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Taste of Temptation

Taste of Temptation, June 2010
Sensual Destiny #2
by Cheryl Holt

Berkley Sensation
Featuring: Tristan Odell; Helen Hamilton
384 pages
ISBN: 0425235149
EAN: 9780425235140
Paperback
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"Witty and funny with enough secrets and betrayal to keep you glued to the pages."

Fresh Fiction Review

Taste of Temptation
Cheryl Holt

Reviewed by Mandy Burns
Posted May 13, 2010

Romance Historical

Helen Hamilton and her sisters , Jane and Amelia, are tossed from their home forcing Helen to support them all. Helen's latest job interview is a complete disaster. As soon as Captain Odell lays eyes on Helen, he pushes her out the door, claiming she is not an appropriate governess for his 12-year-old sister, Rose. Desperate, Helen takes the advice of a courtesan to become a mistress. Helen interviews at a brothel with a heavy heart because her options have come down to selling her body. To her dismay, none other than Captain Odell walks through the door looking for a mistress. His anger at seeing Helen is confusing, but he quickly decides to hire her as Rose's governess. Captain Tristan Odell enjoys his life sailing the seven seas until he receives a letter from his dying father requesting that Tristan become guardian to his brother, Michael, the new earl, and his sister, Rose. Tristan doesn't take the request lightly and it proves to be challenging handling a randy 18-year-old earl who's unable to keep his hands off the maids. The only solution is to allow Michael weekly visits to a brothel, saving him from conspiring and inappropriate females attempting to secure marriage to a wealthy earl. Tristan's decision follows on the heels of tossing out the beautiful Helen Hamilton because of the temptation she invokes. But when Tristan finds Helen selling herself to save her own family, temptation be damned. TASTE OF TEMPTATION is classic Cheryl Holt, witty and funny with enough secrets and betrayal to keep you turning the pages. I never set the book down.

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SUMMARY

Destitute spinster Helen Hamilton finds herself at a brothel where she agrees to sell herself to a client of wealth and prestige. Tristan Odell buys her, but what he wants is a governess for his younger siblings. What he gets is so much more...


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