Willig, Lauren - THE TEMPTATION OF THE NIGHT JASMINE
THE TEMPTATION OF THE NIGHT JASMINE
Pink Carnation Series #5
Lauren Willig
Dutton
February 2009
ISBN: 978-0-525-95096-7
Historical Romance

Robert, Duke of Dovedale, comes home to England after twelve years abroad. Robert has not come home to take up his ducal responsibilities, but to seek revenge for the murder of his mentor at the Battle of Assaye in central India in 1803. Robert will pursue his quarry, Arthur Wrothan, to the ends of the earth, and to Hell itself--that is, the infamous Hellfire Club. Robert must infiltrate this unholy secret society of pleasure and confront Wrothan and bring him to justice, but little does he expect to be waylaid by the lovely Charlotte Landsdowne, the madness of King George, and the French spy whose presence is marked by the fragrant scent of night jasmine...

Charlotte Lansdowne once considered the young fifteen year old Robert her knight in shining armor who slayed her dragons and helped her hunt for unicorns in the estate gardens. He had made the period of mourning after her father's death bearable to a bookish, sensitive girl of nine. Now twelve years later, Robert was her hero, a hero from a romance, who seemed to find her desirable and one who still wanted to help her find those mythical beasts. Then, suddenly, Robert changes, and denies the magic and delight they shared in each other's presence. He begins to run with a wild set, and Charlotte must face reality and accept that her days with Robert were an illusion...so she plunges into her duty as one of the Queen's ladies in waiting and in doing so, she uncovers a hellish plot against King George that somehow concerns Robert's own investigation. While working together to unmask the villains and save the King, Charlotte learns the truth about Robert's deception...and if they survive the ordeal to rescue the King, they just might find the way back to each other.

Meanwhile, back in the 21st century, American graduate student Eloise Kelly is continuing her research on spies of the 18th and 19th centuries for her Ph.D. dissertation. Her romance with Colin Selwick, a descendant of one of the spies she's been researching, is heating up. She's staying with him at his ancestral home with full access to his family's archives. Things are blissfully perfect until an overheard snatch of conversation in the local pub's loo, sets Eloise to investigating a subject she's beginning to know intimately--Colin.

Oh, my, THE TEMPTATION OF THE NIGHT JASMINE is absolutely awesome! I loved every word of this delicious, mostly historical, part contemporary romance, part adventure novel. The characters, romance, history, action and adventure, and most of all the wonderful writing, makes THE TEMPTATION OF THE NIGHT JASMINE a superior and definite page-turning reading experience. After a long reading slump, THE TEMPTATION OF THE NIGHT JASMINE brought back the magic of reading and for a few days, I couldn't put it down...I love the back and forth from the Regency period to the contemporary, and can not wait to find out how Eloise's and Colin's romance turns out in the next installment! THE TEMPTATION OF THE NIGHT JASMINE is the fifth book in Lauren Willig's Pink Carnation series...if you are a lover of Regency history and enjoy England in the 19th and 21st centuries, then this series is what you have been waiting for!! For more information about the series and a special Selwick Christmas story, visit Lauren Willig's website at http://laurenwillig.com.

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Reveiwed by Debora Hosey
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