This was a very enjoyable book. I liked the unconventional meeting (Amanda hires a prostitute on her 30th birthday, the madam sends someone that is not). I really liked that both are average, everyday people. I loved Amanda's intelligence and Jack for seeing that intelligence. Having said that, it w...
I have been afflicted with so many bad books this past few months that reading anything was becoming a chore. Alas, Kleypas has cure some of my ills with this book. Whenever I am in a rut I just turned to one of her books and I know I will satisfied with little to no complains. I am so glad that Kle...
This novel has a readable style compared to most romance novels, but what makes it stand out are the plot and characterizations which are about as far away from the conventional historical romance as you can get--in good ways. The heroine, Amanda Briars, is a women of independent means in Victorian ...
My impressions (this time in a form of a devilish parable):2006, somewhere in the USA. A successful female romance writer is sitting and pondering over her next novel. What to write: a contemporary or a historical romance? What will sell better? What will be more interesting for her audience? More c...
Another winner from Lisa Kleypas! I am always a little excited when I find a new to me Kleypas book hidden away at the library. I love her characters and the way she develops them so that they have so much depth and personality.Jack and Amanda are two fantastic and unique characters. I loved that Am...
Seriously, Lisa Kleypas can't do no wrong. Every single book i read of her so far, are just AMAZING!!Ok, now about this one... it was one of THOSE books, that i was instantly hooked by it and what an epic beginning. I mean a story that begins with our heroine, Amanda, decides to give herself a prese...
If you love someone you cannot help but have sex with them.If you have great sex with someone you must love them.If you love someone it is okay to blackmail them into having sex with you because you are meant to be together.In addition to not agreeing with any of these underlying romantic principles...
Its Amanda's thirtieth birthday, and since she doesn't want to spend it alone, she decides to hire someone to get rid of her virginity. Amanda has always craved passion in her life, but being a spinster has taken that away from her, but now she is determined to have it all. When Jack shows up, she i...
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