A Loving Scoundrel, 7: A Malory Novel Mass Market Paperback – 1 May 2005

A Pasionate Regency romance about Jeremy Mallory.Danny has grown up on the streets of London as a pickpocket, remembering nothing of her past. One night, she is apprehended by the handsome young aristocrat that she is planning to rob. Jeremy Malory is strangely drawn towards this waif and persuades her to help steal back some jewels that his friend has lost in a card game. Danny demands that Jeremy takes her in and he hires her as his maidservant - although he wants her as his mistress.Danny blossoms into a lady under Jeremys guidance, but refuses his amorous attentions because she knows he will never marry her. But as the asttraction between the two of them intensifies, they embark upon a pasionate battel of wills and in cinderella style transformation, Danny becomes a charming beauty, appearing at a society ball where her appearance raises questions about her true identity - questions which threaten not only her chances of capturing Jeremys heart, but her bery heart...

I am a huge fan of Johanna Lindsey. I have a collection of her books. the Malory family is quite my favorite. Now I'm reading "Man of My dreams" which I read about 10 or 15 times. Its the same with all her books.

was a good read

excellent book. as usual with lindsey's books

This is titled to be Jeremy's story- a young man. While this story received points because it is a Johanna Linsey work and the Malory clan is a fun, diverse group, it lost points because of the age group and additionally, the story seems to be more about the heroine- Danni-Lass, than about Jeremy and not nearly the amount of family interaction that other works contained and I don't think I am spoiling anything by pointing out that Danny's story may seem a bit familiar because, like Kelsey in "Say You Love Me", it becomes very obvious with the mention of A NURSE and the difficulties with her early diction that Danny is going to turn out to be gentry. That said, I would have liked more family interaction because this is such a great family. Drew is mentioned for about 4 paragraphs twice in the work, Anthony for one or two brief lines and although Warren and Amy make a quest appearance, their role is minimal and not very entertaining. James, Jeremy's father, has only a very minor role and we know more about the cook's helper than we do about Jason-who shows up, tells James its handled, then leaves only to return to demand why James intervened to handle it better. Even Percy is relegated to the first dozen or so pages then is only briefly mentioned later, even though he is the one that instigated the entire meet-up between the Jeremy and Danny. For the young female readers who are interested in reading about young female heroines who struggle between the chance to stay with the one they love who may not love them, or to venture alone in the world to fulfill long held goals and life's objectives this is a very good book, well written and expresses the heroine's choices and ramifications very well. As a necessary read to fill in the blanks of other works it is a pleasant read and worth the time and effort to complete it. Its just that I've been there, done that and don't want to relive that part of my life again even in regency England.