To Love a Thief
TO LOVE A THIEF tells the story of Gideon Cole, a brilliant barrister, and Lily Masters, an orphan pickpocket from the slums of St. Giles, and how her transformation into a lady of high society changes both of their lives forever. This longtime reader favorite and nominee for Rita, Holt...
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TO LOVE A THIEF tells the story of Gideon Cole, a brilliant barrister, and Lily Masters, an orphan pickpocket from the slums of St. Giles, and how her transformation into a lady of high society changes both of their lives forever. This longtime reader favorite and nominee for Rita, Holt Medallion, Bookseller's Best and Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Awards is a full length novel--and as a bonus, includes the first chapter of Julie Anne Long's WHAT I DID FOR A DUKE, selected by Amazon as one of the Best Books of 2011!
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780446614269 (0446614262)
Publish date: April 1st 2005
Publisher: Warner Forever
Pages no: 355
Edition language: English
5+ stars! I didn't expect it to be so good! Highly recommend it to all historical romance lovers! It truly is a beautiful story!
A new favorite HR author. :)
I liked it. It lulled in the middle. I enjoyed the ending, very sweet.
Very slow start for me; I really struggled to get into this one. In the end I was glad I did. I adored the characters, and rather wish we got to spend a little more time with some of them. (Aunt Hester was a jewel. Loved her.)I'm always distracted by editing slips, and this (I have the Kindle versio...
Julie Anne Long may not have all her historical details right (the correct way to address a marquis' unmarried daughter, the layers and types of clothing a young lady of the 'ton' would be wearing in the early 19th century and a few others), but she gets the story and the characters so utterly, comp...