Sins of a Wicked Duke

This is a fabulous historical romance

Orphan Fallon O'Rourke is sent to the Penwich School for Virtuous Girls where forty or so young girls are routinely punished. Master Brocklehurst battered Fallen with a strap for removing her cap. The beating leads her to make friends with Evie and Marguerite who all make a wish on a shooting star.

Upon leaving the abusive school, Fallon finds work as a servant, but her beauty and unwillingness to be a sex toy for the males in the households consistently lead to her firing. Desperate and tall and solid at least for a female, she cuts her hair and dresses up as a male. She obtains a job as a footman working for Dominic "Demon Duke" Hale. However, Fallon never counted on falling in love with her employer who is renowned for his seductions. Meanwhile he wonders why the new footman remains in his head seemingly all the time until he realizes why and plans his next seduction.

This is a fabulous historical romance starring two individuals with deep scars caused by childhood tragedies. The theme of a woman masquerading as a man has been done many times (Shakespeare in Love for instance), but Sophie Jordan keeps it brisk and amusing through her lead couple who know life's prime lesson is you always walk alone; that is until now. Fans will enjoy this fun frolic as the Demon Duke falls in love with his "footman".

Harriet Klausner

9 out of 9 people found this review helpful.

My first read from this author..very good!

I just finished reading this book last night..much to my yawning today. I am a connoisseur of both romance and historical romance and read both for many years. Ms Jordan is a first for me. I have never picked up her books to read and was pleasantly surprised with this author. This book was very good. The male character in the book was delectable, strong, sexy, and OH sooo yummy. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was well written and well executed. What I liked most about this author is that she keeps your interest starting with the first chapter and adds on after that. To where near the end you can't seem to keep ur nose out of the book. I'm off today to buy more books of this author to see if she continues this in her other books as well. Good Job..well done of you. I look forward to reading the other books of yours.:)

8 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

not pleased with beginning

I normally do not write negative reviews. This is not completely negative. It is only the first few pages that really bothered me. I didn't like the way the author represented the male character and female character. It was horrible the situation that the female was put into. It is one thing to know that the character is a rake/scoundrel, but to have the female character right there forced to watch it was horrid. I pressed through praying it would get better cause it was such a bad beginning. Finally, as it got further into the book I started liking it more. I just wish the scene where they meet could be revised. The rest of the book got better and I enjoyed it. Just change the beginning.

4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

highly recommend

this book was great. I was not sure with the posing as a boy,ploy. But considering all her trouble getting work as a woman,it was a logical choice. Even in todays world, women are still not always afforded the same respect a man receives. The romance was hot, hot, hot! It was a real page turner. I liked the way both main charactors worked through their problems. Both having cruel beginnings in life, forged a bound to over come all and find love. My kind of romance! Will add to my permanent library. Definately worth reading again.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Loved the characters!

Fallon was fascinating. I read this book in one sitting, just as I have with Ms. Jordan's other books.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Sins Of A Wicked Duke

All Fallon O'Rourke really wants is a home for herself. Ever since leaving Penwich's School for Virtuous Girls, she's been having to leave her places of employment, because the men of the households can't keep their hands to themselves. One night while fighting off the son of an employer a stranger comes by to see if she needs help. She gets into the carriage of the Duke of Damon. The Duke is one of those men Fallon hates, ones who think of nothing else but their own pleasures. Determined to get employment Fallon cuts her hair and disguises herself as a man. She gets employment in none other than the Dukes house hold. How long can she keep the charade up?

This was a pleasant book, but it didn't really get to me. I think the best part was when Fallon really let Lord Hunt, whose father sent her father off on a goose chase, have it. The plot of a girl in boys clothing really didn't work for me this time.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Loved it!!

Okay, I admit I'm a huge fan of historical romance in general and Sophie Jordon in particular. Once again, she's written a wonderful, original story I couldn't put down.

The beautiful Fallon O'Rouke has been in service since leaving school. Unfortunately, she's finding it impossible to keep both a position and her virtue in a world where men of privilege expect more than housekeeping from comely servants. After fleeing the insistent son of her latest employer, Fallon decides to apply for her next position disguised as a young man, only to find herself in the employ of the Duke of Damon, the most notorious rake in London.

Dominic Hale has come by his reputation honestly, flaunting his libertine behavior most outrageously. Lately, however, he's become restless until even alcohol and women in copious quantities and combinations no longer distract him. His thoughts keep drifting to a lovely red-h aired woman he'd met briefly one evening. Now his new valet's obvious disapproval is ruining the little pleasure Dominic still takes in his vices.

Being Dominic's valet gives Fallon the chance to see behind the duke's public mask . As her attraction to him grows, poor Dominic is puzzled that he cares what the naïve young man thinks of him. He never suspects the valet is really the red-haired beauty he can't forget. Then one night in the dark, a case of mistaken identity changes everything for both of them.

One of the things I love about Sophie Jordan's's books, is her heroines are as charming and flawed as her heroes. Fallon is smart and feisty but she carries around a grudge that taints her view of the world in general, and male aristocrats in particular. Determined to earn her independence, she sees betrayal where there is only benign neglect and as a result becomes her own worst enemy.

Dominic, unlike most heroes labeled wicked, truly is unrepentant and determined to live down to the worse of his shocking reputation. Still, he has his own eccentric code of honor that makes one cheer him on and fall under his spell. And of course he's VERY hot.

As in all Ms. Jordan's books, "Sins of a Wicked Duke" is a rich, original story that goes beyond the ballrooms of the ton. Fallon is a servant who must work to survive. Dominic is a duke with past that tortures his present. Their story is compelling, romantic, sexy and ultimately heart-warming. I love everything Ms. Jordan writes and this is another not-to-be-missed historical romance!

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Great book!

Great Book!

1 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Sinfully sexy

Her father dead a world away, Fallon O'Rourke spends her formative years at Penwich School for Virtuous Girls, where the headmaster takes perverse delight in attempting to beat the sass and spirit right out of the statuesque, fiery-haired miss. He fails miserably, and so it is no surprise that the virtuous Fallon cannot seem to hold a position for any length of time among the blue-blood households that would employ her. She attracts the sort of attention that demands she defend herself and subsequently finds herself sacked time and again. With no other options she chops off her hair and garners a position as a footman in the home of the notorious Demon Duke.

Having endured a painfully strict childhood himself, Dominic Hale, Duke of Damon, credits it-at least in part-for his nickname. Of course it doesn't help that he spends his days soused in liquor and sin, a different woman parading through the house each night. But he has come to terms with his life, the numbness and the loneliness, and refuses to answer to anyone. When the agency sends a disturbingly disapproving footman to his home, he can't quite figure why he is so affected by the lad-until he discovers the lad is a lass and sets his sights on seducing her. Let the battle of wills begin.

Sins of a Wicked Duke is pure Sophie Jordan, with its irrepressible emotional pull and pull-out-the-stops sexual tension. Don't be surprised if, while you're cheering for Fallon's stand as a virtuous woman, you're simultaneously thrilling over the eventuality that Dom with topple it-and her. Right into his bed.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

I have read most of Sophie Jordan's and found this one to be jus

I have read most of Sophie Jordan's and found this one to be just as good.  

This story is about Fallon O'Rourke.  She is alone in the world and has to work to support herself.  She realizes that as a man she would not only earn a better wage, but she would be left alone by over aggressive men.  What's a girl to do...pose as a man!  This is an entertaining story.  I realize the hero of the book pushes some readers buttons, but I like him!  I thought he was just the right about of crass and full of sexiness.

This book is well worth the time it will take to read it.   

The was the first novel I've read by this particular author and

The was the first novel I've read by this particular author and I thoroughly enjoyed her writing technique. I was a little put off in the beginning by the sordid behavior of the hero but as the characters were developed what made them to be the people they were was explained. It is a well written story that will hold your interest if you enjoy historical romance novels that have more depth than many novels today. I look forward to enjoying more of this writers books.

I liked this book.

Once i got over the shock from the first few chapters I really got into this book. I really enjoyed the writing and not over used plot. I bought two more of her books to read next.

Wicked Fun - Just what a romance ought to be

Independent woman, dark brooding hero, 'insurmountable' challenges. A great recipe for a historical romance with interesting characters.
I do agree with another reviewer that the beginning was surprising, perhaps could be a little less crass.

Good quick read!

Enjoy a good quick read!! Loved the main characters!!! Can't imagine going thru life alone, I grew up in a big family. I really was happy for Fallon in the end!!!

Quick fun read

Easy to read historical romance.

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