Ruthless (The House of Rohan, #1)

by Anne Stuart

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A great performance.

A rating of 4 stars can be reached in a variety of ways. In this case, the narrator does a fantastic job that I couldn't fault. Her voice was easy to listen to and understand. I could always tell when the characters changed and it was easy to follow. Unfortunately, the storyline was one that I struggled with. It's hard to truly believe in an HEA when the hero professes a desire to use, abuse and discard the heroine for most of the story. I always held hope, but I was sadly disappointed. He "used" other women because of his sexual frustration with the heroine...which sealed his doom.

Ruthless was a little risque with our hero the ruler of debauchery. It does deal with some stomach-turning abuse, though. Not at the hands of the hero but something that happened to the heroine when she was younger. The fact that the abuse happened because of the heroine's mother, made it even more abhorrent to me. It was explained well and I didn't feel a need to discontinue.

Overall, it was an adventure that I mostly enjoyed. I did have times where I was a little frustrated, but in the end, I was satisfied. 5 stars for the narrator and 3 stars for the storyline, balanced out to a 4-star rating.

Another, interesting addition to the Romance Package.