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After the Kiss

After the Kiss, July 2008
The Notorious Gentlemen #1
by Suzanne Enoch

Avon
Featuring: Sullivan Waring; Lady Isabel Chalsey
384 pages
ISBN: 0060843098
EAN: 9780060843090
Paperback
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"An absorbing romance that proves love can triumph over impossible odds."

Fresh Fiction Review

After the Kiss
Suzanne Enoch

Reviewed by Suan Wilson
Posted June 16, 2008

Romance Historical

Lady Isabel Chalsey is the perfect daughter in the perfect family with a high probability of a perfect future. That is until she interrupts a robbery in her home and the thief leaves her with a kiss. The next day Isabel discovers the identity of the man and she's intrigued. She loves to solve puzzles and this man is perplexing. Isabel blackmails him into teaching her to ride in order to study the man. He does not radiate danger. Instead, he teaches her to ride and lose her childhood fear of horses. His presence in her life shows her the truths that she always believed in are not true. Sullivan Waring, an aristocrat's unacknowledged son, is a respected horse breeder with an impeccable reputation. He returns home from war to find that his father has stolen and sold his late mother's paintings. Wanting justice and to inflame his father, Sullivan begins stealing the paintings. When a young woman blackmails him into riding lessons, Sullivan agrees and enjoys the game and challenge she presents. Unwillingly, he falls in love with her and for the first time resents being invisible to the aristocrats. Isabel faces her own conflicts as she confronts society dictates. Is she willing to give up everything for love? If she does, will she resent Sullivan in the future for all that she's lost? Sullivan believes she will and attempts to convince her she has no future with a thief. Ms. Enoch begins a new series with back-to-back stories in her Notorious Gentlemen trilogy. With expert development of her characters' emotional turmoil, Ms. Enoch delves into their desperation as they struggle with an intolerable choice.

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SUMMARY

A Notorious Gentleman . . .

Sullivan Waring wants only two things: his rightful inheritance, and revenge against the man who stole it from him. By day, Sullivan is the most respected horse breeder in England; by night, he plunders the ton's most opulent homes to reclaim his late mother's beautiful paintings. His quest is going swimmingly . . . until the night he's discovered by Lady Isabel Chalsey. Clad only in a revealing nightdress, she's an entrancingly different kind of plunder, and how can a thief resist stealing a kiss?

A Curious Lady . . .

Surprised by a masked man in her own home, Isabel should be quaking with fear. Instead the sight of the sinfully handsome Sullivan makes her tremble with excitement. Who is this man, and why is he so set on this reckless pursuit? Lady Isabel loves a challenge, and she'll dare anything to uncover Sullivan's secret—but she may instead convince him that she is the greatest prize of all.


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