Berkley Sensation
Featuring: Miss Anna Ward; Viscount Maximilian Dane
ISBN: 0425258033 EAN: 9780425258033 Kindle: B008EXJYU2 Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
twoNewly named Viscount, Maximilian Dane, is drunk. He's
mourning his brother's death. He meets Anna Rees, the
daughter of a woman who operates in the demimonde. No one
knows who her father is or even her birth date. Anna, has
been kept from the society with which her mother surrounds
herself, resulting in a shy young woman who is highly
educated but has no social skills.
She meets the Viscount when he gets turned around looking
for a bedroom. They spend several hours conversing until he
falls asleep. Vowing to keep in touch, it will be four
years before they meet again.
Anna has discovered the probable identity of her father and
seeks to make her escape from her manipulative mother.
Along with her companion, Mrs. Culpepper, she travels to
meet her newly discovered family. On her arrival at
Caldwell Manor, she meets not only her half brother but Max
Dane.
Viscount Dane has never forgotten the young woman who he
spent those hours talking with. They told each other things
that had never been said to others. He resents Anna because
she turned him away when he tried to see her again. He is
prepared to expose her for the conniving witch he believes
her to be; until he meets her again. After Anna denies all
knowledge of her mother's manipulations, the attraction
between the two of them blooms again. Anna never expected
to find such acceptance from her father's legitimate family
and she relaxes in their company until her mother appears in
the village.
When Mrs. Wrayburn, Anna's mother, tries to put a spike in
Anna's plans to lease a small cottage and live quietly near
Mrs. Culpepper and her sister, Max's will take steps to
remove Anna from her mother permanently.
Ms. Johnson's books are favorites of mine because they are
more like the traditional regency genre. There are long
periods of conversation and the characters get to know each
other before any sexual intimacy takes place. She is a
master storyteller and I always enjoy her stories.
PRACTICALLY WICKED
is particularly entertaining with the byplay between Max
and Anna.
For some, virtue is a vice As the
illegitimate daughter of a scandalous woman, Miss Anna Ward
is almost as well known for having been raised in the
hedonistic demimonde as she is for her quiet nature.
Anna longs to leave behind her mother’s world of
courtesans…until she unexpectedly meets the handsome,
charming and decidedly wicked Lord Dane. If only she
could convince him to join her in search of respectability.
. . For him, vice is a
virtue
Viscount Maximilian Dane is perfectly
content being a rake. After years of obeying the
dictates of proper society--with disastrous results--he
stopped following the ton’s ridiculous rules, and he sees no
reason to begin courting respectability anew. Except
that it may be the only way for him to win the lovely and
fascinating Miss Anna Rees—if only he could convince her
that the grass is greener on the wicked side of the fence. . .
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