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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