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A review by jkcantwell
Don't You Dare, My Dear by Charlie Lane
5.0
The Viscount and the Widow... and His Father the Earl and the Widow's Sister
Charlie Lane's latest delightful Debutant Dares novel doesn't focus on a debutant, but rather, the beautiful and kind widow Katherine, good friend to the now-married debutants from the previous three novels. However, Katherine's rather child-like and self-centred sister does steal the limelight by marrying Edmund's father, the also self-centred Earl, at the beginning of the novel - and Katherine then feels it's inappropriate to continue her relationship with Edmund.
But love has a way of curling up in our hearts and pushing us to follow our hopes and dreams. Certainly Edmund isn't tempted for long to give up on Katherine. Especially when they'd met in a bookshop and she'd called him a nodcock the first time they met!
Both Edmund and Katherine have to face family relationships, and consider whether they're happy and prepared to continue shouldering burdens that rightfully belong to others.
Favourite quote: "He still wanted her because every other day or so she called him a fool or a knave, but she did so with such a smile and such a sense of acceptance that he needed her to do it more. Every day of his life, preferably." Favourite swoon moment: "Slipping into a woman you loved, making her yours - nothing compared.".
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Charlie Lane's latest delightful Debutant Dares novel doesn't focus on a debutant, but rather, the beautiful and kind widow Katherine, good friend to the now-married debutants from the previous three novels. However, Katherine's rather child-like and self-centred sister does steal the limelight by marrying Edmund's father, the also self-centred Earl, at the beginning of the novel - and Katherine then feels it's inappropriate to continue her relationship with Edmund.
But love has a way of curling up in our hearts and pushing us to follow our hopes and dreams. Certainly Edmund isn't tempted for long to give up on Katherine. Especially when they'd met in a bookshop and she'd called him a nodcock the first time they met!
Both Edmund and Katherine have to face family relationships, and consider whether they're happy and prepared to continue shouldering burdens that rightfully belong to others.
Favourite quote: "He still wanted her because every other day or so she called him a fool or a knave, but she did so with such a smile and such a sense of acceptance that he needed her to do it more. Every day of his life, preferably." Favourite swoon moment: "Slipping into a woman you loved, making her yours - nothing compared.".
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.