"Gambling for a good man."

Ethan Peron is at the gambling table when Patrick Gallagher loses his family home, fortune, and daughter to an unscrupulous man. Ethan is aware that Gallagher's daughter, Kathleen, is an innocent and he knows what will happen to her if she is married off to the winner. He offers to pay off Gallagher's debt in return for the winnings. Of course he has no desire to be married, even though he's attracted to Katie, so he starts searching for a decent man for her.

Ethan finds a good man for Katie--his brother Alexander. Alex is excited about marriage and starting a family and agrees immediately to the match. Unfortunately, Alex proves to be sexually impotent and cannot perform his marital duties. Both Alex and Katie try to hide this fact from everyone until its revealed to Ethan, who steps in again to save the day. He donates his sperm in the usual way in order to impregnate Katie with an heir of his family's bloodline.

Ms. Dubois is a talented writer. The characters in this book were well developed and the dialogue was not stilted. However, the plot and character motives were a bit unbelievable for me. How could a man as astute as Ethan think that a marriage such as the one he arranged would work? Furthermore, how could Katie not tell someone about such an important marriage detail? I don't believe readers will be totally disappointed with this story, but they may come away feeling dissatisfied if they're expecting a romance.

Reviewed by Angela Black for Sensual Romance.

Rating: Erotic. Sensuality: anal sex, explicit sex.

Reviewed by Sensual Romance
Courtesy Sensual Romance Reviews
Posted November 9, 2003

Summary

Ethan Peron requires only his pleasures - drink, women, cigars, and gambling - to keep him content. When Ethan arranges his younger brother's marriage, he is disturbed to find himself increasingly attracted to Kathleen Gallagher, his new sister-in-law...

Sexual Content: NC-17. Genre: historical.