The Courtship: Bride Series: 5

Author: Coulter, Catherine

Brand: Penguin Random House

Color: Multicolor

Edition: Reprint

Features:

• Jove

Binding: mass_market

Format: Deckle Edge

Number Of Pages: 352

Release Date: 01-01-2000

Details: Product Description
The stunning Regency-era romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter.

Characters from two of Coulter’s most beloved novels in the Sherbrooke Bride series find each other in
The Courtship. Helen Mayberry of
Mad Jack has one passion: to track down a mystical treasure. That is, until she meets the thoroughly wicked Spenser Heatherington in a clash of the titans.
Amazon.com Review
Whoever said eavesdroppers never hear anything good was never privy to the titillating conversation Spenser Heatherington, Lord Beecham, overhears at a party. But then, there's nothing retiring or at all usual about Helen Mayberry, daughter of eccentric Lord Prith. Helen is a statuesque blue-eyed, blond Aphrodite who owns her own inn and has read everything academic and otherwise on the art of discipline. An inveterate womanizer, Heatherington determines--based on a conversation he wasn't supposed to hear--that he would love to teach Helen what he knows about the subject and maybe learn something new in the process. When Helen tells Heatherington that she wants him for her partner, he wholeheartedly agrees but is dismayed when she further explains that she needs his skill to help locate a mythical golden lamp rumored to make its possessor all-powerful. But both are overwhelmed by their responses to each other--a passion that cannot be denied--in the middle of a fox hunt, in a rundown shack, on the floor of her father's study.... Marked by
The New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter's trademark wit and sensuality,
The Courtship is a keeper!
--Alison Trinkle
From Booklist
Spenser Hetherington of
The Sherbrooke Bride (1992) and Helen Mayberry of
Mad Jack unite in their own romping romance. Overhearing Helen's conversation about "discipline," Spenser is fascinated with this "big girl," who is almost as tall as his strapping 6'3" . Meeting her at the Sherbrooke's home, he discovers that she was plotting to meet him to lure him into partnership on her quest to unearth Aladdin's lamp by interpreting an ancient scroll. A scholarly cleric helping them with the translation of the scroll is found murdered, and soon it seems that they are in grave danger. Their incessant sexual encounters are put on standby when the rakish Spenser decides to withhold his favors from Helen until they are wed, even though a seemingly insurmountable obstacle stands in their way. This is a sexy but average Coulter Regency-era romance, which holds appeal for readers who relish the subgenre, but is unlikely to win her new fans.
Diana Tixier Herald
Review
"Delectable humor and sexuality."
-PUBLISHERS WEEKLY“A good storyteller…Coulter always keeps the pace brisk.”—Fort Worth Star-Telegram“Ms. Coulter is a one-of-a-kind author who knows how to hook her readers and keep them coming back for more.”—The Best Reviews“Coulter is excellent at portraying the romantic tension between her heroes and heroines, and she manages to write explicitly but beautifully about sex as well as love.”—Milwaukee Journal“Coulter instinctively feeds our desire to believe in knights in shining armor and everlasting love—historical romance at its finest.”—BookReporter.com“One of the genre’s great storytellers.”—Kansas City Star“One of the masters of the genre.”—The Newark Star-Ledger“Catherine Coulter is one of the best authors of exciting thrillers writing today.”—Midwest Book Review
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.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
London 1811
May 14
Just before midnight LORD BEECHAM STOPPED
dead in his tracks. He turned around so quickly that he
nearly tripped over a huge potted palm.
He couldn’t believe it. He had to

EAN: 9780515127218

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