Title: Wicked Intentions (Maiden Lane #1)
Author: Elizabeth Hoyt
Publisher: Grand Central 2010
Genre: Romance
Pages: 401
Rating: 5/5 stars
Reading Challenges: UnRead Shelf Project; Perpetual - NPR Romance
A MAN CONTROLLED BY HIS DESIRES . . .
Infamous for his wild, sensual needs, Lazarus Huntington, Lord Caire, is searching for a savage killer in St. Giles, London's most notorious slum. Widowed Temperance Dews knows St. Giles like the back of her hand-she's spent a lifetime caring for its inhabitants at the foundling home her family established. Now that home is at risk . . .
A WOMAN HAUNTED BY HER PAST . . .
Caire makes a simple offer-in return for Temperance's help navigating the perilous alleys of St. Giles, he will introduce her to London's high society so that she can find a benefactor for the home. But Temperance may not be the innocent she seems, and what begins as cold calculation soon falls prey to a passion that neither can control-one that may well destroy them both.
A BARGAIN NEITHER COULD REFUSE
I absolutely devoured this one! I was looking to start a new romance series, and noticed that I had the first two Maiden Lane books just sitting on my shelf. I picked it up and didn’t stop. I fell head over heels for Lazarus and Temperance. I immediately wanted to know so much about each of the characters. I was intrigued by the murder mystery and hoped that things would resolve themselves. Beyond the murder, I needed to see Temperance and Lazarus realize their feelings for one another. This book had just right moments of tension and sexual frustration. I was here for everything. I cannot wait to read the next one in the series.
Maiden Lane
#1 Wicked Intentions
#2 Notorious Pleasures
#3 Scandalous Desires
#4 Thief of Shadows
#5 Lord of Darkness
#6 Duke of Midnight
#7 Darling Beast
#8 Dearest Rogue
#9 Sweetest Scoundrel
#10 Duke of Sin
#10.5 Once Upon a Moonlit Night
#10.7 Once Upon a Christmas Eve
#11 Duke of Pleasure
#12 Duke of Desire
#12.5 Once Upon a Maiden Lane
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