first I was taken by the handsome lad who did not know how to 'love' a lady but then George was thrown into the picture to compete with the apparent leading lady Elizabeth.
However, not to long after I did not like Butter Blond that much, the clad need to know how to treat people with respect, Furthermore, boy oh boy, hats off to the mastermind Josephine, I have one query, how is it so convenient that the heirs of all those titled men seem to drop dead like flies I also noticed the writing technique of flashback helped carry the story along.
I truly enjoyed the story, Probably more of a I fully enjoyed the last half of the story more so, I was up until almostam to finish it, That warrants thestars. I just had to know the rest as there was no good stopping point once I was halfway through, I am a fan of George and Elizabeth, Happy with her decision! ,Three's a Crowd Stars
The blurb sets this up but makes it appear way sexier than it is, Theres nothing overly graphic or on page with George and his mistress Josephine, but which sort of rubbed me wrong.
The author tries to offset this by having him instantly fall head over heels in love at first sight with the h, but we also get this the night they meet.
“You made this evening possible, you must know, ” For a moment, he thought he might ask if he could spend the night, but the image of Lady Elizabeth appeared in his minds eye and he thought better of it.
And hes helping her bathe, platonically and they both act somewhat jealous of their potential relationships and theyre BFFs and they love each other just different than their partners.
Its just hard for me to buy into a swoony romance when it feels like therere three people in the relationship,
Still, George was sweet, and Elizabeth was very likable, so I kept at it, but then nothing really happened, Theres a lot of filler parliament, secret charity, introducing future storylines, etc, that made for a boring read,
Bottom Line I didnt love the mistress dynamic, I prefer for the OW to stay in the evil/dead/dumped category, not an active participant in the relationship, I also love drama, and where there was the potential for tons of angst when Elizabeth learns of Josephine, its handled with total respect and zero jealousy which made me feel like she wasnt that into him.
Add his dependency of Josephine made me feel like he wasnt that into her, This shouldve been Josies book, she was everywhere, I was bored A LOT,
A kiss is just a kiss, . . or is it
Having just inherited his uncles viscountcy, George BennettJones is informed by his mistress that he must find a bride, preferably the daughter of an aristocrat.
Through a series of lessons, she instructs George on the finer points of meeting and courting a woman of the tonand she has one in mind for him.
Its love at first sight when George spies Lady Elizabeth Carlington dancing with the Earl of Trenton, But the auburnhaired beauty is quite sure the earl will offer for her hand, and she has every intention of acceptingeven if his kiss has her feeling as if she were being kissed by her best friends dog!
When Elizabeth mentions the unfortunate kiss during the balls supper, George implies there is an art to kissing, innocently offering to replace her poor first impression with a proper kiss.
Intrigued, and unaware that George is a viscount and a secret patron of her charity, Elizabeth accepts his offer at the next ball, George is more than happy to accommodate her, His kiss has the daughter of a marquess so stunned, so amazed and so aroused, she requests that he demonstrate the pleasures that can be had in a marriage bed.
Knowing he has only one night to court the woman who has captured his heart, George sets out to prove himself while promising he will leave her virtue intact.
Will the evening of pleasure he has planned for Elizabeth convince her to accept his hand in marriage Or simply leave her with a vivid memory of what she will be missing should she accept the earls marriage proposal The lessons of a mistress prove invaluable in "The Kiss of a Viscount".
I get lost in Linda Rae Sande's writing, The storyline and characters are believable and fun, makes it hard to stop reading, I like that Lady Elizabeth is an enterprising woman especially in a time where women were meant to be ornaments, The men in Linda's books are quite ready to support the women they love, This is an added bonus for me ready her books, If you haven't read her books yet you simply must do so, Good read and delightful.
I enjoyed the story line and plot in the book but some of it was a bit unrealistic,
The mistress aspect, really pushed reality, A young debutante falling in love and being ok with the hero's continued friendship with his mistress just didn't seem realistic or sit right,
The friendship between mistress and keeper was different and nice but at times I questioned who was he really in love with The hero and his mistress, too much time in the story spent on them and I think more time could have been spent between HampH.
The heroine being obsessed with titles was very realistic but constantly questioning the hero's viscountcy got annoying, She seemed snobbish which is something I don't enjoy in a character,
It would have made more sense if it was her parents being obsessed with the required title/station rather than the heroine but it wasn't.
There was a lack of communication between heroine and her parents,
The characters are great, maybe too nice at times,
There is no major drama or obstacles but rather a nice easy romance read Funny : And sweet, . . Si buscas un típico típico romance de regencia con todas las claves que debe tener un libro de este tipo entonces estás delante de lo que necesitas.
Pero además tiene ciertos giros que no me esperaba y que han sido un soplo de aire fresco dentro del género, Primero porque las cosas no son lo que parecen y luego porque por fin tenemos a las amantes teniendo un papel más protagonista dentro de la historia, sin caer en tópicos en los que la sororidad brilla por su ausencia.
Los personajes me han enamorado y la química que, sí, es un instalove como quien dice porque pasa en cuatro días, pero aun con todo y con eso me ha encantado.
Creo que es de lo mejor que he leído dentro del género y seguiré leyendo a esta autora, La recomiendoLady Elizabeth is in herrd "Season", She has had no one in all this time ask for her hand in marriage, She has started her own charity, She is finding work for disabled soldiers returning from war with the French, She wonders if she ever finds a husband will he allow her to continue her "work", An Earl with curly blonde hair decides that Elizabeth would look good as his wife attractive, but not more attractive than him, At a Ball he walks her into the garden to steal a kiss, She described his kiss as slobbery like her friend's dog, She didn't know that George, a recently named Viscount was watching the kiss from the bushes, George has a secret weapon in his wish to win Elizabeth his Mistress wants him to marry her, So Josephine, George's mistress, teaches him to be a great lover, When he steals a kiss from Elizabeth, she likes it and wants more, She actually dares to ask him to demonstrate what making love is like, They plan a tryst at his home, He promises to give her great pleasure and not to take her virginity, When she shows up and she agrees to slowly being stripped and seduced, he is nearly blown away by her responsiveness, He promises her that if she turns down the Earl, he will ask her father for her hand, Elizabeth must decide an Earl she can't stand to have kiss her, or George who she doesn't know is titled and has brought her great pleasure and been trustworthy.
She must take her parents' wishes into account as well,
There was eroticism, humor, generosity, friendships, growth, I really enjoyed this historical romance, Elizabeth was very forthright. George was cute in his responses to both Josephine and Elizabeth, A sexy Regency love story,
This was very well researched and written, What a wonderful set of characters, No typos to distract from the story, This was a very good book
In most historical romances the woman often is either stuck up or fragile, Elizabeth is not. She is strong and uses her wealth and title to help wounded soldiers secure jobs, George is a viscount and not your normal overbearing man that has normally loved is this era, but a sweet, understanding person, Their a perfect match and I loved watching their romance as it unfolded, You know it's good when it ends amp you chuckle, It's difficult to find a romance novel that's not just like all the others, but in a good way, This is one of those, If it makes you laugh and makes you teary, it's a good one, The reason I started my historical romance journey was because I fell for a wounded Lord and his orphaned charge in Judith McNaught's "Once and Always".
Linda Rae Sande takes me back to that precious time, The Kiss of a Viscount speaks to the heart on every level, The beginning of a challenge becomes the culmination of something wonderful, I was head over heels for the story from first read and now that I've had the chance to hear this love ballad as an audio read, I am more in love than ever.
If simple is sexy, than The Kiss of a Viscount is smokin' hot, A sensual feast in a sweet package, An original take on historical English romance with various points of view each get a chapter with hilarious chapter titles which makes an good story into a better one.
Mr becomes Lord when George BennettJones's uncle dies and leaves a Viscount title and a wealthy estate at the beginning of the year, His wonderfully smart mistress, Miss Josephine teaches George how to woo a worthy lady but also how to keep one for a lifetime, Josie was one cool and understanding woman that made the best of a bad situation because she really didn't have any choices when she became a mistress, but she did choose very very wisely as we see other mistresses don't always have that choice.
So Elizabeth is ready to get married after more then a few seasons and is only letting Gabriel, the handsome Earl of Trenton to court her because she thinks that there aren't any other choices.
Although that is because she doesn't know that her powerful Marquess father has been culling the weak, stupid and desperate away from his smart beloved daughter.
Elizabeth was a more then a bit risky with her reputation with starting her own charity
for war veterans as well as getting kissing lessons from George, but she couldn't have chosen a better honorable sweet lord to fall in love with.
So the obvious happens and everyone seems to get a HEA,
I'm split about how much I liked this story because it was well written and edited as well as had some original dialogue but there was something that kept the story from flowing smoothly.
Perhaps it was the changing points of view I'm not sure because I really would have liked to give this three but there was something off in the first third of the book.
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