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Book to Buy: Lady Beware

I’ve never read anything by Jo Beverley. Or have I… Wait, I think I have. It had a red cover and I think it was called The Rogue. And the hero was named Dare. Or I’m getting her confused with Mary Jo Putney. Damn these series books.

For generations, the Cave family has been marked by scandal, madness, and violence. But after earning a reputation for bravery in the army, Horatio Cave, the new Viscount Darien, has come home to charm London society and restore the family name. He means to start with the lovely Lady Thea Debenham.

The magnetism between them is immediate— and enraptured Thea knows this is no innocent flirtation. But can she trust the dark, sexy “Vile Viscount”? Even if she can convince herself, she may not be able to convince her family, particularly her brother Dare—the most dashing member of the Company of Rogues— that Horatio does not deserve the cursed Cave reputation…

Man, I hope this book isn’t filled with in-jokes about the series and I’d be able to get it even though I’ve never read the preceding books. I just like the cover. It’s pretty. Sure, she looks like she’s got a really bad migraine and I’m just itching to run a brush through her hair— I bet it’d cackle like crazy with static electricity —but damn… I just really like the colors. Royal red and gold… and oh, my! Is that a hint of violet on the horizon there? Yes, it is! How exciting! Wow, I should so reduce my Benadryl intake.

P.S. I don’t think “Vile Viscount” is a good nickname, even though it alliterates and stuff. It just doesn’t go with “dark” and “sexy”. Maybe “dark”, but not so much sexy. Maybe his less than erudite friends called him “Vomitous Viscount” behind his back. Man, those guys are dicks. Or, you know, maybe he got busy and stuff with the ladies while he was out fighting wars and his nickname was the “Venereal Viscount”. Hawt.

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7 Responses to “Book to Buy: Lady Beware”

  1. Katie Ann
    Posted: Apr 25th, 2007 at 6:38 pm
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    I’ve read “My Lady Notorious” by Jo Beverly, which was fun. This sounds really tempting, even if it is mid-series.

  2. Meljean
    Posted: Apr 25th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
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    Purty cover.

    I’m also very tempted. I recently read one … uh…uh… something Magic, I forget the name of it even though I remember the story really well, and was recommended (very highly) MY LADY NOTORIOUS, which I have on Mt. TBR.

  3. web
    Posted: Apr 25th, 2007 at 7:58 pm
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    To Rescue a Rogue had a hero named Dare. last of the official rogue books, though this one is a spin-off. Jo Beverley is terrific - try Forbidden for something out of the ordinary.

  4. bam
    Posted: Apr 25th, 2007 at 10:07 pm
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    I have the following Jo Beverly books in my possession: My Lady Notorious, Secrets of the Night, Something Wicked, and Tempting Fortune. I should really read these and see if they’re any good. Especially since my Novella class is turning out to be wicked boring.

  5. tumperkin
    Posted: Apr 26th, 2007 at 3:40 am
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    The Vile Viscount? I don’t think I know him…. Oh wait - does he hang out with the Dire Duke, the Minging Marquess and the Eewww Earl? I keep telling those guys to get themselves some better adjectives; take a look at a thesaurus. Man, you can’t tell these alliterative aristocrats anything. Apart from the Cutey-pie Count, that is. He’s such a sweetie!

  6. shuzluva
    Posted: Apr 26th, 2007 at 5:43 am
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    I remember reading My Lady Notorious and Something Wicked, but honestly it was so long ago that if you pressed me for plot points I’d be at a loss. What I do remember was that the books were extremely enjoyable.

  7. bam
    Posted: Apr 30th, 2007 at 7:57 am
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    I have both of those books on my TBR, shuz. I’ll have to check them out.

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