The Duchess in His Bed: A Sins for All Seasons Novel

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This book Selena is a recent window and comes to Aiden Trewlove's notorious club. She's masked and on a questionable mission. They are drawn to each other, and Aiden is more than willing to break his own rules and satisfy her deilsires. They find themselves trying to make a deal with each other and don't realize they can't keep their hearts out of it... Aiden was a pretty good hero. He fell for Salena without a really clear cut reason, but I was able to put that aside. Not quite insta-love, but insta-lust at least. He was honorable in his own way and cared deeply about his found family. It was interesting to see the circumstances of his birth unravel and I was happy with how all of that turned out. The romance was OK. Overall, I liked the book. Overall, it was a book I couldn't put down with a grand gesture from her that I think I read 4 times before I could continue. I can't wait for the next book in the series. Your contract is with the Owner and its booking conditions apply. As Agent, we accept no responsibility for the actual provision of the Booking. Our responsibilities are limited to making the Booking in accordance with your instructions and acting properly in accordance with our legal duties as an Agent. We accept no responsibility for any information about the Booking that we pass on to you in good faith. However, in the event that we are found liable to you on any basis whatsoever, our maximum liability to you is limited to twice the cost of your Booking (or the appropriate proportion of this if not everyone on the Booking is affected). We do not exclude or limit any liability for death or personal injury that arises as a result of our negligence or that of any of our employees whilst acting in the course of their employment. I enjoyed this fourth installment in Lorainne Heath's Sins for All Seasons series, though I will admit I was not a huge fan of the heroine.Canopy & Stars reserve the right to amend advertised prices at any time on behalf of the Owner. We also reserve the right to correct errors in both advertised and confirmed prices. Special note: changes and errors sometimes occur.

This emphasis on the insignificance of rank in the face of death and tragedy is important because it shows the true depths of the difference between the Duchess and her evil brothers. They have nothing but their rank and their associated power, and so when they are faced with death, they die without courage and “leave no more fame behind ‘em than” (5.5.113) a footprint in snow exposed to the sun. The Duchess, on the other hand, by dying so nobly, leaves the mark of the her spirit behind, which ultimately allows for hope at the end in the form of her surviving son, the true “light.” Ferdinand leaves, and Antonio, thinking he is betrayed, enters with a pistol and accuses Cariola of giving them away to Ferdinand. She pleads innocent, and the duchess says Ferdinand intends for her to kill herself with the poniard. Bosola enters as Antonio leaves, and the duchess tells him Antonio has “dealt so falsely with me, in’s accounts,” by letting bonds she and Ferdinand had issued go into forfeit. Bosola exits, Antonio enters again, and the duchess tells Antonio her plan is to send him to Ancona while she accuses him of “a feigned crime,” which she justifies by explaining that her noble lie “must shield our honours.” She promptly makes her accusation before Bosola and some officers, and proceeds to punish Antonio with banishment. Bosola protests her decision by saying that Antonio “was an excellent courtier, and most faithful,” a modest, virtuous man. This passage marks the transition from the Cardinal and Ferdinand’s warnings to the Duchess against marriage, to her willful decision to propose to Antonio anyway. It is the first real sense we get of her true character. The first introduction to the Duchess is through Antonio’s description earlier in the act, wherein he focuses on her virtue. Thus, when she protests to her brothers that she will honor their mandate, the audience is to believe her in the face of her described honesty. Fancy's story is next. I look forward to reading how her adopted brothers handle seeing her as an adult. He added: "I couldn't possibly discuss the price but it's taken a lot of complex measuring to get it right.

The duchess, taking Bosola into her confidence, tells him that Antonio is her children’s father. Bosola praises their relationship, and he agrees with her instruction for him to take her coin and jewelry to Antonio. Bosola suggests the duchess disguise her plan to meet Antonio at Ancona by feigning “a pilgrimage to Our Lady of Loretto, scarce seven leagues from fair Ancona.” The duchess and Cariola leave, and Bosola, now alone, feels he must tell Ferdinand of this news, hoping to gain from the revelation. Analysis

This passage is emblematic of Bosola’s internal struggle. On some level, he wants to be good, and rues being made into “a villain"; yet, he feels bound to Ferdinand because of the “bounty” that Ferdinand has given him, and he wants “to avoid ingratitude.” However, he sees his choices only in extreme terms that do not allow for any middle ground. He not only will employ vice, but will actually “do all the ill man can invent,” simply because Ferdinand gave him a job. Bosola’s inability to temper his loyalty to the evil brothers until it is far too late--when even Ferdinand wishes he had--is a large part of what brings hell to Earth in this play.

It is also interesting that Bosola considers Ferdinand's gift of a job as a “good deed” for which he should “avoid ingratitude,” since the move was clearly meant both to get Bosola close to the Duchess so he can spy, and to manipulate him into accepting Ferdinand’s bidding. Bosola finds himself acting from here on out in the devil’s world, where to do “what heaven terms vile” is best. His inability to see that there are other options, to stop following Ferdinand and the Cardinal so loyally, even after he recognizes the true nature of the “sins” that Ferdinand has candied over, leads almost every character in the play to despair.

Love is not the reason why the recently widowed Duchess of Lushing came to Aiden's club. She can't reveal her plan, just that she need him and she chose him. But can he go against his principles to give her what she wants once he'll learn the truth? If you have any special requests (for example dietary requirements, allergy, cots or room location), please let us know at the time of booking. We will pass on all such requests to the Owner, but unfortunately, we can't guarantee that they will be met and we will have no liability to you if they are not. A recent widow, Selena Sheffield, Duchess of Lushing, has never known passion, not until Aiden's slow, sensual seduction leads her on a journey of discovery and incredible pleasure. But her reasons for visiting the notorious club are not all that they seem. Lorraine Heath is certainly one of the authors who writes with romantic and poetic flourish. She just has this way that will make you swoon just for the prose alone. I was looking forward to THE DUCHESS IN HIS BED because I've had a soft spot for Aiden since Finn's book THE SCOUNDREL IN HER BED.

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Like many of Ms. Heath’s stories, the book offers a solid plot with an interesting moral dilemma. What at first seems to be a selfless act on Selena’s part (to aid her younger sisters) can easily be viewed as selfish when taking into account the sacrifice Aiden must make in not claiming his child. I found myself of two minds throughout the story and ended up mad at Selena and Aiden’s choices. As in Ms. Heath’s The Earl Takes All, some readers will be put off by the decisions the characters make. You deserve better than to be bedded." His low voice thrummed through every nerve ending she possessed. "You warrant a scandalous and thorough seduction." [...] "Every woman merits more than a bedding. Each is deserving of seduction." When making your Booking we will arrange for you to enter into a contract with the Owner, as detailed in clause 1.2 below. Your Booking is subject to these Agency Terms & Conditions and any other specific booking conditions of the relevant Owner(s) you contract with. The Owner’s booking conditions may limit and/or exclude the Owner’s liability to you. He and his brother are like plum-trees that grow crooked over standing pools; they are rich, and o’erladen with fruit, but none but crows, pies, and caterpillars feed on them. Could I be one of their flattering panders, I would hang on their ears like a horse-leech till I were full, and then drop off.” Bosola (1.1.47-51)