Three Nights with a Scoundrel - Tessa Dare

The third time is the charm.


The bastard son of a nobleman, Julian Bellamy is now polished to perfection, enthralling the ton with wit and charm while clandestinely plotting to ruin the lords, ravish the ladies, and have the last laugh on a society that once spurned him. But meeting Leo Chatwick, a decent man and founder of the exclusive Stud Club, and Lily, Leo’s enchanting sister, made Julian reconsider his wild ways. When Leo’s tragic murder demands that Julian hunt for justice, he vows to see the woman he secretly loves married to a man of her own class.

Lily, however, has a very different husband in mind. She’s adored Julian forever, loves the man beneath the rakish facade, and wants to savor the delicious attraction they share — as his wife. His insistence on marrying her off only reinforces her intent to prove he is the only man for her. Obsessed with catching a killer, Julian sinks back to the gutters of his youth, forcing Lily to reach out with a sweet, reckless passion Julian can’t resist. Can her desire for a scoundrel save them both–or will dangerous secrets threaten more than their tender love?

Alright here we are....the conclusion of Tessa Dare's new trilogy. This book ranks second for me in the books with the first one One Dance with a Duke being my favorite.
 
Although, I say that you must know one and two are pretty much like a micrometer away. So yeah okay you say...whatever you crazy lady, LOL!!
 
This book follows Julian Bellamy the best friend of Leo Chatwick (the guy killed in the first book) and his sister Lily Chatwick.
 
Being born "on the wrong side of the blanket" Julian never felt he was good enough for Lily so he is bound and determined to see her married off but with Lily's deafness even her beauty will be hard for the stuckup snobs of the ton to accept. So even though Julian ever determined to marry her off she is even more determine to prove that the perfect man for her is Julian Bellamy...but is that really who he is?
 
Julian lives a double life. On the one hand is the rake, scoundrel and unmitigated ass Julian Bellamy who no one really knows about but yet they still want him around. The one guy all the young nobleman want to be with his devil may care hair, flashy clothes and even his womenly conquests. The other side is James Bell the tradesman with his many investments who is unimaginably wealthy but with a sordid past he wants nothing more than to overcome.
 
Lily wants nothing more than to have Julian (or is it James) marry her. She soon gets her wish and then the strings start to unravel.
 
We soon find out that Leo's murder was not anything more than a brutish singled out attack and not some pre-meditated threat on Julian's life. Well the brutes that killed him met their ends. Soon Julian has to reveal his true self to Lily which she openly accepts.
 
I love Tessa Dare's characters. She makes you feel for them. She makes you want them to be happy and you actually find yourself worrying about their happily ever afters. Also, I love her epilogues they are just sooo fantastic and from them she has a host of new characters to write books about!!
 
This book is warm, sexy, funny and just down right awesome!! The book ended the series on a very high note and in fact my favorite part was actually the epilogue and the scene between Julian and Lily at the very end...I won't give it away...hehehehehe!!
 
So if you want to read Julian and Lily's story just go here --> Three Nights with a Scoundrel

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