#249 (#48 of 2012) - My Irresistible Early (Inferno Club) ~ Gaelen Foley

Purchased on Kindle.

Inferno Club - Book 3

5 star

#107 (#43) - Her Only Desire ~ Gaelen Foley

ISBN: 0-7499-3794-7

This one was really the first the the Knight Cousins' spin-offs, about Georgiana Knight (Sister to Gabriel & Derek).

Raised all her life in India, Georgiana is very often left alone, but has made a life and friends independently, and therefore sees no wrong in inviting the cool and reserved Ian Prescott, Marquess of Griffith to stay when he arrives on a British diplomatic mission.

On his very first encounter with her he ends up effecting a rescue to save her life, and puts her under house arrest whilst he goes off on his mission to Japur .... she has other ideas and follows ... which leads her into uncovering the truth but causing a diplomatic nightmare of Ian, and heavy fighting by her brothers to protect her (in which Gabriel receives his injuries).

She flees alone on a Knight ship to England, where she is determined to conquer the ton, and fights Ian's protections for all she is worth.  Infuriated, but captivated nonetheless, will this lonely Marquess fall for her, and reveal his own secrets?

On the whole a 4 **** Star read.

Kay

#96 ~ Her Every Pleasure

ISBN: 978-0-7499-3849-9

This is the follow on story from "Her Secret Fantasy" and features Derek's Brother, Gabriel.

Having signed away his inheritance to assist Derek to marry Lily, Gabriel retires from the real world to contemplate his brush with death.  A glimpse of heaven has left him with an overwhelming feeling that he was sent back from the light to fulfil his destiny.

Meanwhile, Princess Sophia of Korkova is ambushed and her enemies attempt to assassinate her.  Her bodyguard ensures that she escapes and she follows the protocol that has been set down for her safe rescue.

The protocol lands her in a barn owned by Gabriel, who assumes that she is a gypsy girl sent by his brother to relieve his state of celibacy.  Although it doesn't take long to work out that she is certainly not a girl of easy virtue, and so he engages her as a maid.

Eventually her royal destiny is revealed, and Gabriel does on to protect her with his life, and fulfil his destiny.

Actually, it was a slightly far fetched story, and the plot was a bit thin in places.  Nonetheless a fairly enjoyable story and worthy of a 3 *** Star rating.

#95 ~ Her Secret Fantasy

ISBN: 978-0-7499-3829-1

It's really rather lovely to get back to a Gaelen Foley novel ... and this one was no different from all the others ..... full of very lovely romance and a bit of naughtiness thrown in.

Featuring one of the Knight Cousins, Major Derek and the reserved and ladylike Lily Balfour.

Infamous rake and hardened warrior Derek has come to England from his posting in India to chase up the money the government which has been put aside for the war against the Marantha.  Also to allow his elder brother to recovery from a terrible injury when he got in the away of an arrow meant for Derek.

Following the death of her Grandfather Lily's aristocratic coffers are empty and she needs to find an extremely rich, and extremely stupid husband (there is a reason that her future spouse should not be too bright) to ensure that she can literally keep the bats from the belfry of her ancestoral home.

It seems some of the funds are war chest funds are missing, and that is where the paths cross for these two.  What will be the attraction between them?  Will they solve the mystery of the missing money?  Will the highly intelligent Derek care about her secret?  Will a second son have enough money in the bank to repair the ancient pile?

A 3.5 **** star read.

#86 (#22) - His Wicked Kiss ~ Gaelen Foley

ISBN: 0-7499-3683-5

This is the last one in the Knight Family series - the missing brother - Captain Black (Lord) Jack Knight.

The first of the Hawkscliffe Harlot's illegitimate children, his father was an Irish Boxing Champion.

Sick to the back teeth with the shame heaped on him by the ton because of his birth, he ends up owning an international shipping and trade company Knight Enterprises, and spends his life pretty much on the ocean wave ...... until one trip down the Orenoco River he comes across the beautiful Eden Farraday in a tree above him collecting orchids.

She's been taken to the jungle by her Botanist father and longs for London Society.  A request to Jack to take her away is turned down, so she stows away on his ship .... soon to be caught by him and made to pay!

I have to say I loved this story, and Jack Knight game very close to Anthony Blake (who is one of my all time favourite heroes).

A 5 star read ****.  What a shame I've now finished the Knight family series.

Happy reading.

Kay

#85 (#21) - Lady of Desire ~ Gaelen Foley

ISBN: 978-0-7499-3654-9

Another in the Knight Family series, this time about the youngest of their clan, Lady Jacinda.

All of her life she has had to bear the whispers that she is almost certainly going to turn out like her scandalous mother, Georgiana the Duchess of Hawkscliffe, dubbed by the ton Hawkscliffe's Harlot.

Fearing Jacinda is going the way of their Mother, her brother Robert arranges a marriage between Jacinda and an older man.  Terrified by the prospect Jacinda fears the same fate as her Mother, and flees only to come face to face with the notorious leader of a London band of thieves, Billy Blade.

He's dangerous, gorgeous and as low as it is possible to get .... but there was just something about him that didn't add up ..... let's just say he was definitely no ordinary kind of criminal and definitely not born into that class.

Obviously she could so easily be ruined, but fortunately Billy has had business dealings with Jacinda's brother Lord Lucien and manages to return her to her family in the nick of time to avoid any scandal.

Faced with the prospect of losing Jacinda .... and the hangman's noose, Billy is persuaded that he should re-claim his old life and his title (Earl of Rackford)  and confront his brutal and tyrannical father, the Marquess Earl of Truro and St Austell.

Having left his old life behind at the age of 10, he has to come to terms with becoming and behaving like a gentleman, the censure and teasing of the ton......can he do it?  Can he win his lady?

A 4 **** Star read.  Highly enjoyable and very well written.

I have another Cynthia Harrod-Eagles next.

#84 (#20) - The Duke ~ Gaelen Foley

ISBN: 0-7499-0767-3

This is actually the first book in the Knight Family Series, and focuses on Robert, Duke of Hawkescliffe.

He's a positive paragon of virtue, everything that a Duke should be, but in love with the wife of somebody else he is drawn into to uncover the truth by her widower, the Earl of Coldfell.

Robert it seems will go to any lengths to get to the truth, even if it means involving himself in scandal and taking a beautiful young courtesan under his protection ........ even more shockingly, under his very roof.

After the wicked nephew of the Earl of Coldfell utterly ruined her life, the young Bell Hamilton was left with the shameful and distasteful choice of becoming a courtesan to attempt to save her Father from the Fleet and gain her own independence.

Robert offers her a short-term contract to live at his home and help him uncover the truth with no sex involved, only the impression of it to others.  He also makes it abundantly clear that he despises women who whore themselves - she will never have a Carte Blanche from him.

To lure Dolph out the pair have to face the fury of the unforgiving ton, and also fight an ever growing attraction.

At the close of the contract they go some way to finding out the truth, but by that time Robert and Bel are in love.  She agrees to carry on as his mistress, but is heart broken some time later to find out that to secure his line and advance his political career he is becoming engaged to the deaf daughter of the Earl of Coldfell.

The only principle Bel has been able to maintain all along is the fact that she would only ever accept the protection of an unmarried man ..... so what does she do?  How does Robert react?..............well, sorry to say you will have to read it to find out, but I am fairly certain you will enjoy this lovely tale.

A 3.5 **** Star read, the only reason it isn't higher is that I fell Ms Foley could have written slightly more of a roller-coaster ending ......it could have been enhanced by a few breath stopping/will he...won't he moments.

I've also just finished the Lady of Desire, which is the story of the only sister in the Knight Family, Jacinda.

Happy reading.

Kay

#83 (#19) - Lord of Ice - Gaelen Foley

ISBN: 0-7499-0769-X

Another in the Knight family series, this time the twin brother of Lord Lucien, Damien the Earl of Winterley.

Damien is a a dangerous and damaged war hero, who gains a young ward following the death of his friend Major Jason Sherbrooke.

Although it turns out that Miranda is not actually that young, she's 19 and in a boarding school in near Birmingham.  She is the illegitimate daughter of Major Sherbrooke' elder brother and his famous actress mistress.  They had both died when Miranda was a small girl in a boating accident.

Jason arrives in  Birmingham too late to go to the school so to kill time he visits a theatre and is knocked sideways by a beautiful young actress, that he must have.  He waits for her outside the threatre, but gets rejected by her after a steamy kiss.  She runs away, but he goes after her just in time to save her from a gang of kidnappers, and she goes on her way leaving him with a heap of dead kidnappers.

Imagine his surprise the next morning when he finds out that beautiful actress is in actual fact his young ward.

Hardly able to take care of himself, how do they go on from there?  Well ......... you'll have to read it too........ a 4 **** star read.

Happy reading.

Kay

#77 (#13) - One Night of Sin ~ Gaelen Foley

ISBN: 0-7499-0722-X

Another in the Knight Family series, this time about the  young brother Lord Jack Knight and Miss Becky Ward.

Lord Alec is the Colonel in Chief of the Lord Rakehells' and comes across the lovely Miss Becky asleep on a friend's door step.

Becky found her way onto that particular door step to shelter from the rain, after fleeing he evil Cousin, Prince Korkov and his terrible Cossack guard.

Now all they need to do is out run them, but will they find happiness?

You will have to read it to find out, but I highly recommend that you do ...... Lord Alec is a delicious piece of work, and he's met his match in the boldly spirited Miss Ward.

A 4 **** Star read.

Next is a Loretta Chase book ....... which I'm inordinately happy to get my hands on .... she's always a good read.

#76 (#12) - Devil Takes a Bride ~ Gaelen Foley

ISBN: 0-7499-0771-1

Another in the Knight Family series, this time about the childhood companion of Jacinda Knight, Lizzie Carlisle.

Lizzie Carlisle escaped to the quiet countryside outside Bath when she finally realised the love of her life, Rakehell Alec Knight, would never marry her.  She became the companion of the Dowager Lady Strathmore.

However, her peaceful existence is again turned upside down when she writes to her Ladyships errant nephew, the "Devil" Strathmore (Devlin Kimball) telling him that she is dangerously ill.  She's appalled that he appears to treat his Aunt to badly, and apparently merely sees her as a pocketbook to draw on for his excesses.  The letter should do the trick and teach him a lesson!

The is, of course, another side to the coin and "Devil" has been using the money to lay a trap for the people that were responsible for killing his mother, father and little sister when he was 17.

A truce is called after the first shock and anger of finding out Lizzie's deceit, and they get along famously for a short while.  Although inevitably Devlin goes back to his old ways.  Lady Stathmore does have a trump up her sleeve upon her death a few weeks later .... and Devlin finds his path to vengeance blocked by Lizzie's passionate and stubborn nature.

Will she also prove oh so tempting enough to bring him to heel and make her his bride?

A 4.5 ***** Star read all around, being so well written.  Lovely complex and multi-dimensional characters .... I highly recommend it.

It's a shame that I've missed out the stories in between of Jacinda and her Billy and Lord Damien Knight, but as always these tales can be read independently.  Although, I have just started on the story of their younger brother Alec Knight, Lizzie's lost love.

#75 (#11) - Lord of Fire ~ Gaelen Foley

ISBN: 0-7499-0768-1

Just finished one of the Gaelen Foley's that has been sitting waiting for me ..... it was a 4.5 ***** Star read and make no mistakes!

I haven't been that much in love with a Hero since Lord Anthony Blake (Stephanie Laurens).

Dark, dangerous and utterly gorgeous Spy Lord Lucien Knight gives the beautiful and virtuous Alice Montague a choice, stay with him and let her Nephew have his Mama, or so and disappoint the poor sick little boy.  What would you do?

Secretly utterly fascinated with him Alice stays, and falls under his spell.  She finds a tormented man with a whole cavern of secrets, but will she find love?

Read it do .... and then go and find the story of his twin, Damien Knight ..... I just read a small excerpt of that and it looks full of the same kind of promise.

#68 (#5) - My Dangerous Duke ~ Gaelen Foley

ISBN: 978-0-7499-4279-3

Book 2 of Inferno Club

Rohan Kilburn, Duke of Warrington,has a formidable and rugged presence, lives in a brooding and reputedly haunted castle in Cornwall.  Added to that he bears the nickname "The Beast", and is a top assassin for the Order.  Any woman that has ever known him, and there have been legions of them, will also attest to another reason he is called "The Beast".  He is immune to love for all that.

After many years away serving the needs of the Order, he returns to Kilburn Castle to bring his errant tenants back into line.  To appease The Beast they give him a present of a beautiful young woman ..... to warm his bed.

Kate Maden is definitely no harlot, but an innocent victim of a kidnapping plot by the Prometheans.  She's shy and intelligent with a fiery temper and beguiling eyes.

They have to work together to solve the reason behind her kidnap, defeat the evil Promethean scum, find the Alchemist's Tomb and unravel the truth behind the curse of the Dukes of Warrington, all of which could destroy them both.

Before long attraction ignites and there is a rush against time to shatter the curse so that they can be together.

I didn't feel that this second book in the Inferno Club series quite met the delights of the first one, but it came very close nonetheless.  All in all a 4 **** Star read. I'm not certain Book 3 has even been written yet, but fingers crossed it will be Jordan's story.

Happy reading.

Kay

My Dangerous Duke ~ Gaelen Foley - Trailer

This is the book next on the reasing list:

Inferno Club ~ Gaelen Foley - Trailer

I'm on my luch break, and just doing a quick bit of research to find out about Book 3 in the Inferno Club series, and have just run into the trailers ..... I'm all about the trailers these days, probably because they show the kind of glory an actual film or dramisatation could reap.  Enjoy:




I've just found the trailers for both Book 1 and 2, so am off to watch those now.

#67 (#4) - The Wicked Marquess ~ Gaelen Foley

ISBN: 978-0-7499-4274-8

Book 1 of the Inferno Club

A new author for me, and I have to say I now know why my Mother was raving.... Fabulous story, even more fabulous and totally to fall in love with bunch of Heros' all Members of the infamous and scandalous Inferno Club, which is a cover for a Secret Order.

The first book cover the story of Max, Marquess of Rotherstone and the patron stain of newcomers into the ton, Daphne Starling.

Max has decided to restore his family's good name and scandal is surrounding her, since she has become known as a jilt.

Max is totally fascinated by her and sets out to prove the Society gossips wrong.  What will he do to win her hand though, and show her that even the most wicked marquess can reform..... you'll have to read it to find out, but I am confident that you won't fail to be completely won over by these books.

I am reaching for Book 2, The Wicked Duke as soon as I have finished this review.

A 5 ***** Stars from me.

Gaelen Foley Trailer

Just the trailer alone makes me want to read these, but apparently they are very good anyway.



Hugs

Kay xoxo