A young couple Niall Lindsey, the Earl of Margrave, and Brilliana Trevor are separated when Niall leaves England after fighting a duel. He feels he cannot tell Bree his reasons and the result is years of separation and misunderstandings that also include Bree marrying to save her family. After his pardon, he returns to England and is blackmailed by the government into working with Bree to help catch a counterfeiter who just may be Bree’s father. By working together they slowly uncover the lies that tore them apart but trust is still hard to regain.

Sabrina Jeffries always does a wonderful job at quickly setting up the background of the story and allowing adequate time for the romance between the characters. It never feels that there are gaps in the story. Niall and Bree were a young couple who needed time to mature and grow before they were ready for a lasting relationship. Once this occurred they were a perfect match.

'The Pleasures of Passion' by Sabrina Jeffries is book Four in the "Sinful Suitors" series. This is the story of Niall Lindsey, the Earl of Margrave and Brilliana Trevor. I have read the other books in this series but feel this can be a standalone book.
Niall and Brilliana have been sneaking around meeting each other...they are young and in love. But Niall hasn't worked up the nerve to tell his father that he is in love with Brillian whose father is of a lower Title and has a gambling issue...so he hasn't yet asked her father for her hand. When she gets a note from Niall to meet him she quickly goes to the meeting. There he tells her that he killed a man in a dual and has to leave immediately. Niall ask that Brilliana comes with him and they can marry in Spain. But Brilliana doesn't want to leave her sick mother nor is she sure he will actually marry her because he isn't trusting her enough to tell her why he dueled. So at first she tells him no but then goes on to say that she will plan on getting things in order and meet him later once he settles. They are to communicate through his father. Now several years later there are angry feelings between the two because the other thinks that the other person let them down. But they are forced to work together so that they both can what each thinks they want.
I have enjoyed this series and this book just added to the entertainment of this series.
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The Pleasures of Passion by Sabrina Jeffries is a captivating read in the historical romance genre. In each of her books, we meet characters who seem real with their foibles and passions. Niall Lindsey, the Earl of Margrave and Brilliana Trevor were secretly meeting years ago. They were in love, but very young. Due to twisted circumstances Niall ended up having to leave England and Brilliana was forced to marry a man she could never love. The events that led up to each were shrouded in secrecy and both believed the other didn’t care.

Years later, Niall Lindsey, the Earl of Margrave and Brilliana Trevor were thrown together again in order to find a counterfeiter - specially Brilliana’s father. The passion and love were still there simmering under the surface - while on top was all the fear and suspicion of the secrets that they both carried. The Pleasures of Passion by Sabrina Jeffries is a fun read with lots of secrets and some suspense, but more importantly passion!

The Pleasures of Passion is the fourth book in the Sinful Suitors series by Sabrina Jeffries. Although part of a series it can easily be read as a stand alone book, although if you read the other books first, you will have a better appreciation of this book and it's characters.

Brilliana Payne and Niall Lindsay were desperately in love. They would meet secretly in the park where they would share passionate kisses. They were just waiting for the right time to let people know they were together. Then the unthinkable happened, Niall ended up fighting a duel and killed his opponent. In order to not be arrested and hung for committing murder Niall had to leave the country, flee to Spain. He asked Brilliana to go with him, but he wouldn't tell her why he had duelled. Sadly for our couple, Brilliana's mother was bedridden, and her father spent more time gambling the family's money away, than helping look after his wife. There was no way that Brilliana could follow her heart and run away with Niall, especially when he wouldn't trust her enough to tell her why he was in a duel in the first place. He made her promise to keep in touch with him via his father who would pass on any letters. The hope was that at some point they could somehow finally be together. Little did Niall know that his father couldn't be trusted. The man managed to make both feel betrayed by the other, and their relationship ended in heartbreak for them both.

That was their past, it's now the present and Niall is back in England after a powerful friend helped him get a pardon for his crime. While abroad he worked for that man, spying for England, and now he is back in England he has another job to do for him. He has to try to infiltrate a counterfeit operation. The problem is, Brilliana's father is the chief suspect. Niall is told that because of his past dalliance with Brilliana that if she agrees, they will have to pretend to be engaged, allowing Niall to spend more time with her father, hoping to find out if he indeed is involved in counterfeit money making or laundering.

Thrown together again it doesn't take long for old feelings to resurface between our couple. Unfortunately there is still a lot of anger and hurt between them too. They have a second chance at love, but will either admit they want it, or will they be too scared to have their hearts broken again? Can they have learn to trust each other enough to be honest about how they feel?

What I loved about this book is that there was never a dull moment. There was the thrill of finding out who was counterfeiting money, and trying to capture them, and huzzah, I had no idea who was involved altogether until right at the end. There was the passion between Niall and Brilliana, and wow, the author certainly knows how to write a build up to a climatic scene between the two! Somebody pass me a fan!! There was also the constant battle they struggled with, knowing they still loved each other, but not wanting to give into it because they can't trust each other. Just waiting to see how they each react when they find out what Niall's father did to keep them apart kept me on tenterhooks. This book had everything I love in a book and I absolutely recommend it.

I voluntarily reviewed an advanced readers' copy of this book.

This is the sixth story in The Sinful Suitors Series, four full length novels and two novellas. I have read them all and recommend them highly.

This story if about Niall Lindsey The Earl of Margrave and Brilliana Trevor. Young and in love they thought nothing could come between them. Then Niall is forced to fight a duel to protect his sister and is exiled to the Continent. Briliana is devastated but she cannot go with him because if she left there would be no one to take care of her ill mother.

Seven years later Niall is back in England given a full pardon and is determined to avoid Brilliana. She is now a widow with a young son. He doesn't understand why she married another man just a few months after he left England. She betrayed their love and he cannot forgive her.

Brilliana was broken hearted when Niall left London, but she was only 17 years old. When pressured to marry another man to rescue her Mother and Father from Debtor's prison she relents and marries. But she has never stopped loving Niall and her marriage was a mistake from the beginning. The only good that came out of her marriage was her son Silas. Now Niall is back in England and she is desperate to avoid him. She cannot go through that kind of heartache again.

This is a tale of young love, betrayal and redemption. Niall and Brilliana have secrets that have to come out if they have any chance of a happy ending. Niall is ready but Brilliana is not so sure. She cannot trust her judgement anymore when it comes to men and what her heart feels. Add in a family mystery that includes illegal activities.

This book will surprise and delight. Sabrina is a truly talented romance author who writes wonderful characters and surprising plots that are of the highest standards in Historical Romance. Her stories are wonderfully original. Witty dialogue, laugh out loud moments make her books must reads. I have been reading her stories since her first book was published "A Dangerous Love" which made me a lifelong fan. I will buy, read and keep her books, including her all of the Deborah Martin novels.

There is a lot going on in the first 50 pages so you better pay attention. This is a lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers trope that works because Ms. Jeffries is really adept at this kind of plotting. She does quite a bit of info dumping in the guise of dialog, which does make it more palatable. There is a mystery going on as to whom is the counterfeiter with some red herrings thrown in the path of our solving. As with most misunderstandings in HR we do wish that the Hero and Heroine would just confess their secrets to each other and get on with it, although, there are good reasons to stay quiet. This gets a bit exciting when the villain is uncovered.

Sabrina Jeffries has once again crafted a lusciously sensuous and intriguing addition to a very entertaining series. This is a standalone book so no problems if you are new to the series. I have enjoyed all the books in this series and recommend them to all Historical Romance readers.

The forth book in the Sinful Suitors series follows Niall Lindsey, the Earl of Margrave, sister to Cassandra whom you might remember from The Study of Seduction, and who we later learned fled the country to avoid being prosecuted after fighting a duel with a man who harmed his sister, subsequently killing the man. Seven years later, Niall is back, pardoned, and trying to move forward with his life, including moving on from Brilliana the woman who he was forced to leave.

Brilliana Trevor's heart broke the day she had to say good-bye to Niall. Despite being forced to wed her now-deceased husband, she never stopped loving Niall, but the rumors surrounding why he dueled all those years ago keep her from being able to trust him again. However, when her father is implicated in a counterfeit ring, she and Niall are forced to work together to either prove his innocence or his guilt. While working together their undeniable attraction forces them to confront their feelings for one another.

The relationship between Niall and Brilliana was heavily teased to us in The Danger of Desire, and of course Niall's own story was partially revealed in the second book, so I loved that we finally got the full story between the two. A lot happened in their time apart from one another, they both exponentially changed. Seeing them figure out whether they could learn to trust each other, coupled with the heat between them, was what really drove the story for me. I felt like the counterfeit storyline took too much of a backseat to be intriguing. I know that this is a romance first, but I felt like it should have warranted a little more balance between the "mystery" of the counterfeiters and the relationship between Brilliana and Niall.

Overall, though, I enjoyed this read as I've enjoyed the others in the series thus far. There's a definite hint about who the next couple will be, and I'm hoping it does go in that direction.

Bree loved him and Naill loved her, but circumstances forced them apart.
The characters are fleshed out nicely and true to life. Even most of the secondary characters are well developed. such as her father and her aunt. The descriptions allowed you to see what was around them. Such as the naughty watch Naill had and Aunt Agatha and Bree saw when he gave it to Silas. The plot wove this and more into an amazing story. It was complex but very satisfying, in that it answered all your questions. I loved it and felt it was an excellent read.

I really like this series. Niall loved Brilliana, but she was still only 17 and he has kept their love a secret. Niall has to flee the country and asks Brilliana to go with him. She refused. Brilliana refused because of her sick mother and she was uncertain what their life would be like. After he leaves, Brilliana marries another man and Niall is left broken hearted. Seven years later, Niall is back and they are faking an engagement to keep Brilliana's father from being hanged. They both have misunderstandings and secrets and neither of them are ready to give them up just yet. They need to bring it all out so they can trust once again and move forward.

The last book sure made me wonder about this one and what was up with Brilliana and Niall.

It starts with their lovestory, which I know ended badly, but not why. She married someone else. He was in exile after a duel. I know why he dueled, it was for a good reason. But it did cost him her.

And now they are back together. Well they are put together to solve a mystery. And they so do not want to work together. She despises him, he resents her. And I was all, omg talk talk talk!!!! Talk it through, but they are both angry for different reasons. Talking is not really what they want.

I liked Brilliana. I liked Niall. They obviously belonged together but there are so many lies and secrets in the way. But they will get closer, even if they are still angry, they really want each other.

Then there is the danger too, what is her father up too? Can they solve it?

Conclusion:
It was a good lovestory- A bit of suspense, a lot of lies and lots of passion.

This book tell us the story of Brilliana ''Bree'' Trevor and Niall Lindsey, the Earl of Margrav, two people who had a romance in the past which was interrupted after Niall had killed a man in a duel and was forced to flee to another country. Niall wanted Bree to leave with him, or at the very least wait for him, but she couldn't leave her sick mother behind, and soon after Niall was exiled Bree was forced to marry another man, believing that Niall had abandoned her to a dreary, loveless life, and had fought the duel over a light-skirt, proving that he didn't truly love her.

Some years later Niall had been pardoned and came back to England, now disillusioned and cynical as ever, while Bree become a young window and a mother to a young child, and wants nothing to do with the reckless rogue who broke her heart in the past. But, due to being blackmailed by the government, now they need to pretend to be a betrothed couple in order to solve a mystery.

In general I think ''The Pleasures of Passion'' was a enjoyable read, but sadly I couldn't really like the main couple (especially the heroine), though now I'm curious about the previous books in the series.

The Pleasures of Passion by Sabrina JeffriesWe've heard about Niall Lindsey in all of the other books in this series. He was forced to flee the country after he killed a man in a duel over his sister's honor. But nobody except his sister and her husband know that. Everyone else thinks that it is because he slept with the wrong man's wife. You see, he was a bit of a scoundrel. Or, he had been until he met Brilliana (oh, I had such a hard time with this name) Trevor. But theirs was a secret affection. He tried to get her to come with him, but she stayed to be with her dying mother.
Now it's seven years later and they both have lingering resentments. Bree believes that Niall had another lover while Niall thinks that Bree was just trying to capture a rich husband with the evidence being that she married mere months after he left, rather than waiting for him. The pair will have to work together though to discover who is passing counterfeit bills. Niall owes the man asking them to do this and Bree just wants to clear her father's name since he's the person that they know has been passing around the bills.
A nice addition to the Sinful Suitors series, the romance was a little rushed for me and the Big Misunderstanding a little bit to drawn out. Definitely still looking forward to Ms. Jeffries' next book.

Three and a half stars
This book comes out June 20
Follows The Danger of Desire

THE PLEASURES OF PASSION (THE SINFUL SUITORS #4) by Sabrina Jeffries was a joy to read. A story of lost and found love Niall and Brilliana both have secrets and problems with their families... Drawn back together after seven long years to solve a crime brings back old memories of heartache and feeling that won't die. I hated to put the book down and didn't want it to end.

I received an advance reader copy in exchange for a fair review. The love story of Brillana and Niall endured a 7 year separation during which time he escaped to the Continent after killing a man in a duel after the man raped his sister. He was pardoned and returned to England to claim his father's title. Because of his father's twisting the truth, each thought the other no longer cared. They were thrown together when they were recruited to spy on a counterfeiting ring and this was when they learned of his father's deceit. The story is well written and enjoyable. In the end they have a HEA. I would recommend this book.

Strength. Sometimes the least likely person has it and it surprises you. Brilliana is that person for me – in the previous book I thought she was nice but not strong. Definitely proven wrong. Both Niall and Brilliana are wonderfully-written characters that drew me into their story of love, misunderstandings, intrigue and back to love. Again, Ms. Jeffries’ brings out the sometimes sarcastic and always enjoyable humor. I also love second chance romances. This one definitely delivers in the angst department. Loved it!

Sabrina Jeffries brings yet another great read in her Sinful Suitors series. The Pleasures of Passion is the story of the Niall Lindsey, the Earl of Margrave and Brilliana Trevor, both characters were introduced earlier in the series. But not to worry, Pleasures of Passion is an excellent standalone read. The storyline includes past betrayals and a bit of criminal activity… all layered with dashes of humor and some spicy intimacy. As Niall and Brilliana are ‘coerced’ into working together to search for a counterfeiter, they find much more than the culprit. The excellent character development leads to a fast paced tale and a love journey never to be forgotten.

Niall and Bree are two characters you are rooting for this whole book. This book is part of a series but you can certainly read as a stand alone. The two characters are torn by mistrust and have to find their way back to each other. Steamy romance scenes that make you look at trees in a whole new light. You will love this book.

This is the 4th book in the Sinful Suitors series. While I personally enjoy reading the books in order, this can be a stand alone book. I think the Pleasures of Passion was a good title choice. It really bring attention to the cover, which is quite sexy. Niall Lindsey, the Earl of Margrave, has to flee England because of an unexpected duel, he is hopeful that his love interest, Brilliana Trevor, will go with him. Brilliana has family obligations she must uphold, so really, her decision is made for her. The reader will get a glimpse as to where the misunderstandings occur between this couple and then we flash forward to the present (in the novel) as the couple gets a second chance at romance. Both Niall and Brilliana have gone through some personal struggles that they believe changed the essence of who they once were. They seem to both be filled with some regrets, but as non-communication goes between men and women, it is not resolved until towards the end of the story.

I think the characters are well developed. Niall’s description turned him into my perfect book boyfriend for the weekend. The dialogue was witty, there was humor woven throughout some scenes and we have a bit of a mystery. The reader will be wondering about who the real counterfeiter is. I love the idea of Niall being a spy, even though it can be a common occurrence in historical romances. I think what makes Niall unique is that he is a reluctant spy, who lost the love of his life for duty to his family. That makes him noble and quite swoon worthy. I think that Brilliana being forced to wed, is historically accurate and makes me think about how lucky we are to live in this age of equality! She is a strong female character, forced to deal with the circumstances that life has thrown at her. Readers will be able to empathize with the love that Brilliana has for her son and makes a nice secondary story within the book. This is a fun, sexy story with a little bit of mystery and intrigue. The sexual tension is palpable and you will want to grab a glass of wine when they finally surrender to their desires. Then you will probably re-read the sex scenes. If you are looking for a happily ever after, this book delivers.

Every time I read a new Jefferies book, I know I am in for a treat - this one did not disappoint.

A long lost love is rekindled, despite all the obstacles in their way. This story hits, with plenty of passion, intrigue, and historical romance high jinks. There were times I wanted to smack the hero for being so obtuse, but then he FINALLY comes around.

I am giving an honest review in exchange for this ARC. Always a pleasure to read a Sabrina Jeffries book. She brings so much to any tale. In this one, there is a search to find a counterfeiter that becomes even more complicated by past loves and a future one. Not difficult to read at all.