Lady Calliope Manning is determined to punish the man she holds responsible for her beloved brother’s death. She will do anything in her power to destroy him. When rumors swirl that the Earl of Sinclair requires a wealthy bride to rescue himself from dire financial straits, she seizes the opportunity to ruin him at last.Justin “Sin” Vaughn, Earl of Sinclair, needs to marry an heiress, and he … and he needs to marry one now. But the sudden, anonymous publication of salacious memoirs rumored to be his obliterates his chances. With polite society convinced he is a murderer, he has only one choice: find the person behind his supposed memoirs and get his revenge.
Callie never expected Lord Sinclair to discover she wrote Confessions of a Sinful Earl. Or to abduct her and demand restitution in the form of her own hand in marriage. She definitely did not expect to find him so difficult to resist…
Sin is about to teach the beautiful, perfidious Lady Callie a lesson in ruthlessness. One scorching-hot kiss at a time.
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I love the love and hate romance stories and this is one of the best! Lady Calliope blames the Earl If Sinclair aka Sin for her brother’s death and she’s set out to ruin him anonymously in the press. The book starts out action packed as Lord Sin kidnaps and the story never slows down. This is a great story of two people who hate each other and find themselves immediately attracted to one another and the sparks start to fly. Love the witty banter between these two as the fiery passion consumes them. Callie begins to see a whole new side of Sin, but can she trust him? Sin’s life has been turn upside down first by his wife and now Callie with ruining his chances at a life, but can he trust her with his heart and soul or will she destroy him? An excellent story I loved and I voluntarily wrote a review.
SPOILER ALERT Disclaimer! Stop reading if you haven’t read the book!
Lady Calliope is an author hell-bent on revenge. She mistakenly believes Lord Sinclair murdered her brother and his wife after discovering their illicit affair. Callie weaponizes her pen, writing a serial publication that clearly paints Sin as a lecherous murderer. This is turn ruins him and causes his fiancée to cry off. He is now destitute with nothing to lose.
Callie is beautiful, intelligent, impulsive, infuriating and stubborn. Even when hit over the head with evidence of Sin’s innocence, she doesn’t want to admit she was wrong. She clings to her cruel and unfair convictions.
Sin is alluring, stoic, gentlemanly, generous, and selfless. In the face of utter ruin, he doesn’t resort to complete cruelty. He is innocent of all charges that Callie accuses him of. He kidnaps her in order to force her marry him and rectify the grievous injustice she has heaped on him. He needs her dowry because there are helpless people who depend on him. That’s the least she owes him, for all the damage she’s done!
Was kidnapping Callie wrong? Yes, but I felt very little sympathy for Callie. What she did was so horrible and so cruel, she was far from redeemable in my eyes. She let a lot of terrible things spew from her lips and her pen! She finally apologized, but it was very late. Sin is a saint (haha), because he is a much more forgiving person than I could ever be. Callie got the better deal, a man with a big heart who could find a way to love her after EVERYTHING she did!
But the ending of the book! It was delicious and it saved the story for me. Callie does find a way to rectify the damage and there is a HEA. Callie infuriated me. She was so self-righteous and single-minded. She finally displays the contrition she should have shown much earlier. Also, this book it HOT!
Mrs. Scott has done it again! She is the queen of writing exasperating heroines I love to loathe.