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An entertaining plot line that picked up speed in the second half of the book made this an enjoyable read. Ms. Jeane tackled some important topics here, such as females in the job force and the issue of gambling becoming addictive behavior. The only real drawback to the story was the repetition of the heroine's clumsiness made me fear for the poor woman every time she moved through a scene.


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Gambling on a Scoundrel Sheridan Jeane 9781633030022 Books Reviews

I love stories set in Victorian England. Add in a feisty heroine and an appealing hero, and what's not to like? A fun read that kept me turning the pages straight through to the HEA ending.
Although I had a hard time getting past the heroine's nickname (it just felt very juvenile, almost like a pet name), I very much enjoyed this story. The characters were well developed, allowing us to understand why the primary characters act and react they way they do - and the cameos by Charles Dickens and Wilke Collins were nice little bonuses. The story is fun, and if at some point in a future novel Squire Formsworth gets his comeuppance, that would be even better! I look forward to more from this author.
I really enjoyed the plot of this romance. It was fresh and fun. I'd definitely read another Sheridan Jeane novel.
Tempy is a gutsy little heroine, but which guy is she gonna pick? And she has to fight several other battles along the way.
A lot of times people post reviews where they talk about what happened in the story. I don't like to do that because the back cover does that, and anything more is a spoiler. So I'll just say this - what a great story!!!! I really felt like I got a chance to connect with the characters (Tempy is awesome!), and I really wanted her and Lucien to GET TOGETHER! Romances are supposed to have happy endings, but there were times when I thought "no way! it's just never going to work out!" If you are looking for some romance - and who isn't? - this one is really good!
I like Tempy as a heroine. She is not the typical debutante you usually meet in a romance who needs to learn how to be strong. She already is smart and strong and independent although she keeps it somewhat hidden. I would have liked to see her external spirit come out a bit sooner. Lucien is not unique but that doesn't make him any less charming or intelligent. He seems to be seeking what Tempy is trying to leave behind the confines of respectability.

The setting is well represented. You can feel old London in the pages but the author sometimes works too hard to fit in the research done. Examples the fact that London had mail delivery eight times a day vs once in America which seems so uncivilized to Tempy. Or that Americans had changed the name of the English game crabs to craps. Since America had really nothing to do with the story I don't the purpose of bringing this up and the author had to make a real detour from the story line to fit this in. As complaints go, though, it's minor.

My biggest complaint is that Tempy spends a majority of the book working on getting her jerk of a fiance back. It's a predominant theme in the first half of the book and even at 3/4 we're still focused on it. She seems oblivious to Lucien, much less falling in love with him. It flies in the face of a romance, which I'm not opposed to, but it went against Tempy's character. She knew she was different and that men like her father and the fiance would not appreciate it. So why work so hard to get the jerky fiance back? I understand daddy issues and with the father deceased there was an opportunity to more intimately connect her desire to win the fiance's approval in place of daddy. But it was missed or not at least not stressed enough. That, to me, would have made Tempy's early goal of winning back the finance more palatable.

There is some good sizzle between Lucien and Tempy when she allows her thoughts to stray from the fiance. Lucien is the perfect respectable rake and Tempy is a quick study learning to portray the ingenue. But you have to be patient for the romance. The chemistry the author shows is as much from the intelligence of both characters as it is sexual attraction. Well done.
I enjoyed this book so much. Every night before I go to sleep, I read my current novel and I couldn't wait to read more about the characters every evening. The author really made them seem real to me. I got involved in the story of Tempy and what was going on in her life; I was pulling for her the whole way through! I loved that she was a heroine of the Victorian time but she has a really modern sensibility. Can't wait to read more from Sheridan!
An entertaining plot line that picked up speed in the second half of the book made this an enjoyable read. Ms. Jeane tackled some important topics here, such as females in the job force and the issue of gambling becoming addictive behavior. The only real drawback to the story was the repetition of the heroine's clumsiness made me fear for the poor woman every time she moved through a scene.