Proof by Seduction (Carhart, #1)

by Courtney Milan

She was his last chance for a future of happiness A gifted fortune-teller from a humble background, Jenny can make even the most sophisticated sceptic believe her predictions by batting her smoky eyelashes - until she meets Gareth Carhart, the Marquess of Blakely, scientist and a sworn bachelor. Broodingly handsome Gareth is scandalised to discover his cousin has fallen under the spell of 'Madame Esmerelda' and vows to prove Jenny a fraud. Gareth's unexpected attraction to the fiery enchantress disrupts his calculated plan, until he can't decide whether to seduce her or ruin her! Now, as they engage in a passionate battle of wills, these two must choose between everything they know and the boundless possibilities of love.

• ISBN10: 0373774397
• ISBN13: 9780373774395
• Publish Date: 29 December 2009
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Imprint: Hqn
• Edition: Original ed.
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 352
• Language: English

Reviews

[jamiereadthis]

This suffered in the wake of Pam Rosenthal. There’s stuff that’s supposed to be funny and cute and had me cringing. There’s other stuff that’s supposed to be sexy and charming and had me cringing. It’s a fairly short book, and yet managed to be redundant, which wasn’t very helpful when characters got on my nerves.

[Amanda]

#insixwords: Courtney Milan's writing wrecks me perfectly.

COURTNEY MILAN, WHAT DO YOU DO TO ME?

Without fail, I find myself wanting to simultaneously sob and speed read through Courtney Milan's books. When people attempt to talk to me, I glare at them and rudely say, "I'm reading."

I get all flustered and hot (surprisingly, not related to the sex scenes, but those are good too and worth getting hot over) because my emotions are always 100% engaged in the story.

Soooo, I read the prequel novella for this series (This Wicked Gift) and was interested to see what happened with Gareth. I wasn't disappointed. (But has Courtney Milan let me down yet? NO.) There's a reason Gareth is so scientifically minded, as the synopsis says, but Jenny's able to see right through him.

And Jenny. Poor Jenny. I like her independent streak. She could have just let Gareth keep her, but that wasn't what she wanted. She had the self-integrity and respect to say, "No. I'm worth more." As we should all do.

Thankfully, I've got book 2, Trial by Desire, checked out from the library. We see a lot of Ned, hero in book 2, in Proof by Seduction, and I'm not very happy with him right now. I'd like to see him redeem himself.