This was a great character-driven historical with wonderful dialogues and a solid plot (nothing to extravagant). It also me showed what I am missing out on with not- or not-well-edited books (that I normally read...). I am not a native speaker, but the elegance of the language, the rhythm and fl...
so good , really enjoyed it :) the wit and the characters were really good and i needed this type of feel good romance novel right at that exact momentim sure going to continue checking this author out
Jane is in hiding from the Bow Street Runners. A chance encounter brings her to the annoyed attention of the notorious Duke of Tresham, Jocelyn, who hires her first as his nurse and then convinces her to be his mistress. But what he doesn't know is that Jane is actually Lady Sarah Illingsworth, he...
This is the first book by Mary Balogh I read, and I am not disappointed at all. Historical Romances book for me are Lisa Kleypas, Amanda Quick, Julia Quinn. Mary Balogh is definetely in the list. There are rare ocassions in Historical Romances book where I like the heroine more than the hero. Usuall...
Heroine is working incognito as a seamstress for her survival b/c she's running from the law believing that she may have killed her earl cousin who tried to rape her. She loses her job after being late due to tending to injured duke Hero who got shot during a duel she interrupted. He hires her as hi...
It's easy to dismiss this book as some sleazy, fluffy story with characters and plots only to disguise the bodice-ripping. The truth is that there's no bodice-ripping and no sleaze. Jane and Jocelyn (yes, strange name for a titled English gentleman) are fully developed characters caught up in an int...
This was a nice regency romance. We start out with Tresham getting ready to duel with Lady Olivia's husband because Lady Olivia told him she'd been Tresham's mistress. Jane runs out from the side telling them to stop, and Tresham gets shot in the leg. Tresham could have killed Lady Olivia's husband,...
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