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    Reckless

    By Shannon Drake

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    From elite London society to the golden sands of Egypt and the sacred places of the heart

    When Kat Adair plunges into the waves to rescue a drowning man, it is just the beginning of an odyssey that will sweep the fisherman's daughter into danger and desire. Convinced she is in love with the man she saved, Egyptologist David Turnberry, she feigns amnesia, thus enabling her to linger among the highborn. Hunter MacDonald, rugged archaeologist, is wise to her little charade  and determined to protect his best friend.

    Undaunted, Kat stows away on the ship carrying David and Hunter's expedition party to the land of the pharaoh. Scandal ensues, and Hunter vows the only way to curtail this confounding woman's schemes is to marry her. Inevitably, in the sultry heat of the desert, passions ignite. But as the secrets of the ancient tombs are revealed, terrible danger unfolds, and Kat must trust the one man willing to risk everything to save her from doom.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarlequin HQN
    Release dateNov 15, 2012
    ISBN9781460308301
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    Shannon Drake

    Shannon Drake is a pen name for New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Heather Graham, who also writes under the pen name of Heather Graham Pozzessere.

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    • 4/5
      Reckless (book 2 - due out in August) is different and I wondered if I should wait a while before I read it and maybe I should have. It is a different book, about Rohan and Elinor's son, Adrian and it is set in England in 1804. Adrian isn't quite a wicked or delicious as Rohan - whereas most of my enjoyment of Ruthless came from Rohan, Reckless was enjoyable in an entirely different way and I 'shared' my love with both protagonists. The dialogue between Charlotte and Adrian was delightful, sharp, biting and double edged. I liked that it wasn't the same book with different leads and a different name. I liked that it took place over a shorter time frame. Also, because Adrian wasn't quite as wicked as Rohan had been, I didn't have any trouble with the the ending at all so it was a more consistent read for me in that respect. (But I still liked Rohan better) There is a secondary romance in Reckless that could have been a book in itself and I was a bit disapointed not to have more of it. I was really interested in Evangelina and Simon's story. Also, there were a couple of questions I had about how the family got back to England and a new title that the original Rohan had picked up that didn't seem to be answered and which bothered me a little - because I'm like that. I gave Reckless a B . Really good, but not quite as good at Ruthless.
    • 4/5
      I liked it but it just didn't quite convince me of the growing love rather than lust that the two main characters had for each other. The two were well drawn, Charlotte Spenser, considered a spinster by all, who fancied Adrian Rohan from afar, who is brought to a decadent orgy by her best friend, with whom she lives and ends up having a couple of days of lustful sex with Adrian.Adrian who is a rake and convinced that there will be no settling down for him. Fancied her but never thought that he would be able to satisfy himself with her until opportunity presented itself.I must admit that I was more interested and more convinced by Lina and Simon's romance.Readable, interesting but didn't wow me.
    • 4/5
      Reckless is the second book in the House of Rohan series. I just gobbled up the first book of the series. And Reckless features the son of Rohan and Elinor…Adrian. Now the first book does take place in Paris, but the family has moved to England. I first want to mention how fantastic this book is. I don’t know why I took so long to get to book two, but Adrian’s book was wonderful. I will say that this author’s writing style is unique from most Victorian era authors….it definitely has a higher level of steam and more sensual.Our delightful story begins with the setting of a house party in the countryside where the group of Heavenly Hosts meet. Now we were first introduced to the depravity and focus of sexual encounters in the first book. Our heroine, Charlotte, has been captivated by Adrian Rohan for years. But her cousin is attending the Heavenly Hosts party, and Charlotte is curious. She doesn’t necessarily want to participate but she wants to observe. When she arrives to the party however, her cousin Lina soon leaves her to her own devices when she is called away. Charlotte ends up wandering the grounds and caught up in a passionate two nights with Adrian of all men. He teaches her the pleasures of sex and she finds passion and desire. But even though they never plan on seeing each other again, fate has a way of getting in the way of best laid plans and love they neither of them expected to find. “You’ve been pinning for him these last three years, God knows why. Admittedly he’s gorgeous, but you’re hardly the type to be overset by simple beauty. Why?” Because he has sad eyes, she could have said. Because he tries so very hard to be bad, to be mean, to be cruel, and all you have to do is look past the studied ennui to see a hurt little boy trying to emerge. And yes, because he’s bloody gorgeous.”We also are introduced into a secondary love story, involving Charlotte’s cousin Lina and the local Vicar Simon. I was really intrigued with this set up. Lina had a really rough marriage and had bitter feelings toward Vicars. One of her closest friends is dying and Simon is being a bit too involved in her business. Sparks fly between these two. Simon doesn’t approve of Lina’s lifestyle in seekig sex everywhere she can find it even though he knows that she hates it and doesn’t find pleasure in intimacy. But she begins to feel desire for the first time in her life with a man so opposite from herself. “You’d be better served if you gave me a moment to regain my self-control and let me remove my boots. It’s the least a gentleman can do.” “And you’re such a gentleman.” “Not with you, love. But I’m trying.”These two stories were simply fantastic, and I was drawn completely into this book. I love the writing style of Anne Stuart, they just pull me in and the narrator for this series is SUPERB. Susan Erickson really brings this book to life and I love the way she narrates the sensuality and the vibrant emotions that speaks to the listener. I wasn’t sure what I was expecting when I picked up Reckless. I didn’t realize it was a different setting since I really liked the Parisian setting. However, this isn’t your average Victorian Era romance and Anne Stuart just adds such energy to her books and Reckless is no exception. I really had a blast with this book even if the heroine drove me nuts up the wall. She gets a bit violent against the hero (slapping him) when she is being a hypocrite in a certain situation. So I don’t approve of heroines slapping heroes….yes Adrian is a rake but she didn’t have much cause in slapping him. So whenever I see this in a romance it really drives me crazy and probably is the only aspect of the story that I didn’t like and keeps the story from being a five star rating.However, despite some of the heroines actions, I understand why she does it in some ways. She isn’t ready for the emotions that Adrian brings out in her including the desire she is feeling for him or the fact that she is loving having sex with Adrian. There is such a focus of being shamed by sex in society in this time period, so she really has to face up to some tough things for herself. We see such a close bond that Adrian and Charlotte have together. Even though Adrian isn’t the type to settle down and Charlotte knows it. When she suspects that she is pregnant despite the precuations that they take to prevent it, she doesn’t want to tell him at first. Of course, it hard to hide it from him and then the plot takes a new twist with Adrian’s cousin Etienne. Now Etienne is the most depraved human you can know and what a villain he was. From the beginning we see how truly evil his character is.I will say that I found Charlotte and Adrian and Lina and Simon’s stories were simply wonderful. I love how they just seem to work together and these stories just flow in and out of each other. I was really imressed with how this book was written and once again I have fallen madly in love with another book by Anne Stuart. This series is one I can’t wait to read more of, Reckless was vibrant and unique and packed with sensuality that makes the reader melt! A STORY TO DELIGHT IN
    • 2/5
      What can I say about a book where I enjoyed the secondary romance (between the courtesan and the parson) better than the lead?
    • 4/5
      While "Reckless" was unable to unseat "Ruthless" as my favorite Anne Stuart, it contained more of the technical brilliance and gothic entertainment I have come to expect from this author. Normally I would object to a series jumping generations and cheating me out of details about my old, familiar favorites, but the characters introduced in "Ruthless" were able to win my attention away from their predecessors. Charlotte and Adrian are compelling protagonists that, once again, take familiar romance novel tropes to a whole new level. There was one teapot hurling scene that will forever be one of my favorites, and finishing "Reckless" has made me anxious to move on to "Breathless."
    • 4/5
      Very entertaining romance, with a decent plot. I am really enjoying this author, her books are a step above the typical romance novel..they could also be considered historical mysteries as well. This novel has a love triangle somewhat similiar to Scarlett, Rhett and Ashley...but thankfully this one has a happy ending!