Temptation And Surrender: Number 17 in series (CYNSTER, #17) (Bar Cynster) (Cynster Sisters Trilogy, #17)

by Stephanie Laurens

Trouble and secrets

When Emily Beauregard applies for the position of innkeeper on Jonas Tallent's Devonshire estate, nothing can prepare him for the trouble that follows. Little does he realise that Em has an agenda of her own: to discover her family's treasure, guided by a cryptic rhyme. Orphaned, near penniless, the treasure is her and her siblings' future, but solving the rhyme is no easy task.

Passion and danger

Only once she accepts Jonas as her lover and enlists his aid do they start to unravel the clues. But someone else has the Colyton treasure in their sights, and the closer Em and Jonas draw to her family's legacy, the greater the danger - and the passion between them - grows...

• ISBN10: 0749941448
• ISBN13: 9780749941444
• Publish Date: 1 October 2009 (first published 24 February 2009)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• Imprint: Piatkus Books
• Format: Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
• Pages: 512
• Language: English

Reviews

[wyvernfriend]

inkeeper with a past  
Emily Beauregard applies for the position of innkeeper on Jonas Tallent's Devonshire estate he knows she isn't telling him everything. She is hunting a treasure her family hid many years ago to ensure the future of her family who are finally out of the clutches of an evil uncle (this one hits several cliches on the way down).  Only when she enlists Jonas' aid does she start to understand the clues, while also making a success of the inn.  Danger builds as they get closer to the answer to the problem and each other.
 
It's pretty predictable but entertaining.