I think this is probably the most overrated book on audible, and maybe goodreads. Even though I could agree that Grant's writing is good, and there are some very nice pieces of character development that unfold, she leaves much wanting in this novel. Martha Russell, widower makes arrangements w...
A week after her husband's death, Martha discovers hihs will has decreed that, without an heir, she will lose her estate. Desperate to prevent the estate falling into the hands of her reprobate and licentious brother-in-law, Martha comes up with a daring and somewhat racy plan; buy the sexual ser...
Absolutely loved everything about this! The lyrical and true-to-period writing style, the unique premise, the (sometimes achingly) slow build romance, the dynamic characters...everything was fantastic. Martha, despite coming across as cold and prickly, is one of my favorite heroines ever. She has...
Dopo l'eccezionale "A Lady Awakened" (Il risveglio di una lady) aspettavo con impazienza il nuovo romanzo di Cecilia Grant. Mi è piaciuto molto, ma non quanto il precedente, che è nettamente più allegro, mentre questo è cupo e angsty. Ho preferito la prima parte (con le carte e la logica della pr...
A Gentleman Undone is one of the best capital-R Romance novels I've ever read. I'm a little new to the genre (although quickly making up for lost time as my "Read 100 Books in 2014" Challenge is evolving into a "Read 100 Romance Novels in 2014" Challenge) so I am by no means an expert, but A Gen...
I've rarely read a book about a mistress who is voracious about sex but still a likeable character. Lydia is brilliant in math, logic and has calculated odds for winning in cards. Will -brother of Theo- who is only mentioned in book 1 has returned from the war and is a dark character. He sees ...
Kate is very pretty and uses it to her advantage. Her family has some scandal and she is hoping her looks will get her married to someone that will give her family back some respectability. Nick is a barrister who was taken under the wing of Kate's father. She rebuffed his advance three years pre...
His first glimpse of the girl would then have been indoors, seated, with her hair bound tidily back, and their first dialogue would have been an inquisition so tedious as to temper the allure of those great swooping clean-edged curves that made up her prodigal mouth. But with no way of knowing wh...