One Night With a Prince (Royal Brotherhood, Book 3) Reviews

• An Entertaining Regency Period Romance!

  
  By A1N3J3DCVC1D2Z on 2005-06-29
  This is the third book in Sabrina Jeffries's "Royal Brotherhood Series", historical romances set in England's Regency period featuring heroes who are illegitimate sons of the Prince of Wales. "One Night with a Prince" is the story of Gavin Byrne, Prinny's unacknowledged son by an Irish actress. It is an entertaining, well-written tale with an attractive hero and unusual heroine.
  
  Gavin Byrne is one of the "self-made man" variety of romantic heroes, a man who has risen from a childhood spent in the gutters of London to become the wealthy owner of an exclusive gentleman's gambling club. Prinny's denial and rejection of his mother, a childhood spent in desperate poverty and an unhappy love affair in his youth have left Byrne bitter and cynical. Gorgeous and controlled, he has had many (many!) mistresses but (of course!) scorns the idea of falling in love and getting married.
  
  The heroine of the story is Lady Christabel Haversham, a pretty and rather unconventional young widow who needs Gavin's help to recover a packet of scandalous letters concerning the Prince of Wales that her feckless husband stole from her and sold to the dastardly Lord Stokely in order settle a gambling debt. Christabel's plan involves posing as Gavin's mistress in order to secure an invitation to an exclusive gambling party at Lord Stokely's country home. Gavin agrees to help her, privately planning to use the letters himself to get revenge on Prinny for his abandonment of his mother, and hoping to get Christabel to agree to be his mistress in truth.
  
  Gavin is an engaging hero--handsome, sexy, intelligent, but embittered by life. I am always a sucker for stories with "heartless" heroes who find their souls through the love of a good woman. Christabel is an interesting heroine, although a bit too much of a street-fighter for a gentlewoman from the Regency period to be believable and occasionally straying into the dreaded "feisty heroine" territory. I did like the fact that she had a really bad temper--it was a nice quirk in her character. She was disappointingly proper at the beginning of the story (numerous internal monologues vowing *never* to allow sexy Gavin Byrne to kiss, fondle or seduce her--vows (of course) instantly forgotten with the mere touch of Gavin's lips!) She is also oddly innocent for a woman who was married for ten years, regardless of how much of a loser her husband may have been.
  
  The book seemed to drag somewhat at the beginning with a bit too much exposition masquerading as dialogue, but the plot starts to move along as things heat up between Gavin and Christabel. (In an entertaining scene, he teaches her how to play "Whist for the Wicked"--a variant of strip poker.) Fortunately, Christabel is a very quick study and becomes an expert whist player in a matter of only two weeks. The plan to recover the letters is not exactly brilliant, but the romance is sweet (once the bickering is over) and the sensual scenes well done (althought I am not sure which night is the "One Night" referred to in the book's title.)
  
  In summary, this is a very readable and enjoyable historical romance with an engaging hero and heroine. It is my favorite in the "Royal Brotherhood Series".
  Recommended.
  
  

• HOT, Sexy, Great story.... Two Thumbs up..

  
  By A3RX5RMRAJ8Z5B on 2005-09-09
  This is one of my all time favorite romance books. From page one the characters in this charming book reached out and grabbed me. Page after page I just got sucked in deeper until I closed the book with a happy sigh. This book had everything you need to create a good romance: a dashing hero, a beautiful feisty heroine, something that always seems to interfere with the hero and heroine, and, most of all...PASSION! You will feel like smoking after the sex scenes in this book. It was written with an amazing level of intensity and feeling that my heart was pumping furiously with the palatable passion in the story. The relationship between the leads is endearing. The secondary characters are enjoyable as well.T his book is sharp and fast-moving. Filled with Lovable and exciting characters. Lots of laugh out-loud, I-can't-believe-they-did-that scenes and oh so plenty of heart warming moments. This was a very entertaining book. This book was a pleasure to read and I couldn't put it down until it was finished. I really enjoyed the characters, as they were very likeable.
  
  The relationship between the leads is endearing. I found the characters to be multi-dimensional and the author weaves a mystery into the story without slowing it down or interrupting the romantic flow. The love scenes are ample & steamy, and the plot is a good one. A fast paced book with an intricate plot that I cannot help but enjoy. The interaction between the leads was great. Sabrina Jeffries has found a perfect match for the notorious Gavin with feisty Christabel. They are well matched in temperament, intelligence and in their loyalty to their families. It was an interesting. There is enough conflict to make the story line interesting and not so much that your left wondering why they ever got together.
  This book is sharp and fast-moving. I was sad to have it end, but satisfied at the ending!
  
  

• What's with all the mistresses???

  
  By A29ZE892N6TZRV on 2005-10-28
  Christabel is the only daughter of a General who lucked out when she was saved by a dashing young Leuitenant who later becomes her husband. They had a happy, if not overly heated, marriage. Until his death she never considered that he had any faults. That's when all his dirty little secrets and trechery become apparent with a potential scandal that leads all the way to the Prince.
  
  Gavin Byrne, part of the trio of princely [...] and all around ne'er do well, is charged with the duties of assisting Christabel in attempting to salvage this fiasco and protect his wayward Prince father (even though his majesty never lifted a finger for him). He is instantly attracted to Christabel and devises a plan for her to become his pretend mistress in order to perpetrate a ruse amongst his buddies and get her to the intended destination.
  
  This story was well written (the dialogue, story flow, etc). That is not why I gave it less than a stellar rating. I felt all the moments of embarrassment were too much for the heroine to have to endure. They didn't lead to any sort of debauching and loosening of her morals or made her easier to sleep with. She seemed to want to do that from the start. So making her sit amongst his former mistresses and former fiance (there were many of one and one of the other) and listen to them talk dirty about his sexual exploits made me hate the hero. It made him seem like the prized stallion and not someone I was empathetic to. He was made him seem like someone who used women like tissue. I would have been more comfortable had that been apart of his past. It was also poorly timed. Too soon sex for the character development and too many embarrassing moments for the heroine. I couldn't sympathize with either of them.
  
  
  
  

• I absolutely loved this couple...the best book of the series

  
  By A14GEA3EZCYCRK on 2006-02-17
  Ms. Jeffries saved the best for last in this final installment of the Royal Brotherhood series. It is definitely a page-turner, with a wonderful hero and heroine and a very compelling storyline. The story's hero is Gavin Byrne, bastard son of the Prince of Wales ("Prinny"). For his entire life, Gavin has hated his father, whom he has never met. The prince publicly denied his paternity and reneged on a promised annuity to Gavin's mother, forcing them to live in poverty until his mother's death when he was twelve. Gavin survived by sheer determination and ruthlessness and now, in his thirties, he is the wealthy, if somewhat aloof, owner of a very successful gentleman's club. He has had many mistresses and is considered an expert lover. However, they have always been married women and always kept at a safe emotional distance, because Gavin has no interest in a permanent relationship. In fact, if any of his mistresses say they love him, he ends the affair immediately. Into his solitary, cynical and somewhat shallow life walks a breath of fresh air in the form of the intrepid and adorable Christabel, the widowed Lady Haversham.
  
  Christabel has been sent to Gavin by Prinny to help her recover a secret item that her late husband sold to Lord Stokely in order to pay off a gambling debt. In return for recovering the item, Prinny will make Gavin a baron and finally grant him an audience. Gavin is to attend an exclusive card competition at Stokely's estate, and Christabel wants to attend also to try and locate the mysterious item. The only way Gavin can procure an invitation for Christabel is to pretend that she is his mistress. To be convincing in the role, she needs much different attire than her black widow's weeds, but unfortunately she was left very little money by her late husband. Naturally, Gavin charges to the rescue with a lavish new wardrobe, and soon the pretty but provincial Christabel is transformed into a sophisticated beauty. Christabel views Gavin as a bit of a scoundrel because of his reputation for gambling and womanizing. Nevertheless, she finds him fascinating and is not impervious to his charm, wit and generosity. Even more tempting, in light of her unfulfilled marriage, are Gavin's seductive caresses and his undisguised yearning for her. Is it only a matter of time before the pretense becomes a reality, and is a passing affair what Gavin really wants from the delightful, tenderhearted Christabel?
  
  I loved this couple and their amusing banter and flirting, all the while denying the strength of their feelings. Gavin is ridiculously territorial about his "supposed" paramour, and Christabel has overwhelming pangs of jealousy whenever she his around his former lady loves. Of course we know where this story is going, but it's so much fun getting there. The dynamic couple is immensely appealing, and I found myself so often smiling as I was reading. Gavin milks the mistress angle for all it's worth, taking excessive liberties with her, but Christabel is a good sport and refuses to be flustered. Their romance is sweet and tender and well-written, with very moving dialogue. Highly recommended.
  
  

• OUTSTANDING Finale to a Fabulous Series

  
  By A3B48AN8JID1JK on 2005-06-22
  Gavin Byrne is many things, a rake, a womanizer, and an unacknowledged bastard of Prinny - but oh, you are so going to love him! No soft life for this royal son, as he made his own way out of the poverty of Drury Lane and was now a wealthy and powerful club owner with knowledge of some of the most intimate secrets of the ton.
  
  Now the very respectable Lady Christabel, needed a favor and knowing that Lord Draker {IN THE PRINCES BED}was a friend to the notorious gamester asked that a meeting be set up. This wasn't the first time she'd met Byrne, and but she hoped that their first auspicious meeting, when she shot a hole in both his hat and cabriolet, wouldn't stop him from helping her now. She needed Gavin to help her gain entrance into a scandalous house party so that she could search and destroy letters that the host had obtained from her dead husband that could destroy what was left of her family.
  When Gavin learns that somehow Prinny, the man he hates most in the world, is involved he knows that the letters must be quite damaging to Prinny's hopes of becoming king. Determined to entice the very alluring widow into his bed as an added bonus, Gavin agreed to get her invited to the house party so long as she didn't object to posing as his mistress - a masquerade that Gavin had every intention of turning into reality. Behind his machinations of seducing the desirable widow, he was also planning to steal the damaging letters and use them as revenge against the hated father who'd abandoned him and his mother, but even rakes turn away from revenge when that very revenge can hurt the people they love.
  
  ___ Jeffries continues to write books with heart throbbing sensual intensity that you never want to see end and this is such a prime example! Christabel is a wonderfully out-spoken, intelligent and feisty heroine who was the perfect match for the absolutely devilish and divine Gavin Byrne. I loved watching the metamorphous of Gavin, as he finally came to realize that the love he had for Christabel was stronger than his hatred for revenge against his father. Splendid protagonists, intelligent and dynamic dialogs - it just doesn't get any better than this as Jeffries wraps up her latest trilogy of the fabulous Royal Brotherhood series!! SIMPLY OUTSTANDING!!!
  
  
  
• I love these characters. This book was fun.
  By A11HJGKL55Z1LK on 2005-06-23
  I'm surprised that this 3rd book of this series is so good. The first book has some really good scenes. Because of the 1st book I was really looking forward to the 2nd book and high hopes for the dragon. The second book failed me a bit. But Sabrina Jefries renewed my faith. This third book is great. I love Gavin. He's a little bit of everyone and he just seems like he'd be a lot of fun to hang out with, as long as your on his good side. Christabel is great too. She not some 17 year old beauty, but a 30 year old woman. She believes in herself and thinks herself quite worldly because of her life with her father and always in the company of soldiers and her 10 year marriage that was kind of dull. She's not. To me Christabel is a real person, who's positive instead of negative. I love these too together. They really are fun to watch the coming together.
  
  
• Excellent Finish!
  By AYSGFQ8IISIZ4 on 2005-07-22
  I rarely rate a book with five stars (and I've read hundreds)but this is one of them. ONWAP had the right combination of: sexual tension (hot!), jealousy, chemistry,sex, and conflict that I require in a 5 star book.
  
  Definitely one for the keeper shelf!
  
  
• Best in the Trilogy
  By ACLZYGKXQD15K on 2005-07-25
  I thought I was going to hate this trilogy. I hate books about "Prinny", Waterloo, royalty and spying because the authors tend to go too much into historical detail. If I wanted that, I'd read non-fiction, not romance novels. I like good escapist books that remind me of Jane Austen - books set in a small community of people with no clue as to what is going on in the world around them. So, I thought this trilogy would be terrible, because the three main guys are (fictional) sons of Prinny. In the case of this book, I was wrong.
  
  Turns out that this is one of the best romances I've read this year (not written by Julia Quinn). The two main characters are HOT and the story is interesting.
  
  I had no problems with Christabel fighting her attraction to Gavin. It made total sense - she lives in a time period where women (respectable ones) do not go around have sex with random guys. Her resistance was more realistic than most historical novels that have virgins ready to jump into bed after the slightest kiss.
  
  I do agree with the other reviewers, however, that she was a bit too innocent for a girl that had grown up in an army camp. She had obviously been around the soldiers and had not led a protected life, so one wonders why she didn't know the simplest things like oysters are an aphrodisiac. Perhaps Jeffries wrote her that way was so that she would be different than all the other "experienced" women Gavin has been with.
  
  The love scenes are hot - particularly the scene where they play Whist for the Wicked and the scene where she forces Gavin to admit he's jealous and in exchange he makes her promise to stay in his room. I loved the conversation he has with himself afterwards, where he is aghast to think that he actually said all those things.
  
  All in all, I thought this was the best of the trilogy. These books are great as stand-alones, and I would recommend reading this one and the first one "In the Prince's Bed". I don't recommend the 2nd one "To Pleasure a Prince."
  
  
  
• Best of the Brotherhood Series
  By AJZPPJ2TINY20 on 2005-08-22
  sabrina jeffries is the kind of author who is without a doubt gifted when it comes to her depiction of love scenes. this is why i am always willing to read her books, even if they sometimes disappointment in terms of plot and/or character development. however, this book proves to be jeffries at her best. not only did she get it right with the love scenes, but the plot and characterization were very well done.
  
  christabel, the marchioness of haversham, is a widowed general's daughter whose husband was addicted to gambling. needless to say, he left her impoverished and sold the one thing of value she had from right under her nose. turns out this thing is a set of letters with the potential to both prevent the prince regent from becoming king and put all of england into political chaos. on a personal level, the exposure of the letters could destroy christabel's father, which is why she is determined to retrieve them. they were sold to lord stokely, a debauched nobleman who is blackmailing the prince to force him to give stokely his daughter in marriage.
  
  gavin byrne, self-made owner of a successful gentlemen's club, is the prince regent's son by a former actress. having to take care of himself since the age of 12, he is embittered because the prince reneged on a promise to financially support gavin's mother when he was younger while also denouncing her claim that gavin is indeed his child. when he is asked by his half-brothers to help christabel retrieve the letters at the bequest of the prince, he immediately sees an opportunity to use the letters as leverage for gaining his revenge against the prince.
  
  when gavin and christabel meet in the book, it's actually the second time they've encountered each other. the first time was when christabel shot at him when he came to see her husband about a debt that was owed to him. needless to say, gavin is a bit hesitant about being in christabel's presence. however, the attraction once they meet again is immediate, as christabel's candor and honesty ignite a desire within the jaded Gavin, who up until then, has had plenty of mistresses. the plan is for christabel to pretend to be gavin's mistress so that they can gain an invitation to a whist competition being held at lord stokely's estate. gavin, attracted to christabel's forthright personality as well as her volumptous body (no skinny chit here, just a 30 year old woman with curves in all of the right places), is determined to make the arrangement a real affair, but he has no intention of ever falling in love with her.
  
  what ensues are some extremely sensual encounters for the hero and heroine, in particular a "wicked whist" game that left me absolutely breathless. this is where jeffries really shines. christabel initially fights the attraction and tells him she would make a bad mistress because she would become too possessive and would ultimately care too much about him. gavin has never been rejected by a female so he doesn't let her rejection deter him. he thinks he can simply seduce her into getting what he wants.
  
  watching gavin and christabel evolve during this story was beautiful. christabel, initially uncomfortable with both her sexual needs and her position as marchioness, becomes more confident in the bedroom and within the company of those in society. gavin, initially emotionally distant and jaded about society and women, becomes a vulnerable hero who can't help but wear his heart on his sleeve. although gavin DID use women in the sexual sense, at the root, gavin had a good heart. he just didn't realize it. he bears a guilt that makes him feel like he shouldn't have been born so that his mother wouldn't have suffered at the hands of the prince.
  
  the plot was simple but not thin. i liked it because it gave the two leads plenty of time to spend together, which makes for great character development if done right, as it is here. plenty of sensual and sexual encounters, plenty of dialogue where the reader can feel the chemistry between the two leads, and plenty of inner struggle as gavin fights his feelings for christabel. the crucial point of the book is when gavin has to decide whether or not to use the information they're searching for to either hurt "prinny" and in doing so, hurting and losing christabel, or not hurt "prinny" and ending his lifelong dream to exact revenge against his father.
  
  wonderfully engrossing and emotional story with compelling leads and some of the most sensual love scenes i've ever read makes this a HIGHLY recommended book.
  
  
• First time I didn't finish a Sabrina Jeffries novel
  By A2XIJ9ZT3SFLVV on 2006-03-09
  First off, let me say that I love the work of Sabrina Jeffries. She is one of those few authors who has made it onto my auto-buy list and her books are always on my keeper shelf. Therefore, I was shocked when I barely made it past page 125 of 'One Night With A Prince'.
  
  My problem was not with her writing style (which is always witty, entertaining, easy-to-read and fast moving), but with the characters. The hero was just too much of a rake for me to like him. He must have slept with half the women in London. Which I might have been able to get over, if it had been a part of his past and he'd reformed, but that wasn't the case.
  
  What really spoiled his character for me was the way he justified choosing MARRIED women as mistresses. He somehow saw it as more noble, since the women would always be cared for financially by their husbands, and any children he sired would be claimed by the husbands, so as to avoid the stigma of illegitimacy. I wonder how he'd like it if the situation were reversed - would he like having to claim another man's child as his own (maybe even as his heir)?
  
  This disgusted me. Yes, I know that many people in that era were unfaithful, but that doesn't mean that I have to like it. I can't cheer for a hero who has no morals at all. How could I believe he was a good guy deep down when there was no evidence of it? It seemed that all of his decisions were ruled by his sex drive. I want a hero who can think with his mind, instead of blindly following his lusts.
  
  Also, the heroine was hard to warm up to. She was supposed to be this woman of goodness and moral character, but I couldn't see it. She traded it in far too easily. I felt that the hero and heroine were nothing but users, as they seemed to be just using one another. It made it hard to like either of them. I was kind of left with a 'well, they deserve each other' attitude, and not in a good way. I wasn't cheering for either of them, or for them to get together.
  
  As I really enjoyed 'The Forbidden Lord' and 'After the Abduction' by this author, I will continue to read her books. Every author (even the favorite ones) is allowed to write a book that a reader hates, I suppose. For me, this is that book. Regrettably, I am forced to say that I don't recommend this.
  
  
• a very satisfying read
  By A5GYYHY2KI5CI on 2005-07-15
  His half-brothers, the Earl of Iversley and Viscount Draker, may have grown soft since their respective marriages and forgiven their royal sire his sins, but Gavin Bryne still holds onto the anger and contempt he feels for George, Prince of Wales, for his cruel and cowardly treatment of Bryne's mother. But when the Prince requests that Gavin help Christabel, the Marchioness of Haversham, regain property that her dead husband had wrongfully sold to Lord Stokely, Gavin agrees to help because he senses that there is more to the story than he's being told, and that this "property" just may give him the leverage he needs in order to make the Prince pay for the way he treated Byrne's mother. However, in order to do that he will have to work closely with the spirited and maddening Christabel, who just happens to affect Gavin in a way that no other woman ever has. Could the man, who vowed never to fall in love and marry, have finally met his match?
  
  Of the three novels in the Royal Brotherhood trilogy ("In the Prince's Bed," "To Pleasure a Prince" & "One Night With a Prince"), this installment is definitely the best -- it has the best storyline of the three, and it is the most emotionally satisfying as well. It probably is the most sensually titillating as well (haven't read a scene like the one where Gavin and Christabel play strip whist in a while, and the scene with Gavin, Christabel and dressmaker was nothing to sneezed at either). And while the plot didn't exactly unfold at a breath-neck pace, it moved along at a steady and even pace with no rude starts and stops so that the overall effect was one of a smooth and continuous flow. This had the effect of making the read all the more pleasurable, and allowed us to "see" the mutual sexual attraction that Gavin and Christabel felt for each other flower into absolute love. However, while the depiction of the other characters felt disappointingly paper thin and followed stock-type lines, the author's portrayal of the hero and heroine was excellently done. Gavin, a self-made man was painted as intelligent, single-minded and driven, but who was also vulnerable and full of integrity -- in other words the kind of hero many romance readers would find thrilling and approve of wholeheartedly. While Christabel was portrayed as a strong-minded, quick tempered and resourceful young woman, who was takingly unaware of her feminine charms (again a character most readers would have found engaging). Thankfully neither Gavin nor Christabel possessed characteristics that marked them as having more hair than wit, and neither treated us to moments of high melodrama (a pet peeve of mine).
  
  Few authors can maintain most readers' interest for an entire series/trilogy; but Sabrina Jeffries did just that. She wrote three very different and very appealing novels centering on three half-brothers. Each book has been well written, and each book has been an enjoyable and absorbing read. But as every reviewer has noted so far, "One Night With a Prince" is definitely the best of the lot. It tied things up nicely and gave us the happily ever-after ending we were all rooting for. Very satisfying indeed.
  
  
• ...lick your lips...uummm
  By A14DA6YN79EWP1 on 2005-07-30
  Well, Jeffries has done it again!!! She made me fall for another of these (half) brothers. Gavin is my hero of choice for the day (maybe even much longer).
  Our heroine-well, she could be quite annoying in the begining of the book. However, she did develop and grow on me soon into these pages. -don't be too discouraged by her- Truly; she improves chapter by chapter.
  But, S.J. wrote a keeper here. This book recovered me from the disappointments I've faced with follow-up books by some of my fav authors lately. She proves that 'story lines' can continue & do so well.
  This is a good read. If you haven't got your copy yet- what on earth are you wating for???
  
  
• Read it in one night!!!!
  By A2BYAGHK0VH7X3 on 2006-01-13
  A story with substance and likeable characters! Some people don't care for strong heroines, but intelligent heroines are my cup of tea. Christabel and Gavin's romance was plain fun to read!!!
  
  
• A must read & a definite keeper!
  By A13145VIW0RZI9 on 2005-07-11
  This is my first time reviewing anything, but I just had to speak my peace regarding One Night with a Prince. I read this book in one day, which for some people is common, but for me it most definitely is not. I'm usually much to busy. However, once I started this book, I couldn't put it down. Between awaiting Hurricane Dennis & reading, before I knew it, Saturday was gone. This is one of the top 2 romance novels that I have ever read!! I really can't go on enough about it. I enjoyed the first book in this series, and the second one was pretty good. But, Ms. Jeffries truly outdid herself this time, definitely saving the best for last!!!
  
  Gavin was not only sexy but had a sensuality about him that I could actually feel. As for Christabel (I really don't like that name or her nickname Bel-Bel, good grief!), I thoroughly enjoyed her character. Christabel wasn't the proverbial 17 year old, virginal conquest. She was a woman with a woman's figure. Not skinny; not fat; but, just a voluptuous woman. She was a perfect match for Gavin & I just loved her temper. Despite said temper & sometimes violent nature(smile), she was actually a soft-hearted, loyal, & loving woman. I mean, the lady hired a "footless" footman out of loyalty to her country & those who served so faithfully.
  
  The scene where Gavin introduced her to Whist for the Wicked was one of the steamiest & sexiest scenes ever written. I could just imagine Gavin in only his drawers & cravat (oh, my!). All I can say is "what a man!!!"
  
  I don't want to give anything away, but as the story unfolds, you'll find that Gavin has one of the tenderest hearts out there. He hides it behind indifference out of fear of being rejected or hurt. I was sorely tempted to start the book over again as soon as I finished it, but I controlled myself (for now!).
  
  I've only recently begun reading Ms. Jeffries, probably over the past 6 months or so, but she has definitely made a reader out of me. Well done.
  
  
  
  
• Minority Report
  By A1LF0UCZS4ZR3Q on 2005-07-20
  This third installment was, in my opinion, the least satisfying. The spark and sizzle between the former heroes and their ladies was missing with Gavin and Christabel. Gavin's character develops throughout the novel. He is revealed to be more than just the rogue he presents to society. Christabel is purported to be goodness personified to the "souless" Gavin. Sorry, I'm not buying it. I found Christabel's goodness self serving and circumstances surrounding her first husband confusing. Did Lord Haversham orchestrate the attack on Christabel? The author insinuates that he did and that Christabel eventually found out about it. Whereas, Mr. Byrne, a complete stranger, treats her with greater kindness and yes, restraint and his reward is Christabel's childish antics which put her in compromising situations of her own making. Her toying with the nefarious Lord Stokely brings to mind "burn me once shame on you, burn me twice shame on me." I didn't like the game playing jealously gambit.
  However, I did like Byrne's character. I just think he deserved better. I still do recommend reading this book as it wraps up the series.
  
  
• Great Read
  By A2OUQIOOXICKMH on 2005-07-22
  If you like Sabrina Jeffries, you'll love this newest one of hers. She has such a flare for description of the time period and her characters are memorable. I loved this book.
  
  
• a shrew blossoms into a swan
  By A1PTUKKV43PUJ3 on 2005-10-16
  Of the three heroes of the Royal Brotherhood series, Bryne was my least favorite. He was always businesslike and unemotional. But when he finally gets his own book, sparring with the heroine brings him out of himself. He turns out to be a tough talking wisecracker who is actually marshmellow inside with a need to help the helpless. The heroine starts out as an irritatingly helpless ugly duckling but develops into a swan who can take charge of her own life and help Bryne out in the process. The aggravating couple at the beginning of the book turn into an engaging team by the end.
  
  
• The best was left to the last
  By A18FUHNBP90IB4 on 2006-01-19
  One night with a Prince by Sabrina Jeffries is the third novel of The Royal Brotherhood Series. This novel takes us into the back rooms of gambling, mistresses and dangerous plots. Christabel and Gavin have a great connection and I could not put it down. Pick up all three and enjoy!
  
  
• fabulous
  By AXK6CWV81QYJY on 2005-08-10
  I loved this book. I love the way that this author brings in the characters from the previous books and ties it all together. I can't wait until her next series!
  
  
• I want to play Wicked Whist with Gavin Byrne!!
  By AN09PKOVPZWA8 on 2005-09-25
  Could there be a more sexy hero than Gavin Byrne? I do not think so. I am always entranced by those gentleman club owners, dealing with the gamblers, the partyers and the rakes - just on the very edge of what is acceptable. Gavin did not disappoint. And how about a very seductive rake with a heart. Now that is absolutely the best of the best. This story begins immediately with Christibel and Gavin forming an alliance - even though it was pretend, that she would be his mistress at a country whist party in two weeks. Well you know the pretend part is just a matter of time. Even though Gavin says his heart is protected and he will never fall in love again - he has yet to meet anyone quite like Christabel, a widow. She is totally different from the simple married women Gavin usually has as a mistress. He calls her General Christabel because she not only is a general's daughter she is also that outspoken and for once Gavin is kept on his toes with a woman.I mean the very first time they met - she actually shot at him! He actually finds he loves this challenge and is so very very intrigued. He needs to teach her whist for the party if they are to win the big pot. And the scene where they play wicked whist is one of the more seductively written I have recently read in historical romance. Wow the heat just sizzles! There is another very important plot to why they are teaming up to obtain some scandolous papers from the host of the whist party. This is a very clever side plot and actually very telling - whether Gavin will actually give up on the revenge he wants so desperately against his prince father - or whether the love of Christabel will win out. Gavin is absolutely written with so much depth that the scene at his estate in Bath truly had me in tears. This man is the most mysterious, the most enchanting and for sure seemed to be the most handsome of all the brothers. And even though I enjoyed all three of the Brotherhood books - nothing compares to this one. It was one of the best books I have recently read!! 10 stars!!
  
  
• One night with a prince
  By A12QYXYD90VX3V on 2005-10-11
  This was so good i read it in one sitting. Very witty, seductive, entertaining and funny. It makes me want to buy anything she's written!
  
  
• not my cup of tea
  By AW24ODXPY9CMI on 2005-12-29
  Sabrina Jeffries is an automatic buy for me, but I should have passed on this one. I really didn't like it and ended up skimming most of it. I didn't care for Christabel. Never warmed up to her and that is the kiss of death for a romance novel. If you don't care about the characters, the book isn't going to work. I haven't been real wild about this whole Royal Brotherhood Series. I'm anxious for her to get back to something else. Hopefully, it will be more like her earlier works. This one is a stinker.
  
  
• Love redeems heartless soul
  By A2D4ME67NXG557 on 2006-01-02
  Great Story! I'm in agreement with other reviewers who like to see tortured souls redeemed by love's touch. Gavin Byrne is a great "heartless" character brought to his knees by love for another. I loved how he drags Christobel into scandalous situations & she keeps her integrity throughout. This is my first Jeffries novel, but it will not be my last.
  
  
• Wonderful
  By A2BD86O1TSI0W5 on 2005-07-03
  This book is a must read. The whole series is great, but this was the best. I loved it.
  
  
• She Never Disappoints!!
  By A1A4OJTTMOQRUE on 2005-07-07
  One Night With A Prince was the third installment in a trilogy of novels about three fictional by-blows of the Prince Regent of England or Prinny as his intimates called him. I can't say enough about this author, trilogy or this book!! The characters were delightful. The hero flawed but definitely "savageable", the heroine "strong-willed and feisty. The dialogue was Jeffries at her best...witty and amusing. The plot moved along at a great pace and as usual there weren't any glaring historical inaccuracies!! The intimacy was sensual and erotic without being over the top!! This book is a must-read for Regency fans!!
  
  
• Frothy and steamy fun - a Regency adventure with all the trimmings
  By AGG9C66TOLJZB on 2005-08-28
  Although still a bit prudish on sex in Regencys (I am nostly the Georgette Heyer fan), I didn't mind too much with this as the story romped along well and it made for good fun light reading. It is the first of Jeffries books I have read and am definitely interested in having a look at others.
  
  This is Christabel, an impoverished widow who comes up against Gavin - owner of the Blue Swan Mens' club - essentially a gambling den and one of the causes of her husband's death and her own impoverishment.
  
  To complicate the plot a bit Christabel is also the owner of some letters which could expose the Prince of Wales and create havoc. Gavin is his illegitimate son and bitter enemy of the Prince having been unacknowledged and then left to fend for himself pretty much since the age of 12.
  
  The two of them, although in conflict, Christabel having shot at him at least once, now find themselves drawn together by fate, attraction and need.
  
  Pretty easy reading enough to leave me wanting more.
  
  A Woodley
  
  
• Best for last
  By A2FPD5N9PM5I6X on 2005-09-05
  Out of the Royal Brotherhood series, this concluding installment has got to be my favorite! I absolutely adored Gavin and Christabel, the sexy, strong characters I've come to expect and love from Sabrina Jeffries. A tight, well-paced story spins to a wholly satisfying conclusion to this book and also to the others in the series. Bravo! Stunning, witty, highly entertaining.
  
  
• Too Much, Too Soon.
  By A1NY28967H5TIQ on 2005-10-14
  This is Sabrina Jeffries' final entry in her Royal Brotherhood series. A series of books dedicated to three brothers, born on the wrong side of George IV (Prinny's) imperial blankets. Ms. Jeffries is an author known for her light, humorous writing style, and here she continues in that gifted vein. ONE NIGHT WITH A PRINCE is light and at times it is humorous, but, as a story, it has little diversion and much predictability.
  
  Mr. Gavin Byrne is a womanizing gambler. Throughout London, they know him as a man without a soul. This 'Prince of Sin' does not believe in love, and he certainly does not believe in the sacrament of marriage. He lives for pleasure, enjoyment, and satisfaction - his own! So what is it about the riotous little 'Colonel Christabel' that is turning his world upside down?
  
  Christabel, the Marchioness of Haversham, is desperate! Her late husband's betrayal is rearing its ugly head. Stolen letters, entrusted to her, are currently being used in a blackmail scheme - a blackmail scheme against his royal highness. A scheme fueled by her now-deceased spouse. Christabel must get the damaging letters back and reluctantly, she must ask for help - help from the notorious Gavin Byrne.
  
  ONE NIGHT WITH A PRINCE starts with much pizzazz - the duel of wicked whist, in Lady Haversham's parlor, is delightfully lusty. However, shortly after this delectable scene, Jeffries' story begins to stutter and stumble. Although Jeffries' pace is even and her characters are spirited, her story becomes ordinary - plausibly because the author exposes intense background information far too early - nothing dynamic is left - nothing left to intrigue the reader. Yes, as an author, Ms. Jeffries is a powerful force, but, this time, this talented writer exposes her cards far too early. Keep `um guessing Sabrina, keep `um guessing!
  Grade: B
  
  MaryGrace Meloche.
  
  
• One Night With a Prince
  By A1RE46A2GHCTLL on 2005-10-16
  Good read from first page to last. I laughed..I cried. Loved it.
  Love Sabrina Jeffries.
  
  
• Fast paced, great conclusion to series!
  By A30T16HSZRW6D5 on 2005-11-14
  In my experience, the last book in series more often than not is the weaker one. But not with this book. It is fast paced, entertaining, funny, witty and intriguing. There is a very balanced mix of bedroom scenes, adventure and humor (my favorite combination). It is a romance novel, yet it is not written like a fairy tale, as many of romance novels are.
  
  For those who have read the preivous two books in the series, you will get to read, although very briefly, about the other characters and their happy marriages, but they don't come into play much. I have enjoyed this book as a nice way to pass time and relax.
  
  

• To Pleasure a Prince (Royal Brotherhood, Book 2)
• In the Prince's Bed (Royal Brotherhood)
• Never Seduce a Scoundrel (The School for Heiresses, Book 1)
• Only a Duke Will Do (The School for Heiresses, Book 2)
• Beware a Scot's Revenge (School for Heiresses, Book 3)