About the Author
Publisher’s Weekly called Elizabeth Hoyt’s storytelling “mesmerizing.” Her upcoming books are To Taste Temptation (May ’08) and To Seduce a Sinner (Nov. ’09.) She also writes deliciously fun contemporary romance under the name Julia Harper. Elizabeth lives in central Illinois with three untrained dogs, two angelic, but bickering children, and one long-suffering husband.
About the Book
Publishers Weekly says, “Incredibly vivid lead characters, earthy
writing and an intense love story buoy the third entry in Hoyt's Georgian-set
romance series.” The third book in the Princes
trilogy, The Serpent Prince is the story of Simon Iddesleigh,
a man torn between his duty to avenge his brother’s murder and his love
for Lucy, a simple country woman. The Serpent Prince
garnered Hoyt’s third 4 ½ star Top Pick from Romantic Times
magazine.
1. When Lucy finds Simon at the very beginning of the book, she
thinks that he might be a fallen god. If Simon were a fallen god, which god would
he be? Why?
2. When Simon says goodbye to Lucy and leaves Maiden Hill for London he doesn’t
intend to come back. Why do you think he changes his mind? Why does he feel he
can marry Lucy after all?
3. Do you think Simon is making up the fairytale as he goes? If he is, what is he trying to tell Lucy with the story?
4. What are the similarities—and differences—between Simon and Sir Rupert?
5. When do you think Lucy falls in love with Simon? When does Simon fall in love with Lucy? How is the realization of love different in this book than in most romances? What did you think about this difference?
6. Which secondary character did you like the best? The least? Why?
7. What part does winter and cold play in this book?
8. What do Simon’s roses mean to him? Why does he destroy the greenhouse—and kill all his roses—near the end of the book?
9. Do you think the agreement that Simon makes with Sir Rupert in the last duel is fair?
10. Which fairytale ending do you like better? Simon’s or Lucy’s?