Notorious Pleasures

Maiden Lane, Book 2

By: Elizabeth Hoyt

Narrated by: Ashford McNab

Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's summary

Their lives were perfect...

Lady Hero Batten, the beautiful sister of the Duke of Wakefield, has everything a woman could want, including the perfect fiancé. True, the Marquis of Mandeville is a trifle dull and has no sense of humor, but that doesn't bother Hero... until she meets his notorious brother.

Until they met each other...

Griffin Remmington, Lord Reading, is far from perfect - and he likes it that way. How he spends his days is a mystery, but all of London knows he engages in the worst sorts of drunken revelry at night. Hero takes an instant dislike to him, and Griffin thinks that Hero, with her charities and faultless manners, is much too impeccable for society, let alone his brother. Yet their near-constant battle of wits soon sparks desire - desire that causes their carefully constructed worlds to come tumbling down. As Hero's wedding nears, and Griffin's enemies lay plans to end their dreams forever, can two imperfect people find perfect true love?

Pay another visit to Maiden Lane.

©2011 Elizabeth Hoyt (P)2011 Hachette

Critic reviews

RT Book Reviews, Best Historical Romance, Nominated, 2015

Press through to fall in love with the characters

Any additional comments?

I liked this better than #1 because the characters became so sweetly intimate by the end, and the ending is great action. I really wasn't impressed with Griffon at first and It took time for me to fall in love with him and to begin to root for him and Hero to work out. Gradually you're pulled into a lovable set of supporting characters that make that bring a sense of camaraderie. I love the details Elizabeth Hoyt adds in her novels like the pets, odd names, & fantasy mini story.
I really don't like that Silence's tale invades the first book, now the 2nd book, shen she already gets an entire book to herself for #3. I've already read #3 I've skipped around & so i find it especially annoying. Perhaps #3 was Elizibeth Hoyts favorite she's been leading up to and so she's exciting and that's why Silence creeps in beforehand. My overall favorite is Thief of Shadows #4, then Duke of Pleasure #11, then Duke of Sin #10, and Charming Mickey's story #3 is also really good.

Love listening to this one!!

Love the maiden series! Griffin and Hero are one of my favorite couples. Can’t wait to listen to the Duke Wakefield!

Detestable "hero," Idiotic "heroine"

Read from October 03 to 14, 2012

Story: 2.5
Narrator: 4.5
Overall: 3.5

Audiobook read by Ashford McNabb (excellent reader). I did not like this second book nearly as much as the first book in the series. I have no sympathy with the heroine who allows herself to be seduced by her fiancé's brother—a man she caught in flagrante in the first scene of the book with another woman. The hero is flawed, but the flaws do not make him relatable or endearing. Didn't find any chemistry between them.

Didn’t quite like it as much as the first

But I still loved it and am purchasing the third in the series now, thank you very much

Fun listen

I have a thing for Griffin. I love him and Herro together, when she finally gets her stuff together and stops and pretending she’s not in love with him. As other reviewer’s had said, this isn’t as good as the first book but it is still a very good book. The narration is wonderful and there is a lot to the story. It is necessary as part of the set. You learn so much about several characters in this book and most importantly, as a listener, you get to be a part of a beautiful love story.

Notorious Pleasures

I am normally against brothers going against each other for a woman but Ms Hoyt wrote these characters so well that it was not a problem for me. I have read/listened to this entire series 3 or 4 times already and I hope to read/listen many more times in the future.

This authors writes stories in such a way that it lifts my spirits every time and the narrator does such a wonderful job it’s a pleasure to listen to these books one after the other.

EXCELLENT

What about Ashford MacNab’s performance did you like?

I thought she was great. She adds greatly to the pleasure of listening to the book.

Any additional comments?

I know it was a book of fiction, but I was wondering what Hero was thinking to be casually hopping in and out of bed with her fiance' s brother. The consequences could be great.
As wirh "Wicked Intentions", it was very sexy. I liked that it touched on some of the secondary characters that were in "Wicked Intentions" and will be the main charaters in the next book of this series. It was a lovely love story.

Loving this series!

Notorious Pleasures by Elizabeth Hoyt (Audio Edition)
Narrated by Ashford McNab
Maiden Lane Series #2

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ I really liked Lady Hero when I met her in book one and I continued to like her throughout this book. She was giving, honest, and brave. I felt she was a great match for Griffin. He was the kinda guy that did what had to be done regardless of the consequences and I liked that about him. He was a good lead, both tender and protective when needed.

I quite enjoyed this story and I am really looking forward to the next book. These characters are growing on me a lot and I can't wait to see what happens. Ms. Hoyt's writing is very easy to enjoy!

The Narrator Ashford McNab did a wonderful job again.

cute

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

yes, just because I felt like it was a great listen and a great story

Would you be willing to try another one of Ashford MacNab’s performances?

Yes

If you could rename Notorious Pleasures, what would you call it?

My Brother's lady =p

Slow start, but good ending...

Is there anything you would change about this book?

I would change the progression of Hero's character; she had no substance, very boring.

If you’ve listened to books by Elizabeth Hoyt before, how does this one compare?

For me, this book got good towards the end. Has not been my favorite because i felt as if the first part of the story was dragging on. However, I throughly enjoyed Griffin Remmingtons, Lord Readings character.

What does Ashford MacNab bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I love her voice for all the characters; she brings the characters to life.

Was Notorious Pleasures worth the listening time?

The listening time was good. It was sufficient to find details on the plot.

Any additional comments?

I was going to stop listening after the first 2 hours because Hero was so gray. I continued to listen for Griffin Remington, Lord Readings character; exciting, seductive, dangerous, and everything a woman could want in a man. I throughly enjoyed book 3, and wook like to see the female characters with more to them, rather than just looking pretty with pouty red lips.