We are given just a small taste of how much Lady Anna wants to lay claim to the innocent and sexually confused Marilyn. Marilyn is attracted to the very slutty and forthright Lady Anna who is more shocking in the bedroom than the Rayborne brothers will ever be. Also along these lines, there is a very interesting secondary story regarding Lilith's niece Marilyn, who was first introduced in Sinjin. Julia also sets up Rory's story in such a way I can't wait to read because his heroine is somewhat damaged.

The road to their happily ever after is bumpy and one I enjoyed reading. Lilith and Victor are very passionate together and they click right away. His is so understanding and respectful to Lilith and why she keeps him at a distance. This is the perfect case where that one woman comes along and redeems the hero. Victor may be a total rake, or as some would say Duke of Slut, but the moment he has Lilith in his sights, he is smitten and very much committed to her. But I can't help but enjoy the way Julia Templeton has written the Rayborne men. Heroes who have slept with every woman they come in contact with are a big turn off for me. As Victor and Lilith begin to fall in love with one another, a woman from Victor's recent past decides she wants Victor as her own and will do everything she can even spreading vicious lies to get what she wants. Not only does Victor what an exclusive relationship with her, but Lilith's close friends don't frown upon her or think what she is doing is wrong. Victory will do whatever he can to have Lilith. She was made a fool once, and refuses to be one again. But the fact that Victor's prowess in and out of the bedroom is legendary and shocking, is something that worries Lilith. But everywhere she turns, he is there giving her heated looks that makes her ache deep down inside. She is not the type of woman to have an affair, especially with a much younger man like Victor. Lilith cannot understand why Victor is so interested in her. She gives him the cold shoulder and acts uninterested, when she wants nothing more than to lie in his arms and enjoy those pleasures she missed out on her marriage. But Lilith is unlike any woman he has ever tried to seduce. His attraction to Lilith is instantaneous and now he can only think of her and ways to get her into his bedroom.

Victor is re-evaluating his own favorite past time since he has met the aunt of Sinjin's fiancée, the widow Lilith Winthrop, Lady Nordland. But now that Sinjin has found the love of his life, he is very much committed to his future wife. He, along with his eldest brother Sinjin and his younger brother Rory are called the Rakehells of Rochester because of their reputations. Victor Rayborne is one of three brothers who loves sex and enjoys being a lover to a vast majority of women. Enjoyable Older Woman/Younger Man Romance (B Grade)

Victor by Julia Templeton