Review: Three Nights with a Scoundrel by Tessa Dare

by Keira on August 10, 2011 · 0 comments

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Three Nights with a Scoundrel is the final installment in the Stud Club trilogy by Tessa Dare. Of the three men making up this exclusive and revolutionary club, I was uncertain if Julian Bellamy had what it took to be a hero because his character was fairly off-putting in the first two books. He had his vengeance mission going for him and he certainly cared about the girl but there didn’t seem to be much else to him. Was I ever wrong. Julian Bellamy has a whole other very secret side and we as readers get to learn all about it.

The vengeance mission is finally concluded in Three Nights with a Scoundrel. I fully recommend reading the first two novels in the trilogy if you’re the type who wants to get the full long arc of the vengeance mission. To recap what it is: Leo Chatwick, founder of the Stud Club, was found murdered. Four people witnessed it: the two brutes that beat him up, his companion who he was arguing with just before the brutes showed up, and the whore he’d paid to accompany him for the evening festivities. Of the three heroes, Julian is the most consumed with finding Leo’s killers and it’s been a long and twisting route to get to the final chapters.

He’s also been promoting that Lady Lily Chatwick needs to be married. He tried to get the heroes from the first two novels to do it, but they fell for their own heroines. He tried twisting the arms of other gentry. In the end he had to face the fact that he loved her and wanted her for himself – which is why his efforts never worked, because he was sabotaging them from the start by picking men he knew in the end would not ask for her hand or that she wouldn’t accept even if they had. That’s because she’s subconsciously wanted Julian all this time and only after a mind-blowing kiss does she let herself dream it might be possible.

Lily was a very big reason why I liked the book so much. She’s lost her hearing due to an illness and has learned to cope. In the book she makes even bigger efforts to break out of her comfort zone and attends social gatherings for the first time on her own without her brother there to subtly help her keep track of conversations and people. She’s very brave and very genuine of heart. Tessa Dare doesn’t undermine her efforts by miraculously healing her of hearing-loss (something that happens a lot with damaged characters especially with hearing and blindness).

Loved the pet bird too.

Rating: 3.5 Stars

Buy: Three Nights with a Scoundrel

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Keira's favorite type of heroes are blind, scarred, and tortured... yes, she understands those should be separate, but all 3 at once is also nice! She enjoys historical romances best and adores audio books because great narrators turn books into auditory/mental movies (and she loves her romantic dramas like Pride and Prejudice/North and South!) Learn more about Keira in My Instant Turn Ons, Offs, and Ifs.

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