Bel romanzo in cui la fa da padrona la protagonista femminile per una volta tanto.... ironica, irriverente ed é una donna che sa quello che vuole e se lo prende.... la Chase ha il merito di collocarla fuori dal ton in cui sarebbe stata un personaggio poco credibile.... Lui da viziato libertino si...
I had just finished reading a books series that got better with each book. So, when I started this book, it was like, "Meh." About halfway through, the book does improve. The characters don't seem to really have any morals, although Mrs. Noirot treats her family well. The Duke seems rather dul...
Wow, I really, really enjoyed this.Marcelline and Clevedon were fabulous. I loved everything about them individually and together. Not only were they both interesting, complex characters, but they felt real and their chemistry between them was crackling. (I really liked that their conflict came f...
This was a fun, quick read. Sophy is much more likeable than Marcelline (the heroine in the first book in this series), and although I didn't really care for Harry all that much, the chemistry between the two was pretty well written. I loved Clara, too - hopefully she'll find her happily ever aft...
This is the second book in the Dressmakers series by Loretta Chase and it’s yet another winner for me. I thoroughly enjoyed the romance that sprang forth between Harry and Sophy. They were such a cute couple and I enjoyed each and every single scene between the two. This book starts off not too l...
This was a fun read because both characters were so interesting. Sophia, the heroine, is a smart, type-A personality who likes a bit of risk, solves problems, and enjoys being in disguise. Longmore, the hero, is a guy who is .. just a guy. He'd rather be in a bar room brawl to release his ener...
Opposites attract in this Regency-era childhood friends turned lovers plot.The story follows Olivia and Lyle, who haven���t seen much of each other since appearing as children in a previous Loretta Chase book, but who have managed to keep up a correspondence over the years while he���s been off e...
Zoe is an Englishwoman from a titled family. When she was very young she was kidnapped in Egypt and became a member of a harem. But, she remained virginal. When she is returned to her family in London, she must be trained to become an Englishwoman again.Lucien owes Zoe’s father a great...
Delightful. Great book. Perfect length. Spoiler: Had romance, marriage and mystery..
4.5 stars. Heavy on setting. Plot was thinner than it might have been with such a delicious premise. The development of the romance and characters (and their growth) made up for that, as well as it not being as steamy (though still hot) as some Loretta Chase I've read. No part was drawn out too l...
I'm only writing this because most of the other reviewers don't seem to have found this book incredibly funny, or if they did they haven't mentioned it. Yeah, the plot is silly, and Zoe quite possibly has a B-movie accent, and the last part of the book kind of falls apart due to unnecessary one-d...
It was so good I could cry...at first. Afterwards, I slowly felt like crying for completely different reasons...¤sad sighIt started out strong, with a frightfully entertaining exchange of letters between the two main characters through the years that they had been apart. I was only 20 pages in an...
And thus ends the Carsington series, the first proper romance novel series I've read - and luckily on a high note. I started reading Loretta Chase because a) a friend recommended her as guilty pleasure reading and b) because "Mr. Impossible" was recced over and over on "Smart Bitches Trashy Books...
Arg. This book. 99 percent of it was really well done, but I think Chase fumbled it a bit at the end. I loved Lisle and Olivia together, I really, really did, but Chase never removed the main stumbling block between them (the whole Egypt dilemma). I guess I'm supposed to believe that their love f...
I don't read many historical smut books since my youth but this one kept popping up as a recommendation on Audible and I was sick so audible books are the only way to go during times like this so I just picked it up. I didn't want to think. I wanted a little more romance than a Georgette Heyer ...
Due to his history of expensive romantic entanglements, Alistair Carsington now has six months to find either a useful occupation or a wealthy heiress to wed. To prove he is not an idle fop only concerned with sartorial pleasures, Alistair agrees to help his old friend, Lord Gordmor, by traveling...
I hated this book.I hated the hero.I hated his brat.I hated everybody but the heroine, and her I pitied for having these other morons around.Well. Now I feel like I kicked a puppy because everybody told me to read this book and that it would be wonderful.It was beautifully written, sure.And it ha...
IDEAL The heir to the Earl of Hargate, Benedict Carsington, Viscount Rathbourne, is the perfect aristocrat. Tall, dark, and handsome, he is known for his impeccable manners and good breeding. Benedict knows all the rules and has no trouble following them—until she enters his life.INFAMOUS Bathshe...
IRRESISTIBLE FORCEDarius Carsington is a spectacularly handsome rake with a rare intelligence and no heart, a man who divides his time between bedding loose-moraled women and writing scholarly papers. He finds society's “perfect darlings”....exceedingly boring. But there’s something intriguing, a...
4 STARS ”I love you,” he said. “Just believe it.”This was my first book by Loretta Chase, and it won’t be my last. I loved the story. It seemed a bit long, but my interest actually increased as time went by. It was a little slow at times and a bit confusing. But it all played out brilliantly i...
Reviewed for www.thcreviews.com"2.5 stars" I first read Loretta Chase's fabulous book, Lord of Scoundrels, over a year ago, and the book, as well as it's hero and heroine, still remain among my top 10 favorites today. I discovered, after reading Lord of Scoundrels, that it was part of a series, a...
This was a very fun historical romance set in an "exotic" location (Egypt), with charming and adventurous characters. The second book in the Carsington Brothers series, Mr. Impossible is about Rupert Carsington, the reckless fourth son of the powerful Earl of Hargate.Here's what we learn about Ru...
FROM DISTRESS TO DISASTER Catherine Pelliston simply would not abide by her father's wishes and marry the slovenly Lord Browdie. But her escape through the streets of London only seemed to lead her from bad to worse. First, she was robbed. And then, her supposed "rescue" by a kindly old woman str...
Reviewed for THC ReviewsI've seen a number of Loretta Chase fans say that The Last Hellion is equally as good if not better than her incomparable Lord of Scoundrels which is part of the same series. Before I had even finished the first chapter, I could see why. It began with a prologue which expl...
"I need no further proof that you are despicable!" Lilith Davenant's sensibilities were appropriately offended. How dare the brazen Lord Julian Brandon kiss her when he knew full well the man she was to marry was in the next room! It mattered not that the cad was handsome, charming and witty...un...
Pity Alexandra Ashmore! Though bewitching to behold, she has been forced into an engagement with a man she does not love. Alexandra's stodgy fiancé is blind not only to her considerable charms, but also to her dazzling effect on other men. Even worse, the green-eyed beauty is kidnapped by one suc...
At the spinster age of 26, the independent, wealthy and imminently sensible Isabella Latham had forgotten about marriage hopes long ago. Ever aware of duty, Isabella accompanies her two young cousins to oversee their debut in London...only to find that it's Isabella who is attracting all the suit...
“It’s going to be difficult,” Philip admitted. “She’s deposited the thing in a bank vault, drat her.” “You sure?” Jessup asked in dismay. “How’d you find out so quick?” Philip dropped him a disdainful look. “Have you forgotten who I am, soldier?” &n...
Did he plan to rob Creative Cupcakes? Demand she hand over the money from the cash register? Her eyes darted around the frilly pink-and-white cupcake shop. The loud clang of the metal bakery pan hitting the tile had caused several customers sitting at tables to glance in her direction. Would the ...
—Richard Millar, Clinical Lectures on the Contagious Typhus, Epidemic in Glasgow, and the Vicinity, 1833 After sending a message to Westcott for fresh clothes and other items, Radford returned to Lady Clara’s room. Davis sat by the bed, knitting. The bed was a modern one ...
It was only later, when she could react to the incident with her mind and not her heart, that she realized… His kiss had not lied. He had felt something for her. She hadn’t imagined the fire in his kiss, the longing in his arms. Something was holding him back. That was the only answer. Yet what c...
you are indeed a pleasant thing, Although one must be damn’d for you, no doubt: I make a resolution every spring Of reformation, ere the year run out, But somehow, this my vestal vow takes wing, Yet still, I trust it may be kept throughout: I’m very sorry, very much ashamed, And mean, next w...
exciting. Can society’s most adored heiress and London’s most difficult bachelor fall victim to their own unruly desires? Biweekly marriage proposals from men who can’t see beyond her (admittedly breathtaking) looks are starting to get on Lady Clara Fairfax’s nerves. Desperate to be something mor...
"Isn't that typical?" she muttered. "I make a mess of everything."Her father looked up from his sporting journal. The two were spending a few quiet hours together while Lady Potterby visited an ailing neighbour, and they were abnormally quiet. Normally, Delilah and her father could converse endle...
He pulled the pillow over his head, but he could hear it all the same: shrill voices and the thumping of little feet up and down the corridors. Even in the intervals of silence, he was waiting, braced for the next outburst of shrieks and thumps.With an oath, he flung the pillow aside and dragged ...