Título: Wicked as Sin: (Boscastle, #7/14)
Autor: Jillian Hunter
Sinopse: Award-winning author Jillian Hunter has written a deliciously sexy new novel rife with sly wit, perilous temptation, and breathless passion. Handsome cavalry officer Sir Gabriel Boscastle returns from Waterloo a hero, only to resume his pursuit of forbidden pleasures in London. There is no bet this cynical gentleman will not takeand no woman he cannot seduce. But when he travels to the country manor he wins during a card game, he discovers there is one gamble he has never risked and that he may have met his match. His opponent and neighbor is none other than Alethea Claridge, the only person who stood by him during his wildest years and the only woman ever to captivate his heart. The beautiful and solitary Lady Alethea is seemingly still mourning for her fiancé, who died in battle. But beneath her shield of feigned sorrow, she hides an unspeakable secretone that could destroy her reputation forever. So when this dark horseman thunders back into her life one night, she is understandably wary of him. She had defended Gabriel once when he was a wicked boy. But now, as a beguiling man, he makes his sensual desires well known even as he swears he will reform. Will the irresistible scoundrel redeem himself and restore her trust in love or ruin her completely? She will soon have her answer as Gabriel challenges everything she believes about love, about herself, and about what it takes to be a hero.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Wicked as Sin: (Boscastle, #7/14)”, de Jillian Hunter, publicado pela editora Ballantine Books, em 2008 e com 336 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Ballantine Books
Páginas: 336
Ano: 2008
Edição:
Linguagem: inglês
ISBN: 0345503937
ISBN13: 9780345503930
Sobre a editora
A leitura dos livros da editora Ballantine Books revela uma preferência por narrativas que exploram intensamente relações humanas complexas, muitas vezes em contextos marcados por mistério, conflito ou transformação pessoal. O catálogo apresenta histórias que transitam entre o suspense policial, dramas familiares e romances com toques de realismo mágico ou sobrenatural, criando um ritmo que alterna entre tensão e momentos de introspecção. As sinopses sugerem também um interesse por personagens em situações-limite, como investigações criminais em ambientes isolados, jornadas de autoconhecimento e confrontos com o passado, sempre com uma linguagem acessível e envolvente.
