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    A Seduction at Christmas

    By Cathy Maxwell

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    She never expected it would come to this

    Desperation and an empty stomach forced Fiona Lachlan to agree to a plan that ended up luring the wickedly notorious Duke of Holburn into trouble. Everything went terribly wrong, and now she has found herself posing as his ward! And while she swore nothing could make her desire a scoundrel, even if he was a duke, she is now drawing ever closer to the one man she cannot have . . .

    "Beware of innocence!"

    The Duke of Holburn had spent years heeding this warning, and in doing so, managed to avoid the virginal young ladies who had been put in his path. But now his wild ways have gotten him into real danger. There are killers at the door and a temptingly beautiful woman in his arms. He is about to find himself seduced . . . and he isn't quite sure he wants to resist this time.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 6, 2009
    ISBN9780061980640
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    Cathy Maxwell

    Cathy Maxwell spends hours in front of her computer pondering the question, “Why do people fall in love?” It remains for her the great mystery of life and the secret to happiness. You can find her on Facebook and Instagram at maxwellcathy. She is a world class procrastinator so, if you yak at her, she usually yaks back.

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    • 2/5
      I am really looking forward to reading Fiona's story and seeing how she and Nick come together. I just hope Maxwell does Fiona justice.
      Not sure at the moment what to think of Fiona's plan to ransom Nick but the part where she gags him with his necktie and then he is said to shake the bed with his effort to break free from the ropes she tied him to the bed with was hilarious.
      The main storyline of Nick looking for his missing signet ring and the question of who is trying to kill him wasn't that interesting. The relationship between Fiona and Nick kept me somewhat interested but was nothing special.
      The ending of the book was just weird. It was very anti-climatic with the discovery of his mother being the one trying to kill him off and the given explanation that she just wasn't "right" in the head. What?!? Plus I still don't get Andres and the Oracles role in the story. It seems like Maxell just threw together a bunch of random components.
      This was another boring book by Cathy Maxwell. I couldn't really find anything to write about it, good or bad. I am mad at myself for wasting valuable life on the time it took to read this book.

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    • 1/5
      Wow, I couldn't even make it past the first 60 pages. The dialogue was just so poorly written - it was amateurish and clunky, without any natural flow. And Cathy Maxwell definitely does not practice 'showing, not telling' in her writing.
      The premise of this book seemed interesting enough, but the writing was a real shame.
    • 4/5
      An enjoyable romance with likable characters and a mystery to keep the plot going at a good pace. A must for Maxwell fans; this title should gain her even more devoted readers.
    • 4/5
      Reviewed for queuemyreview.com; book release Nov08Free will or fate? The arguments regarding which of these guides our lives and loves have likely existed since man (and certainly women) began to speak. Cathy Maxwell’s latest historical romance “A Seduction at Christmas” is the story of a young man who, through a terrible loss, undergoes an eerie experience and receives a cryptic prophecy from an old crone at the Oracle of Delphi. He then seeks to escape what he believes is his fate, but his actions appear to be useless when his fate catches up to him in the form of a beautiful young, innocent woman.Fiona is desperate. The young Scottish lass has lost her respectable job and needs enough money to keep a roof over the heads of herself and her loyal dog. She accepts a dubious job with trepidation. All she needs to do is pour a potion into the drink of a lord whose jilted lover is looking for a little revenge. Only when she’s assured the potion will just make the lord violently ill, but not dead, does she agree. When she arrives at the inn, the lord she’s supposed to meet isn’t there. Instead, it’s the man she’s dreamed of since before her life became one of penury. And when three men appear trying to kill ‘her’ lord, she saves his life. Now her life is also in danger, but ‘her’ lord has no intention of losing her.Nick has spent many years trying to redeem himself from a youthful folly. After losing his family’s heirloom ring and receiving a warning/prophecy from a crone at Delphi to ‘beware innocence’, his whole life changed. He uses his cynicism to distance himself from any feelings and avoids innocents like the plague. But when Fiona places herself in danger by helping him, even his jaded senses can’t ignore the way he’s beginning to feel when he’s with her.It takes a special author to develop a relationship that feels believable when all the action takes place in a shorter amount of time. Maxwell did a good job of making the circumstances fit the telescoped time frame by forcing the protagonists into closer quarters than would be normal. The action flowed smoothly even with the quick pace, and the supporting cast included some memorable characters that I’d like to read about again. The only drawback would be the rapid turnaround of the hero’s character, but since it IS the holiday season, I’ll just consider that a holiday miracle.Cathy Maxwell’s regency romance is one that will leave you with a sigh and a smile. Her talented development of the attraction and relationship between the hero and heroine makes this story a kind of Christmas wish come true. Whether their meeting was determined by fate or chance, it was the actions each took and their willingness to trust that determined the course of their romance. “A Seduction at Christmas” is a happy, more light-hearted story that will provide a welcome distraction from the holiday rush.