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Memikat Hati Sang Marquis (2011)

by Amelia Grey(Favorite Author)

3.36 of 5 Votes: 1

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English

genre

Romance

publisher

Dastan

series

The Rogues' Dynasty

review 1: I remember clearly thinking at the end of A Duke to Die For that I couldn't wait to read about his cousin Race's romantic exploits. I didn't expect for him to fall for a widowed young Duchess who accused his family of stealing precious pearls!Our first introduction to Susannah speaks a lot in her favor. She's not offended that Race didn't rush to her side during his party--she admits she arrived without first alerting him to her arrival and was content to let him come to her when he could get away from his guests. Then also she goes on to admit that they had not been formally introduced, she understood his surprise that she is so young and oh yes by the way she wants the pearls that were stolen from her grandmother please. The conversation is actually fairly civil as a... morell things go, but both parties are left frustrated.What proceeds is a lot of misunderstandings, miscommunications, sneaky relatives and shady going-ons in both of their families' pasts. Unlike in A Duke to Die For no one is out to kill anyone else. Everybody wants the Pearls however--included the Prince Regent--and some...deplorable means are used to obtain those goals. I applaud the fact that neither Race nor Susannah acts badly during the course of the investigation. Race still acts the gentleman, despite his misgivings about Susannah's claims and Susannah acts the Duchess she (albeit briefly) is.Unfortunately its after the Pearls are stolen that I grew uneasy with Race and Susannah. They are on intimate terms at this point, quite taken with each other and have shared quite a bit of themselves, but that seems almost erased when Race finds the Pearls missing. His first thought is that Susannah stole them! Their behavior becomes quite atrocious at this point as they both want to nurse their injured hearts and then...'Oh well I knew you couldn't have done it!' and they are made up again! Only to have things torn asunder, briefly, near the end because of another misunderstanding.The solution Race finally lands upon is the one I was thinking they should have done since their first time in bed. It seemed so patently clear that that's what should have happened. Then again we wouldn't have had a novel if the solution was found that quickly.The appearance of Race's cousin Blake and his wife Henrietta (from A Duke to Die For) is a nice addition and certainly made me smile. We also learned more about the other cousin, Morgan, who's book An Earl to Enchant is due out in April of this year. All in all this was a good second book in the trilogy, only with less suspense and more romance.
review 2: Susannah demands Race return the priceless pearls that were stolen from her family years ago. But Race won't budge. There's no way he's handing over his Grandmother's pearl necklace to anyone...A Marquis to Marry was full of intrigue, suspense and a wonderful romance. On first meeting Susannah and Race detest each other - but also are very attracted to on another, that always makes for a good story. Ms. Grey is a wonderful storyteller. This the second book in The Rogue's Dynasty series. It's the only one it the series I've read but, as far as I can tell it can be read as a stand alone. less

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