The Deception (Baron Series)

by Catherine Coulter

Overview

The complete revamping of Catherine Coulter's 1983 Signet Regency, An Intimate Deception, led to this: a full-bodied historical romance with a new beginning and a new ending.

The Duke of Portsmouth offers an impecunious half-French relative a job as his young son's nanny. What he quickly discovers is that he wants her, badly. What he discovers far more slowly is that she isn't at all what she seems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101562246
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	11/04/2003
Series:	Baron Series , #3
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	184,646
File size:	541 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Catherine Coulter is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the FBI Thrillers featuring husband and wife team Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock. She is also the author—with J. T. Ellison—of the Brit in the FBI series. She lives in Sausalito, California.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Catherine Coulter delivers...straightforward, fast-paced romance." —Minneapolis Star-Tribune "Catherine Coulter is excellent at portraying the romantic tension between her heroes and heroines." —Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Editorial Reviews

Her plots are like rich desserts — sinfully delicious and hard to pass up.

Atlanta Constitution

An impecunious nanny worms her way into the Duke of Portsmouth's household in order to spy for a nasty group of Bonapartists who are holding her father prisoner. Evangeline de Beauchamp is impersonating an experienced widow as well, and it isn't long before the Duke suspects something, particularly when he catches her sneaking in and out of the caves near his private beach. It also isn't long before he, and every other man she meets, has fallen in lust with her. The gothic overtones, which include a dark castle, blackmail, a witch, and dangerous characters in the background, are well drawn and a lot of fun, but all of the panting sex as well as the Duke's breast fixation really get in the way. When the Duke and Evangeline finally consummate their relationship, the gasping and panting go on for nearly half a cassette. Denica Fairman is a good reader and maintains a smooth pace throughout. It is easy to differentiate the characters, and the various French and English accents do not distract, except for the Duke's mistress, who sounds like Baby Spice. Coulter is familiar to all library patrons as a prolific romance writer. This is not her best work, and the references to crossover characters and events from The Offer (Audio Reviews, LJ 11/15/98) may confuse some listeners. The Deception is a secondary choice for public libraries with popular audiobook collections.--Barbara Perkins, Irving P.L. Syst., TX Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

"Catherine Coulter delivers...straightforward, fast-paced romance." —Minneapolis Star-Tribune "Catherine Coulter is excellent at portraying the romantic tension between her hero's and heroines." —Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

From the Publisher