Lord of Dishonor

By Edith Layton

Book Overview

Lovely Amanda Amberly was a young lady of unsullied virtue--against all odds. Her bewitching mother, the Countess of Clovelly, was notorious for her amorous escapades, and every hot-blooded gentleman... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451132467
• ISBN13: 9780451132468
• Release Date: November 1984
• Publisher: Signet Book
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Scandals, scoundrels, and survivors

Simply one of the best Regencies I have read and my standards are Mary Balogh and Loretta Chase. Amanda, elder daughter of the Amberly Assortment (most of whom have different fathers), has known scandal all her life but did not plan to marry the scandalous scoundrel, Viscount North, whom her mother tried to compromise by sending to her bed. North is an enigma throughout the book which makes for great plot suspense. He is the consummate rake and yet something does not ring true. He seems to attempt to seduce Amanda, even knowing she is chaste and after having agreed to help her capture Sir Giles, but never quite goes through with it. One is left with the feeling he is bored with it all, having done it before. But North has never met anyone like Amanda and she so intrigues him that he cannot let her get away and he pursues her, fighting himself all the way. The totally surprising ending makes the book several cuts above the (sometimes) regrettably Regency fluff from other authors. Definitely, Edith Layton is an author I will seek out.

This was a fabulous book, well worth reading.

The daughter of a scandalous Countess, lovely Amanda Amberly had shied away from the clutches of those who expected her to follow in her mother's footsteps-until a tempting twist of fate flings her into the arms of the most notorious rake in the realm. Does a great job of entertaining the reader from start to finish. The characters and plot are superb.