I LOVE Beloved Scoundrel, I've read it a millions times, and it's just as interesting as if it were the first time I read it. This book made me an Iris Johansen fan, and now I'm looking for some of her other works. It's not in anyway boring, I couldn't put this book down. Her characters were so believable, I loved Jordan his determination to avoid the heroine, but yet he's helpless but to fall in love with her, and I loved Marianna's determination and strength. She goes to all lengths to keep her family's greatest secret, even though she knows that it very well may destroy the bond she's built with Jordan. The thing I liked the most was, that despite succumbing to Jordan seduction, she never took her eye of what was important, keeping the Jedelar's secret, and keeping Alex, her only relative left safe. Jordan though a serious womanizer, and uses his experience to intimidate Marianna, he still lives by a certain code of honor. And I think it was believable the 3 year long wait, Johansen paints that image perfectly, and doesn't drag out the 3 years so you don't even notice it really except that the fact that Jordan can no longer deny his feelings for her because he can't hide behind the fact that she was too young and balancing between half-woman/half-child. Excellent twists and turns, some shockers I didn't seem coming. And it was interesting to get inside Jordan's head, and see who was the man behind all that cynicism.
I'm very picky when it comes to the books, I read or buy, and I have little patience for stupid or boring books, and this is NOT one! I have all my friends read this book, I would highly recommend to anyone who likes romance, and strong complex characters who have depth

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An easy read, but not very captivating.

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This book is very difficult for me to review because I loved the beginning and the end but I hated the middle. I loved all the side characters and I thought Jordan was very consistent. I have to say though that shoving diamonds inside girls no matter how big the diamonds are is just not sexy.

The problem I have is with Marianna's seduction. I couldn't buy that she would have given up so easily after his betrayal and not gone after her brother. It was very out of character. And the reasons Johansen gave were very filmsy. He also didn't only betray her once but it was repeatedly and she seemed too quick to forgive.

But again, the end kind of comes together nicely. So I guess I would recommend this book if you had some time on your hands. But I wouldn't necessarily spend money or credit on it.

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I throughly enjoyed this book, I really appreciate the strong lead females that Iris Johansen portrays, even in this time period when it wasn't in vogue. She seems to have a knack of also creating great leading men roles as well.

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From nationally bestselling Iris Johansen comes a thrilling tale of abduction, seducation, and surrender that sweeps from the shimmering halls of Regency England to the decadent haunts of a notorious rogue.

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