When freshly out of the Order's remote Scottish training
facility, new agent Jordan Lennox vows not to let his duties
to the Order eclipse the everyday enjoyment of the very
lives they are sworn to protect. He will not let it become
his only reason for living. When young Mara's clever wit and
beautiful form enthrall him at a country house party, he
longs to stay with her and learn if they can build a life
together. Unfortunately duty calls and he is swept away on
his first assignment within the intricacies of the highest
governments in Europe.
At seventeen, Mara is in an untenable situation. Her cruel
and disparaging mother wants a good marriage in the family,
regardless of the cost to Mara's happiness. In despair over
hearing nothing from Jordan despite his professed feelings,
she escapes her horrible home into a loveless union with a
Lord Pierson who wallows in dissipation as the years pass.
Twelve long years later, the war in Europe is over and
Jordan Lennox, Earl of Falconridge has returned to England,
still working for the Order. Mara Bryce, Lady Pierson is now
the widowed mother of two-year-old Thomas, the joy of her
life. When their eyes meet across the floor of Christie's
auction house, strong feelings flood back, but they have
more to do with anger than the love that once existed
between them.
Despite himself, Jordan softened toward Mara until rumors of
her liaison with the Prince Regent reached his ears. She has
not matured in the way he had hoped, she still seems a
careless flirt and not a woman who can be trusted with his
secrets, or those of the Order. When Mara's association with
Prinny brings her to the notice of the Prometheans, he is
ordered to use their previous connection to bring him into
the inner circle and foil their evil machinations.
Foley raises sensuality to new heights as she continues the
overarching storyline that ties the three books of the
Inferno Club series together, while exploring the
main love story between Mara and Jordan. The book's
historical setting is well-utilized, particularly the uproar
of protests and unrest following the end of the war.
Flashbacks to the house party where Jordan and Mara met
twelve years prior to the main story line are also handled
well, enriching the present-day encounters. The plot is
tightly written with intriguing twists and turns leading to
an amazing and thunderous conclusion. I particularly love
that all Gaelen Foley's heroines, no
matter how ladylike and untried some of them appear to be at
the start of the story end up as major players in the
conflicts with the Prometheans. MY IRRESISTIBLE EARL is book
three of the series, and I think the best yet.
The Inferno Club: In public, this scandalous society of
London aristocrats is notorious for pursuing all manner of
debauchery. But in private, they are warriors who would do
anything to protect king and country...
Once, she had vowed to marry the Earl of Falconridge. Now,
she vows to forget him. After he abandoned her for a life
shrouded in secrets, Mara, Lady Pierson, has succeeded in
keeping him away, until he appears in London unexpectedly,
making her fall in love all over again.
Forced back into Mara's life by duty, the early quickly
stays for love. He has never forgotten this passionate
beauty and never meant to break her heart. But their
newfound happiness is endangered -- because the Inferno Club
demands much of its members, and his vital mission is
exposing a deadly plot that could threaten their very lives.
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