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Summary: Sizzling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: This novel has a twist - an intelligent, slightly older (ok 30 is older than the usual 19 year old!) woman who knows what she wants. First she wants to lose her virginity and sets out to make that happen. Then she just wants Jack. Then she wants to give him up! Amanda is also sensible and I loved the way her thought processes worked! As a couple, Jack and Amanda are so sensuous. The love scenes are well written and sizzling. This book was so full of ups and downs that I could not put it down! I had to find out how it would all work out in the end. Well worth reading.
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Summary: Great Story!
Review: Now how many stories have you read where the heroine hires a male courtesan to rid her of her virginity? Kleypas does what she does in all of her stories. She creates an original story and she makes her characters three dimensional with flaws and vulnerabilities. The heroine, Amanda, is a successful writer and an independent woman but she is also lonely. Prepared to live out her life alone, she wants one memory of intimacy. Unfortunately, her "courtesan" turns out to be famous publisher, Jack Devlin. Jack is instantly attracted to Amanda, and when he finds out that she's waiting for a hired male he is more than willing to play the part, but Amanda has a change of heart and sends him away. When Amanda finds out that her courtesan was really the famous Jack Devlin, she is furious. However, she is attracted to him as well. This is a great story, and Kleypas does a good job of combining mounting sexual tension between the hero and heroine with a growing friendship. I also liked hearing about the literary society. Where most regency romances are all about the Ton, this story goes away from that to the literary and art society. This was a great read. Not boring for a second and well written. If you like Kleypas's stories, you will like this one.
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Summary: IRRESISTIBLE
Review: I have not yet finished reading the book, and I don't know how it will end,but I can't put it down. I can't wait to see how this will end and that is the only reason I would not give it a
5 star rating. I just wanted that make sure I told everyone about it.
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Summary: Suddenly a fan!
Review: I bought this book based upon a review on Amazon. Since I had never read Lisa Kleypas, I was curious. WOW! She is a great afternoon read! Jack Devlin is great. I would probably want to have a moment of mindless passion with him too!!! I will definately read more of Ms. Kleypas' books, if nothing else but to see if anyone else can live up to Jack!
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Summary: Terrible!
Review: I bought this book because it was on a suggested read list from Amazon.com. It was terrible. The writing is bland except when it comes to the sex scenes, which happen every couple of pages. The sex is almost revoltingly graffic and borderline smut. The characters seem to have few facial expressions: Frowning or smiling. Amanda is always speaking "tartly" as if it's the only word that the author could come up with. I've only thrown away one book up until I read this book... it is now on its way to the local garbage dump to be where it belongs. Don't waste your time.
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Summary: Like begins at 30!
Review: It was very refreshing to read about a woman who was as freaked out about turning 30 as I was. Most of the heroines have just turned twenty or so. I liked reading about a woman closer to my age! I am tired of romances giving romance exclusively to the young. Amanda discovers life begins at 30. I really liked her. Smart and independent she is a no nonsense kind of gal. Jack has a lot of mischief up his sleeve. He is humorous, smart, sexy, and determined to get the girl. I loved this book!
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Summary: This novel turned me on...
Review: ...to Lisa Kyeypas.
This is the first Kleypas novel that I ever read but it certainly was not the last. I really loved every word of it. It was warm, romantic, charming, sexy fun from start to finish. I wish I had the courage and spirit of Amanda. I think she is just plucky. And Jack!!! I adore him. This couple is one of my all time favorites. Their story is so sweet and innocent somehow in spite of that fact that it is also so spicey. Their relationship is very hot. There is simply no other way to put it. They just burn up the pages. The only fault the book has is the silly plot twist near the end. I suspect that the book was a little shortish so she stretched it out here. Asside from that the book is perfect. I have to admit it had me blushing for a long time. I must have blushed all the way home from work on the bus. But it was worth it. After this book Lisa Kleypas became an instant buy for me and I have never been disappointed with her yet. Even her early novels are good. Not great but still you can see where she was going. In Suddenly You she got there. What more can I say, this book is perfect. I wish every book could draw you into it's world and hold you within from page one. Once Amanda and Jack meet the sparks fly and they don't stop until the very last page. Lisa is very good at what she does. She turns on the heat and lets it slowly simmer to a boil throughout the story. And when it boils you only want more.
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Summary: Ok Storyline
Review: Ms. Kleypas is consistent with her storylines. They are somewhat far fetched and unlikely but still an ok read. I give her high marks for sensuality - she's very good in that department.
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Summary: First time reader of Kleypas
Review: This is the first novel of Lisa Kleypas I have read. This is GREAT reading ! The love scenes were (whew !) HOT ! The characters were real in their emotions. I loved the plot, a new twist to romance ! I can't wait to read some more of Kleypas writings ! If you have never read anything by this author, this is a must read !!
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Summary: Sweet, sexy, romantic and a dream couple
Review: The story is about a famous spinster novelist who is about to face her 30th. birthday. She hires a male prostitute to celebrate that special event with her...and to loose her virginity to him. Exactly to the time she awaits her blind date Jack Devlin arrives, a roguish, handsome, notorious and incredibly sexy publisher and fan who wants to have her exclusively writing for his company. He of course uses the misunderstanding to his own purpose and tries to seduce his admired author whom he desires the first instance he sees her. Sparks fly and it takes some time for the stubborn heroes to come together at last! I simply devoured this book. I didn't go to the telephone and I cancelled a meeting because I had to read this book in one sitting...I fell head over heels in love with Jack Devlin, the hottest hero I met so far in a romance novel-he is absolutely irresistible! I would give the author a 7 stars review if it were possible! One of the critics at amazon.com said that "older frustrated woman meets younger lover" is a worn-out plot...well, I must have missed something. Though an avid romance reader this plot is absolutely new to me. Perhaps this storyline is used in contemporary romance novels which I don't read. Only one thing I have to criticize: The fact that Amanda didn't feel attractive because she was short and plump. Well, exactly this was the beau ideal in the Victorian era. It was said that women were the short-legged sex and all famous courtesans of that time were fat according to our standards. Vanderbilt called his mistress Tennie Clafflin his ample beauty and it was meant as a compliment for her. Victorian men simply loved wide hips and big butts and round legs. If Kleypas wanted to have her heroine suffer from an inferiority complex she should have turned her into exactly our beau ideal which is tall and thin.
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