Consent is the most important thing and she did not and would not have given it. Whether she “enjoyed it” is of course not to the point. Also, he has a bit of a grope at one point (he thumbs her nipple – and not over her gown) so it seemed to me that he was serious and intended to rape her. While he says things that indicate he will be able to make Lillian willing so “it won’t be rape” the fact is, she doesn’t want to be there and she doesn’t want to marry him and she doesn’t want to have sex with him. She’s in love with his best friend the Earl of Westcliff but all’s fair in love and sexual assault apparently so Sebastian takes his chance.
He intends to forcibly marry her at Gretna Green because he needs the money and she’s there.
Spoiler alert (the books are pretty old now but still): At the end of It Happened One Autumn, Sebastian drugs Lillian with ether, kidnaps her and threatens her with rape. (As it happened I read It Happened One Autumn last year but got distracted by the shiny and have only just gotten around to reading Devil in Winter.) I started off with It Happened One Autumnbecause Sebastian’s behaviour in the latter part of the book is the big issue and I needed to understand it before I could go ahead and read Devil in Winter. So I kind of expected Sebastian would be like that. I like reformed rakes well enough but usually their behaviour (at least in romance) extends to heavy drinking, womanising and gambling. I gathered he was one of the author’s most popular heroes however and that he was a reformed rake. What worked for me (and what didn’t): When I listened to Devil in Spring last year I had no idea who Sebastian Challon was. Together they will defy their perilous fate, for the sake of all-consuming love. When Evie is threatened by a vengeful enemy from the past, Sebastian vows to do whatever it takes to protect his wife… even at the expense of his own life. It quickly becomes clear, however, that Evie is a woman of hidden strength-and Sebastian desires her more than any woman he’s ever known.ĭetermined to win her husband’s elusive heart, Evie dares to strike a bargain with the devil: If Sebastian can stay celibate for three months, she will allow him into her bed. No one would have ever paired the shy, stammering wallflower with the sinfully handsome viscount. Everyone knows that.”ĭesperate to escape her scheming relatives, Evangeline Jenner has sought the help of the most infamous scoundrel in London.Ī marriage of convenience is the only solution.
What it’s about: (from Goodreads) “I’m Sebastian, Lord St. Why I read it: I had just listened to Devil’s Daughter and I wanted to understand what all the fuss was about.
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