In Victorian England vice of every kind can be purchased, and Matthew, the Earl of Wallingford, makes certain he avails himself of every possible pleasure. Bored and jaded, he is as well-known for his coldness as for his licentious affairs with beautiful women.While these dalliances fulfill Matthew’s every physical need, they secretly leave him numb and emotionally void. Until one night when he … when he finds himself beaten, eyes bandaged and in the care of a nurse with the voice of an angel–and a gentle touch that soothes the darkness in him and makes him yearn for more.
Yet Jane Rankin is a lowly nurse, considered shy and plain by most. There is no place for her amongst the lords and ladies of the aristocracy–despite Matthew’s growing craving for the fire that burns behind her earnest facade. And then there is Matthew’s secret. A secret so humiliating and scandalous it could destroy everyone he loves. A sin, he fears, not even the love of a good woman can take away…
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I picked up Sinful for a single purpose. I was actively looking for cheating. Blame PMS…it happens. If you browse Sinful’s reviews you’ll see it has some pretty low ratings, mostly because of the hero being a spoiled, cheating brute or something along those lines.
But that is exactly what I wanted.
However, the ‘cheating’ is not the type of …
I’ll confess that I read many of the other reviews for this work before purchasing, so I approached it with a degree of skepticism.
In spite of that, I still loved it – not in spite of the darkness and ugly exchanges between the characters, but BECAUSE of them.
Matthew and Jane are damaged people. As such, they have very real flaws, and these …