Love and the Single Heiress

asked by librarian on November 9, 2006 1:56 PM

An anonymous author has turned English society upside down, and only one man can protect her identity from being revealed, and her life from being destroyed, in this sexy new romance from reader favourite Jacquie D'Alessandro.

The scandalous book, A Ladies' Guide to the Pursuit of Personal Happiness and Marital Fulfilment has taken English society by storm. The slim but erotically explicit volume was penned by an unknown author, and now all of London is trying to discover the mysterious writer's true identity. But the search doesn't scare Catherine Ashfield, Viscountess Bickley, the proper woman who transcribed the book for her dear friend, a very elderly and experienced widow. Disgusted by the shallow values and morals of the town, Catherine was excited to help her friend and set the uppity nobility on its ear. And maybe by giving women a little more knowledge they could finally have happier marriages, instead of loveless unions as she had her with her own late husband.

But Catherine didn't anticipate the violent backlash against the book. With threats being made against the unknown author, Catherine fears for her safety and that of her son. When she is the victim of a near fatal accident, she wonders how hidden her identity truly is.

Knowing she needs protection, she turns to her brother's best friend, an accomplished pugilist and fencer. She invites him to stay at her country estate under the guise of a simple visit, not realizing that she has invited a fugitive with a dangerous past into her home--a man she soon finds herself powerfully attracted to...

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I really liked this book. Not only did I enjoy Lady Catherine and Andrew as main characters, but I loved the interaction between Catherine's son and Andrew. You do become frustrated at one point like most novels tend to do, but the ending will definitely leave you feeling complete.

reviewed by jbritt on November 24, 2006 5:22 AM

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I was disappointed with this book because I happen to like this author a lot and I go through each of her books within a day and yet this one just dragged. Lady Catherine just irritated me. She was such a shrew!! Andrew seemed to be too good for her. In A'Lessandro's previous book, "Who Will Take This Man", Lady Catherine just seemed so much nicer as Phillip's sister but yet right at the start of this book, she seemed almost mean. I would recommend A'Lessandro' other books before recommending this one.

reviewed by scanner on November 29, 2006 7:23 AM

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This book was beautiful. The heroine Catherine was sweet, lovely, alittle opionated but overall a worthy heroine. But the hero Andrew I just don't know where to begin - he's just wonderfull. His character came to life for me in this book making what would have been a good book, great. The love I felt he had for Catherine was so beautiful. He was sensitive, sweet and above all had such a intense love for Catherine it just flowed off the pages. And his interaction with the son Spencer showed just another wonderful side. The ending where he says my heart, my soul are yours. Tell me what you want to do with them. Oh my God it does not get any better than a hero like that. Well Done!

reviewed by localhost on November 29, 2006 8:28 AM

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You talk about books for a 'keeper shelf' -- well, this one is one of those for me. I loved this book. I loved most of the characters, their story, the only teeny-tiny gripe I have would be that it took Catherine WWWAAAYYY to long to accept Andrew's proposal.

Andrew is one of my very most favorite heroes ever. For me, he's 2nd only to Rafe Bancroft in "Taming Rafe" by Suzanne Enoch.
Andrew is totally loving, unselfish, self-sacrificing, dedicated, comitted to only one woman, the woman who got him through a rough time in his life and she didn't even know it: Catherine.

I also loved the way Andrew took her son from her previous marriage under his wing. I just loved & adored everything about this book!

On a 1-10 scale, this, for me, is a solid 10. I wish all heroes could be as great as Andrew!!!

reviewed by bigdv on November 29, 2006 10:17 AM

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I just find myself in the middle on the reviews I read - to me this book is in no way a 1 or 2 star book but to give it 5 seems way too much. It ends very well - the last 1/3 make up for somewhat a dragging beginning. I cannot believe how long it takes you to find out that Andrew truly had loved Catherine for over 6 years - I think knowins some of his history and how she saved him might have helped to realize a stronger connection earlier. The fact that Catherine is so set on not remarrying becomes a little tedious too - and why she all of a sudden changes her mind -well that seemed a little lame for her strong earlier statements. However in spite of those negatives - some of the dialog and the wit between these two was beautiful. I loved how they would argue, and their references to the dictionary - and mostly I loved the FIRSTS _ that was very well done! The love scenes were beautiful - very very romantic - and emotional. There was a lot good about the book - but could have been a 5 with a little more work!

reviewed by macfan on November 29, 2006 3:37 PM

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