by Eloisa James
Miss Lucy Towerton is very tall and until she inherited a fortune from a distant aunt, she was a wallflower without many promising prospects. So when Cyrus Ravensthorpe - handsome, rich, yet with some unfortunate family connections (his mother, the daughter of a duke, ran away to marry his father, t...
Lady Lucy Towerton, who is plain, tall, and considered very lucky to be betrothed to a man who lauds her irreproachable propriety. When she unexpectedly becomes an heiress—and belle of the ball—she breaks her engagement and makes up her mind to never be proper again. Review Oh, this little...
Cute. Just what I would want out of a novella. I really liked the characters though and would have LOVED a full story for these two. But for what it was, it was nice. And has now got me thinking of pirate glances... :) Originally posted on GR in January 2012
This one was a little more rushed than Storming the Castle. I liked both Cyrus and Lucy, but that's about all I have to say about this one
Cute light short historical romance centered around a brief courtship. Interesting sequence of events and it took awhile but I liked it when the heroine honestly stated her opinions. Lady Lucy comes into money and encouraged by her mother breaks her engagement to merchant Cyrus.
Lucy doesn't hold out much hope for her chances of marrying for love, she is taller than most men and rarely even gets asked to dance at the balls she attends. When Cyrus asks her to marry him she knows it is only because he wants her title. His mother caused a scandal when she married a mere soli...
The heroine's overnight personality change due to her inheritance wasn't convincing, nor was the hero's sudden personality change from a "pompous ass" (the heroine's words) to a perfect lover.
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