Intimate Deception

By: Laura Landon

Narrated by: Sarah Coomes

Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins

Publisher's summary

A Desperate Choice

Lady Grace Warren will do anything to protect her sisters, even betroth herself to a man so depraved that all of London fears him. Faced with a lifetime of misery, Grace has only one chance for escape: to relinquish her virtue before her wedding. Such abandon will destroy her reputation - and ensure her freedom. But when she disguises herself as courtesan to lure a handsome nobleman, she cannot anticipate the tender surprise destiny has in store….

A Twist of Fate

Vincent Germaine, Duke of Raeborn, has lost two wives in childbirth and still has no heir. Racked by guilt and grief, he seeks comfort in the arms of an enchanting stranger. But when he realizes their night of passion may have resulted in another dangerous pregnancy, he sets out to track down the innocent female - only to find his heart captured by a woman of incomparable courage and beauty.

©2012 Laura Landon (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Intimate deception

Interest in plot right away ,it fun ,kept me interested til the end.I will read this book many times.hope you give it a try

a great read

I could not put this book down. I love this author and buy everything from her so I hope she is writing more books. Is Fox paid the story is it is wonderful and a little bit different than some other stories out there. I highly recommend it.

EXCELLENT NARRATORS!!

This review is from: Intimate Deception (Kindle Edition)
This was a very romantic endearing love story!! I can't believe how good this book was without sex scenes, well their is one but it is so brief its over before you can blink your eye. It didn't matter that their is very little sex in the story because the depth of characters and strong banter between them was amazing. You really feel like you are in the Victorian era. Its like watching a movie. Grace is the eldest of 7 girls her father is an Earl and he is cruel and wants to sale off his daughters to the highest bidder. To him they have no value because they are girls and can't be heirs to his Earldom. Being the oldest Grace intervenes and makes sure all her sisters make love matches. She has now seen to her youngest sister marriage. Grace has exchanged herself and agreed to married this evil perverted Baron, that her father has been trying to marry off one of his daughters too for years. Grace has a plan and to lose her virginity. Duke Raeborn is the lucky fellow who does the deed. He thinks Grace is a courtesan and doesn't know she is a virgin or who she really is. Vincent Duke Raeborn has had two previous wives to die in child birth and has made a vow to never marry again or plant his seed in a women again. After being trick into taking Grace's virginity he tracks her down and makes her marries him. Of course she is pregnant. Their is also, someone trying to kill Vincent and you will guess early on who it is. I did. This story made me feel great after reading it its has a Very Happy ending. I couldn't put it down!! and read it straight through. I highly recommend "Intimate Deception". It is very well done.
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Fear

This book about a man who has lost two wives in childbirth and made a decision to not marry or have children again.There was a change of plans unknown to him.This was a great book of greed and deception.

Intimate Deception

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I purchased this book at a discount and it was a nice surprise. I will definitely read the author again. It was not real deep but as Stephen King said about short stories once it was a "kiss in the dark" I finished it with a smile.

High Drama!!!

I think that there are just a few more awful things that could happen to our heroine because she certainly experienced most of them. This story would be much improved if the action was more realistic.

The good sister.

This is an interesting story. How far will a sister go to protect her siblings. Amazing.

Very repetitive

I kept fast forwarding everything is repeated to often the story moves too slowly. Voice is OK

Poor listening experience

Setting: 1858 London
Genre: Romance
Lady Grace has seen her 6 younger sisters wed to the men of their choosing. Now she wants to avoid marriage to a hypocritical, sanctimonious, perverted man by being able to tell him she's not a virgin. She hopes to return to the country and just run her father's household (but who do you suppose set her up to marry the perv?) Vincent has already lost 2 wives in childbirth and has vowed to never marry and condemn another woman to a similar, agonizing death. Grace goes to a brothel run by a childhood friend to get hooked up with a stranger to take her virginity, Vincent get's conned into doing the job, but then realizes Grace is no prostitute. He also realizes, the next morning, that he failed to take his usual method of birth control (damn that passion!). So the story is about the couple getting beyond the anger, fear, guilt, and despair, to love and their HEA. There are a couple of villains involved.
I wasn't able to get through the entire book. I skipped chapters at a time and didn't lose anything by it. You know how, back in the day, you could watch a soap opera for a while, leave it for a couple of years, and when you watch again not much has changed? Yeah, like that. The author was so heavy handed with the foreshadowing, there wasn't much tension. The characters were one-dimensional. This was a great premise poorly executed.
The narration probably made the whole experience much worse. Vincent sounded constipated, and Grace sounded insipid. Secondary characters, other than male/female pitch, sounded the same. And all of it was overwrought and melodramatic.
This was on sale and it was STILL overpriced.

Great Romance!

Loved it and it was a good getaway read. Wanting to read more by the author.