A Seductive Offer

by Kathryn Smith

Book Overview

In the dramatic and sensuous tradition of Lisa Kleypas, Kathryn Smith has written a compelling and sensuous regency-set love story... one you'll never forget. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380816113
• ISBN13: 9780380816118
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Guilt, redemption, forgiveness

Lord Braven finds a woman drowning and it brings back memories. He saves the woman only to discover himself having feelings he hasn't had in over a year for the rescued woman. Could she be the key to his redemption? Will his saving her save him? Rachel Ashton's life is saved, but what kind of life is it? Her current days are spent trying to keep an abusive stepfather from hurting her mother more than he already had and trying to find a way to get her a divorce without him finding out.When Rachel discovers that not only has her Stepfather sold her into marriage, but into marriage with a man very much like him. So she goes to Lord Braven for help. His offer is to marry her. Of course, it's just a marriage of convenience, but Lord Braven wants to save Rachel to hopefully rid the demons that torment his soul. While Rachel only wants to save her mother.The abusive stepfather and the complicated nature of the relationship between Rachel and Lord Braven offer up an interesting story. There are some very dark moments of the story involving the abusive relationship and the lengths an abuser will go to. There is also some humor in the story so it blends with together along with great chemistry between Lord Braven and Rachel. They are both attracted to each other, but isn't this marriage simply for convenience? I enjoyed this story much more than I thought I enjoy historical romances but many today are still rather bland in the love scene department. Usually if you want to go past the bedroom door you have to search and ask for referrals from fellow readers. This book has great heat and is very descriptive. For romance readers who enjoy a good love scene this is one. The book has great tension between the two lovers. There are many scenes of build up before the big event. This is what good romance books are to me. They have story and the event is also as good as the story.I look forward to reading more by this author. As if I need another author to be hooked on, but happily I add her to the ever growing piles of faves on my list:)

Two people bent on saving the world - or a little part of it

What a wonderful story! Lord Braven has removed himself from just about everything due to his feelings of guilt then along comes Rachel who needs his help. But who is really helped here? A wonderful romance set in 1816 in England.The story starts with Brave saving Rachel from a raging river and becoming enchanted with her at the same time as he is fighting demons from his past. You will also like his friends. At the same time Rachel is trying to save her mother from a seriously abusive setp father. So you see alot of her internal struggle as she thinks it is her fault that her mother has married this man...

5 stars are not enough for Kathryn Smith!

From the very first page of A Seductive Offer, Kathryn Smith has your attention. Wow. This book offers everything we all read romance fiction for...and makes you reluctant to get to the last page. It just doesn't get any better than this! I read a lot, and it is such a joy to have discovered a new author to follow. Very few writers draw me in deeply through their charactors' vulnerabilities, needs and passions. Smith does. I marvel at how she unravels a story so gently and wonderfully. She looks honestly at timeless issues, staying true to how people really are. Buy this book. You WON'T regret it! In fact, you'll savor every page and be sorry to reach the end. Elusive Passion, Smith's first book, is also a keeper!

Very enjoyable!

I became a fan of Kathryn Smith's after reading her first book,"Elusive Passion". When I heard she had a second book out, I bought it immediately and it didn't disappoint. I like Smith'sunique writing style, and the way she deals with contemporary issues like domestic abuse, alcoholism and suicide. Her characters, Brave and Rachel, have a sense of humour, and her protagonists seem to genuinely care for and respect one another, something that is lacking in a great deal of historical romances. There is a subplot in this novel dealing with a lost love of a friend of Brave's, and I've heard Smith is working on a book about this couple. I'm looking forward to reading it.If you enjoy romance novels but are bored with reading the same tired plots and dialogue over and over again, this book is definitely for you.

Fun Regency romance

In 1816 Yorkshire, the Earl of Braven, better known as Brave, risks his life and rescues Rachel Ashton from drowning in the nearby river. He takes her to his home Wyck's End so they both can dry off and warm up from their debacle. Rachel informs her savior that her abusive stepfather Sir Henry Westhaver plans to sell Rachel to the highest bidder by marrying her to fifty something, obese lecher Viscount Charlton. Brave decides a marriage of convenience will save both he and Rachel. He would be removed from the dreaded available bachelor list and thus enable him to hide his broken heart received from a previous relationship. She would be free of her odious stepfather and his even more despicable groom. However, his concept goes awry as Rachel and Brave fall in love, but is he really brave enough to take the plunge into a loving relationship? Though the story line of this Regency romance follows sub-genre lines, the humorous exchanges between the lead protagonists make the tale quite entertaining. The story line is fun as Brave and Rachel banter on anything while struggling with an attraction and a love that he never expected. Kathryn Smith provides the audience with A SEDUCTIVE OFFER of reading pleasure.Harriet Klausner