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Summary: the best yet
Review: I've never read a book by Lisa Kleypas before but when i read this book i knew i found an author that i would love to read. This book was amazing. i loved all the characters especially Derek. I can't wait to read his book.
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Summary: Skip this one
Review: I've read everything by Kleypas, she is a wonderful writer. Her heros are masterly and her heroines are sublime. I don't know what happened her. The heroine is a shrew who needs to have a serious behind kicking. Half way through the book I was hoping Alex would choose someone else.
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Summary: Wow! What a great book!
Review: I've read other books by Lisa Kleypas and have been disappointed, but this is one book that I read years ago and stupidly gave away. Now I have a new copy and I love it! It's something that can be read over and over again. Although I find Lily's attitude and her highly independent nature somewhat implausible especially for the time period that the book is being written, it's still a great book! I think it wouldn't be romance is all the characters actually behaved and thought true to the time period. It would be more like a Jane Austen novel, although I love Jane Austen her novels just don't make me feel all soft and warm. And Alex Raiford! What a sexy creature! Although some may claim that his character can't change from being hard and cold to the rash and love driven man in the end of the novel, I disagree. Lisa Kleypas never meant to portray him as cold, merely in pain. It is this mutual feeling of pain that brings Lily and Alex together to form the love that they learn to share. This book had all the components that I think makes great romance novels: it included friends and family; danger; excitement and two strong-willed characters! I definitely recommend this to readers!
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Summary: Really enjoyed this.....
Review: In addition to the other reviews, I just wanted to add that I love authors who are able to pull you into a story and create vivid, memorable characters. This book does just that. I was presently surprised. Never a dull page.
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Summary: Still Sizzles the Second Time Around!!!
Review: In this most excellent read by Lisa Kleypas, you are introduced to one of her more endearing heroines. Lily Lawson, sometimes referred to as Lawless Lily is known as a true eccentric and outrageous young woman. She gambles, swears, rides astride in pink breeches and seems to delight in shocking escapades. She wasn't always that way but after being jilted at the altar by her fiancé and her subsequent escape to Italy --- what had once been termed adventurous behavior was now termed outrageous! When an old and dear friend Zachary, Lord Stamford comes to her pleading that she intervene for him to save her sister Penny from marrying the harsh and cold Lord Alex Raiford, Earl of Wolverton, she finds that she couldn't refuse his request and travels to investigate herself how unsuitable a match this earl would be for her sister. Alex's impression of Lily was that she was no better than a demimonde - he'd heard the rumors of her association with the gamester, Derek Craven and her outrageous behavior only reinforced his opinion. The fact that he was seriously attracted to her only further enraged him as he saw through her charade in attempting to bring Zachary, the man her sister Penny was secretly in love with back together. After Lily successfully engineered her sisters elopement she knew that Alex would be out to punish her, but she never dreamed that the punishment would be so satisfyingly sensual! I first read THEN CAME YOU some years back and even knowing the story, I thoroughly enjoyed every single dialog and sensually sizzling scene all over again! Lily, is a heroine that will both shock you with her antics and tug at your heartstrings with her hidden heartbreak of losing her daughter. The secondary characters from her butler, to her good friend Derek Craven, and Alex's younger brother Harry are all carefully crafted to add depth and compassion to the story. The love Alex came to feel for Lily is the sort one can only dream of and he has been added to my list of my top ten heros! This is an extremely difficult book to put down, as for the second time around with this reissue, Lisa Kleypas will delight her readers again!
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Summary: Still Sizzles the Second Time Around!!!
Review: In this most excellent read by Lisa Kleypas, you are introduced to one of her more endearing heroines. Lily Lawson, sometimes referred to as Lawless Lily is known as a true eccentric and outrageous young woman. She gambles, swears, rides astride in pink breeches and seems to delight in shocking escapades. She wasn't always that way but after being jilted at the altar by her fiancé and her subsequent escape to Italy --- what had once been termed adventurous behavior was now termed outrageous! When an old and dear friend Zachary, Lord Stamford comes to her pleading that she intervene for him to save her sister Penny from marrying the harsh and cold Lord Alex Raiford, Earl of Wolverton, she finds that she couldn't refuse his request and travels to investigate herself how unsuitable a match this earl would be for her sister. Alex's impression of Lily was that she was no better than a demimonde - he'd heard the rumors of her association with the gamester, Derek Craven and her outrageous behavior only reinforced his opinion. The fact that he was seriously attracted to her only further enraged him as he saw through her charade in attempting to bring Zachary, the man her sister Penny was secretly in love with back together. After Lily successfully engineered her sisters elopement she knew that Alex would be out to punish her, but she never dreamed that the punishment would be so satisfyingly sensual! I first read THEN CAME YOU some years back and even knowing the story, I thoroughly enjoyed every single dialog and sensually sizzling scene all over again! Lily, is a heroine that will both shock you with her antics and tug at your heartstrings with her hidden heartbreak of losing her daughter. The secondary characters from her butler, to her good friend Derek Craven, and Alex's younger brother Harry are all carefully crafted to add depth and compassion to the story. The love Alex came to feel for Lily is the sort one can only dream of and he has been added to my list of my top ten heros! This is an extremely difficult book to put down, as for the second time around with this reissue, Lisa Kleypas will delight her readers again!
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Summary: Incredible book!
Review: LISA KLEYPAS DOES AN EXTRA ORDINARY JOB A WRITING ABOUT A WOMAN WHO IS AHEAD OF HER TIME. THE BOOK IS A FAST MOVING ENTHRALLING STORY OF A WOMAN OF GREAT COURAGE AND A SENSE OF HUMOR THAT YOU CAN NOT HELP BUT ENDEAR TO HER CHARACTER. THE HERO IS MAN TO FALL IN LOVE WITH. HE IS STRONG, YET TENDER AND REALLY ENABLE LILLY TO BE THE GREAT WOMAN SHE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE. A MUST READ!
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Summary: ITS NOT ALWAYS WHAT YOU THINK
Review: LISA KLEYPAS DOES AN EXTRA ORDINARY JOB A WRITING ABOUT A WOMAN WHO IS AHEAD OF HER TIME. THE BOOK IS A FAST MOVING ENTHRALLING STORY OF A WOMAN OF GREAT COURAGE AND A SENSE OF HUMOR THAT YOU CAN NOT HELP BUT ENDEAR TO HER CHARACTER. THE HERO IS MAN TO FALL IN LOVE WITH. HE IS STRONG, YET TENDER AND REALLY ENABLE LILLY TO BE THE GREAT WOMAN SHE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE. A MUST READ!
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Summary: Reckless, Willful Lady Plus Alpha Male = Hot Romance!
Review: Lovely Lily Lawson was jilted as a young debutante because she was too intelligent, too independent, too much of everything to ever fit the description of a demure, passive Regency deb. She did attempt an obedient, maidenly facade with her fiance, but her bubbly nature bubbled over, and she lost him. Brokenhearted, she left England with her wealthy maiden Aunt Sally to travel on the Continent. While in Italy, Lily was seduced by an Italian scoundrel. After a regrettable night of painful, humiliating and totally passionless sex, she vowed off men and sex as an impediment to her life, as she would live it. Then she discovered that she carried a bambino - a souvenir from her Italian stallion. Her aunt, from whom she must have inherited most of her gene pool, was delighted and reassured Lily that they would live their lives in a villa in Italy - a perfect family of three. Complications arose after the beautiful baby, Nicole, was born. Aunt Sally died, Nicole was kidnapped, Lily was blackmailed for lots of money to insure the safety of her daughter, and she had to return to London to be able to make the money she needed. Now, Lily gambles, almost nightly, at her Cockney friend's infamous gambling club, the only woman permitted to do so - and has a seemingly endless lucky streak. She is called Lawless Lily for her reckless ways; wildly riding in breeches to the hunt, drinking, cardplaying, etc. Ironically she is supposed to have had many lovers - in truth, there has been only one, once...and that was plenty for her. Lily's younger sister Penelope is engaged to marry the arrogant Earl of Wolverton, in a loveless, arranged match. Lily, determined to save her sister so she can marry the man she loves, marches to the rescue...and the many and varied clashes between our heroine and the arrogant, but sizzlingly hot and handsome Earl begin. He matches her every move, but she won't play submissive to his dominant alpha male behavior. So he tries tenderness, kindness, soft sensuality...Wow!~! So...Does she change her mind about men? You have to read the book. This book and its sequel "Dreaming Of You" are two of my favorite Lisa Kleypas novels. The storylines are intriguing, the characters are 3-dimensional and complex, the humor is laugh-out-loudable, and the sex is super steamy and very loving. What more could a reader want? Ms. Kleypas does it again!
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Summary: And then came more
Review: The great Ms. Kleypas pens a story that touches every woman's heart. Alex is the perfect match for Lily and in between sensous encounters and fighting like cats and dogs, they fall in love. Lily is a headstrong and independent woman who although doesn't care about anything, is hiding a big secret that could end her life with Alex. The back cover blurb reads: "Reckless and wild, beautiful Lily Lawson delights in shocking proper London society--and will break any rule to flaunt her independence. And now she is determined to rescue her helpless sister from an upcoming, undesired marriage to Lord Alex Raiford, the arrogant Earl of Wolverton. Through fair means of foul, the headstrong hellion succeeds outrageously--but her handsome adversary is not to be outdone. A master gamesman, Lord Alex counters Lily's scorn with kindness, and parries her blistering barbs with gentle words and a soft, sensuous touch. For he has resolved to make the spirited miss pay dearly for her interference--with her body, her soul...and her stubborn, unyielding heart." Don't miss DREAMING OF YOU, the story of Derek Craven. S.
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