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Caroline Broadhurst gave up everything for the sake of her family. When she was just 15 years old, she was married off—to a wealthy mill owner who was old enough to be her grandfather. For years now she has suffered his attentions. And worse she's never once gotten pregnant from them, the one thing she's always wanted. Suddenly her husband's health begins to take a turn for the worse, and with his age he worries that soon he will no longer be around. He wants an heir to continue his business and his name. There is just one problem: though he won't admit it to anyone else, he's sterile, something he has had to accept after three young wives over a span of three or four decades and no children from any of them. Determined to have a child, even if it won't technically be of his blood, he forces Caroline to choose a man (out of the ones he has picked out) and seduce him, and to keep doing so until she finds herself pregnant.

Jack Applegate is just a lowly mill worker for Mr. Broadhurst. But from the first day that he saw Caroline, back when she was a new bride, he's dreamed of a life with her—if only he had more to offer her. With no money, no home, no real future, how could he hope to win her over, little loan support her? When an unfortunate mill accident lands him on his back with a crushed ankle, he never would have guessed that Caroline may secretly have some feelings for him too—why else would she fight with her husband to keep Jack up at the main house until he has recovered? But while he's there he notices her flirting with the many gentlemen that are staying for the hunt, and he begins to wonder if perhaps he was wrong about the type of woman she is...

When she finally tells him the truth, he offers to help her; he may be injured, but, as he clearly reminds her, it is only his leg that is not working properly anymore. He's been dreaming of this for years, and now he finally has it: Caroline in his bed. But it's nowhere near what he dreamed of. Disgusted by the act, as well as used to the pain that it has caused her over the years, she is determined to use him only for his seed. No touching, no exploring, no kissing. It should sound like every man's dream experience, but in reality it's almost enough to make a man lose his excitement. Can he show Caroline that what they are doing is not a sin, and that when it is with someone you love it can be enjoyable?

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ALL ABOUT SEDUCTION by Katy Madison is an interesting historical romance set in Regency England. This is an interesting and tender story of love,sacrifice,betrayal,secrets,sweet sensuality,danger,and murder. It is the story of Caroline Broadhurst and Jack Appleton. Caroline married to an much older weathy man,fourty years her senior,is now told by her husband after fifteen years of marriage and no children, she MUST seduce a suitable gentleman.become with child,in order to gain anything at his death. Jake Appleton,a mill worker,who has dreams of becoming a self made man,this hurt at work,pretending a child. This is story of Jack and Caroline,their growing attraction to each other,their desire,and how Mr. Broadhurst's is not only a mean spirited man,but also has a dark secret in his past that will come to life. A wonderful story of a tender love,passion,how violent secrets come to life and the wonderful story of love and sacrifice. A must read for any historical romance readers who enjoys a twist in the story. Received for review from Net Galley and the publisher. Details can be found at Avon,an imprint of Harper Collins and My Book Addiction Reviews. ( )

I reviewed this book for Romance Reader At Heart website

http://romancereaderatheart.com/pubsandpromos/2011/nov11/AAS_KM.htm

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:


I'm afraid to even start telling you about ALL ABOUT SEDUCTION. You might find me tripping all over myself while gushing and praising this author that, low and behold, I NEVER read before!

What an oversight on my part!

The blurb adequately describes the story, and while this plot has been done before and as recently as Loraine Heath's WAKING UP WITH THE DUKE, Ms. Madison's take on the plot is still unique and surprising. I found the story well written, characters three-dimensional, as well as the time and the situation our hero and heroine find themselves in, very realistically portrayed. Their feelings for each other, their treatment of one another, was very touching and full of raw emotion.

Caroline's loyalty to her husband, even after he demands she take a lover to get pregnant with an heir, is commendable; but her strength is shaken while torn between that loyalty, desire for the one man she could never have, and her overwhelming desire for a child. The humiliation she endures at some of the ‘aristocratic gentlemen' of her husband's choosing is painful, and it almost breaks her resolve while making the reader fume.

To say that Jack Applegate is your typical hero is an understatement. The handsome, young man we meet comes from a huge family, is poor, hardworking, and thoroughly down on his luck. Yet he's got dreams and a plan to better himself, to basically pull himself out of this Godforsaken place and make his fortune in manufacturing. Then the unthinkable happens, and our hero is faced with life-changing decisions that will make or break his future.

Jack and Caroline embark on a journey of discovery that is not to be missed. While Caroline finally connects to her passionate nature, Jack learns that determination and perseverance are his strengths, and no matter what or who stands in his way, he will prevail.

If you've never read this author, please seek her work out. I highly recommend this emotional story of unique and tender love that impressed me to a point that I was sure to track down the author's previous book, TAINTED BY TEMPTATION, and add it to my TBR shelf.

Melanie ( )

This ebook was courtesy of NetGalley and Harper Collins Publishers.

She had never known passion like this…
Caroline Broadhurst is about to take a lover— at her husband’s command. For fifteen years, Caroline has done everything her much older husband has desired—except provide an heir. Now he has given her an ultimatum: seduce a suitable gentleman and bear a son. Caroline would never think of bowing to such a shameful order, but then she meets Jack Applegate.
Jack has longed for the beautiful, untouchable Caroline for years, but the chasm between them was too wide to ever dream of crossing. Now, fate and passion have thrown them together, but the potential scandal threatens to smother their love. And when a violent secret comes to light, only a terrible sacrifice will prevent the flame of their affection from being snuffed out forever . . .
While the characterizations were good in this book, I didn't like the plot. I read romance to escape for a few hours and this book just left me uptight. Caroline had endured too much and that her family, her husband and her brother would treat her this way just left me cold. Too much description of bad love scenes was depressing. ( )

Caroline Broadhurst’s very elderly husband, a mill owner, is desperate for a son, so desperate that he orders his wife to have an affair & get pregnant. He connives with her brother to have half a dozen suitable men brought to the house under the guise of a house party so she can get on with it.
She naturally is horrified, but he threatens to leave her nothing in his will if she doesn’t. She is attracted to Jack, an employee in the mill, but the mill owner’s wife can’t even speak to a mill worker. It’s just not done. Until Jack almost loses his foot in an accident and she has him taken to the house to recover. Caroline tries to do as her husband asks but things keep going wrong for her with the male guests and what she really wants is to take Jack as her lover. Along the way she discovers there is a dark secret in her husband’s past, one that could be repeated in the present & she must decide just what she really wants.
Overall a good story but a little far fetched, the husband too suddenly evil for me; they’d been married 15 years & suddenly he’s this menacing figure?

* disclaimer – I was given this book free from NetGalley in return for this review ( )