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Slightly Tempted
First published 2004 · 399 pages
An elegant, emotionally rich Regency romance where a calculated game of revenge melts into genuine, sweeping devotion against the tense backdrop of a looming war.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like stepping into a glittering, high-stakes ballroom where every glance carries the weight of a secret. It unfolds at a steady, deliberate pace, allowing the reader to savor the delicious tension of a revenge plot slowly unraveling into genuine affection. The mood is sweeping and romantic, yet grounded by the looming historical shadow of the Battle of Waterloo, which adds a layer of poignant urgency to the courtship. The prose is elegant and emotionally astute, focusing deeply on the internal shifts of two fiercely independent people learning to drop their guards. It is a perfect match for readers who devour character-driven historical romances that balance sparkling society banter with profound, hard-won emotional intimacy.
- Mood
- sweeping
- tense
- opulent
- romantic
- Tone
- elegant
- emotionally astute
- romantic
- wry
- Pace
- steady
- Themes
- the futility of revenge · coming of age · vulnerability beneath bravado · family loyalty · forgiveness
- The writing
- Elegant, measured, and deeply focused on the internal emotional landscapes of the characters.
- The arc
- A journey from calculated manipulation and youthful defiance to genuine vulnerability and profound, hard-won devotion.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave character-driven historical romances where emotional intelligence and slow-burn intimacy take precedence over pure melodrama.
Content notes
- war/battle themes
- manipulation/revenge plot
About the book
Enter their dazzling world of high society and breathtaking seduction...where each will seek love, fight temptation, and court scandal...and where Morgan Bedwyn, the willful youngest daughter, discovers that true love is a temptation no woman can--or should--resist.
Young. Ravishing. Exquisitely marriageable. From the moment he spies Lady Morgan Bedwyn across the glittering ballroom, Gervase Ashford, Earl of Rosthorn, knows he has found the perfect instrument of his revenge. But wedlock is not on the mind of the continent's most notorious rake. Nor is it of interest to the fiercely independent Lady Morgan herself...until one night of shocking intimacy erupts in a scandal that could make Gervase's vengeance all the sweeter. There is only one thing standing in his way: Morgan, who has achieved the impossible--she's melted his coolly guarded heart. For Gervase, only the marriage bed will do, but Morgan simply will not have him. Thus begins a sizzling courtship where two wary hearts are about to be undone by the most scandalous passion of all: glorious, all-consuming love.
Description from Open Library.
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