One of my all time favorite bad boys is Sebastian, Viscount St. Vincent, from Devil in Winter, the third installment in Lisa Kleypas’ Wallflower series.  The reason I love to read about bad boys is because the tougher they are, they harder they fall.  And the fall is the best thing to watch.  Plus we all know that a reformed rake makes the best husband!

Sebastian made a brief appearance in Secrets of a Summer Night but truly came into his diabolical ways in It Happened One Autumn, where he kidnapped Lillian Bowman and threatened rape in an attempt to marry her for her riches.  After a much deserved brutal beating by Lord Westcliff, Sebastian returns home to contemplate his next move.  Being in dire financial straits, Sebastian needs to find money…

London’s Perfect Scoundrel.  I couldn’t think of a more aptly named title for this extraordinary book by Suzanne Enoch.  Not that the hero, Saint, is perfect.  But he is perfectly sinful, perfectly wicked, perfectly delicious, and thus, a perfect scoundrel . . . and my all-time favorite bad boy hero.  Suzanne Enoch’s story shows how one completely immoral man slowly transforms into a gentleman because of the determination and love of one incredible woman.  Here’s a small (okay, maybe a little bit more than small) taste of why I have such strong love for this book and its hero.

“My dear, Saint doesn’t have to be good because he is so very . . . very bad.” – Lady Gladstone

“It amazes me, Saint, that you can own so few redeemable qualities…

Welcome to Duke of Slut Week – the bad boys of romance are in the spotlight all week long.

On the page bad boys are men who can save the country, go behind enemy lines, fight like ninja warriors, raise themselves from the most abject poverty and dire circumstance, dress with attitude, have the intelligence of a scholar, speak with dry wit and a dash of brooding yet charming repartee, they are  the envy of most males and the object of desire of every  female.  Oh yeah, some can even cook. Almost all are hard assed and dangerous, except when it comes to their heroine. When it comes to the women they love, well they’re more like an M&M candy – hard on the outside, melt in your mouth sweet on…

Reviewed by Gannon Carr
Publisher: NAL/Berkley
3.75 stars

“Innocence in women is a vastly overrated quality, and an unnecessary one at that.”

So the author sets the stage for the erotic escapades of young Marianna Wren, a foundling who was taken in and trained as a scullery maid.  After willingly being seduced and “ruined” by the handsome Mr. Lyon, Marianna is dismissed and left to fend for herself.  She is decides to set off for London and all the adventures it has to offer.  But fate intervenes, when Calliope, a member of the demimonde, decides to take Marianna under her wing and introduce her to a world of sexual pleasures.

Under Calliope’s tutelage, Marianna transforms herself into Madame Bliss and becomes sought after by the gentlemen of London.  Her world is filled with seductions, fantasies,…

Reviewed by Kate Garrabrant
Publisher: Avon
Stars: 3.5

Thalia “Tally” Langley and her cousin Lady Philippa “Pippin” Knolles are off to yet another house party thrown by Tally’s newly married sister Felicity. Felicity wants both Tally and Pippin to find husbands who make her as happy as her own. However, these unmarried ladies have more pressing concerns than finding husbands, such as trying to get their play, Lady Persephone’s Perilous Affair published. But since Felicity won’t rest till she gets her way, Tally has no choice but to appease her sister.

When Thalia arrives on the Hollindrake estate she meets a very pitiful looking man. Her brother-in-law introduces the stranger as his cousin Milo Ryder. Milo Ryder is really Larken the spy. He is working for the Foreign Office in search of Thomas Dashwell,…

There is so much bad news – every where I turn – nothing but doom and gloom. Well, I’m officially over it!  It seems everyday the ‘media’ is reporting bad news, telling you to be afraid, and, oh, by the way – there’s no end in sight.

So, I talked to Maria and we’ve decided to start a new tradition here at RNTV – we’re starting GOOD NEWS SATURDAY.  That’s right; I want you to tell me something good. It could be personal, professional, something about your community, your family or the world.

Share your stories and tell us anything good. Come on – talk to us!