Nunca pactes con el diablo

Por Sabrina Jeffries

El futuro de la escuela de la señorita Charlotte Harris está en peligro. Un encantador español, el mago más famoso del mundo, Diego Montalvo llega al límite de la osadía cuando propone adquirir la propiedad para convertirla en un jardín del placer. Con valentía, y haciendo caso omiso de su flirteo, Lucinda Seton se enfrenta a Diego y jura echar por tierra sus proyectos y salvar la escuela, sin ser consciente de que la verdadera misión de él es hallar a la heredera perdida de un noble español y llevarla a España, para recuperar lo que un día le fue arrebatado. Diego Montalvo es misterioso, encantador e inteligente, un seductor nato que aparece con una proposición que nadie osaría rechazar. Un hombre que, pese a todo, también es un solitario. Su misión es sencilla, al menos eso cree. El problema surge cuando se da cuenta de que no podrá manejar a la joven a su antojo y de que tendrá que hacer gala de toda su perspicacia y osadía. Con este fin en mente intentará desplegar toda la magia que posee como ilusionista.¿Podrá hechizar a la encantadora Lucinda sin que por el camino su corazón sea víctima del mismo maleficio? Nunca pactes con el diablo, no oses hacerlo. Cabe la posibilidad de que caigas en sus redes y no puedas liberarte jamás.

• Idioma: Español
• Editorial: Roca Editorial de Libros
• Fecha de lanzamiento: 15 mar 2013
• ISBN: 9788415410409

Sabrina Jeffries

At the tender age of twelve, Sabrina Jeffries decided she wanted to be a romance writer. It took her eighteen more years and a boring stint in graduate school before she sold her first book, but now her sexy and humorous historical romances routinely land on the USA Today and New York Times bestseller lists and have won several awards. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and son, where she writes full-time and is working on her next novel.

Comentarios para Nunca pactes con el diablo

[anniik_1 · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

This was a pretty typical Sabrina Jeffries romance, not really anything out of the ordinary. If you like her writings, you'll like this book. The kidnapping and everything at the end seemed a little drawn out and over done, and it seemed to drag a lot towards the end, but all in all it was entertaining and a good read.

[jjmachshev_1 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

"Don't Bargain With the Devil" is the sixth book in Sabrina Jeffries 'School for Heiresses' series. This time we get the story of Lucinda, one of the former students but now stepping in as a teacher to help out the owner. This is a tale filled with Jeffries' humor, sensuality, and the search for a missing heiress.Lucinda Seton is furious, hurt and furious. The man she thought was going to propose DID come up with a proposal...but not for marriage! Well, she'll show him! Her Spanish blood doesn't mean she can't behave like a proper society miss and as soon as she finds a husband, she'll make sure the ex knows just what he passed up! Of course, the husband will need to be a proper British lord, not that Spanish magician...even though he is very handsome, and flirtatious, and WHAT! trying to build a pleasure garden next to the school? NEVER!Diego's lost everything during the war. His father to maurading British soldiers, his family's estate to try and care for his mother afterwards, his mother who never recovered from her treatment by the same soldiers that killed his father, and his pride when he was caught stealing. But instead of turning him in, the man taught him his trade...that of the magician, and now Diego is one of the most famous in Europe. Yet when the wealthy and influential Spanish Marques de Parama offers to return his family's estates, Diego is determined to get them back. All he has to do is track down the Marques' granddaughter, stolen by her nurse during the war and taken back to England. Which will be stronger? Love or land?I laughed through most of this one. Reading about Lucinda, with her fiery temper and quick retorts, trying so hard to be proper...it was almost impossible not to laugh! And Diego, ahhh Diego. I think we should all get a shot at a Diego once in our lives, don't you? Although at times I did keep picturing Gomez from the Adams family show when he would start kissing Morticia's arm...well, maybe that was just me. So a bit of a mystery with the whole missing heiress and who are the real parents bit, lots of steamy seduction, scintillating battles of wit, and even a kidnapping. "Don't Bargain with the Devil" is a delight for regency lovers and historical lovers both. And Sabrina Jeffries' final book of series "Wed Him Before You Bed Him" is already out (Jun09) so I can mark these off my list.

[sammii507 · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

This was a pretty typical Sabrina Jeffries romance, not really anything out of the ordinary. If you like her writings, you'll like this book. The kidnapping and everything at the end seemed a little drawn out and over done, and it seemed to drag a lot towards the end, but all in all it was entertaining and a good read.

[reesa00 · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

I was pretty disappointed in this book. I felt like half the book was spent revisiting old characters and setting up for the final book in the series. I normally love when old characters pop up but not at the expense of the current plot. Also, because this book basically set up the last book in the series, all the potential "cousin Michaels" were introduced and had impact on the plot. There were also actions that occurred in the book that weren't necessary for this book's plot but I think were needed for the next book. This book space would have been better spent making this book's plot more crisp. The plot wasn't well developed and the hero and heroine did a lot of things that were out of character but moved the plot along.

[pmpayne · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

I was fortunate enough to receive an Advanced Reader Copy of the new book, Don’t Bargain with the Devil by Sabrina Jeffries. It is due to be released in June 2009 and it is surely worth the trip to the nearest bookstore to get it. This is another book in Jeffries’ School For Heiresses Series. One thing I have always enjoyed about this series is the correspondences between Charlotte Harris, the owner of the school and her mysterious “Cousin Michael.” In this book they were very enjoyable and sometimes humorous. Lucy Seton, a former student at the school, has been hired temporarily to replace the art teacher. She arrives at the school to find out that the property next door is for sale and could be sold to a magician who says he would like to build a Pleasure Park there. Obviously this would not be good for a girl’s school to have such a park next door. Enter the hero Diego Montalvo ,conjurer par excellence. There is an immediate attraction between Lucy and Diego which Lucy tries to deny. As their relationship develops it is obvious that there is more to the reason why Diego is living next door to the school. Lucy, Mrs. Harris and the school’s supporters do everything they can think of to raise money to try and thwart the purchase of the property. All of this makes for some very interesting events and interactions between characters. Without giving away the meat of the story let me just say that Jeffries has written a book that immediately draws the reader in. I found myself so involved with Lucy feelings that I was actually getting angry on her behalf at the way she was being manipulated. I shared her frustrations and her tears. She is a bright “hoyden” of a heroine who is full of spunk and in her own way tries very hard to do the right thing. Diego is a handsome hero and I had some sympathy for him but his manipulation of Lucy and his friend Gaspar certainly made me dislike him at times. I thought the characters were well developed and I liked seeing how they changed as the story progressed. The setting changes from England to Spain and while I usually dislike that feature in a story it was necessary and was done in a very seamless fashion. Jeffries has her own way of including humor into her stories and I always appreciate that. As usual Sabrina Jeffries delivers an excellent tale for which I give it 5 stars. I highly recommend this book. Even better at the end she gives us just a glimmer into her next book in the series which is Charlotte Harris’ story and she gives us several clues to chew on as to the identity of the mysterious “Cousin Michael.” I think I will be so disappointed if he turns out to be Charles Godwin!!! That book Wed Him Before You Bed Him will be released in July 2009 and believe me I will be first in line to by it!