If you've been keeping up with the Devil DeVere series and the Devilish Vignettes that have been filling in the back story in anticipation of the next book, JEWEL OF THE EAST by Victoria Vane, coming sometime in late April or early May, then you're going to want to read THE TROUBLE WITH SIN. This humorous vignette fills in the back story of Simon Singleton, and takes up where we left off before he, and his two cohorts in crime, Ned Chambers and Ludovic DeVere, were sent from school after the lion incident - read DEVIL IN THE MAKING if you're not up on that.
***eARC provided by author in exchange for an honest and unscripted review.
Blurb for THE TROUBLE WITH SIN:
**The Trouble with Sin (Devilish Vignette #2) is a comic romp that follows on the heels of Devil in the Making. It is also a prequel to Jewel of the East (book #5 in the Devil Devere series).
The Trouble with Sin … Is the devil within… Aspiring poet Simon "Sin" Singleton, has lived his life only for larks, laughter, and ladies of easy virtue, eluding defying, and flouting all manner of authority until his impetuous misdeeds finally catch up with him. Having lost his muse, his allowance, and even his friends by edict from a tyrannical father and puritanical mother, Simon is ready to drown himself in drink, until receiving an ingenious proposition that could change everything.
The wages of Sin is…...twenty-five percent of the net! It seems a fantasy come true when Simon is offered an independent income by combining his two great passions— poetry and lewd women —by writing poetry about lewd women! Unfortunately, maintaining anonymity may be much harder than he thought…
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Simon Singleton, or Sin as he's referred to by his pals, Ludovic DeVere and Ned Chambers, is in trouble with this parents. Having been sent home from school after aiding DeVere in stealing a lion from the King's Menagerie, he's had his quarterly allowance cut and been ordered by his parents to remove himself from the company of that "devil DeVere." Sin never makes life easy for himself or those around him anymore than DeVere does, so when asked to watch over something DeVere left behind while he is sent to the continent for his punishment, Sin takes on the charge only to discover it will cost him funds, funds he hasn't at his ease. But, if he can earn the funds, he believes his new charge will be such an excellent muse for his poetry that when a proposition comes along that goes against everything his parents would want for him, he knows what he should do. So what will he do? Well, earn the funds, of course - to win his muse and provide him the funds to enjoy life. But as usual things for Sin never quite go as they should.
Simon Singleton is the mean between Ned's somewhat traditional and prudish manner, and Ludovic DeVere's devilish and tawdry manner, which makes him all the more intriguing. He's a man who loves women, loves poetry, and would love nothing more than to spend his days enjoying good drink, good company and the company of a less than good woman. I looked forward to learning more about Sin and what happened to him between the time he was forced to leave school and when he ended up in the Army in America, but for the first time, I was a bit disappointed in how Victoria gave us a story.
THE TROUBLE WITH SIN by Victoria Vane is probably my least favorite installment of this series not because I didn't like Simon Singleton, but because this particular vignette seemed rather scattered and disjointed to me. It was humorous yet failed to draw even a giggle from me. I still wouldn't have missed reading it because it gives us a look into what Sin wants and desires from life and fills in those missing bits of information we will need to know if we are to enjoy JEWEL OF THE EAST. For the first time, I found Victoria's handling of a part of this expansive story to be erratic and not as flowing as she usually is with her writing. Every time I thought the story was going in one direction, it would quickly shift and move to another. I was never sure where we were going with Sin. I appreciated his misfortunes, his desire to pursue his poetry, and his need for a muse, but I was left confused at times. The last scene was cute and I admit to smiling but I did not get a belly laugh out of it. The epilogue is important and necessary to understanding where Victoria will be taking Sin in his story with Salime. Despite my criticisms of this naughty Devilish Vignette - and it is! - I still liked this story and I'm glad I read it.
If you wish to keep up with the Devil DeVere series by Victoria Vane, I do recommend you read THE TROUBLE WITH SIN - you'll want to keep up, because if you're like me, I'm sure you're eagerly awaiting JEWEL OF THE EAST as much as I am.
Happy Reading Everyone!
THE TROUBLE WITH SIN, a Devilish Vignette by Victoria Vane, Amazon Digital Services, available now in ebook formats.
I hope everyone had a romantic and sweet Valentine's Day! Just in time for Valentine's Day, Victoria Vane has released a sweet treat now available to everyone who has enjoyed the Devil DeVere series by Victoria Vane or anyone who has yet to try these devilishly delicious stories - the next installment of the Devilish Vignettes, which are companion shorts to the Devil DeVere series - A DEVIL'S TOUCH.
***eARC provided by author in exchange for an honest and unscripted review.
A DEVIL'S TOUCH is an erotic romance vignette that can stand alone as a complete story, but also serves to bridge Book #4 THE DEVIL'S MATCH, and Victoria's forthcoming Book#5 JEWEL OF THE EAST (Salime and Simon's story) Blurb for A DEVIL'S TOUCH: In her last month of pregnancy, Diana, Viscountess DeVere, has barely settled into her new life and role as "the devil" DeVere's wife, when her increasingly restless husband receives an urgent summons to London. When Diana inadvertently discovers a message he received from a known courtesan with whom he was formerly linked, she fears her marriage is over before it has begun.
* * * * * Diana, Viscountess DeVere, is starting to worry that her marriage is beginning to sour. She fears that Ludovic has become bored with her, bored with married life, and that her ever growing belly is presenting her as less than attractive to her handsome husband and his never-ending appetite for sexual adventure. Has he turned to someone else? Will she lose him even after only having just won his attentions and his love?
Eight months pregnant, feeling insecure, and because Ludovic hasn't made love to her in a while, Diana is feeling desperate. She fears that she is losing her beloved husband of only three months. So when Diana discovers a message from the exotic, beautiful, and sexually skilled Salime, she is sure that his sudden departure for London is more about satisfying his lustful needs rather than meeting up with an old friend.
A DEVIL'S TOUCH by Victoria Vane is the perfect bridge that fills in the blanks for those of us who have followed this series from the beginning, and a perfect introduction to the series as a stand alone for anyone who wants to just try a taste. Be forewarned - once you get a taste of the Devil DeVere, like chocolate, you'll not be able to stop. The timing is perfect for the release of this sweet story that shines a whole new light on the wickedly sexy, Ludovic DeVere. Not only does the story have a beautiful Valentine's Day ending but we find out how Simon and Salime are thrown together in anticipation of their own story - JEWEL OF THE EAST - coming soon!
As usual Victoria has invited us into the sexy world of the Devil DeVere, so unlike the first vignette - THE DEVIL IN THE MAKING - this vignette, A DEVIL'S TOUCH, is a very sexy addition to the series. If you're prudish and sway away from erotica, this one might not be for you. But, if you appreciate the love between Ludovic and his Diana, the adventurousness of this sexually charged man, and the devotion Diana has for him, you will appreciate, comprehend, and respect where Victoria takes the newlyweds in A DEVIL'S TOUCH.
I highly recommend this romantic, emotional, sex-charged Devilish Vignette, A DEVIL'S TOUCH by Victoria Vane, to anyone who just loves a sigh-worthy happy ending.
Happy Reading Everyone!
A DEVIL'S TOUCH, a Devilish Vignette by Victoria Vane, Amazon Digital, available now - Kindle ebook.
Wow, the Devil DeVere Series by Victoria Vane just keeps getting better and better! THE DEVIL'S MATCH is the story of the Devil himself, Viscount Ludovic DeVere and it's everything wonderful. I hope that you have been following the Devil DeVere Series with me - if not, then please do for you won't be disappointed with this amazing series of Georgian Romance novellas starting with, A WILD NIGHT'S BRIDE, continuing with THE VIRGIN HUNTRESS, then building some backstory with THE DEVIL YOU KNOW and culminating with this installment, THE DEVIL'S MATCH. Release date - TODAY! Actually, Victoria has informed us that there will be two more novellas added to the series but in this one - the Devil truly does meet his match.
Blurb for THE DEVIL'S MATCH:
Once burned twice shy… But when old flames come together… Passion reignites
When burned once … Arriving in London as her goddaughter’s chaperone, Baroness Diana Palmerston-Wriothesley wants to avoid her erstwhile lover at all costs. Once nearly consumed by passion, four years has reduced the former inferno to bitterness and ashes.
By an old flame… A world-weary master of seduction, Ludovic ”The Devil” DeVere is bored with his chosen life of debauchery. When Diana’s charge disappears, she is forced to seek help from the devil’s lair, and their mutual desire reignites with undeniable ferocity.
Fire is best fought with fire… While DeVere is hell-bent to have her back in his bed, Diana is equally determined to bring him to his knees…by acquiring some sensual secrets of her own.
* * * * * Viscount Ludovic DeVere has been hiding his heart because of his past, his parents, and his lack of faith in his ability to be a good match for anyone. But over the past five years, he's hidden himself even deeper as he tries to forget the one woman who managed to crawl beneath his skin and touch his heart. Living in denial of his desire for Lady Diana, his denial that he is worthy of her love, denial that he can keep living his life wandering from woman to woman all the while still craving the one who he pushed away for the sake of honor.
Baroness Diana Palmerston-Wriothesley has never forgotten or forgiven the one man who brought her body, her spirit and her heart to life then left her with nothing but a memory. Her anger at him and at herself for still desiring him pushes her to deny herself, her needs and her desires until she comes face to face with him when her god-daughter Vesta marrys his brother. Not wishing to give into the pull that still exists between them, she tries her best to resist but when a lost wager puts her in the position of giving into her desires without losing face, she pulls out all the stops.
THE DEVIL'S MATCH by Victoria Vane is the cherry on the top of the best series of Georgian historical romance novellas I've ever read. Pulled together, they form a fabulous story of the men and women who claim the Devil DeVere as part of their lives and family. THE DEVIL'S MATCH is hot enough to fry your ereader, heat your own wild imagination and leave you as satisfied as the Devil himself and his beautiful match. The epilogue will make you smile as their happily-ever-after culminates in a most spectacular and unexpected ending.
I'm very serious when I tell you that if you haven't yet started to read this series, please do! It is extraordinary writing, research instilled, steamy beyond erotic and the characters are the most endearing, get under your skin, cheer for a group of people you will ever want to know.
Victoria Vane once said she had ventured into this genre as an experiment. She has most definitely found her niche, her power, and her calling. Brava, Victoria. This series and especially this final novella, THE DEVIL'S MATCH, has my blessing of five stars. Thank you for such an extraordinary and wonderful four months of reading.
I highly recommend THE DEVIL'S MATCH by Victoria Vane along with the rest of the series. They are a MUST READ for anyone who loves historically accurate, sexy good times, good humor and romance that will have you swooning all the while wishing you could be whisked away to this amazing and romantic time gone by.
Happy Reading Everyone!
THE DEVIL'S MATCH by Victoria Vane, Breathless Press, available now in ebook format from Breathless Press or Amazon.com (click on cover below)
**This digital ARC was provided by the author in exchange for an honest and unscripted review. Thank you Victoria.
I am already so in love with The Devil DeVere Series by Victoria Vane and today, the second in the series - THE VIRGIN HUNTRESS, releases!! Congratulations Victoria!
I was so delighted when Victoria allowed me to read an eARC of this novella for I've been chomping at the bit ever since reading A WILD NIGHT'S BRIDE - which by the way, if you go to her website (click here to do that but do come back) I believe you can still get a copy of that bawdy Georgian Romance novella for only 99 cents. If you haven't read it - DO - then get your hands on THE VIRGIN HUNTRESS by Victoria Vane - you won't be disappointed.
Blurb for THE VIRGIN HUNTRESS:
Desperate times call for devilish measures… when the object of one’s passion has eyes for another… it’s time to take matters in hand!
Lady Vesta Chambers is accustomed to getting what she wants… Coddled and pampered, since her mother’s death, Lady Vesta Chambers is beside herself when her father goes to London to prepare for her come-out and returns with a young bride of his own. With her world turned upside down, Vesta accompanies her godmother, Diana, to town, where she is smitten the moment she lays eyes on a certain captain of the Seventeenth Light Dragoons.
But when the object of her passion has eyes for another… Captain Hewett DeVere, younger brother and heir to Viscount Ludovic ”The Devil” DeVere, has returned from the American war scarred, disillusioned, and looking forward to settling down to a quiet and respectable life. But when the handsome and straight-laced captain turns his eyes toward the widowed Diana, Vesta is prepared to take devilish measures to prove she is no longer a little girl, but a woman with the passion of …a huntress.
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The year is 1783 and Lady Vesta Chambers is the most incorrigible young woman of eighteen ever to come to London for her coming out. Everyone from her guardian, Diana to The Devil himself, Viscount DeVere is at wits end as to what to do with her. When Vesta sets her desires on having DeVere's younger brother, Captain Hew DeVere for her own, she will stop at nothing to make him notice her not as a little girl but as a grown up woman. She will stop at nothing including kidnapping.
Captain Hew DeVere has a great desire to take a wife but worries that no desirable woman will have him as he is scarred and wounded from his service in the American war. When he meets the lovely widow, Diana, he is tempted to woo her but she quickly rebuffs his attentions while both are unaware that Vesta has been scheming to separate the two and gain his attentions solely for herself.
THE VIRGIN HUNTRESS by Victoria Vane is surprisingly sweet while extraordinarily naughty. Vesta is a rambunctious, brave, and incorrigible girl far beyond anyone's expectations except perhaps those of her godfather, Viscount Ludovic DeVere. Determined and resolute to gain the attentions of Hew, Vesta takes her schemes further than anyone expects especially Hew. Inevitably, Hew is unable to resist the persistence of such a young virgin and the result is pure magic.
Victoria Vane has certainly become one of my favorite authors. Her research and attention to detail and language is exquisite. Her characters are full of depth and mischief and she excellently pulls the reader from one wonderful novella to the other but leaves each to stand on its own easily. THE VIRGIN HUNTRESS by Victoria Vane is a wonderful Georgian Romance that will have you grinning one moment and gasping the next at Vesta's naughtiness.
An excellent story with excellent characters, I highly recommend THE VIRGIN HUNTRESS, a Devil DeVere Series novella by Victoria Vane. This is a series that cannot be ignored and should certainly not be missed.
Happy Reading Everyone!
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THE VIRGIN HUNTRESS, a Devil DeVere Series novella by Victoria Vane, Breathless Press, available NOW in ebook format.
Don't forget that A WILD NIGHT'S BRIDE, the first in the Devil DeVere series is on sale for 99 cents but today's the last day. Hopefully, Amazon will have THE VIRGIN HUNTRESS available soon.
If you've been keeping up with the Devil DeVere series and the Devilish Vignettes that have been filling in the back story in anticipation of the next book, JEWEL OF THE EAST by Victoria Vane, coming sometime in late April or early May, then you're going to want to read THE TROUBLE WITH SIN. This humorous vignette fills in the back story of Simon Singleton, and takes up where we left off before he, and his two cohorts in crime, Ned Chambers and Ludovic DeVere, were sent from school after the lion incident - read DEVIL IN THE MAKING if you're not up on that.
