THE SINS OF LORD EASTERBROOK

Author: Madeline Hunter ISBN: 9780440243960 2/2009 HISTORICAL Publisher: DELL
Historical: Regency

Only a desperate mission could bring Leona Montgomery face-to-face with the scoundrel whose dangerous sensuality once sent her fleeing from his arms. But she has underestimated Christian, Marquess of Easterbrook. As irresistible as ever, his past swathed in mystery, Christian has his own plans for the woman he has waited seven years to claim. Yet once desire reignites, bringing a dangerous secret into the open, Leona will find herself bound to the seductive nobleman in ways she could never have imagined. Seven years have changed nothing: this man can tempt her to ruin with just one touch. With Leona’s reputation and hopes for her family’s salvation in tatters, she must follow the only course left to her…even as each step brings her closer to a shattering truth and a passion she can no longer live without.…

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

I was disappointed with THE SINS OF LORD EASTERBROOK. I thought that this book was going to keep my interest a little bit better than it did. The characters were not lively enough, the story about the opium was dry, the story in general was very lackluster.

Leona first met Christian in China, but she did not know him as the Marquess of Easterbrook and was surprised when she met him in England and learned that he was a Lord. Leona had gone to England to form alliances that would benefit her family's company, and she also wanted to uncover answers to questions about the opium trade in China that were left unanswered when her father passed away. She goes on a boring quest to find the answers, with Christian always not far behind, which would be fine if the story was a little bit more exciting. But to read about her talking to this person and then going to talk to another person, and then another... well, it becomes monotonous after awhile.

I was hoping that as I continued to read that the story was going to get juicer, but it just stayed the same. Dry.

Sheila Smith