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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
WOW! As a fan and follower of the Castles and Spindle Cove series, this was the ultimate “worlds collide” book.
This book has everything: cameos by my favorites (Lord and Lady Payne
This book has everything: cameos by my favorites (Lord and Lady Payne
this book bounces between perfect scenes and deeply dumb scenes. also i wanted this to be a full crossover event not just a single page of rafe showing up early on and only the highwoods showing up from spindle cove
The ending of this book included poisoning, a fire, a child attacking a grown man & that wasn't even the craziest part.
One night at a ball Charlotte is found in the library alone with Piers. This is the beginning of a scandal, but no one cares that they did nothing but talk and hide while another couple gave in to their passion.
In order to stop the rumors and protect Charlotte's reputation Piers offers to marry her. Charlotte has plans thought and she is determined to find the couple and confront them.
Such a fun book!
Charlotte and Piers have a great romance.
I truly enjoyed the mystery and how they worked together to solve it, they were truly perfect for each other.
I can understand why this book is so well loved!
In order to stop the rumors and protect Charlotte's reputation Piers offers to marry her. Charlotte has plans thought and she is determined to find the couple and confront them.
Such a fun book!
Charlotte and Piers have a great romance.
I truly enjoyed the mystery and how they worked together to solve it, they were truly perfect for each other.
I can understand why this book is so well loved!
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
This is my second Tessa Dare book and I think I have to start calling her a favorite author. This was supposed to be a book I listened to on commutes and slow work days, but I couldn't stop thinking about it when I went home so I ended up devouring it in one day instead. It's funny, cozy, and very steamy.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Suicide
Kindle Limited Time Deal: 29Nov19 Amazon $1.99
4 Fluff Filled Stars
Tessa Dare is one of my go-tos for a story that is going to be fun, light and thoroughly entertaining. I start her books and before I know it I’m done. This is no exception. There is always something exceptionally cute about the story she is telling and there are usually quite a few laughs along the way. This was no exception.
If you have read any of the Spindle cove novels then you will remember Minerva and Diana’s mother who is quite set on getting her daughters married off and is willing to employ some devious methods to do it. Charlotte is the next on her list to marry off and so she feels compelled to warn the poor man of her mother’s plot.
But it seems that as Charlotte tries to dissuade any interest that Piers Brandon might have in her he becomes more taken with her. She is nothing like the other women he has met in his life and her brand of honesty calls to him since his life is one that is full of nothing but secrets. Plus she is adorable to tease.
I really enjoy Tessa Dare’s writing style and the banter and situational comedy between characters. There is almost always a few laugh out loud moments for me and this book had a few. I will definitely never look at a peach or an aubergine (I had to look it up it is like a eggplant purple cucumber again. Just imagine the worst mother daughter talk about “marital duties” and multiply it by five lols.
This was one of the funniest scenes I’ve read in a long time and much needed.
There isn’t a ton going on plot wise. Piers is trying to investigate the lord they are staying with for a possible position and keeps getting distracted by Charlotte. She is trying to figure out who had a trist on the desk in the study while they were hiding and having a fantastic time trying to be a sleuth. She is actually pretty good at it and ferreted out some of Piers’s secrets too.
Like most of Tessa Dares books it is just a good time. I wouldn’t say it was more memorable than a lot of Historical Romance I’ve read but if all you are looking for is just a light regency romance then it is perfect.
4 Fluff Filled Stars
Tessa Dare is one of my go-tos for a story that is going to be fun, light and thoroughly entertaining. I start her books and before I know it I’m done. This is no exception. There is always something exceptionally cute about the story she is telling and there are usually quite a few laughs along the way. This was no exception.
If you have read any of the Spindle cove novels then you will remember Minerva and Diana’s mother who is quite set on getting her daughters married off and is willing to employ some devious methods to do it. Charlotte is the next on her list to marry off and so she feels compelled to warn the poor man of her mother’s plot.
We’re both here in this house as guests for the next fortnight. My mother will do everything she can to encourage a connection. That means you and I must plan to avoid each other.” She smiled, attempting levity. “It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a titled man in possession of a fortune should steer far clear of me.”
He didn’t laugh. Or even smile.
“That last bit . . . It was a joke, my lord. There’s a line from a novel—”
“Pride and Prejudice. Yes, I’ve read it.”
But it seems that as Charlotte tries to dissuade any interest that Piers Brandon might have in her he becomes more taken with her. She is nothing like the other women he has met in his life and her brand of honesty calls to him since his life is one that is full of nothing but secrets. Plus she is adorable to tease.
“No matter what my mother implies, I don’t share her hopes. We’d be a terrible match. I’m far too young for you.”
“So you’ve made clear.”
“You’re the model of propriety.”
“And you’re . . . here. Alone.”
“Exactly. I wear my heart on my sleeve, and yours is clearly—”
“Kept in the usual place.” Charlotte was going to guess, buried somewhere in the Arctic Circle.
“The point is, my lord, we have nothing in common. We’d be little more than two strangers inhabiting one house.”
“I’m a marquess. I have five houses.”
“But you know what I mean,” she said. “It would be disaster, through and through.”
“An existence marked by tedium and punctuated by misery.”
“Undoubtedly.”
“We’d be forced to base our entire relationship on sexual congress.”
“Er . . . what?”
“I’m speaking of bedsport, Miss Highwood. That much, at least, would be tolerable.”
I really enjoy Tessa Dare’s writing style and the banter and situational comedy between characters. There is almost always a few laugh out loud moments for me and this book had a few. I will definitely never look at a peach or an aubergine (I had to look it up it is like a eggplant purple cucumber again. Just imagine the worst mother daughter talk about “marital duties” and multiply it by five lols.
She came to a bargain with herself. If Mama was going to subject her to this, Mama was going to pay for it. And there was only one way to exact revenge for this farce of a lesson. To take it seriously. She lifted her head and composed her expression into one of solemn, wide-eyed innocence.
Reaching forward, she laid a single finger on the aubergine. “Is this the actual size?”
“Not every gentleman’s is quite that size. Some are smaller. Some may, in fact, be larger.”
“But most are not quite so purple, I hope.” She picked up the two items and pushed them against one another, frowning with confusion. “How does the aubergine fit inside the peach?
This was one of the funniest scenes I’ve read in a long time and much needed.
There isn’t a ton going on plot wise. Piers is trying to investigate the lord they are staying with for a possible position and keeps getting distracted by Charlotte. She is trying to figure out who had a trist on the desk in the study while they were hiding and having a fantastic time trying to be a sleuth. She is actually pretty good at it and ferreted out some of Piers’s secrets too.
Like most of Tessa Dares books it is just a good time. I wouldn’t say it was more memorable than a lot of Historical Romance I’ve read but if all you are looking for is just a light regency romance then it is perfect.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Loved the final installation of Spindle Cove, Charolette has been an entertaining background character since the very first book and her love story is fittingly also a Who Done It style mystery, except instead of murder in the library with a candlestick, it is solving the mystery of who had loud, relatively quick sex in the library (while Piers & Charolette listened on in horror from their hiding spot) and left behind a red garter. Having been caught leaving the library alone, they are of course forced to become betrothed. Unlike many nobleman in Regency novels, this cold-hearted Marquess has no opposition to marriage, he is just determined he does not and will not want to ever fall in love. Charolette, having seen both her sisters fall head over heels wants nothing less for herself. This is one of the few times in historical fiction where I love both the hero and the heroine equally, they were adorable and the story kept a brilliantly engaging pace
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I loved this sooooo much omg it was everything I look for in an HR book ahh <3