With Seduction in Mind

By Laura Lee Guhrke

The Girl-Bachelors are back in With Seduction in Mind, a Victorian England version of 10 Things I Hate About You by New York Times bestselling author Laura Lee Guhrke. Guhrke, the author of Secret Desires of a Gentleman and The Wicked Ways of a Duke, offers a fun, sexy, and emotional tale of a young woman who finds her fairy-tale love.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Aug 25, 2009
• ISBN: 9780061903670

Laura Lee Guhrke

Laura Lee Guhrke spent seven years in advertising, had a successful catering business, and managed a construction company before she decided writing novels was more fun.  A New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Laura has penned over twenty-five historical romances. Her books have received many award nominations, and she is a two-time recipient of romance fiction’s highest honor: the Romance Writers of America RITA Award. She lives in the Northwest with her husband and two diva cats. Laura loves hearing from readers, and you can contact her via her website: www.lauraleeguhrke.com.

Reviews for With Seduction in Mind

[marcella1717 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Nothing very special about it, but also nothing wrong with it. It is just a very enjoyable read.
Grade: B

[Cindy Hill · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

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[ladywesley · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I love Laura Lee Guhrke's writing. I love the late-Victorian setting and the girl bachelors. Her love scenes are swoon-worthy.

But . . . . it's hard to write an exciting book about a man with writer's block. Not a lot happens. There aren't many characters -- just the hero and heroine, with a minor role for great aunt Mathilda and an even more minor role for sister Lucy. There are, however, pages and pages about why one writes and why one loses the ability and/or desire to write.

This was a sweet story, but I must confess that I skimmed vast parts of it. The love scenes, though, should be read carefully!

[cranberrytarts · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I enjoy LLG's writing style. I really liked parts of this book, but something about the seduction of the heroine bothered me. I can't quite put my finger on what. It might have something to do with me being a prude over a woman losing her virginity outside of marriage in a historical. I need to contemplate for a bit before deciding.

That aside, I enjoyed the setting and the basic premise. I like that LLG tends to write characters outside of the norm. In this case the hero is an Earl, but also a writer. That's refreshing.

The heroine was fun and feisty, and I really like that she didn't back down just because society expected her to. Watching her and the hero verbally spar was great fun.

[beckymmoe_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Daisy Merrick is a secretary, but what she really wants to be is a writer. Her practical older sister Lucy, however, has decided that making a living as a writer is just not dependable, so Daisy is working at temp jobs. Well, at least they're temp jobs for Daisy--since she always seems to lose the jobs shortly after she loses her temper and unwisely tells her employers just what they *don't* want to hear.

After losing her latest secretarial job, Daisy decides she's not going home to her sister until she has a new place of employment. She stops at the publishing house of a family friend, and before she knows it she has a job reviewing theater for a local paper and a ticket to see the opening night performance of the latest effort by one of her favorite authors, Sebastian Grant. Life should be wonderful...and it is. The play, however, is awful. Beyond awful. Apallingly awful. Daisy writes a scathing review of it, bemoaning that Grant's best works are a decade in the past and that he is now nothing better than a "second-rate Oscar Wilde". A review that Sebastian reads, and is incensed by. Is it the review itself, or the truth it contains that angers him the most, though? Sebastian is sure that the reviewer is right--his best work is behind him. He'll never write anything worthwhile again. As he bursts into his editor's office to complain, though--the editor who coincidentially owns the newspaper that published the review--he comes face-to-face with the reviewer herself, and the meeting does *not* go well. Before he knows it, his editor has been reassigned--and it's Daisy. She is supposed to make sure his contractual obligations to write a novel (now three years overdue) are fulfilled, and he is supposed to help her to polish up her own writing for publication. Can she do it? What, if anything, can inspire Sebastian to write--and write well--again?

This book is the fourth in Guhrke's "Bachelor-Girl" series, though it is the first book I've read by this author. I'm definitely going to be reading the first three--and soon!

[addictofromance · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Daisy Merrick, is outspoken and independent, and with every job her sister manages to find for her, she manages to get fired for being too opinionated, which is her downfall. However she loves writing, and goes to Marlowe Publishing for a job. When she gives a review on a play written by a man she once loved reading his work, she provokes him. Sebastian Grant, an infamous writer in England at one time, now hates to write, for it brings to him feelings of fear and helplessness due to his past. Sebastian is determined never to write again, but when the unrelenting Daisy comes to him with a resolution to solve both of their problems, he never expected that she would seduce him into writing again, when he at one time hated doing it. Sebastian has never believed in 'happily ever after' ending, but after being moved by Daisy's beauty and spirit, he dreams of a happy ending for himself.With Seduction In Mind is the fourth in the Girl-Bachelor series written by Laura Lee Guhrke. Now this series is about young women who are independent, outspoken and both the hero and heroine have yet to find love. I have truly been entertained by this series, and With Seduction In Mind definitely hit the bar. I love the whole interaction between the characters, both witty and sensual. At the beginning it started out slow, and things in the story didn't really pick up for me until halfway through the book, but once I got to that point I just had to flip through the pages to see what would happen between Daisy and Sebastian. One of the things that I just loved about this book was how engaging the story and the characters were to this reader, and I felt emotionally involved like I was drawn into the story, and seemed very riveting, and I wont lie, but brought a tear to the eye, especially at the end. One of the things I didn't like however was I wished it didn't drag a bit at the beginning, But definitely a satisfying read!!My Favorite QuoteAnd I want you to marry me, and come back to Avermore with me, and write your books right across from where I write mine, so that whenever I am working, I can see your sweet, freckled face.

[phyllisd_5 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The fourth book in the Girl-Bachelor series gives some insight into the writing process. A very good read with interesting characters and realistic problems.