thing she needs is notorious rogue Alec Black putting her proposed marriage at risk with his distracting, smoldering gaze and moonlit kisses. Alec, the Earl of Iversley -- and one of three bastard sons of the Prince of Wales -- is secretly searching for an heiress bride to pay his debts. Fiery Katherine seems the answer to his prayers, and her passionate response to his practiced seduction soon assures him that she is his. But Alec knows Katherine is looking for a love-match, and he wonders...what will happen when she discovers his deception?
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A fair balance of steamy romance, moral dilemmas, and witty banter, 2007-08-27
I discovered Jeffries with the School for Heiresses Series; feeling a little lost reading the 2nd book of the Heiress Series to learn that the Royal Brotherhood Series ties into it. Three illegitimate sons of the Prince of Wales meet and decide to aid one another by pooling their resources - their royal father has never aided them in their lives. This story revolves around one of the brothers, Alexander Black, the new Lord Iversley. He has been left with a sprawling, penniless estate and is now in search of a wealthy heiress to marry to save it, and he, from ruin. Directed by his half-brother Gavin Bryne, he begins his pursuit of Katherine Merivale, a unique red-haired & bold beauty who has a rather large dowry courtesy of her late grandfather. The secondary characters are quite entertaining - Katherine's mama's boy childhood "sweetheart" Sydney the poet, and her meddling, pretentious mother. I found the story drags a bit during Alec's & Katherine's "courting", but gets back into the swing without boring. The chapter where Katherine drags Alec to a poetry reading was hilarious. And the chapter when Alec and Kat partake in a daring stage show was unique and entertaining! While the story did have many serious moments too, it kept it at a fair balance of steamy romance, moral dilemmas, and witty banter. A recommended read!
It could have been better for me., 2007-07-31
I loved the other books in this trilogy. I was excited to read this one, but was a little disappointed.
I just couldn't get into the book. I could not find myself interested in either of the characters or their plight or anything.
The little tidbit of Sydney was sort of a side-story that didn't really add or detract from the story, but was just..there.
I am going to say read the other 2 stories in this trilogy, they are much better (in my opinion) then this one.
Middling performance from a talented author, 2007-07-04
I got the whole Royal Brotherhood series after having read two of the School for Heiresses series by Ms. Jeffries, because I really enjoyed those two books: Never Seduce a Scoundrel (The School for Heiresses) and Beware a Scot's Revenge (School for Heiresses). I am reluctant to admit that the Royal Brotherhood series pales in comparison to the wonderful writing in the School for Heiresses series. What had really drawn me to Ms. Jeffries' writing is her gift for characterization and humor as exhibited in the Heiress books -- even though, when examined in a cold and objective light, those two books were written around elements as old and worn as the romance genre itself, her characters always felt organic, real, and unique, the narrative and prose flowed smoothly, helped along with a generous dose of wit. Sadly, though the books of the Royal Brotherhood have the same smooth prose and unique characters as the other books, they lacked the wit and humor.
In the grand spectrum of romance novels, the Royal Brotherhood books surely still belong in the top echelons, because they are truly well-crafted stories. Some of the plot or romantic developments didn't feel quite as natural as they did in the Heiress books, but they were still credible and did not feel completely contrived. Ms. Jeffries also injects little unorthodox elements into some of the stories here. For example, this book features a man coming to terms with his homosexuality, and the heroine of Book 2, To Pleasure a Prince (Royal Brotherhood), struggles with dyslexia.
While I would probably recommend reading this series to get the full background stories of characters that appear in the School for Heiresses series (particularly To Pleasure a Prince (Royal Brotherhood), which provides extensive background setting for Only a Duke Will Do (The School for Heiresses)), I would not recommend readers new to Ms. Jeffries to start with this series, as I feel that the School for Heiresses books are a much better display of skill from the talented Ms. Jeffries.
read the entire series, 2007-05-14
Royal Brotherhood Series (RBS)
In the Prince's Bed #1
To Pleasure a Prince #2
One Night with a Prince #3
Read the RBS first because it is loosely tied to School for Heiresses Series (SHS).
Never Seduce a Scoundrel #1
Only a Duke Will Do #2 (Louisa North, Lord Marcus North's sister & Simon, Regina's stupid brother)
The School for Heiresses #3 (anthology, Story #1- Colin Hunt, Duke of Foxmoor's cousin)
Beware of a Scot's Revenge #4 (Lady Venetia Campbell mentioned in one of the RBS)
Jefferies is a high-quality writer that keeps my interest throughout the book and gives me that feeling of wanting to read the next in the series without waiting. I dig that. So far, I have not been disappointed. They are Regency style romances and I like to mix them in with the other genres. And if you're going to read Regency you should totally read Jefferies'.
It's all very relaxing and comfortable. It has romance as well as being appropriately steamy. It is escapism at its best in my opinion. These books are the sort that gives you a nice ahhhhh feeling when you're finished. I can't think of one bad thing to say.
Great..., 2007-04-30
I love the character Alec he is great and funny. I thought that this book was funny yet it was also a tear jerker. I loved everything about this book and it was so hard for me to put it down and do the things that I had to do. But even when I wasn't reading it and doing whatever I still noticed that my thoughts kept going back to that book. And then I would smile because it is just a great book. I would recommend this book to anyone.
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780743477703
ISBN: 0743477707
Label: Pocket Star
Manufacturer: Pocket Star
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2004-07-27
Publisher: Pocket Star
Studio: Pocket Star |
