Who would believe that an intellectual like Eliza would be seduced by a man of action? But Jasper cannot resist the challenge Eliza presents. Thief-taker Jasper Bond is too handsome and too dangerous for such a task. She needs a man to infiltrate her assemblage of suitors and find the culprit. Fortune hunters flock to her, and lately, someone is engineering “accidents” to propel her into the safety of marriage. There are disadvantages to being an heiress, as Eliza Martin knows. I find myself constantly searching for more, silently challenging the author to give me a reason to keep the book open, to ignore the push of real life and remain lost in their fictional world.Īnd while charming, shocking, seducing or even scaring a reader into maintaining interest has a place in commercial fiction, as a reading-writer, I expect more, and Sylvia Day's PRIDE AND PLEASURE delivered. I can no longer slide blithely through redundant description, dawdling action or blah characterization. After studying the writing craft for over a decade now, I’d have to honestly say, I’ve been ruined…at least as an objective reader.
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