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I bought and read this book for the first time in June 2012, which means it was among the first books I read when I began reading HRs after a 20 year break. Since that time I've read it three times - the most recent being on a mini vacay. This book has always stuck in my mind for reasons I'll attempt to outline below.

First of all, the heroine, Abigail Carrington, was a dream. She was beautiful, feisty and most importantly, she was gifted with a wonderfully generous soul. Her mother died when she was young resulting in her father taking her along as he traversed the oceans on his shipping expeditions. At some point, Abbey desperately needed a woman to take her in hand, so her father decided to kick his little beauty off his ship and send her to school, resulting in Abby living a very unusual life until she ultimately settled with her aunt and cousins in America. Since Michael Ingram worked for her father in his business, she had known him from an early age.

From the time she was a little girl, her father told her that one day she would marry Michael Ingram. He then proceeded to manipulate Abbey's entire life by using her future marriage to Michael in order to get her to comply with his desires, continually telling Abbey that Michael loved her and one day Michael would send for her and marry her - when in fact, Michael never gave Abbey a second thought once she left her father's ship. In Michael's mind, Abbey was simply the little bratty daughter of his former boss. Abbey had no idea that her father and Michael had some business dealings involving a loan which Mr. Carrington had made to Michael.

There was a reason for the duplicitous and deceptive scheme perpetrated by Abbey's father in his business dealings with Michael. What Michael thought was a straightforward loan from Mr. Carrington to Michael ultimately became so complicated I won't begin to try and explain it because it never made sense to me. All one need know is pertinent details of the loan were set forth by Michael's unscrupulous father and Abbey's father. Therefore, Michael never realized one stipulation of the loan left him with no other option except to marry Abbey. When he learns this fact, he is livid.

So, what we have is a young woman who has prepared her entire life to be the wife of Michael Ingram. The same Michael who is now rich in his own right, having successfully built a shipping business, then worked toward rebuilding the family estate after his father passed and left him the title of the Marquis of Darfield. To say he's a hardened young man due to the hardships of his past might be putting it a bit mildly. When Abbey arrives from America, thinking to join the man for whom she's spent years preparing herself, she is in for the shock of her life.

Prepare yourself to dislike Michael for his treatment of Abbey. If your reaction is anything like mine, you'll be distressed for our sweet Abbey, you'll want to hammer Michael, then you'll hope they can work everything out. Once, it appears they have fallen in love and the Big Misunderstanding occurs, you may want to bring out your hammer again. This part was difficult. There are some sad times in store for both Abbey and Michael, but the fact Michael does have a period of suffering (which in my opinion he deserved) helps even out the storyline. Wow, do I sound revengeful? Perhaps, but I was tired of Abbey having to be a doormat, first by her father and later by Michael when in fact, she did have a strong backbone and she was a truly admirable young woman.

This book has a flavor of some of the older romance novels, where the heroes were, if anything, given carte blanche by the authors to be more heavy handed in their dealings with the women in their lives - not in a physical manner but still a measure of "I am the King of the Hill and never forget you are my Underling." Since I've made the foregoing statement, you may wonder why the four stars?? I felt that Michael redeemed himself and truly repented of his overtly domineering and hateful actions. I suspect many readers will disagree with me, but I really enjoyed this book.


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The Devil Love A Novel Julia London 9780440226314 Books Reviews

A great addition to the Rogues series! Julia London never fails to entertain and put great twist to her novels. Abbey and Michael come together under interesting circumstances but can't help but find a chemistry that always seemed to be there even when they didn't know it. The obstacles they face threatened to tumble the fragile foundation they have started to build . This was a great addition to the series.
I believe this is one of London's earliest works and it shows. The writing lacks depth and comes across as flat and uninteresting. The heroine is annoyingly Pollyanna-ish, and of course animals, servants, and well, everyone other the hero, adores her because she is so sweet and wonderful and charming and perfect. The Hero seems childish and petty throughout most of the book. He treats her abominably and yes, he does grovel a bit at the end, but I think he isn't fully convinced that it isn't her fault. The main thing she did wrong was "lie" about having contact with her cousin. She of course, is too naive and innocent to know the cousin is up to no good. She thinks to protect her cousin and then "many bad things happen" for which the hero blames her, even though she was manipulated. My biggest issue with the book is just seemed to drag on forever. At the 70 percent mark I started thinking "Is it over, yet?" and kept checking the percentages on my every 10 minutes to see how much closer I was to being done with it. I would skip this unless you are a huge Julia London fan and want to read her entire backlist.
It was an OK book. I had to put this book down and have some time before I actually wanted to continue reading it. The story just seem too long and drawn out. I also thought Michael was not a bad hero at all! Yes he slept with his mistress after they were married but they had not consummated their marriage. After they did he never went back to the mistress. I don’t know why some people were saying that he was mean and cruel, I did not think so. As for the main heroin female in this story, she was too weak for my liking. I’m sorry but that is how I feel.
About a year ago I started reading Julia London, specifically The Highland Grooms. I find between books in this series, I want more from this author, so I chose an earlier release of hers from 2009, “The Devil’s Love”. Omg, I couldn’t get enough of this story. Immediately loved the beautiful, strong-willed heroine, Abbey, and though for awhile it was hard to warm to Michael (which I eventually did), it was an enjoyable process watching her win his heart. A captivating storyline filled with a roller coaster of emotions, and an ending that will definitely require tissues. Definitely agree with another reviewer, I love, love, loved it! Next up, the Duke of Sutherland in “Wicked Angel”.
I tend to read the lowest review ratings first before purchasing a book. I oftentimes stop at the three star reviews and make a decision to buy or not. Do I like heroes who dally with their mistress after their marriage vows (even if the marriage was a forced one at the beginning and no physical/sexual commitment has been established and it was a one time encounter to end it)? No, I don’t. Do I like the insultingly arrogant/ jerk / faithless type of hero? Not really. Does the plot seem original and unique? Not so much. And yet with this book and author, I took a chance. I thought it was worth experiencing the emotional highs and lows for myself and I am glad I did.

The heroine and hero’s love story may be reminiscent of the typical formula for a good historical romance but it does not detract from the fact that the story was enough to make you want to turn the page and find out how they get to their happy ever after and finish the book. The essence was the emotional journey of the love story and not just the electrifying intense physical attraction found in most romance books. I was about to just give 4 or 4.5 stars but I really liked the epilogue so I gave the final rating of 5. I may also try another book from Julia London.
I bought and read this book for the first time in June 2012, which means it was among the first books I read when I began reading HRs after a 20 year break. Since that time I've read it three times - the most recent being on a mini vacay. This book has always stuck in my mind for reasons I'll attempt to outline below.

First of all, the heroine, Abigail Carrington, was a dream. She was beautiful, feisty and most importantly, she was gifted with a wonderfully generous soul. Her mother died when she was young resulting in her father taking her along as he traversed the oceans on his shipping expeditions. At some point, Abbey desperately needed a woman to take her in hand, so her father decided to kick his little beauty off his ship and send her to school, resulting in Abby living a very unusual life until she ultimately settled with her aunt and cousins in America. Since Michael Ingram worked for her father in his business, she had known him from an early age.

From the time she was a little girl, her father told her that one day she would marry Michael Ingram. He then proceeded to manipulate Abbey's entire life by using her future marriage to Michael in order to get her to comply with his desires, continually telling Abbey that Michael loved her and one day Michael would send for her and marry her - when in fact, Michael never gave Abbey a second thought once she left her father's ship. In Michael's mind, Abbey was simply the little bratty daughter of his former boss. Abbey had no idea that her father and Michael had some business dealings involving a loan which Mr. Carrington had made to Michael.

There was a reason for the duplicitous and deceptive scheme perpetrated by Abbey's father in his business dealings with Michael. What Michael thought was a straightforward loan from Mr. Carrington to Michael ultimately became so complicated I won't begin to try and explain it because it never made sense to me. All one need know is pertinent details of the loan were set forth by Michael's unscrupulous father and Abbey's father. Therefore, Michael never realized one stipulation of the loan left him with no other option except to marry Abbey. When he learns this fact, he is livid.

So, what we have is a young woman who has prepared her entire life to be the wife of Michael Ingram. The same Michael who is now rich in his own right, having successfully built a shipping business, then worked toward rebuilding the family estate after his father passed and left him the title of the Marquis of Darfield. To say he's a hardened young man due to the hardships of his past might be putting it a bit mildly. When Abbey arrives from America, thinking to join the man for whom she's spent years preparing herself, she is in for the shock of her life.

Prepare yourself to dislike Michael for his treatment of Abbey. If your reaction is anything like mine, you'll be distressed for our sweet Abbey, you'll want to hammer Michael, then you'll hope they can work everything out. Once, it appears they have fallen in love and the Big Misunderstanding occurs, you may want to bring out your hammer again. This part was difficult. There are some sad times in store for both Abbey and Michael, but the fact Michael does have a period of suffering (which in my opinion he deserved) helps even out the storyline. Wow, do I sound revengeful? Perhaps, but I was tired of Abbey having to be a doormat, first by her father and later by Michael when in fact, she did have a strong backbone and she was a truly admirable young woman.

This book has a flavor of some of the older romance novels, where the heroes were, if anything, given carte blanche by the authors to be more heavy handed in their dealings with the women in their lives - not in a physical manner but still a measure of "I am the King of the Hill and never forget you are my Underling." Since I've made the foregoing statement, you may wonder why the four stars?? I felt that Michael redeemed himself and truly repented of his overtly domineering and hateful actions. I suspect many readers will disagree with me, but I really enjoyed this book.