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robynldouglas's review
4.0
My first by Eva Leigh - I really liked the two characters, and the way they created a life together without compromising who they were.
combledore's review
4.0
3.5, rounding up. Dialogue is still distractingly anachronistic in spots, but not as much as in [b:Scandal Takes the Stage|24805314|Scandal Takes the Stage (The Wicked Quills of London, #2)|Eva Leigh|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1426976419s/24805314.jpg|44443685]. I really liked this heroine and the masquerade scene was a particular standout.
hspindlew's review against another edition
I have to be honest, I tend to compare historical romances to sort of eating low sodium Lays Chips(personally, for me, don't @ me, I do think they have literary merit, etc). They're GOOD - I like a good Lays chips...but they are usually not as filling or satisfying as a full meal. Eva Leigh, along with a couple other writers are like...a really good Salt and Pepper Chip...maybe those Sweet and Salty popcorn medley's from President's Choice? What I'm trying to say, is there is something special about her writing (probably in that her Love Interests don't act like complete Dinks for 90% of the book)
bandherbooks's review
3.0
Wallflower and virgin Lady Sarah is secretly an erotic romance novelist. If exposed, she risks being banished from society and her family, but she cannot stop the flow of her quill. Thinking she'll never meet a man who will thrill her quite like the heroes in her tales, she is stunned by her immediate attraction to country vicar, who seems to share her passion for the arts and literature.
Jeremy, third son, was forced into the Church by his father. He loves the charity work, but isn't completely fulfilled by his duties. He's also secretly really into the naughty novels written by "A Lady of Dubious Quality." Trouble is, his moralistic father wants to expose the "Lady," both to stop her from ruining English society AND to aid his rising star in Parliament.
Jeremy reluctantly takes on the task, bringing him to London. He meets and is immediately attracted to Lady Sarah. Despite both their family's disapproval, they quickly marry, but both still feel like something is missing, despite their torrid bed-sport.
Secrets secrets are no fun, especially when your husband is trying to ruin your career.
Wicked, especially with the vicar parts, I enjoyed this tale. There were some parts that bothered me and kept me from LOVING the book. I was annoyed that Jeremy had a previous lover (one time). Why not keep him a virgin? He got all his pointers from Sarah's books anyway, so I felt like he didn't need to have the past assignation and it made him less interesting.
Eva Leigh also seems to really like this underground sex club, as it appears in all of her novels I've read so far. I didn't really like the almost "cheating" aspect of both characters running into each other there but not recognizing each other.
Jeremy, third son, was forced into the Church by his father. He loves the charity work, but isn't completely fulfilled by his duties. He's also secretly really into the naughty novels written by "A Lady of Dubious Quality." Trouble is, his moralistic father wants to expose the "Lady," both to stop her from ruining English society AND to aid his rising star in Parliament.
Jeremy reluctantly takes on the task, bringing him to London. He meets and is immediately attracted to Lady Sarah. Despite both their family's disapproval, they quickly marry, but both still feel like something is missing, despite their torrid bed-sport.
Secrets secrets are no fun, especially when your husband is trying to ruin your career.
Wicked, especially with the vicar parts, I enjoyed this tale. There were some parts that bothered me and kept me from LOVING the book. I was annoyed that Jeremy had a previous lover (one time). Why not keep him a virgin? He got all his pointers from Sarah's books anyway, so I felt like he didn't need to have the past assignation and it made him less interesting.
Eva Leigh also seems to really like this underground sex club, as it appears in all of her novels I've read so far. I didn't really like the almost "cheating" aspect of both characters running into each other there but not recognizing each other.
melonreads's review
4.0
Wallflower virgin heroine Lady Sarah, daughter of a Duke, is happy to lead a quite life where she goes largely unnoticed. After all, it helps her cultivate her career as a writer of filthy stories under the pseudonym of Lady of Dubious Quality.
Jeremy, a Vicar, forced as the third son of an Earl into service to the Church, has been tasked by his morally self-righteous father into uncovering the true identity of the filth writer. Unbeknownst to his dictatorial father, he owns every book written by this author and finds himself increasingly bored in his life as a vicar.
When the two cross paths and find themselves attracted to each other, each is harboring a secret, her about her secret identity and him about his assignment to bring down the very woman he is falling for (though he very much of course doesn’t realize this until much later).
I liked a lot about this book but there was one glaring misstep in my opinion. I do wish when Sarah decides to give up her writing so that she may have Jeremy instead and he so happily accepts, that he had not done so. She is deeply unhappy and comes to the realization that without her writing, she cannot be her true self and decides she’d rather have that even at the cost of Jeremy. I do wish that Jeremy had insisted that she be her authentic self because it does make it seem like for a time he forced her to choose between her true self and her love for him and I think if he truly loved her as she did him, he would have accepted all of her. Regardless, I still enjoyed the story.
Jeremy, a Vicar, forced as the third son of an Earl into service to the Church, has been tasked by his morally self-righteous father into uncovering the true identity of the filth writer. Unbeknownst to his dictatorial father, he owns every book written by this author and finds himself increasingly bored in his life as a vicar.
When the two cross paths and find themselves attracted to each other, each is harboring a secret, her about her secret identity and him about his assignment to bring down the very woman he is falling for (though he very much of course doesn’t realize this until much later).
I liked a lot about this book but there was one glaring misstep in my opinion. I do wish when Sarah decides to give up her writing so that she may have Jeremy instead and he so happily accepts, that he had not done so. She is deeply unhappy and comes to the realization that without her writing, she cannot be her true self and decides she’d rather have that even at the cost of Jeremy. I do wish that Jeremy had insisted that she be her authentic self because it does make it seem like for a time he forced her to choose between her true self and her love for him and I think if he truly loved her as she did him, he would have accepted all of her. Regardless, I still enjoyed the story.
er1ngobraugh's review
4.0
I enjoyed the development of Sarah and Jeremy's relationship. It was a sweet kind of slow burn. I wish Jeremy had been a bit quicker to come around to Sarah's secret identity but he got there eventually.
hannahkiwi's review
1.0
Audiobook read by Eva Christensen. Don't know whether it was writing style or store of reading, but I couldn't really get on with this. A bit bleur. Too much sex.
ninni1821's review
4.0
I’m rating up with this one. I’d say a solid 3.5 stars. Jeremy was nice breath of fresh air probably because he was a Vicar.
The last love scene after their reconciliation made me feel the love between the two characters so intently and I was actively rooting for them.
The last love scene after their reconciliation made me feel the love between the two characters so intently and I was actively rooting for them.
shell74's review
4.0
Eva Leigh’s Temptations of a Wallflower continued the theme of strong heroines who are writers in some form or fashion, struggling to make it in a man’s world. This time we were entertained by the unlikely pairing of a secret erotic writer and a handsome vicar.
‘Warmth filled him. She might have been a wallflower in London, but here in this humble village, she was a fine rose. And he was the lucky man who witnessed her blossoming.’
The third book in The Wicked Quills of London series was great fun and oh-so very sensual as the relationship between Sarah and Jeremy progressed. I liked both main characters right from the start, as I have with all of Eva Leigh’s books so far. And I thought the premise here was one that I haven’t encountered yet in Historical Romance.
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‘Warmth filled him. She might have been a wallflower in London, but here in this humble village, she was a fine rose. And he was the lucky man who witnessed her blossoming.’
The third book in The Wicked Quills of London series was great fun and oh-so very sensual as the relationship between Sarah and Jeremy progressed. I liked both main characters right from the start, as I have with all of Eva Leigh’s books so far. And I thought the premise here was one that I haven’t encountered yet in Historical Romance.
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