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MacLean is so good at so many things it is hard to choose what she does best. In this series it has to be creating hard knock characters who have used their experiences to learn, and ultimately when faced with the chance to be an avenging angel, they choose to incorporate what they've learned to be, emotional Good Samaritans. In this book there is such a contrast between the "hell" the heroes run and the Hell the patrons create for themselves. The scene where the women watch the first fight is illustrative of this. These truly are the cream of privileged London, but the only ones who acknowledge that Temple is anything other than a Porterhouse are the people who know him. For me, it was a chilling echo of how men have often objectified women. Instead of a perky breasted goddess on an 18 wheelers' mudflap, it 's Temple's abs. Instead of a bunch of men sitting around watching porn and oohing over the silicone stuffed breasts of an actress, it's a bunch of female voyeurs speculating about the size of Temple's penis. It is equal opportunity demeanment. In the world of the Angel, all are fallen. The difference between the heroes, heroines and the patrons, both male and female, is that our friends redeem themselves.

One thing that drives me crazy is that she needs an editor for what in film is called continuity. One example is when Kit gets knocked flat, and two lines later he's only been knocked to his knees. This is a consistent issue throughout the 7 books of hers I've read. Final proofreading seems to be an issue with Avon in general. Sorry, old English teacher here.


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No Good Duke Goes Unpunished The Third Rule of Scoundrels Rules of Scoundrels Sarah MacLean 9780062068545 Books Reviews

I know, I know, how can I give this book four stars when it has a revenge storyline much like A Rogue by Any Other Name, which I only gave three? I am not being fickle, I assure you. In my view there is an enormous difference between hurting an innocent person in order to get at your target ala Bourne and forcing a person who has wronged you to publicly come clean. Also, the girl gets to be the one who screwed up this time, and make a big dramatic gesture to prove her love, which I found quite refreshing.

Some small criticisms I noticed a number of inconsistencies and typos again, as in previous books in the series, and the pace dragged a bit toward the end.

But the real "piece de resistance" comes in the last paragraph of the epilogue. Maybe I am just easily surprised or gullible or something, but I was pretty flabbergasted--in a very good way. Such a fun surprise! There had been some shadowy hints in this book, more than ever before, so pay attention!
Temple is a prince among men. Bloodied sheets, no one checked for a body and two kids pulled one over on two despicable fathers. Yes I believe Temple's father was as bad as Mara's. Why? She would have been his fifth wife and it was mentioned that there was some suspicion in the demise of some stepmothers. Mara and Temple (William) were lovely together and it is no surprise that at 16 & 18, two beautiful teenagers would have been drawn to each other.
I love that Mara was never torn as to where her loyalties were after she "chose" William and she was not stuck on the feelings that she "created" Kit. He (Kit, her brother) turned out selfish and childish when he should have been the opposite for his sister at least. This was an easy read with flowing dialogue and a well crafted plot. Read and make you happy.
This book had me riveted from the prologue, when William Harrow, heir to the dukedom of Lamont, wakes in an unfamiliar bed with a hard-on and a hangover... covered in blood. The girl his father was to marry that morning is missing, and society--and William's father, and even William himself (since he has no memory)--assumes that she is dead at William's hand, but with no body, there can be no official declaration of murder. Nevertheless, William is cast out to make his way on the streets of London, his reputation in tatters.

Twelve years later, William Harrow has lost his name along with all of the trappings of his aristocratic youth. He is a partner in The Fallen Angel, London's most notorious gaming hell, and every night he takes to the boxing ring in the club's basement to give indebted patrons a chance to win back their debt by defeating him in a fight. That never happens he is undefeated. He has inherited the duchy, but he has no servants (no one wants to sleep in his house), no lovers (except those he pays), no society (well, no good society, though he has very loyal friends). Society calls him the Killer Duke; he calls himself Temple.

And then Mara Lowe, the girl he supposedly killed, shows up at his doorstep in the dead of night. Her profligate brother has bankrupted himself and Mara as well, gambling away their savings and leaving Mara desperate enough to offer to restore to Temple all he has lost his reputation, his birthright. She will come out of hiding and tell the true story of what happened that night twelve years before, if Temple will forgive the debt.

Mara and Temple are both sensitive and likeable characters, which is a surprise given the story's premise. Temple's whole life is violence and pain, and yet even in the midst of his fury and desire for retribution, he is gentle. Mara could so easily have been the villain of the story -- after all, what she did to Temple is almost unforgiveable -- and yet early on, the reader empathizes with her and roots for her absolution.

Temple should -- and does -- hate her, but he is also drawn to her, because she is the only person who has always believed his innocence. She is the only person who has never been afraid of him, in a world where everyone fears him. She is the only person who uses his real name, and who calls him by his title without the appellation "Killer."

Mara is drawn to him as well, but she knows that he will never really get his life back as long as she is part of it gossip will continue to plague his reputation unless she disappears again, but starting over a second time may take more than she has in her.
MacLean is so good at so many things it is hard to choose what she does best. In this series it has to be creating hard knock characters who have used their experiences to learn, and ultimately when faced with the chance to be an avenging angel, they choose to incorporate what they've learned to be, emotional Good Samaritans. In this book there is such a contrast between the "hell" the heroes run and the Hell the patrons create for themselves. The scene where the women watch the first fight is illustrative of this. These truly are the cream of privileged London, but the only ones who acknowledge that Temple is anything other than a Porterhouse are the people who know him. For me, it was a chilling echo of how men have often objectified women. Instead of a perky breasted goddess on an 18 wheelers' mudflap, it 's Temple's abs. Instead of a bunch of men sitting around watching porn and oohing over the silicone stuffed breasts of an actress, it's a bunch of female voyeurs speculating about the size of Temple's penis. It is equal opportunity demeanment. In the world of the Angel, all are fallen. The difference between the heroes, heroines and the patrons, both male and female, is that our friends redeem themselves.

One thing that drives me crazy is that she needs an editor for what in film is called continuity. One example is when Kit gets knocked flat, and two lines later he's only been knocked to his knees. This is a consistent issue throughout the 7 books of hers I've read. Final proofreading seems to be an issue with Avon in general. Sorry, old English teacher here.