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"Sexually explosive with great characters and plot."
Reviewed by Shayne Sawyer
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted June 20, 2003

Jeremy Adair North, the Marquess of Wolverton, known by his friends as Dare and his lovers as the Prince of Pleasure, discovers the woman he once loved is currently acting in a play at the Drury Lane Theatre. As he stares at the playbill, he realizes the love he feels Read more...

"entertaining espionage romance"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted June 24, 2003

In 1807, French émigré Julienne "Jewel" Laurent and Jeremy "Dare" Adair fall in love. Though his grandfather objects to the match, Dare plans to elope. Instead she rejects his proposal insisting that Lord Riddington is her lover. Jeremy leaves in anger that his grandfather was right about Read more...

Nicole Jordan returns with the fifth and final book of her sizzling Notorious Series, about Dare North, the outrageously wicked Marquess of Wolverton. To unmask a deadly traitor, Dare plays a provocative game of seduction with the dazzling actress who once broke his heart. But when he publicly vows to have Julienne as his mistress, she responds to his challenge with a vow of her own: to bring the Prince of Pleasure to his arrogant knees.

The incomparable Nicole Jordan weaves a seductive tale of passion and betrayal, intrigue and destiny, in her most devastatingly delicious love story yet...

Summary

He is England's most notorious rake. Known as Dare to his friends, the wicked, outrageously charming Marquess of Wolverton is a consummate pleasure-seeker. But the seductive lifestyle is just his way of burying painful memories of the dazzling actress who once shattered his heart. When treachery threatens the crown, Dare resolves to use his former beloved to help unmask a deadly traitor.

Forced to betray the only man she ever loved, Julienne wants simply to forget the tender passion they had known as young lovers. But when Dare publicly vows to have her as his mistress, she responds to his challenge with a vow of her own: to bring the Prince of Pleasure to his arrogant knees.

As romantic adversaries, they play a provocative game of seduction. As patriotic allies, they embark on a perilous mission rife with danger and desire. And as their unforgettable passion rekindles, together they discover what Dare has long denied—that true love is the greatest pleasure of all.