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The Horsemen Trilogy, Book 1

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By: Mary Balogh
Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
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Viscount Rawleigh longs for a little diversion, and beautiful young widow Catherine Winters seems like easy prey. But Rex's target is a lady of virtue, and when she roundly rejects his proposal to become his mistress, Rex finds himself faced with a delectable challenge. Catherine knows she must fight the indecent feelings the Viscount arouses within her. But even though she knows one kiss could bring her to ruin, temptation proves an insurmountable foe, and Catherine cannot ignore the beating of her treacherous heart....

From the New York Times best-selling author Mary Balogh comes the first novel in the Horsemen trilogy - a scandalous romance of yearning passion and dangerous desires.

©1997 Mary Balogh (P)2016 Recorded Books Inc Contemporary Contemporary Romance Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Regency Regency Romance Romance Women's Fiction Heartfelt

Critic Reviews

"Mary Balogh sets the gold standard in historical romance." (Jayne Ann Krentz)
"Mary Balogh is one of my favourites!" (Eloisa James)
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Great love story, really enjoyed it and loved the ending. Well narrated. Loved the fact there were no chapter long live scences.

Loved it

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Great writing complemented by excellent narration. The story and mix of characters felt realistic of Regency times. It developed at a pace that kept me engaged to the end in hope of the HEA. The leads each carried their own shameful burdens close to their hearts but managed to emotionally evolve. Their relationship seemed organic, growing over time from lust-filled disinterest to mutual appreciation, understanding and love. I particularly liked the last few chapters of the book. Bravo to their HEA.

A satisfying romance

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This is not a romance as it is a horror/drama story. and it's probably more indicative of what relationship we're like a the time.
I do enjoy Mary Balogh tales and this one was well written but heartbreaking in Katherines inability to protect and defend herself. I mean she is given a happily ever after, but can't help suspect it's Stockholm syndrome and that Rex will always be over bearing.
Rosalyn Landor is a consummate narrator as always 🥰

Stockholm syndrome;

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Book 1 of series- Loved the story of redemption. Loved that two people were able to overcome some dark parts of their past to move forward and learn to love and trust each other. Look forward to reading the other novels in this series.

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This book was difficult in the beginning, I really disliked Rex, he was horrible, bordering on being nearly obsessive. It took me a loooong time to warm to him and I nearly sent this book back. You'd never think so, however it did have a happy ever after. I like the how a lot of Mary Balogh books have the wedding in the middle and we get to see some of the afterwards. I'm glad I stuck with it. It's difficult to stomach what women had to endure in those time, very frustrating but very real. Narration was perfect as usual.

Enjoyable in the end

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OK, I realise this is a bodice ripper and not attempting to be high literature, but honestly.
The 'hero' of the story is a vile creep of a man who is sexually harassing a woman. this is not the sort of book i would ever recommend to anyone as it glorifies the misogynistic ideas we are warning our young woman about.
This author has written nothing but a book that makes sexual assault desirable and something woman should desire.
Badly done

Very Disturbing

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I normally absolutely love Mary Balogh books. She’s an incredibly good author. One of the best historical romance authors I’ve come across. I liked this heroine and the story but the hero was thoroughly selfish, shallow and totally focused on having unconditional sex with the heroine. For much of the story he couldn’t have cared less about what was best for her in the long run. He was without honour. Very disappointing.

An unlikeable hero

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