The Devil in Winter (The Wallflowers, Book 3)
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The Devil in Winter (The Wallflowers, Book 3) Overviews
A devil's bargain
Easily the shyest Wallflower, Evangeline Jenner stands to become the wealthiest, once her inheritance comes due. Because she must first escape the clutches of her unscrupulous relatives, Evie has approached the rake Viscount St. Vincent with a most outrageous proposition: marriage!
Sebastian's reputation is so dangerous that thirty seconds alone with him will ruin any maiden's good name. Still, this bewitching chit appeared, unchaperoned, on his doorstep to offer her hand. Certainly an aristocrat with a fine eye for beauty could do far worse.
But Evie's proposal comes with a condition: no lovemaking after their wedding night. She will never become just another of the dashing libertine's callously discarded broken hearts -- which means Sebastian will simply have to work harder at his seductions...or perhaps surrender his own heart for the very first time in the name of true love.
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The Devil in Winter (The Wallflowers, Book 3) CustomerReview
I started AND finished Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas in one night. You all were right, it was a fantastic read and this has got to be the best Kleypas I've read so far. Almost didn't seem like the same author (for me). Extremely sensual and sexy if you can believe that! (I usually associate Kleypas's writing as more on the purply prose side, but not this one! She's upped the wattage with DIW!) I just adored Sebastian and of course Evie made my heart melt. Loved seeing her come into her own and find her inner strength, and yet allow herself to need Sebastian as well as vice versa. Of the Wall Flowers I probably relate the most to Lillian, but Evie? She's my favorite.
Evie Jenner,the heroine of this tale, is the shyest of the Wall Flowers, the four women who struck up a friendship over the commonality of not being favored at dances and balls. Evie is a wall flower of the truest sense, stammering and blushing whenever someone talks to her, but she's also the most developed character in Kleypas's Wall Flower series, with her background garnering instant sympathy from the reader.
The hero, Sebatian St. Vincent, is a notorious rake out for nothing but his own pleasures. However his self-indulgence and selfishness takes a turn after his desperate financial situation forces him to agree to Evie's plan of a marriage of convenience. Ah, but don't feel pity for Evie, because the proposed marriage is her way out as well- for her marriage to St. Vincent will allow her to escape her over-bearing and abusive relatives. (Yep they're after her money in the most cold manipulative way!)
This is a classic historical romance at it's best and it's perfectly yummy. I picked this up at the library but I'm gonna have to buy it now because it's a keeper!
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