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A Taste of Sin
377 pages
A steamy, spirited romp of mistaken identity and fiery passion set against the sweeping backdrop of the Scottish Highlands and English high society.
What it feels like
Reading this classic historical romance feels like indulging in a delightfully dramatic, steamy escape. The narrative moves at a brisk, engaging clip, sweeping the reader from the rugged Scottish Highlands to the glittering, scandalous ballrooms of England. It thrives on the delicious tension of secret identities and the fiery clash of wills between a spirited, determined heroine and a notoriously wicked rake. The prose is unapologetically heightened and sensory, leaning into the passionate melodrama and swoon-worthy declarations that define old-school romance. It is an atmosphere soaked in longing, playful deception, and eventual emotional surrender. Fans of classic historical romance will devour this spirited tale of a scorned bride taking back her agency and finding unexpected love.
- Mood
- steamy
- sweeping
- spirited
- Tone
- passionate
- dramatic
- playful
- romantic
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- reclaiming agency · secret identity · sexual awakening · duty versus desire · cultural clash
- The writing
- Heightened and sensory, leaning into the dramatic flair and steamy tension characteristic of classic historical romance.
- The arc
- Moves from calculated resentment and playful deception to intense, undeniable passion and emotional vulnerability.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love old-school, sweeping historical romances where fiery Highland heroines outwit notorious English rakes.
Content notes
- explicit sexual content
- deception
- mild historical sexism
About the book
Sin Trilogy #1 A Scottish bride meets her absent groom...
Come hell or high water, Lady Christy would have her long-awaited wedding night at last. But first she had to seduce the dashing rogue who has claimed her as bride -- in name only!
A SCORNED WIFE'S DUE
Lady Christy Macdonald had been ordered to marry St. John Thornton when she was a mere child. But her wedding day was the last time the spirited Scottish beauty had set eyes on her English bridegroom, who has become the notorious rake they call "Lord Sin." Now she is a woman, and under pressure to end her sham marriage in order to wed the Cameron chieftain. Yet fiery, independent Christy wants a new groom even less than she wanted the first. So she hatches a plan to secure an heir and deter a suitor by seducing the infamous "Sin."
A TASTE OF SINFUL PLEASURE
Dashing St. John--or "Sinjun" as he is known--never recognized the wild Scottish girl he'd married in the mysterious lovely lady who swept into his life, and into his bed, before vanishing without a trace. All the charming rogue knows is that he has never tasted lips so sweet or experienced a night so rapturously satisfying in all his years of shameless carousing. Married or no, Sinjun must track the lady down to have her again and for all time, his bride in distant Scotland be hanged! But he cannot imagine that the wife he abandoned--the one woman he never cared to know--is the one love he cannot live without!
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