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A review by fishgirl182
Don't Bargain with the Devil by Sabrina Jeffries
3.0
This is the sixth book in the school for heiresses series by Sabrina Jeffries. Lucinda is a former student now teaching at her alma mater. Diego Montalvo is a notorious rake and womanizer who moves in next door to the finishing school. He is there to determined whether or not the residence will make a good pleasure garden. Lucinda and the school's headmistress are firmly against a pleasure garden, which the believe would be distracting and dangerous to the ladies attending the school. Little do they know that Diego's plan of a pleasure garden is just a rumor made up to cover the real reason he's in town, which is to find the list heiress to a Spanish fortune. If he finds her he can finally regain he family home back and settle down. Diego and Lucinda butt heads while fighting their attraction to one another.
While I am usually a big fan of Sabrina Jeffries, but this doesn't rank among the most memorable books for me. I liked Diego and Lucinda both but neither was a standout. I also had some issues with some if the things that Diego does in the name of his cause. **sort of spoiler** at one point Diego makes Lucinda go somewhere against her will which I really did not like. Lucinda herself is furious but later forgives him. I didn't agree with him that the means justified the end and it made me like Lucinda a little less when she forgave him so easily. *end spoiler**
I needed a fun, quick read to get me out of a reading slump and thus did the trick. While not my favorite Jeffries novel, it was entertaining and quick. If probably only recommend it to die hard Sabrina Jeffries fans though.
While I am usually a big fan of Sabrina Jeffries, but this doesn't rank among the most memorable books for me. I liked Diego and Lucinda both but neither was a standout. I also had some issues with some if the things that Diego does in the name of his cause. **sort of spoiler** at one point Diego makes Lucinda go somewhere against her will which I really did not like. Lucinda herself is furious but later forgives him. I didn't agree with him that the means justified the end and it made me like Lucinda a little less when she forgave him so easily. *end spoiler**
I needed a fun, quick read to get me out of a reading slump and thus did the trick. While not my favorite Jeffries novel, it was entertaining and quick. If probably only recommend it to die hard Sabrina Jeffries fans though.