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| Original Title: | Devil's Cub |
| ISBN: | 0099465833 (ISBN13: 9780099465836) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Alastair-Audley Tetralogy #2 |
| Characters: | Mary Challoner, Dominic Alistair, Marquis of Vidal |
| Literary Awards: | Romance Readers Anonymous (RRA) Award (1995) |
Georgette Heyer
Paperback | Pages: 288 pages Rating: 4.21 | 12911 Users | 991 Reviews
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| Title | : | Devil's Cub (Alastair-Audley Tetralogy #2) |
| Author | : | Georgette Heyer |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 288 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 2004 by Arrow (first published 1932) |
| Categories | : | Romance. Historical. Historical Fiction. Historical Romance. Regency. Fiction. Regency Romance |
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Dominic Alistair, Marquis of Vidal and fiery son of the notorious Duke of Avon, has established a rakish reputation that rivals his father's, living a life of excess and indulgence. He is a bad lot a rake and seducer, reckless, heedless, and possessed of a murderous temper. He is known by friend and foe alike as the "Devil's Cub." Yet as the handsome and wealthy heir to a Dukedom, he is considered a good prospect on the marriage market. Vidal currently has his eye on the young, lovely, and unintelligent Sophia Challoner, and Sophia's greedy mother is more than happy to encourage his dubious attentions. Banished to the Continent after wounding his opponent in a duel, Vidal decides to abduct the silly aristocrat bent on seducing him into marriage and make her his mistress instead. In his rush, however, he seems to have taken the wrong woman?Intelligent, practical Mary Challoner knew wicked Vidal, wouldn't marry her sister, despite her mother's matchmaking schemes. So Mary coolly prepared to protect her naive sister by deceiving Vidal. Substituting herself for her young sister, she certainly hadn't expected the nobleman to kidnap and take her to France. She had little notion he would grimly hold her to her part of the bargain. Now he had left her, and she was alone, a stranger in a strange land, prey to the intrigues of glittering, heartless, 18th century Paris. Only one person could rescue her--the Marquis himself. But how could she ever trust this man? How could she even hope to overcome the contempt in which he held her? And how could even the sudden flowering of her love ever bridge the terrible gap between them?
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Ratings: 4.21 From 12911 Users | 991 ReviewsAssess Appertaining To Books Devil's Cub (Alastair-Audley Tetralogy #2)
Okay, this isn't my favorite Heyer mainly due to the fact that I'm not highly enthused by anything that takes place in France about 20 years prior to the French Revolution (1789). I'm constantly distracted by the thought, "Laugh it up, chuckleheads, it'll be off with your motherfuckin' heads soon enough." Foreknowledge kills some of my enjoyment. While this book is awesome, I'd recommend going with one of Heyer's Regency novels. For instance, Frederica, Sylvester or Arabella. Or The Corinthian.2019STILL IN LOVVEEEEEEE2018Have you ever watched someone's favorite movie with them, and they just sit there quoting along? That is the internal dialogue that goes through my head when I read this one. I think I know every look and word by heart. Then I re-read it and find a hidden pause, a different context to the quote I thought I knew, a lost smile. My heart melts. I'm in love all over again.
Within two pages of meeting Mary she makes fun of both her mother and her suitor, and I knew right away I was going to like this girl. After telling her suitor that the color he is wearing, puce, does not become him, he continues nevertheless to flatter her with favorable comparisons to her sister:"In my eyes," declared Joshua, "you are the prettier."Miss Challoner seemed to consider this. "Yes?" she said interestedly. "But then, you chose puce." She shook her head, and it was apparent she set
Written November 9, 20144 1/2 Stars - Magnificently adventurous, fun and romantic in a still strong 1930's 'Pre-Regency'Devil's Cub is an quite old romance novel from 1932 by Georgette Heyer. Mrs Heyer is an British classic author that I completely missed in my earlier reading-life. I'm so glad i "found" her at last. - From a recommendation and help from Sofia of course. ~ Thanks dear!~ This ended in a very fun last-minute weekend "buddy-read & buddy-listening" with my always so sweet
Thank goodness for Mary Challoner. Not my favorite Heyer heroine by any means, but at least she's a semi-normal, sympathetic human being. Otherwise this would've been a dnf as I hated every single other character. Especially Leonie, God, I cringed every time she was on the page. She and her husband were so awful that it almost made me forgive Vidal for being such an asshole, which I guess was necessary for the romance to work.
This was my first book of Georgette Heyer and I wanted to read for so long time. I'm glad that I did. Years ago, a friend of mine told me that her books are boring :)Because of her commend, I was little bit reluctant about author's books. Fortunatelly, I like books of Miranda Davis and her reviews, and most importantly I trust her book taste. After I read her a few fabolous reviews about Ms. Heyer, her books became must read. So here I'm, very happy and very satisfied.What I like most this book
Reread:I'm not going to change my rating but I don't think I loved this as much the second time around. I think in the last five years I've become more sensitive to abusive/controlling behaviors and Vidal had too many qualities that now are red flags to me. Also (and maybe this is because I've been reading a lot of slow burn romances lately), the love felt a little insta to me. I think what I liked about this the first time (so soon after reading These Old Shades), was the presence of so much of
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