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Lady Derring Takes a Lover

door Julie Anne Long

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A mistress. A mountain of debt. A mysterious wreck of a building.

Delilah Swanpoole, Countess of Derring, learns the hard way that her husband, "Dear Dull Derring," is a lot more interestingâ??and perfidiousâ??dead than alive. It's a devil of an inheritance, but in the grand ruins of the one building Derring left her, are the seeds of her liberation. And she vows never again to place herself at the mercy of a man.

But battle-hardened Captain Tristan Hardy is nothing if not merciless. When the charismatic naval hero tracks a notorious smuggler to a London boarding house known as the Rogue's Palace, seducing the beautiful, blue-blooded proprietress to get his man seems like a small sacrifice.

They both believe love is a myth. But a desire beyond reason threatens to destroy the armor around their hearts. Now a shattering decision looms: Will Tristan betray his own code of honor...or choose a love that might be the truest thing he's ever known… (meer)

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Una storia piacevole e intrigante, con bei personaggi che ritroveremo anche nei prossimi libri della serie. ( )
  Raffaella10 | Jul 25, 2023 |
very nice. The writing was well done and drew me right in. A bit of pathos and plenty of passion but not gratuitous. I enjoyed that the hero was an ordinary man not a duke. I liked the heroine and how she just decided to pick herself up and move on. I hope the maid Dot gets her own book. ( )
  Luziadovalongo | Jul 14, 2022 |
better than average Regency, enjoyed boarding house setting ( )
  Bookjoy144 | Mar 2, 2022 |
I especially adored this. It's unique, and quite funny, and clever, and sweet. And had some good steam. I was interested and engaged and chuckling through most of it. It has a wonderful cast of characters, and a nice romance. This is my first by this author and I'm really quite hopeful and excited to read more. ( )
  JorgeousJotts | Dec 3, 2021 |
Quite simply, a delight. JAL is a little bit of a witch in these scenes you can feel, at least they work deliciously well for me.

I was immediately impressed with the heroine, and then that Long didn't fall into her regular trap with other women, and instead made a bond between them. And that is what carried the first 40%. Delilah's development, fortitude, and the friendship/her treatment of people were truly lovely.

The mystery was fine, sure. But the standout, for me, was what I think separates Long's books from so many others. That moment that you can feel the heartbeat of the characters. In this, you can practically feel Tristan opening like a flower in the sun-and his purpose-and his vulnerability all tying so beautifully together with Delilah's journey.

Even around 80% I was thinking, nice, solid 3.5. But it's not. Because in the end, looking back, it has that little something that tips the scales for me emotionally, and this time she did it with the thing I complain about. It could've been even better, I just wanted a bit more of them. 4.5 rounded up b/c why not (less) ( )
  samnreader | Jan 3, 2021 |
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Fiction. Romance. Historical Fiction. HTML:

A mistress. A mountain of debt. A mysterious wreck of a building.

Delilah Swanpoole, Countess of Derring, learns the hard way that her husband, "Dear Dull Derring," is a lot more interestingâ??and perfidiousâ??dead than alive. It's a devil of an inheritance, but in the grand ruins of the one building Derring left her, are the seeds of her liberation. And she vows never again to place herself at the mercy of a man.

But battle-hardened Captain Tristan Hardy is nothing if not merciless. When the charismatic naval hero tracks a notorious smuggler to a London boarding house known as the Rogue's Palace, seducing the beautiful, blue-blooded proprietress to get his man seems like a small sacrifice.

They both believe love is a myth. But a desire beyond reason threatens to destroy the armor around their hearts. Now a shattering decision looms: Will Tristan betray his own code of honor...or choose a love that might be the truest thing he's ever known

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