Loretta Chase: Dukes Prefer Blondes
Biweekly marriage proposals from men who can't see beyond her (admittedly breathtaking) looks are starting to get on Lady Clara Fairfax's nerves. Desperate to be something more than ornamental, she escapes to her favorite charity. When a child is in trouble, she turns to tall, dark, and annoying barrister Oliver Radford.
Though he's unexpectedly found himself in line to inherit a dukedom, Radford's never been part of fashionable society, and the blonde beauty, though not entirely bereft of brains, isn't part of his plans. But Clara overwhelms even his infallible logic, and when wedlock looms, all he can do is try not to lose his head over her.
It's an inconvenient marriage by ordinary standards, but these two are far from ordinary. Can the ton's most adored heiress and London's most difficult bachelor fall victim to their own unruly desires?
Tetszett, kalandos volt és izgalmas.
Lily Maxton: The Affair (Sisters of Scandal 1.)
When a beautiful stranger ducks into his bookshop during a rainstorm, Cale Cameron, well-known rake, is instantly attracted to her.
Elizabeth, Lady Thornhill, is restless and hungers for something she cannot name. Society would never accept a countess and a mere bookseller, so they agree to a one week affair to indulge their desire.
As their passion ignites and their connection grows, Elizabeth threatens the one thing Cale has protected above all else—his heart. Letting her go is the only solution...and the one thing he is not prepared to do.
Egy novella sorozat első része. Kicsit féltem tőle, lehet-e teljes, egész és kerek történetet 100 oldalnál kevesebbe belepréselni, de lehet. Tetszett.
Lily Maxton: The Wager (Sisters of Scandal 2.)
Anne Middleton never plays by the rules. She is willful when she should be obedient and unabashed when she should be decorous. Worse still, she can never resist a good wager... or a very naughty book. And Confessions of a Courtesan is about as sensational and risque as a book can be.
Michael Grey - Earl of Thornhill - had once courted Anne's sweet and modest sister. But whilst Anne is certainly no lady of decorum, her bold impulsiveness slips through his armor, and propriety is forgotten. Now he too is immersed in the book of forbidden delights, where each page is an invitation to sin and a guide to pleasures unknown...
Roused by heady desire, Michael tempts Anne in a way she cannot resist - a wager. Thus begins a game of chance, where coins have been replaced by a currency that is far more illicit. And the stakes of seduction are dangerous indeed...
Ez is jó volt.
Lily Maxton: The Love Match (Sisters of Scandal 3.)
To her family, Olivia Middleton is a problem of the most vexing sort. With her older two sisters married off, Olivia is now the target of her mother's matrimonial scheming. Shy and somewhat plain, Olivia prefers the thrill of a gothic novel to the hunt for a husband. And as far as her family is concerned, something must be done. But Olivia has no interest in the men paraded before her-except, perhaps, the sought-after bachelor William Cross. But she's not about to inflate his already oversized ego by telling him so.
William has sworn never to wed, but that doesn't mean he can't enjoy women. What he excels at most is flirtation... unless the woman in question is Olivia Middleton. She barely bats an eyelash at his most creative compliments. She laughs at his attempts to flatter her when other ladies would swoon. William is reluctantly intrigued by Olivia, particularly when he discovers the passion simmering beneath her wallflower facade. A passion that should be to his benefit...
Because he's determined to impress her, by fair means or foul...
És ez is tetszett.
Közben volt két könyv, amiket elkezdtem de nem jutottam velük messzire, olyan rosszak voltak. Az egyik Nicole R. Taylor: The Witch Hunter, fel is töltöttem az idegen nyelvű könyvek közé, és ezúttal kérek elnézét mindenkitől, aki reményeket fűzött hozzá. A könyv pocsék, a stílusa kritikán aluli, 30 oldalig bírtam. A másik Samantha Shannon: Csontszüret. Csupa jó kritikát kapott, a feléig el is jutottam, vártam a nagy áttörést, hogy most aztán már biztosan felpörög vagy izgalmasabbra fordul vagy valami, de semmi. Csalódás volt.