Lord of Scoundrels: 3 (The Scoundrels Series, 3)

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He’s determined to continue doing what he does best--sin and sin again—and all that’s going swimmingly, thank you. But more ghastly than Dain’s sudden understanding of his mothers (totally unrealistic) motives was the fact that even thou the whole book he goes on an on about how eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevil his kid is (and between you and me the kid is kind of eeeeeevil) he just poof! She managed every difficult scenario with absolute intellect, no whining, no crying, no pleading, and no maidenly simpering.

Tough-minded Jessica Trent's sole intention is to free her nitwit brother from the destructive influence of Sebastian Ballister, the notorious Marquess of Dain. He's determined to continue doing what he does best—sin and sin again—and all that's going swimmingly, thank you . And this time, the grown man asked, with the same despair a little boy had asked, decades ago: Why will You not help me?

A lot of gossiping, wacky characters, hilarious remarks, indescribably funny critical self-analysis and a lighthearted tone of the whole. She agrees because she really does like him and would rather be a rich wife to a Marquess than exhiled to a small house in the country for the rest of her life (take notes other historical authors - it isn't resonable for a regency heroine to turn down an offer of marriage and live the rest of her life destitute simply because a man didn't say he loved you). All is well in a strange and sudden way (like all things in this book-we snap our fingers and years of emotional baggage are erased). He had an ugly personality and the authors nice little comment about how he will be clay in his father hands is disgusting! To her surprise, Dain converts this proposition into a marriage proposal, and they are wedded in London several weeks later.

The story had me engrossed from the first page to the last and I appreciated Chase’s wit and pace which was quick and smart throughout. I'm very disappointed not to have liked this more, because many of my friends raved about LORD OF SCOUNDRELS and it's on all the romance lists of note and I'd been lusting after this book (and that cover) for years, desperately hoping that it would live up to all the hype. A minor quibble--I got a little tired of reading about Dain's supposedly huge nose (I get it--his nose was big) and the reference to him as Beelzebub--that just sounded too ugly, and in my head Dain was one giant, sexy man who just desperately needed some lovin'.Pero en general es una novela con la que me lo paso genial, lo tiene todo y es tan acertada como arriesgada.

I won’t spoil it for those weirdos like me who haven’t read this before but legitimately at 35% through I found religion because god do I love Jess so much. The trouble is, the devil in question is so shockingly irresistible, and the person who needs the most saving is—herself! Thank God that Lady Jessica came into his life, because I'm not sure there was another person in the world who could get through to him and into his heart, and go toe-to-toe with him.He took those issues on to anyone foolish enough to cross him, and I understood why, and I liked this grumbling, sarcastic, insulting man regardless of his words and actions. She’s a no-bullshit, knows-her-own-worth, smart woman who doesn’t pretend to be anything other than herself.

I would be remiss not to talk about Lord Dain, as he’s also an incredibly iconic character in his own right. Now known as Lord Dain, he held quite a bit of influence over Bertie Trent, Jessica’s brother, and was driving him to ruin. If saving him—and with him, her family and future—means taking on the devil himself, she won't back down. While doing so, the Marquess comes to terms with his mother's abandonment and realizes that Dominick is just as scared and lonely as he was as a boy. Near the end of the story, Jessica is the one who initiates consummation of their marriage, by seducing Dain.Jessica represents the Beauty of the story, someone who "enters the Beast’s lair of her own accord" as his equal "no matter how awful" he acts.