Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780060593742
ISBN: 0060593741
Label: Avon
Manufacturer: Avon
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: June 01, 2006
Publisher: Avon
Release Date: May 30, 2006
Sales Rank: 770756
Studio: Avon

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:


A Noble Knight...



Once, Lady Alissende de Montague and Sir Damien de Ashby were passionate, secret lovers -- until the day Alissende had to turn her back on him, shattering both their hearts and changing their lives forever. Knowing he would never love another, Damien cast off all earthly concerns to dedicate his life to the Templar Knights. But now, his life endangered, he is thrust back into a world he'd left behind...coming face-to-face with the proud beauty who'd once spurned him.



A Wicked Promise...



Alissende will use her influence to save the man she still loves in exchange for his protection from the detestable, powerful earl bent on claiming her. It is a perilous bargain, forcing Damien to reunite with the one woman who could make him reject his vows for the temptations of the flesh. For their love rekindled will only burn deeper, threatening to consume them in the flames of dangerous intrigue and forbidden desires...






Rating: - Well Worth Reading
Since previous reviewers have outlined the story in "Sinful Pleasures", let me just say that Damien de Ashby reminded me of Brad Pitt in
"Legends of the Fall". Anyone who saw that movie will most likely remember the strength, force, and emotional vulnerability that Pitt's character embodied. Damien de Ashby seemed to me a mirror image of those wonderful masculine qualities.

Strong writing, great characters, a book well worth reading.

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Rating: - Very good - but could have been better
Years ago, when she was young and under her family's thumb, Lady Alissande jilted her lover, Sir Damien de Ashby, who was a champion of the tournaments but nevertheless a man of low birth. She married an older man, an earl chosen by her parents, and suffered through a terrible marriage.

Now her cousin, an impoverished earl, has caused the death of her husband with the intention of taking Alissande for a wife and thus solving his money woes. He is a brutal unscrupulous man whom Alissande ... Read More

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Rating: - That Special Something Was Missing!
SINFUL PLEASURES is the second in Mary Reed McCall's "The Templar Knights series" and tells the story of Sir Damien de Ashby. Sir Damien was a Templar Knight within the Brotherhood's most elite circle of warriors and that distinction put him in Hell . . . courtesy of the French Inquisition. His only salvation . . . the woman who once spurned him.

Once, not so long ago, Lady Alissende de Montague and Sir Damien de Ashby were lovers; yet something dreadful happened! Something that was so ... Read More

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Rating: - Good, but something didn't click
This was my first book by MRM, and it just didn't click for me. Perhaps it was the author's use of overly descriptive prose, which I found distracting.

The characters and plot are pretty run-of-the-mill and you could see the "surprises" at the end coming a mile away. (**SPOILER** the baby, Alex)

If you're looking for a standard knight-in-shining-armor book this will certainly do, but it won't be going on my "re-read" shelf.

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Rating: - A Lush, Emotionally Charged, Sensual Delight!
SINFUL PLEASURES, Mary Reed McCall's second book in her Templar Knights Trilogy is a gloriously romantic story and an outstanding historical drama; based in part on true events. In this exceptionally talented author's skillful hands ~ all the adventure, excitement, political intrigue and rich pageantry of the Medieval Era, as well as, the hardships, conflicts and, life and death struggles faced by the people of that time; are seamlessly woven into the storyline and vividly brought to life for the enjoyment ... Read More

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