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Shameless Audiobook (4/4) ➽ Full Romance AudioBook ➽ Anne Stuart Audiobook

Shameless Part 4 of 4 Full length Audio book by Anne Stuart House of Rohan series book #4 - Summary: A long string of tragic loves haunts Viscount Benedick Francis Alistair Rohan. Cool and cynical, he's weary of life's fickle games and wants a prim and proper wife he can ignore while indulging his sensual appetites.Lady Melisande Carstairs is nothing less than a tornado storming into Benedick's measured life. Possessed of boundless energy and the soul of a reformer, Melisande always conquers, whether it's saving the souls of soiled doves or seducing the man she's inconveniently fallen for. When she informs Benedick that his brother's newly revived Heavenly Host has graduated from simple carnal debauchery to sadistic violence, he's compelled to investigate, undercover. Under those covers, however, is Melisande herself, playing a dangerous game in the name of justice. And the Heavenly Host has just seen her hand, and more.. Review #1 Let me start by saying that I am not a fan of this author’s contemporary Ice series. I abandoned that one after the first book having been told that the each of the ‘heroes’ in the subsequent books were cut from the same cold, heartless, soulless cloth. That said, it seems that I can now say that I am a fan of this series. Well…… With the exception of the undoubtedly well-written train-wreck that was Breathless. Many fans of this author seem to have been disappointed with Shameless, possibly due to the hero Benedick not being as hard-core as her usual fare. Personally, I’m grateful that that was the case. Benedick, while harder than many of the ‘traditional’ regency heroes, definitely had redeeming features – something that’s necessary for me if I'm to believe and enjoy the romance. And I did. I loved Benedick and Melisande’s caustic, humorous and cutting dialogue and I totally believed their reluctant attraction, steeped as it was in denial. They are possibly my favourite couple from this series. I really loved Melisande’s character, who was a further step removed from the typical regency heroines. Her history and lifestyle really added another layer of interest to the story. Surprisingly, I also really enjoyed seeing Miranda and Lucian from Breathless. There was no way in hell that I bought their HEA from the previous book, so to see them together functioning and interacting in this one was an unexpected revelation that makes me feel somehow better about their book. Finally, the author also threw in a couple of moments towards the end that I didn’t see coming – love when that happens. That said, I have come to expect a compelling secondary romance in these books, and I was disappointed in that respect. The author threw a few crumbs and then left them completely undeveloped. Presumably this was to set up a future book (if so, I expect it will be a brilliant story), but I would have preferred it left out of this one since she did nothing with it here. I thought Breathless left this series on a sour note. Stuart has definitely turned it around for me with this one. 4.5 stars

• published: 15 Nov 2014
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