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Dangerous Games

By: Amanda Scott
Narrated by: Cat Gould
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A woman who becomes a gambling prize discovers that nothing is more seductive, or dangerous, than love...

When her father auctions her off to pay his gambling debts, Melissa Seacourt vows that she will be no man's bought bride. Desperate to escape her fate shackled to someone she could never love, Melissa instead is forced to honor and obey the seductive stranger who comes to her rescue.

Purchasing a wife for 20,000 guineas wasn't the end game Nicholas Barrington envisioned when he walked into the notorious Newmarket gambling club. But the innocent Melissa arouses much more than his protective instincts. It will take all of Nick’s skill and daring to best a cunning adversary hellbent on his destruction. With two lives now hanging in the balance, Nick's playing for the highest stakes of all: his future with the woman who won his heart.

©1996 Lynne Scott-Drennan (P)2013 Audible, Inc. Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Regency Regency Romance Romance Heartfelt
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This is a very interesting story with dark themes continuing on from Book 1 of the aptly named Dangerous series. The storyline is well-devised although I can’t say there were many characters whom I found likeable (as those that weren’t rotten eggs had characteristics I found annoying).

Melissa is incredibly gullible with a warped rationale undoubtedly shaped from her dreadful upbringing and filial influences. By some amazing chance she finds herself saved from ruination by Nicholas who, despite his ‘famed temper’, treats her with patience and gentleness.

Pity that Melissa finds it difficult to accept Nick’s decisions, as her defiance, lack of honesty and poor decision-making constantly lands her in several precarious situations. She has more lives than a cat and never seems to fully grasp how lucky she is to escape or be rescued from an even worse fate.

Nick is all that an HR hero should be, and with the patience of a saint. Melissa does eventually gather her senses and love prevails - thank goodness or I would’ve really disliked this book.

I do recommend this audiobook and suggest that listeners persist to the end as it is worth it.

Although I find Charley’s man-hating dialogue tedious, I am most curious to listen to her story next.

“Not much sense in the noodle”

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The themes are deeply disturbing, the men are horrific, controlling misogynists. The so-called hero says he is 'protecting' his wife and yet the only way he can relate is through unceasing emotional abuse. I urge authors to put trigger warnings on their story to protect their readers from unnecessary trauma.

This novel should have a trigger warning ⚠️

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