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A Man Above Reproach by Evelyn Pryce
5.0
RHFL Classifications
Regency Romance
Historical Romance
Heat Level: 2
Rating: 5 Stars
Review by Lizzie English
This book was fantastic on all levels, it was something that I did not expect. It doesn’t take long for the action to start: The Duke of Lennox, Elias Addison, is dragged to The Sleeping Dove. A House of ill repute were money gets you any lady you want; except for the one that catches Lennox’s eye straight away and they only know her as her nickname. Intrigued he can do nothing more than pay for some time for her voice. All it takes is a few minutes before “the Uncatchable” Duke of Lennox is enamored with the lady that they call Bawdy Bluestocking. He pays for her talk time, much to the chagrin of Blue. She tells him, that that’s all he will get with his money.
Josephine Grant runs a bookstore by day and at night she’s the piano player in a Gentleman’s club. She took on the bookstore after her fathers death, and with it game debts. Because of this she takes the money she earns from the club to keep her father’s business afloat. Josephine isn’t who she says she is which draws in the Duke of Lennox. He’s intrigued by the “Not Ms. Grant” and will do anything to try to get her to reveal her true identity. Josephine will stop that from ever happening, with her name change comes a dark past that she doesn’t want anyone to know she went through.
The romance is lovely, Elias and Josephine have fantastic chemistry especially since Josephine tries to push him away so much. All she wants is to be able to run her bookshop and save some girls from the awful lives as prostitutes. Elias admires her tenacity and her want to be her own person. However, Elias does over step some bounds by assuming just because she is in love with him he will let her rule her life. Josephine pulls away from him at this point, and soon her life is thrown off kilter with her secrets coming to the light. Eli will do anything to be with his “Not Ms. Grant” and proves that through out the book. With his over stepping bounds Josephine does make some rash decisions when it comes to their love and has to realize that she shouldn’t have any doubts.
The characters of the novel are ones that will stay with you. It’s easy to remember the Uncatchable Elias Addison and the Josephine-Not-Grant. The plot while can be a bit predictable is still enjoyable. I found myself only really trying to figure out what was going on with Josephine’s past, that came as a bit of a surprise. But it was a good surprise that explained her character and her actions toward Elias all the more understandable.
Regency Romance
Historical Romance
Heat Level: 2
Rating: 5 Stars
Review by Lizzie English
This book was fantastic on all levels, it was something that I did not expect. It doesn’t take long for the action to start: The Duke of Lennox, Elias Addison, is dragged to The Sleeping Dove. A House of ill repute were money gets you any lady you want; except for the one that catches Lennox’s eye straight away and they only know her as her nickname. Intrigued he can do nothing more than pay for some time for her voice. All it takes is a few minutes before “the Uncatchable” Duke of Lennox is enamored with the lady that they call Bawdy Bluestocking. He pays for her talk time, much to the chagrin of Blue. She tells him, that that’s all he will get with his money.
Josephine Grant runs a bookstore by day and at night she’s the piano player in a Gentleman’s club. She took on the bookstore after her fathers death, and with it game debts. Because of this she takes the money she earns from the club to keep her father’s business afloat. Josephine isn’t who she says she is which draws in the Duke of Lennox. He’s intrigued by the “Not Ms. Grant” and will do anything to try to get her to reveal her true identity. Josephine will stop that from ever happening, with her name change comes a dark past that she doesn’t want anyone to know she went through.
The romance is lovely, Elias and Josephine have fantastic chemistry especially since Josephine tries to push him away so much. All she wants is to be able to run her bookshop and save some girls from the awful lives as prostitutes. Elias admires her tenacity and her want to be her own person. However, Elias does over step some bounds by assuming just because she is in love with him he will let her rule her life. Josephine pulls away from him at this point, and soon her life is thrown off kilter with her secrets coming to the light. Eli will do anything to be with his “Not Ms. Grant” and proves that through out the book. With his over stepping bounds Josephine does make some rash decisions when it comes to their love and has to realize that she shouldn’t have any doubts.
The characters of the novel are ones that will stay with you. It’s easy to remember the Uncatchable Elias Addison and the Josephine-Not-Grant. The plot while can be a bit predictable is still enjoyable. I found myself only really trying to figure out what was going on with Josephine’s past, that came as a bit of a surprise. But it was a good surprise that explained her character and her actions toward Elias all the more understandable.