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Nic

As expected

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 May 2014

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After reading a few of Sabrina Jeffries books I find that this only is just as good as I had come to expect. I find that I preferred the pirate Lord though.

Keith Bendell

good!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 April 2018

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It was as expected from Sabarina. good !

Robert Ferguson

Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada on 10 August 2015

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For my wife

Roberta Williams

Deserves a second read to fully appreciate.....

Reviewed in the United States on 20 February 2016

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this was one of the best of the series and employs one of my favorite scenarios- the hero and the heroine vs the rest of the world, although it doesn't start out that way. The characters and primary plot line; with its little sub- plots; are so intriguing, consistent and believable I read it twice because after my first read of the story, I had often skipped some of the finer details in my effort to get to the climax of the story. And I waited several months and then re-read it. The second reading held the same anticipation with its new "clues" as the original read. It started with giving the basic facts of the conflict including the controversy surrounding the identity of Juliet's kidnapper, then leaving the bits pieces of the plot be be discovered by the reader. Juliet becomes involved and believes she is eloping, only to discover its a kidnapping. From the beginning she understands that the kidnapper isn't Pryce Morgan but his twin, Lord Templemore who actually did the kidnapping although she agrees to keep that knowledge to herself demanding that Sebastion be the one to enlighten her family. Then the story gets really interesting as the complex characters emerge while the relationships cement with the story line. Added to growing interaction between Juliet and Sebastion is the proverbial tensions that often develop between a married couple-Griff and Rosalind- as they learn to travel a path that often has rocky misunderstandings and pitfalls.

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Judge Tabor

Juliet Gets Her Sweet Revenge

Reviewed in the United States on 21 January 2015

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If you're reading this series of books in order, you will already be aware that Book #2 - A Notorious Love (Daniel's and Helena's story) was based on Juliet's kidnapping by Morgan Pryce. Juliet thought she was running away to get married, but unfortunately, that was not Morgan's goal. I won't give away any other details of that book in case anyone reading this review should decide to read that book.

Two years have passed since Daniel and Helena went on their chase to retrieve Juliet. She's had two dull seasons, albeit with several marriage offers. But... Juliet cannot get Morgan and the mysteries surrounding why he abducted her off her mind. Worse yet, he seems to have disappeared without a trace so she can't even confront him. Now, rumors about Juliet are beginning to surface in London based on that episode in her life. She's determined to have answers so Griff and Rosalind escort Juliet to the the reclusive baron - Sebastian, Lord Templemore's home - who is somehow associated with Morgan. When Juliet arrives at Sebastian's home, she immediately knows he is the man who kidnapped her two years ago. He denies it.

What is Sebastian's game? His answers about having a missing twin brother seem suspect. Juliet will have her answers and she will take them out of Sebastian's skin if necessary. No longer the sweet, biddable girl Sebastian knew two years ago, she's a woman who's had two years to agonize over her mistakes and to consider how she was left feeling like a fool. Plus, it smarts that her family may think she lacks good judgment. Someone will pay! But, first she must figure out a way to trap Sebastian into revealing he's the one who kidnapped her.

As usual, Griff can be counted on to allow his volatile character to shine forth at every opportunity and both Sebastian and Rosalind provide him with fodder for his passions. He's almost a cartoon character, he shows such a lack of restraint. There's a sweet secondary story about Rosalind's attempts to get pregnant, Griff misunderstanding some happenings between Rosalind and Sebastian and so forth.

Bottom line: I don't know when I've read a book with a more intriguing Main Guy as we have in Sebastian. I loved him. True, he has much to make up for, but count on Juliet to lead him on the chase of his life.

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Judy

Tedious, Contrived, Boring

Reviewed in the United States on 16 August 2013

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Jeffries is a good novelist and a lot of her books are a delight to read, but she does not show this in After the Abduction. A tired plot and writing that feels too dated keep this novel from being better. A reader can predict the characters' reaction and when they disappointingly react as so many other characters do in almost a play-it-by-numbers style, it just makes it difficult to even want to finish this novel.

The novel starts off well, but disappointingly becomes too difficult to finish. The heroine's sister and brother-in-law and their tireless meddling became annoying. There were too involved in the plot and Griff, the hero from the previous novel, begins to grate on the readers nerves. Heroes should never become annoying, not even visiting ones. In addition, the heroine, Juliet is simply immature and her machinations to unmask the hero tiresome. She is not as smart as the author would like the reader to believe and the way in which the hero, Sebastian, responds to her silly ploys is disappointing. For a character who should be self assured, he questions himself and falls too easily for some of Juliet's childish antics. This then diminishes the aura that was built around him in the previous novel.

As one reader, one finds oneself pointing out inconsistencies in the plot. Nothing new happens in this story. There is nothing refreshing about it and Jeffries' writing becomes annoyingly predictable or simply annoying.

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IreneDAdler

Engaging and fun read

Reviewed in the United States on 19 June 2011

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Whenever I get the itch to read a romance novel, I generally look for one of Ms. Jeffries' works, because I can always trust her to have whipped up an enjoyable read. Though they never really break from a tried-and-true formula, the pacing of the story always feels good, the prose is free of clunky phrasing, and the characters are always likeable and sometimes genuinely endearing. This work in particular is one of the stories I've enjoyed the most so far out of the dozen or so books I've read by her. Yes, it does require a healthy dose of suspension of disbelief as many of the confrontations between the hero and heroine tend to end up with them all tangled up in each other, and after a while one must shake one's head at how many ways the author finds to turn an argument into a make-out session. But, one must also admit that one does not read romance novels purely for the plot ;)

The reason that this book stands out to me is that, beyond just being the reasonably enjoyable brain candy that I was expecting, there were many moments of genuine charm and humor in this book that made me chuckle out loud. And though the hero and heroine fit rather comfortably into the formulaic character-niches of such romance novels, they do have moments of individuality that are quite honestly refreshing. One such moment is when Juliet makes Sebastian orgasm prematurely. In these romance novels, it happens so often that you read about the hero making the heroine swoon or writhe in pleasure, and even when the heroine is supposedly taking charge, the men are usually still in control of their orgasms; and so I really enjoyed seeing Sebastian completely lose control to Juliet.

Another great aspect of this story is that the cast of supporting characters are exceedingly interesting and well-fleshed-out. In Sebastian's camp we get Llewellyn Pryce, Sebastian's maternal uncle, a gentleman of about 50ish years-old whose foppish charms tempered with wisdom gained with age provide a very good foil to Sebastian's always-responsible demeanor undermined by his bullheaded tunnel-vision due to a youthful arrogance. In Juliet's camp we get Rosalind and Griff, making a return appearance after their romance was told in A Dangerous Love, the first book in this series. Unfortunately, this does lead me to one complaint I do have about the book, which is that Rosalind and Griff seem to be mere caricatures of their former selves, even though the book's main subplot has to do with the progression of their relationship. Rosalind comes off as much more vapid than she seemed before, and Griff becomes no more than an overly-protective blustering bully.

As for the overall quality of the plot, again most of it requires some healthy suspension of disbelief as some of the turns taken are of rather shaky plausibility, though if you allow yourself to just get swept along for the ride, none of the developments are overly jarring or contrived. However, one vast redeeming quality is the resolution, which is really very sweet, and actually provides believable and satisfying character development, which is honestly hard to find in these types of novels, even though it does employ a large dose of deus ex machina.

In summary, I definitely recommend this work for anyone looking to pass some time in enjoyable light reading, but especially for fans of Ms. Jeffries' works: you would not want to miss this book as I feel it is one of her best. If you've already read the first two books in this series, then you are probably reading this book already, as the tantalizing glimpses of Juliet and Sebastian's relationship woven into A Notorious Love are very hard to resist. If you have not read the first two books, I do not feel that your enjoyment of this story would be diminished significantly by jumping straight in to it, but I think the three books together form a very pleasant story arc that will introduce you to a very interesting family and thus deserves to be read from the very beginning, even though this book is the best of the series :)

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rfraher

Not the best in the series, but...

Reviewed in the United States on 23 September 2013

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Finally Juliet gets her story, and her man. I liked her and Sebastian well enough. Honestly, I liked that Sebastian was not a libertine - I've have more than enough of that trope, thank you very much. My big problem with the story is how annoying Roselind and Griff became - which is sad, because I really loved them in the first Swanlea Spinsters book. They just meddle too much, and never ask Juliet what she wants - they just blithely blunder on with their own ideas of what is right and wrong. And there was way too much jealousy from Griff's end when Sebastian is around. Griff should be way more secure in his relationship!

Also, if I hear anything more about duels I shall laugh myself into insanity. Every five minuets in the story someone is either threatening a duel or discussing a previous duel. So many duels! Any in my opinion, there is really nothing dumber than two men standing in front of each other and shooting - it is not respectable or romantic in the slightest. I'd much rather they just have a fistfight right then and there, instead of waiting until the next morning to stiffly face each other. At least a fistfight is passionate!

DecadentQueenPizza

Sebastian is no bastion of gentlemanly behavior

Reviewed in the United States on 27 March 2015

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I've enjoyed many other books by Sabrina Jeffries, and the previous books in this series. This one, however, I didn't really like much. I thought the concept was interesting and I was looking forward to reading about Sebastian and Juliet; but it fell flat. It turns out, I didn't even really like Sebastian at all, and I thought Juliet was a strange combination of weak and annoyingly stubborn. Sebastian treats Juliet like crap throughout most of the book, but she's still widly attracted to him. He doesn't feel he needs to be honest with her, and then when he finally is, he won't do anything to remedy a situation of his own making that is threatening to ruin her life. Additionally, the sexy footsie scene?- no thanks, that was laughable and cringe-worthy. So, overall not thrilled with this book but I'll finish the series, in hopes that this is the one in the bunch that doesn't suit my taste, there's always one after all.

Kindle Customer

Just okay

Reviewed in the United States on 2 May 2018

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I actually liked Sebastian and thought he was a worthy hero. I thought Juliet was immature and her behavior rather childish. I agree with another reviewer that Juliet was not nearly as smart or clever as the author tried to get us to believe. The plot was not convincing at all and I fail to understand why the author would portray Griff and Rosalind as such annoying and imbecilic characters in this novel when they were the hero and heroine in a previous book. It makes no sense to me. I was not impressed by this one.

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