A Novel with Thoughts and Ponderings

THE SINS OF VISCOUNT SUTHERLAND

Author: Samantha James ISBN: 9780061765544 6/2011 HISTORICAL Publisher: AVON
Time Period: Regency

The Sins of Viscount Sutherland by Samantha James
He is reckless, bold, dangerous . . .
Men envy him, women desire him . . .
And one woman wants her revenge.

Claire Ashcroft has good reason to despise Viscount Grayson Sutherland. A wildly unpredictable man with a frightening reputation, Sutherland is responsible for a death that deeply pains her. She'd kill him if she could. Instead, she'll employ her feminine wiles to make him pay. And once he's deeply, irreversibly in love with her, she'll shatter his vulnerable heart.

Her scheme works perfectly . . . too perfectly.

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

I love the title THE SINS OF VISCOUNT SUTHERLAND. It sounds dangerous and seductive and just like a read I won't be able to put down. Plus, I love the very talented Samantha James, so I eagerly started reading this one. I so hate bad surprises.

In the beginning, THE SINS OF VISCOUNT SUTHERLAND has it all—passion, deception, heart-wrenching angst and drama. It has the perfect mix of feisty heroine and tormented hero that I can't get enough of—I love it! But out of nowhere, perhaps a little more than halfway through, the book changes drastically. Suddenly a heroine who was all about control and dedicated to her purpose becomes an annoying, psychotic crazy I could barely stomach. She rants and raves, kicks the hero out, then cannot believe he leaves. When he comes back, she again is a lunatic and does it all over again. Yes, he has an awful past to work through, but at this point in the story, he is doing all the work to be with her crazy self. Theirs is a courtship made in hell! And just in case someone wants to remind me that the crazy heroine is pregnant and her hormones are off, I have to stop you right here. I have been pregnant before (with twins, even), and if I ever acted like this loon, my husband will surely attain sainthood.

As much as I like this one in the beginning, the chapters that make me want to hurl from the overacting and meaningless dialogue that distract me way to much to recommend it. I normally love a Samantha James read, but this one is just too over the top for me.

Shannon Johnson

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