A surprisingly wonderful find! I picked this book up to read on a whim, not realizing that I had already marked one of the books in the series as a 'to read', and oh my goodness I LOVED this book! It has almost everything that you could want, secret identity's, a rakish Duke, scorned ex-lovers, f...
This book was so much fun to read! Amelia had actually gotten on my nerves in the first book of this series with her meddling and know-it-all ways. It was fun to see her pay the price for trying it with Prue's life. Malcom was everything a good Scottish hero in a romance novel should be. His arro...
The attics were cleaned regularly, albeit not daily. But even the best-kept rooms, when left closed up, were prone to mustiness. In late August, the hot, still air trapped in Maidenstone’s attics made the rooms less tomb-like than they felt in other seasons — but somehow even more uncomfortable. ...
Thorington asked.The small sitting room Thorington had found for this interview was decorated with elaborately scrolling rococo woodwork from the previous century, too fussy to be imposing. But Mrs. Jennings twisted her hands in her lap. “Nearly twenty years, your grace. Lady Tiberius, rest her s...
“If Nick wanted me to catch my death of pneumonia, he needn’t have spent forty thousand pounds,” she muttered. “It’s little wonder there are no seraglios in London. We would all freeze to death.” Lucia sniffed, her temper still high. Ellie had returned to her chamber ten m...