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pyiab's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
nighteyes82's review against another edition
4.0
that was a light and funny story! I really liked them together!
halleymalley1's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
squishies's review against another edition
2.0
Not exactly one of my favourites, but it's a bit of a fun read nonetheless.
Guess I should read the next books in the series to see how the girls go! (They are my favourite characters after all hehe)
Guess I should read the next books in the series to see how the girls go! (They are my favourite characters after all hehe)
shogins's review against another edition
3.0
The later books in this series definitely make a lot more sense now that I've read this one!
Mad Jack Tremont, the brother of a Duke, ruined Miranda Mabberly with one mistaken kiss at the opera. Now, Miranda is living under an assumed name, teaching decorum at a finishing school. While escorting three of her marriage-obsessed students, Jack and Miranda are reunited, but there are secrets and intrigue still between them.
Mad Jack Tremont, the brother of a Duke, ruined Miranda Mabberly with one mistaken kiss at the opera. Now, Miranda is living under an assumed name, teaching decorum at a finishing school. While escorting three of her marriage-obsessed students, Jack and Miranda are reunited, but there are secrets and intrigue still between them.
bibliobabe94's review against another edition
3.0
fun story, characters from Something about emmeline. Adventure, romance, unrequited love, etc. Fun way to pass a couple of hours.
fringebookreviews's review against another edition
3.5
3.5⭐️/5 the ending got to be tooohooo long and this was very slow burn but I do still love the characters
una_macchia's review against another edition
1.0
I'm not sure why I read all of this tbh, because so much about this book annoyed me: all the tedious mental lusting, all the obnoxious matchmaking [obnoxious matchmaking as a plot point irritates me a lot less when it isn't presented as the matchmakers genuinely knowing better than the people they're trying to match], all the "humorous" sexism, the hero whose only appealing quality seems to be that the heroine wants to bang him , everyone being stupid as hell...and yet I still wanted to know how the mystery/thriller plot would be resolved. It was unsatisfying, and then the narrative totally takes the wrong side between the hero and heroine. Ugh.
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he's supposed to be this great secret agent, but his personality still suckslibrarydanielle's review against another edition
4.0
this rake of mine was a fun read. humor, a mild mystery, and scandal. how can you go wrong?
miranda is ruined (saved) by mad jack tremont when he mistakes her for an opera dancer one evening. she disappears from society and reemerges as a decorum teacher named jane porter at a school for girls, only to run into jack once more. unfortunately, jack doesn't recognize her. nor does he recognize her when 'mrs porter' and the three debutants she is chaperoning are stranded at his estate...
miranda is ruined (saved) by mad jack tremont when he mistakes her for an opera dancer one evening. she disappears from society and reemerges as a decorum teacher named jane porter at a school for girls, only to run into jack once more. unfortunately, jack doesn't recognize her. nor does he recognize her when 'mrs porter' and the three debutants she is chaperoning are stranded at his estate...
ssejig's review against another edition
3.0
Can a kiss ruin your life? Miranda Mabberly isn't so sure. When Jack Tremont kissed her ruining her reputation and ending her engagement, she was more grateful than anything. Sent from town, she eventually made her way back to Miss Emma's as a deportment teacher.
Jack Tremont thought that he was kissing his mistress. But the redhead he barely remembers (he was drunk off his ass)caused his brother (a duke in the widows trilogy)to cut off Jack's allowance. Now he lives by the sea on an estate that he inherited from his eccentric Aunt Josephine.
Twelve years later, their paths cross when Jack is sent to retrieve his niece from the school. He doesn't recognize Miranda but she sure as heck recognizes him. And then recognizes him again when she is chaperoning three girls back to their guardians. Their carriage gets lost and they end up at Jack's estate, much to his dismay. He's been working hard to create an image of himself that makes certain that he gets no visitors.
Unfortunately for both, the three girls with Miranda notice the way that she and Jack have been looking at each other and decide to matchmake. Jack's butler (a former highwayman) seems to agree and Fate intervenes in the form of a road blockage so the two have some time to get to know one another a little better.
Jack Tremont thought that he was kissing his mistress. But the redhead he barely remembers (he was drunk off his ass)caused his brother (a duke in the widows trilogy)to cut off Jack's allowance. Now he lives by the sea on an estate that he inherited from his eccentric Aunt Josephine.
Twelve years later, their paths cross when Jack is sent to retrieve his niece from the school. He doesn't recognize Miranda but she sure as heck recognizes him. And then recognizes him again when she is chaperoning three girls back to their guardians. Their carriage gets lost and they end up at Jack's estate, much to his dismay. He's been working hard to create an image of himself that makes certain that he gets no visitors.
Unfortunately for both, the three girls with Miranda notice the way that she and Jack have been looking at each other and decide to matchmake. Jack's butler (a former highwayman) seems to agree and Fate intervenes in the form of a road blockage so the two have some time to get to know one another a little better.