"Fantastic sequel to THE CAPTAIN OF ALL PLEASURES."

Grant Sutherland journeys to Oceania to find Victoria Dearbourne, fulfilling a promise made to a frail old man. He will find his granddaughter, protect her with his life and bring her safely home. If his journey is successful, he'll claim Belmont Court, Victoria's ancestral home, as his own. A man of great courage and integrity, Grant is all about control. His life is planned out in detail - return Victoria, earn Belmont Court and restore it to its former glory and search for a placid, English bride of impeccable manners. But one look at the beautiful, tempting, strong, fiercely independent, amazing Victoria and his control starts to shatter. Obedient and ladylike she is not. Her charm, intelligence and humor make Grant feel alive. It's a dangerously frightening feeling for a man so good at restraint.

Victoria loves her freedom and even more so as Grant tries to convince her to leave her island home. But she sees a man hungering for more; a man simmering on the inside; a man yearning to live and laugh again. Tory stirs Grant's emotions to a dangerous degree. She's used to getting what she wants and she wants Grant. As Grant struggles to control his unbound passion, Tori discovers her greatest desires.

What Rembrandt did to paint on canvas, Kresley Cole does to words on a printed page. THE PRICE OF PLEASURE is a masterpiece; a breathtaking romantic adventure of the heart. We're gifted with this extraordinarily exquisite sequel to THE CAPTAIN OF ALL PLEASURES, the Sutherland's #1 adventure and a 2003 RT Reviewer's Choice Award winner. Stories as wonderful as these don't come along often enough in a reader's life, so buy them and savor each and every word. The Sutherland brothers are rare treasures. Take these journeys of a lifetime. You'll be glad you did.

Reviewed by Suzanne Tucker
Posted June 4, 2004

Summary

A man noted for his courage and integrity, Captain Grant Sutherland journeys to Oceania to find Victoria Dearbourne, an English girl lost at sea a decade before. He's given her ailing grandfather his word—as a gentleman—to find and protect her. But one look at a grown Victoria and Grant has never felt less like one.

Tori relishes freedom, untamed passion, and spontaneity above stifling order. Even more so when a proud, cold British captain arrives to rescue her, though she has no wish to be. As Grant tries to convince her to leave her island home, she begins to see in him a man hungering for more. A man who once laughed. A man who desires her but won't take what she offers.

Grant struggles to control his own savage passions—and fails, Tori must decide what she wants more—her unfettered independence or the only man who could tame her wild heart....