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Book Review of Passions of a Wicked Earl (London's Greatest Lovers, Bk 1)

Passions of a Wicked Earl (London's Greatest Lovers, Bk 1)
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Much as I generally enjoy Lorraine Heath, I had trouble with this book. The hero was really unlikable and Heath had him involved with another woman for half the book (only part of it was he actually sleeping with her, but he was still very much involved.) I understood, to a degree, his motivation for being a cruel jackass, but it just seemed like there was a terrible imbalance - his years of philandering and imprisonment of his wife for her one supposed infidelity. And then Heath had the heroine, Claire, repeatedly apologize and blame herself. I suppose that you gave to allow for the period in which the book was set, but to me, I couldn't enjoy these two as a couple when I thought him a her and her a doormat.