ONE NIGHT WITH YOU

Author: Sophie Jordan ISBN: 9780061339264 1/2008 HISTORICAL Publisher: AVON
Time Period: Regency

Anything can happen after dark. Tired of being treated like a servant by her own family, Lady Jane Guthrie finally has a chance to escape. at least for one night. Attired in a daring gown, she arrives at a scandalous courtesans' masquerade ball looking forward to her few hours of freedom. But when she sees Seth Rutledge, her skin beings to tingle with anticipation. Many years ago, Seth broke her heart by falling for her beautiful, title-hungry sister. But now here he is, right in front of her, offering her his lips. Embittered by war, Seth returns home to inherit the title that would have once won him the woman of his dreams. Tough duty demands he wed, he's convinced passion no longer has a place in his life. until a masked siren set his heart aflame. Desperate to find her again, he has no idea it's his childhood friend Jane-and that after one night together their lives would never be the same.

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

ONE NIGHT WITH YOU is utterly fabulous. I don't know how else to better put it than to simply say that this book rocks. From the very first sentence of the very first page I was hooked. I read the entire book in four hours because I refused to put it down—for any reason. I shut off my phones, locked my doors and simply allowed myself to be swept away into this wonderful world that Sophie Jordan had created.

Jane is the epitome of a damsel in distress. She is being cloistered away and emotionally abused by her ridiculous family, and she is tired of living a shell of a life. She makes the truly scary decision to embark upon a new kind of life for herself, and even though at first she must do this in secret, soon it becomes very apparent that she can no longer hide who she has become.

Seth is the most wonderful of all heroes. He is utterly gorgeous, sophisticated and completely not what he appears. He comes upon Jane quite by accident at a masquerade ball, but from the moment that they meet, he becomes her knight in shining armor, willing to take down any man that would harm her.

Seth and Jane are a stunning couple, absolutely perfect. They are sexy and alluring and I wanted to read every single word of every conversation that they had over and over. I am never at a loss when I read a Sophie Jordan book. They quite simply are wonderful—every last word is a romance reader's treat.

Kristal Gorman