Devil in Disguise
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Summary
New York Times bestseller Lisa Kleypas returns with an enthralling and steaming romance between a widowed lady and a Scot on the run—who may have connections to one of London's most noble families。
“The devil never tries to make people do the wrong thing by scaring them。 He does it by tempting them。”
Lady Merritt Sterling， a strong-willed young widow who’s running her late husband’s shipping company， knows London society is dying to catch her in a scandal。 So far， she’s been too smart to provide them with one。 But then she meets Keir MacRae， a rough-and-rugged Scottish whisky distiller， and all her sensible plans vanish like smoke。 They couldn’t be more different， but their attraction is powerful， raw and irresistible。
From the moment Keir MacRae arrives in London， he has two goals。 One: don’t fall in love with the dazzling Lady Merritt Sterling。 Two: avoid being killed。
So far， neither of those is going well。
Keir doesn’t know why someone wants him dead until fate reveals his secret connection to one of England’s most powerful families。 His world is thrown into upheaval， and the only one he trusts is Merritt。
Their passion blazes with an intensity Merritt has never known before， making her long for the one thing she can’t have from Keir MacRae: forever。 As danger draws closer， she’ll do whatever it takes to save the man she loves。。。 even knowing he might be the devil in disguise。
“The devil never tries to make people do the wrong thing by scaring them。 He does it by tempting them。”
Lady Merritt Sterling， a strong-willed young widow who’s running her late husband’s shipping company， knows London society is dying to catch her in a scandal。 So far， she’s been too smart to provide them with one。 But then she meets Keir MacRae， a rough-and-rugged Scottish whisky distiller， and all her sensible plans vanish like smoke。 They couldn’t be more different， but their attraction is powerful， raw and irresistible。
From the moment Keir MacRae arrives in London， he has two goals。 One: don’t fall in love with the dazzling Lady Merritt Sterling。 Two: avoid being killed。
So far， neither of those is going well。
Keir doesn’t know why someone wants him dead until fate reveals his secret connection to one of England’s most powerful families。 His world is thrown into upheaval， and the only one he trusts is Merritt。
Their passion blazes with an intensity Merritt has never known before， making her long for the one thing she can’t have from Keir MacRae: forever。 As danger draws closer， she’ll do whatever it takes to save the man she loves。。。 even knowing he might be the devil in disguise。
Reviews
Candace
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This book was SUCH a delight。 This was like a love letter from LK to her fans。 It was everything I could want from an LK novel。 ♥️Keir and Merritt were absolutely wonderful。 They had immediate chemistry and I loved their banter。 The beautiful， romantic things Keir says to her… I may have swooned a little。 Well， maybe I didn’t *actually* swoon， but I tabbed so many pages。 😍😂I’m sure not everyone will enjoy all the Wallflower cameos and references， but I ate them up。 Give me more of Sebastian and This book was SUCH a delight。 This was like a love letter from LK to her fans。 It was everything I could want from an LK novel。 ♥️Keir and Merritt were absolutely wonderful。 They had immediate chemistry and I loved their banter。 The beautiful， romantic things Keir says to her… I may have swooned a little。 Well， maybe I didn’t *actually* swoon， but I tabbed so many pages。 😍😂I’m sure not everyone will enjoy all the Wallflower cameos and references， but I ate them up。 Give me more of Sebastian and Westcliff， please！！！！！ 😍♥️I’m both sad and excited that the Ravenels series over。 Sad because it is SO GOOD and I don’t want it to end， but excited to see what LK has in store next for us。 No matter what it is， you bet I will be there on release day。 。。。more
Starry
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I loved the Ravenel series。 Now I need to reread the others and the Wallflowers again to connect the dots。 The 7th book centered on Merritt， the intelligent widowed daughter of Lord Westcliff and Lillian Bowman from the Wallflowers series， as she falls hard for a magnificent Scottish whisky maker。 I loved the crossover and connections between the generations and the technology advancements between the series。 What a fantastic Christmas party they must have every year。
Laura J。
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a fluff piece good for an afternoon readMerritt is the daughter of an Earl and a widow who runs her late husband’s shipping line。 Keir is a whiskey distiller from Scotland。 It’s instant admiration and attraction。 The two characters were interesting and likable。 The story went south when the rich and beautiful characters took over。
Keeley Grace🧚🏻♀️
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i would read literally ANYTHING featuring Sebastian， i’d like at least 10 more books about him lisa kleypas can honestly do nothing wrong for me 6/5
Caroline
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3。5 stars。 I enjoyed the story but I’m so disappointed that none of that we only briefly meet two Ravanels in this story and Kier isn’t even related to them。 This should be some subset of the Wallflower Series。 Don’t tell me it’s a Ravanel book without a glimpse of West。
Nicole
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 It was a decent book。 I am not a huge fan of Insta-love stories - I find it hard to connect with the characters and this book was no exception。 It had some tender moments and I absolutely loved all the moments with the Duke。 But I feel like there isn't enough time to really get to know the H & h， since everything is rushed。 It just didn't feel like there was enough substance to it， compared to her older Wallflower books。 I did truly enjoy getting see some of our old Wallflowers show up。 And it w It was a decent book。 I am not a huge fan of Insta-love stories - I find it hard to connect with the characters and this book was no exception。 It had some tender moments and I absolutely loved all the moments with the Duke。 But I feel like there isn't enough time to really get to know the H & h， since everything is rushed。 It just didn't feel like there was enough substance to it， compared to her older Wallflower books。 I did truly enjoy getting see some of our old Wallflowers show up。 And it was a good story。 It just wasn't I am used to from a Kleypas HR。 。。。more
Abru
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Me gustó más toda la historia alrededor de los personajes， que la historia de amor de ellos en si。 La parte de （view spoiler）[la pérdida de memoria （hide spoiler）] me pareció innecesaria， podría haber sido mucho mas interesante sin eso。 Me gustó más toda la historia alrededor de los personajes， que la historia de amor de ellos en si。 La parte de （view spoiler）[la pérdida de memoria （hide spoiler）] me pareció innecesaria， podría haber sido mucho mas interesante sin eso。 。。。more
Lupinus Texensis
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This was a 5/5 A+ best of genre right until the end。
Sarah Mattimiro
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At first I thought this was going to be an insta love story， ugh 😒， but then it got a whole lot better， lol。
H
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Should be 3。5 stars。 It was soooooo nice to see some of the old Wallflowers gang in this book especially Sebastian！！！！！！ As for the main romance idk how I felt about it but seeing my old favs made me really happy and the union between the families because of Keir and Merritt was sweet。 No one does historical romance better than Kleypas！！！
Tammy
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Book #7 in The Ravenels， and the first book I’ve read in this series。 I adored it - so so good！！ If like me， you haven’t read any books in this series， it’s perfectly okay to start with this one。 Our hero is a swoon-worthy， bearded， and brawny Scotsman， Keir MacRae， who owns a whiskey distillery on a remote scottish island。Keir’s in London with his new shipment of whiskey， and it’s there he meets （and instantly falls for） our heroine， Lady Merritt Sterling， owner/operator of her late-husbands sh Book #7 in The Ravenels， and the first book I’ve read in this series。 I adored it - so so good！！ If like me， you haven’t read any books in this series， it’s perfectly okay to start with this one。 Our hero is a swoon-worthy， bearded， and brawny Scotsman， Keir MacRae， who owns a whiskey distillery on a remote scottish island。Keir’s in London with his new shipment of whiskey， and it’s there he meets （and instantly falls for） our heroine， Lady Merritt Sterling， owner/operator of her late-husbands shipping company。 Lady Merritt invites Keir to dinner in her home， where he unexpectedly spends the night， and Lady Merritt proceeds to fall head-over-heels for the rugged Scot。Soon after their dinner/bedtime escapade， someone attempts to murder Keir。 The two set off on a high stakes adventure discovering not only love， but found family， and who’s behind hiring killers to end Keir’s life。 You will find out the mystery of WHY someone is trying to end Keir’s life as the plot thickens and Keir’s connections to a Duke， a Lady and an Earl is revealed。The plot is so unexpected， and being a new HR reader （after last reading them in my teens） this story is far from anything I could of imagined happening in a Historical Romance。 I absolutely loved this！！ And a sweet surprise announced at the end sealed it！！ Highly recommend。 。。。more
Cynthia Broaddus
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Fabulous progression Having read all of the Ravenel series and all of the Wallflowers series， I throughly enjoyed the incorporation of previous characters and the rolls they played in the current book。 Thank you， Lisa for sharing your extraordinary talents。
Julia
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This book shouldn't work， to be honest。 It's got all the tropes。 All of them。 You want a road trip？ Done。 You want someone discovering they're actually nobility and heir to a fortune？ Ok。 You want grumpy one loves sunshine one？ It's here。 But damn it， Lisa Kleypas is such a good writer it all works。 It WORKS。 Her status as an autobuy author for me remains unchanged， and whatever she does next， I'm here for it。 This book shouldn't work， to be honest。 It's got all the tropes。 All of them。 You want a road trip？ Done。 You want someone discovering they're actually nobility and heir to a fortune？ Ok。 You want grumpy one loves sunshine one？ It's here。 But damn it， Lisa Kleypas is such a good writer it all works。 It WORKS。 Her status as an autobuy author for me remains unchanged， and whatever she does next， I'm here for it。 。。。more
T’Lynn
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3。8 rounded upStuff I loved: Generally， I do not like insta love but when it’s done well， I can really get into it and it’s done impeccably well here。 Merritt and Keir fall for each other HARD and barely grapple with the “reasons they can’t be together” At one point they even agree that while being together might have challenges it sure does beat not being together！ I was swept away by their connection。Stuff I liked: Wallflower reunion… I should love it but I do feel like Sebastian took up too m 3。8 rounded upStuff I loved: Generally， I do not like insta love but when it’s done well， I can really get into it and it’s done impeccably well here。 Merritt and Keir fall for each other HARD and barely grapple with the “reasons they can’t be together” At one point they even agree that while being together might have challenges it sure does beat not being together！ I was swept away by their connection。Stuff I liked: Wallflower reunion… I should love it but I do feel like Sebastian took up too much of this story。Stuff I was meh about: the external conflict was strange as the villain was all off page。 Also， Keir was gruff one minute and poetic the next。 He wasn’t as solid a character as MerrittOverall， this was fun and deviated from the usual romance formula so that was refreshing。 。。。more
Aly
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Lady Merritt Sterling manage and own her late husband shipping company and never expected that problems with a cargaison would lead to fall in love again。 Bearded Scotsman Keir MacRae is in the distillery business and when he meet Merritt， little did he know that his strong attraction to her will lead to learning about a secret of his past。 But danger suddenly seems to follow him anywhere too。 Fortunalety he can count on Merritt and her relatives to help him survive and discover the truth。 I lik Lady Merritt Sterling manage and own her late husband shipping company and never expected that problems with a cargaison would lead to fall in love again。 Bearded Scotsman Keir MacRae is in the distillery business and when he meet Merritt， little did he know that his strong attraction to her will lead to learning about a secret of his past。 But danger suddenly seems to follow him anywhere too。 Fortunalety he can count on Merritt and her relatives to help him survive and discover the truth。 I liked Merrit and Keir's instant mutual curiosity and desire to learn more about each other and want to be together。 The heroine being one of Annabelle and Marcus's daughter， it was cute to see she got some of her mama's stubborness but with her dad's charisma。 I love seeing old characters😜 from the Wallflowers' series but I think they took a little too much space that should have goes to the MC and I believe it's time we see a little less of the former St-Vincent to see the ones we never see anymore （looking at you Daisy and Matthew）。 Having said that， it's always a pleasure to read Lisa Kleypas' books！ 。。。more
Erica
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Lisa Kleypas really is the queen。 Her writing is articulate and intense without being a burden。 It has been so much fun to continue reading the “wallflower world” that she created snd to visit old characters in new ways。 Merrit and Keir were a delightful couple。 Appreciated her being a working widow and not a willowy blonde。
Pallavi
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 YES。 YES。 YES。 There's something inexplicably special about the word "Devil" in the title of Lisa Kleypas's books。 They always work。 For me atleast。 I absolutely adored Keir and Merritt。 They were such an amazing fit。 And despite the little detour to amnesia-landia I loved the book too much to knock off any stars。 I'm just gonna leave some of my favorite bits here - "Someday we'll have a whisky， you and I。 We'll toast health to our friends and peace to our foes 。。。 and we'll drink to the loves l YES。 YES。 YES。 There's something inexplicably special about the word "Devil" in the title of Lisa Kleypas's books。 They always work。 For me atleast。 I absolutely adored Keir and Merritt。 They were such an amazing fit。 And despite the little detour to amnesia-landia I loved the book too much to knock off any stars。 I'm just gonna leave some of my favorite bits here - "Someday we'll have a whisky， you and I。 We'll toast health to our friends and peace to our foes 。。。 and we'll drink to the loves lost to time's perishing， as well as those yet to come。"Keir looked up long enough to tell her dourly， "Leprechauns are Irish，" before he dropped his head again。"We're going for a walk。" Kingston's mouth twisted impatiently at Keir's lack of response。 "An ancient method of travel， performed by lifting and setting down each foot in turn while leaning forward。" 。。。more
ChasingLeslie
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Widowed Lady Merritt Sterling is running her late husband’s shipping company and has major trouble with Scottish whisky distiller Keir McRae’s shipment。 They live completely different lives， but face a powerful attraction。 When secrets from Keir’s past put him in danger， Merritt puts her reputation on the line to keep him safe。This is book seven in the Ravenels series， but has deep ties to the Wallflowers series。 I would highly recommend reading the following titles before this one: It Happened Widowed Lady Merritt Sterling is running her late husband’s shipping company and has major trouble with Scottish whisky distiller Keir McRae’s shipment。 They live completely different lives， but face a powerful attraction。 When secrets from Keir’s past put him in danger， Merritt puts her reputation on the line to keep him safe。This is book seven in the Ravenels series， but has deep ties to the Wallflowers series。 I would highly recommend reading the following titles before this one: It Happened One Autumn， Devil In Winter， Hello Stranger， and Devil’s Daughter。As a longtime Kleypas reader， I devoured this book。 It was filled with fun， family， and flirtatious energy。 To avoid spoilers， I won’t say much about the plot， but I adore the continued world-building and chance to return to the characters I love。 Tropes: Class Difference， Widow， Working Heroine， Nursed to HealthSteam Rating: 3 。。。more
Anne Egger
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Lady Merritt Sterling is a widow， who runs her late husband's shipping business。 Keir MacRae is in London looking for buyers for his whisky。 Lady Merritt is the daughter of Lord Westcliff。 I love the Wallflower series by Lisa Kleypas。 I recently bought a T-shirt from Hello Lovely。 Anyway， someone keeps trying to kill Keir MacRae。 It takes a while to figure out the mystery and for Merritt and Keir to find their happily ever after。 I literally read it one day， I couldn't put it down。 If I had a cr Lady Merritt Sterling is a widow， who runs her late husband's shipping business。 Keir MacRae is in London looking for buyers for his whisky。 Lady Merritt is the daughter of Lord Westcliff。 I love the Wallflower series by Lisa Kleypas。 I recently bought a T-shirt from Hello Lovely。 Anyway， someone keeps trying to kill Keir MacRae。 It takes a while to figure out the mystery and for Merritt and Keir to find their happily ever after。 I literally read it one day， I couldn't put it down。 If I had a criticism I wish it was a little spicery。 。。。more
Elizabeth Brown
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Ahhh！ I loved this one so much。 I would say it’s a top 3 for my favorite LK books， but that feels like picking a fav child…you love them all for different reasons。 Scottish hero？ Yes please！ Accents aplenty。 Merritt was also fantastic。 Very entertaining read。
Keri
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I really enjoyed this little gem， but how it was a Ravenel book was a mystery。 If anything it was a Wallflower 2。0。 I also didn't have an issue with Keir's parentage。 We always knew he was a bad boy， so I wasn't surprised in the least。 I enjoyed it and hope we get more of the 2。0 in the future， she has plenty of material to work with。 :-） I really enjoyed this little gem， but how it was a Ravenel book was a mystery。 If anything it was a Wallflower 2。0。 I also didn't have an issue with Keir's parentage。 We always knew he was a bad boy， so I wasn't surprised in the least。 I enjoyed it and hope we get more of the 2。0 in the future， she has plenty of material to work with。 :-） 。。。more
A Klue
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The main couple （Merritt & MacRae） made sweet romantic magic here， folks。 Though the underlying drama driven sub plot itself was very leisurely paced， their mutual， at first glance， you take my breath away instant attraction， quickly morphed into unshakable longing & infatuation， which sped up to won't be denied， you complete me， head over heels in love emotions and some verra steamy， intimate scenes stole the show。 MacRae's sincere swoon worthy confessions of feelings and always trying to do th The main couple （Merritt & MacRae） made sweet romantic magic here， folks。 Though the underlying drama driven sub plot itself was very leisurely paced， their mutual， at first glance， you take my breath away instant attraction， quickly morphed into unshakable longing & infatuation， which sped up to won't be denied， you complete me， head over heels in love emotions and some verra steamy， intimate scenes stole the show。 MacRae's sincere swoon worthy confessions of feelings and always trying to do the honorable thing only made me love this guy more。 Other than this sweet， silly， handsome hunk of a man mistakenly thinking Merritt wouldn't also do the right thing when push came to shove， he was pretty much perfect。 He was good alright。。 but also could be verra naughty and generous in another certain area， as well。 Merritt's past hard luck heart life and sudden reawakening to feelings she thought long died with her deceased husband had me in her corner wanting her to put a ring on this Scottish alpha hero's finger。 She also seemed to be coming to his aid and had his best interest at heart。So don't let the title trick you， my fellow romance book loving friends。 MacRae was all good guy in my book。 He's gifted here with a strong， confident， capable leading lady to ride off into the Scottish highlands sunset with。 Romance Safety Gang: （view spoiler）[ I didn't feel MacRae was competing with the ghost of Merritt's dead husband。 He had actually met him briefly once。 She had only been married about 1。5 years when he died。 No OW/OM drama。 （hide spoiler）]Title: Devil in Disguise， Series: The Ravenels （Book 7）， Author: Lisa Kleypas， Pages: 384， pub date: 7/27/21， stand-alone but part of series， strong beautiful business minded English widow heroine， Scottish hero in danger， excellent markswoman， loved her dead husband but that's OK， no OW/OM drama， instant infatuation， can feel their attraction， very steamy scenes， not a manho， leisurely paced， romance safe。（I voluntarily read and reviewed a library edition of this book。 All thoughts and opinions are my own。 I was not compensated or rewarded for this review。） 。。。more
Morgan
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It felt like Lisa Kleypas had a checklist of things the characters were going to do。。 fall in love in fifty pages， discover hero’s secret， convene favorite characters from past books， resolve all plot points neatly。 The writing lacked passion， the characters lacked depth， it was hard to care one way or the other about the outcome。 Very disappointed。
Nikki
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 This book ties much more in with the Wallflowers series versus the Ravenels。 The romance aspect was somewhat predictable with instalove and a miracle baby in the epilogue but there was some interesting developments with an injury and why someone would be trying to hurt the MMC。 I did enjoy the MMC being Scottish and FMC being more opinionated and independent。 However， I do wish there was less POV from the legacy Wallflower characters （ex。 The epilogue was from their perspective and not the main This book ties much more in with the Wallflowers series versus the Ravenels。 The romance aspect was somewhat predictable with instalove and a miracle baby in the epilogue but there was some interesting developments with an injury and why someone would be trying to hurt the MMC。 I did enjoy the MMC being Scottish and FMC being more opinionated and independent。 However， I do wish there was less POV from the legacy Wallflower characters （ex。 The epilogue was from their perspective and not the main characters of the book）。 Curious if future books will continue to focus on the offspring or a new direction！ 。。。more
Rhonda Cantrell
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Wonderful Loved the book。 Lisa has another hit on her hands。 I highly recommend this book to everyone enjoy the trip
Sarah
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Always enjoy being back with this crew！ Sebastian always steals the show 😍
Tmstprc
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I wanted to love this， but unfortunately it falls somewhat flat。It opens well… She’s smart， runs her deceased husbands shipping company with the assistance of her brother and she’s interesting。 The hero is using her company to bring in a shipment of whiskey from Scotland to London and there’s issues。Enter Sebastian from Devil in Winter and the story starts to unravel， which is a bit surprising as he’s actual one of my favorite Kleypas characters。 And， that my be the problem， he takes over the st I wanted to love this， but unfortunately it falls somewhat flat。It opens well… She’s smart， runs her deceased husbands shipping company with the assistance of her brother and she’s interesting。 The hero is using her company to bring in a shipment of whiskey from Scotland to London and there’s issues。Enter Sebastian from Devil in Winter and the story starts to unravel， which is a bit surprising as he’s actual one of my favorite Kleypas characters。 And， that my be the problem， he takes over the story and the other characters aren’t really strong enough and interesting enough to hold up the rest story。It’s not bad， but gets a little boring。 2 star story， and the additional star for the readers that are upset that MacRea is Sebastian’s illegitimate son， from before meeting Evie， as if LK would do anything that would disrespect her characters。The concept is on point， it just bogs down。 。。。more
Margaret Davis
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Worth the waitOne of my favorite authors。 She never disappoints。 Keir and Merritt"s story was great。 it starts out with Merritt， the owner of the shipment company， having to help Keir figure out a way to get his shipment to the proper warehouse and processed properly without suffering a loss。 Merritt is a widow and is surprised by her instant attraction to Keir。 The story is very well written and includes characters from earlier books by the author。 You can't go wrong with this story if you are Worth the waitOne of my favorite authors。 She never disappoints。 Keir and Merritt"s story was great。 it starts out with Merritt， the owner of the shipment company， having to help Keir figure out a way to get his shipment to the proper warehouse and processed properly without suffering a loss。 Merritt is a widow and is surprised by her instant attraction to Keir。 The story is very well written and includes characters from earlier books by the author。 You can't go wrong with this story if you are looking for a good historical romance read 。。。more
Emily Duckworth
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She has done it again！ I absolutely adore all of Kleypas’ books and this one was no different！ I got through it in a day and absolutely couldn’t put it down！ The characters chemistry was brilliant and the storyline drawls you in， not to mention the steamy-ness！！！
Morelia （Strandedinbooks）
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3。5 stars？HMM。 I’m quite bummed。On the one hand， it wasn’t terrible and some parts I seriously enjoyed。 But on the other hand， the parts I seriously enjoyed had nothing to do with our MC’s and their plot line， so like ？？？ I’m at a loss bc obviously I wanted to absolutely love this one， but it was too instalove-y for me， amnesia plots are still up for debate I guess， and the heroine was supposedly “barren” and WELL。。。yeah。There’s also the quick and barely fleshed-out resolution to our very seriou 3。5 stars？HMM。 I’m quite bummed。On the one hand， it wasn’t terrible and some parts I seriously enjoyed。 But on the other hand， the parts I seriously enjoyed had nothing to do with our MC’s and their plot line， so like ？？？ I’m at a loss bc obviously I wanted to absolutely love this one， but it was too instalove-y for me， amnesia plots are still up for debate I guess， and the heroine was supposedly “barren” and WELL。。。yeah。There’s also the quick and barely fleshed-out resolution to our very serious conflict but alas， what can I do？ I did tear up during one certain part， but am I really going to hang on so tightly to that in my justification for enjoying this novel as a whole？？ HMM。 。。。more
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