Another Reason to Love Elizabeth Hoyt

I recently read the upcoming novel TO SEDUCE A SINNER by Elizabeth Hoyt. Second book in her Legends of the Four Soldiers series, I was expecting another story about a marriage of convenience. What I got was so much more.

The story seems simple: After Lord Vale gets dumped at the altar, he is propositioned by Melisande, who has loved him for years. She offers to marry him, thus rescuing his reputation and giving her what she wanted: him.

However, as the two get to know each other and learn about one another, their expectations change. Each one was expecting a marriage of politeness and possibly children, but little more. As they spend time together, however, Lord Vale begins to see the woman behind the plain facade.

Melisande loves him, but she vowed never to let him know. However, at night, she can't help but show him how she feels by seducing him (very creatively, I might add).

What got me about this book was that the romance was incredibly believable. Unlike in many books, where the relationship seems to grow in leaps and bounds, each scene between the two characters gradually moved their love for each other forward. I was touched, I laughed and I completely fell into the story.

TO SEDUCE A SINNER comes out November 25, and to find out more about Ms. Hoyt, check out the RT podcast.

Nicole