Beverley Oakley
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Loving Lily (Fair Cyprians of London, #6) 7 exemplaren
Lady Olivia's Butterfly (Scandalous: Three Daring Charades in the Pursuit of Love Book 2) 4 exemplaren
Hearts in Hiding Box Set: The Duchess and the Highwayman, The Bluestocking and the Rake, Duchess of Seduction 3 exemplaren
An Unsuitable Alliance: Dutiful Wives 3 exemplaren
Christmas Charity (Fair Cyprians of London, #5) 2 exemplaren
Hazard's Mistress: Hearts in Hiding 2 exemplaren
A Very Wicked Christmas Anthology 2 exemplaren
Daring Damsels: The Regency Collection 1 exemplaar
In the Arms of a Sinful Duke — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
Lady Olivia's Butterfly (Scandalous: Three Daring Charades in the Pursuit of Love Book 2) 1 exemplaar
Scandalous Miss Brightwells #1-3 1 exemplaar
Hearts in Hiding Box Set: The Duchess and the Highwayman, The Glittering Prize, Duchess of Seduction 1 exemplaar
An Unsuitable Alliance 1 exemplaar
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The first half, when Lady Sarah Miles was acting as Miss Sarah Moreland, the governess, was delightful. Sarah was an odd combination of innocent and flirt that both annoyed and intrigued the cast of characters around her. Of the characters presented, Roland, Caro, and Sarah undergo the most development. Cecily really never alters from her initial bitter, petty self, and her two daughters, both under 12, remain sweet natured and fun loving.
Not to ruin what engineers the second half of the book, but the events twisted my stomach a little bit. The perpetrator of the heinous act was possibly one of the vilest men to ever grace the pages of a Regency set novel I’ve ever read. He gets his, at least, in an amusing and clever turnabout.
The problem is, though, that after the heinous event, things dragged out. Roland was pandering to his male ego and pride, Sarah was morose, and when the two do see each other once more, Roland is convinced she hates him! She’s practically begging him to marry her, and he’s convinced that she has no idea what she is saying, that she needs to let him step aside because he is clearly not manly enough for her. I wonder at Sarah for not smacking him with a heavy book!
When matters of the heart finally come to a head and words are had, the ending is sweet and wonderful. I just wish that it had occurred about seventy pages sooner.… (meer)