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basically got this book because I love Mary Jane Wells, Shes an amazing historical romance narrator, I love accents and I love hers, I could listen to her all day, She truly made this book better, I know I wouldnt have enjoyed it as much had I read the book instead of listening to it.


I like reading this series in order, although I completely forgot who was in the first book.
I found this one decent, but not my favorite,

My biggest problem was Isabel, Shes very head strong and its to the point where I wonder if she was worth pursuing.


She was abandon when she was little and it kind of left her very guarded.
She has a house and a little brother, She saves runaway women but she cant maintain her lifestyle and needs money,

I like that Isabel is strong and she never wants to marry, Shes almost on the shelf well I think she is and so she understands that part of her life is over.
I like that she saves women and cares for them deeply, I like her relationship with her little brother,

BUT when it comes to men she is clueless,

Nicolas and Isabels relationship is interesting, I wouldnt call it lustful, although he finds her attractive, but they spend a lot of time talking and working out business stuff.
I liked Nicolas because hes caring and loyal, Also its always great when the Hero chases after the Heroine,

I think its Isabels many attempts of self sabotage annoyed me the most, I understand it adds tension to the story, but poor Nicolas, how much can he deal

I also thought them keeping things from each other was really annoying because in the end if they truly cared for each other they would speak of the truth.
I think they liked themselves a little too much verse each other, So it was hard to feel swept away in the story,

BUT theres something about these old historical romances that I do like in the sense its light and comical.
I like some predictable parts and its exactly why I picked up this book,
Im so in love with Sarah Macleans books, I cant wait to pick up the rest of them!! Ahhhh Im still SWOONING over Nicholas!!! to come! After starting just a wee bit slow for me, this book took off around chapter, when the heroine,yearold Lady Isabel Townsend

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and the hero don't know his age, just know that he was one mighty fine physical specimen, Lord Nicholas St.
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met while he saved her from being run down in the streets by a team of horses in a small village in Yorkshire.


Lady Isabel is the daughter of the Earl of Reddich, a gambling, goodtimeCharlie sorry excuse for a husband and father, thought of by Isabel as the "Wastrearl".
The Earl had abandoned his family a wife, Isabel, and young son someyears before to live a life filled with scandal, and now that both he and his wife have died, beautiful, brave, and strong Isabel is left alone to run their sorely neglected, run down estate and to raise her youngyearoldbrother to be the next Earl of Reddich.
Since all the servants had left since Isabel could no longer afford to keep them, she opened her home as a sort of halfway house/secret haven for abused, neglected, or downontheir luck women.
So Isabel and the women look after the estate as best they can, but young James the new Earl does need an education and Isabel is determined to find a way to provide it.
She is in possession of a number of very valuable "marbles" statues of Greek or Roman gods and even though she doesn't want to, if she sells these marbles the estate would have enough money for repairs and James could get the proper education a young Earl needs.
Now all she needs is to have someone with some knowledge catalogue the statues and place a value on them.
And who better than the noted antiquarian, Lord Nicholas St, John, who just happens to be in the area for reasons that would shock Isabel, Nicholas who is also wellknown for his "tracking" ability and Isabel first meet when he arrives in her small village looking for the runaway sister of a powerful Duke.
He ends up saving Isabel from being run over by a team of horses, and then the story is off to the races!

Nicholas has agreed to find his friend the duke's sister not only because he's good at tracking missing people, but because it will also get him out of London.
Seems that a woman's magazine has named Nicholas as 'London's Lord to Land' sort of like the equivalent of most eligible bachelor and Nick is getting tired of women of all types throwing themselves at him.
Nick has a soft spothe can't resist a woman in need but since he has no interest in falling in love or getting married, he keeps his women at arm's length.
But then he meets the beautiful and intriguing Lady Isabel Townsend, agrees to take a look at her 'marbles', and finds that Isabel is not only fascinating, but is keeping many secrets.
What happenes next is a powerful romance between a young woman tired of being alone, yet afraid to trust in love, who never realized she longed for a partnersomeone she could love who would stand beside her and a man who had given up on love, and doubted that it even existed.


I don't want to give away any more of the storyyou'll just have to read it to see how entertaining it is.
I think readers will love Isabelshe's strong, she's funny, she's courageous, she's hard workingand she was dealt a very bad hand with the parents she had.
And Nicholas Whew! Charming, seductive, sexy, and a really good manhow could Isabel not fall in love with him Well, she does fight it, because to her nothing ever good came from love, and she does have some mighty big issues with trust.
But Nicholas is a man who understands her, and he's patient, And he realizes that he wants her like he's never wanted a woman before, Isabel is unique. Oneofakind. Now if he can just get her to trust him, . .

The chemistry between Nicholas and Isabel was super hot! The scenes with the marbles, . . ahhhh. : Some of the scenes leading up to and including the wedding afternoon fanning myself, . . Sarah MacLean can really set a sexy scene is all I'll say, : Have a fan handy

This book had it all: an intriguing plot, some witty dialogue, some laugh out loud moments regarding Isabel and her 'servants', some teary moments for me when Isabel hurt Nick's feelings what's wrong with you girl!, an absolutely wonderful H/h, plenty of detail to wallow in, a secondary romance, numerous supersexy interludes among the 'marbles', a beautiful 'makeup' scene, a quick revisit to Callie and Gabriel sitelinkNine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake and and a nice little HEA.
What more could you want in a romance Except maybemore pages, . . /starsstars

I loved book one in this series so much that I immediately jumped into the audiobook of book two! This one is Nicholas's story, who is the twin brother of Gabriel from book one.
From the moment we met Isabel, I loved her character and how she was hiding women who needed a safe place in her home.
She had so much responsibility with her home crumbling around her and her brother being a tenyearold Earl.
When Nicholas shows up and threatens the safety of her women, Isabel is skeptical but cannot deny her attraction to him.
I loved Nicholas's character, too, and how he is great with antiques and is helping Isabel identify and value her marble statues so that she could sell them.
He is a scarred hero, which I always love in my historical romances,

This book was a lot of fun, but it definitely wasn't as good as book one.
I didn't love Isabel and Nicholas as much and there were times it dragged a bit, I do think

the length worked for the first book but this one was a bit too long.
I wasn't as invested as Isabel and Nicholas's romance and the conflict of trust continued all throughout the book and got old by the end.
BUT it was still super fun and I still enjoyed this book, I am definitely excited for book three and for the final sibling to have a romance! Good way to start!

For some reason Sarah MacLean's books always feel a touch long to me, but I love the unapologetic feminism and snarky characters! Same as always.
. . I'm a thoroughly unreliable reviewer, xo .stars

This might not be as great as the first book, but it was still really enjoyable and fun.
I loved both the main characters as individuals, but their chemistry just wasnt as convincing as the first couple who I really adored.
it was still such a fun time tho, Give me a smart a and independent heroine any day!

Give me the perfect hero and my life is complete!



This woman is up on her roof fixing leaks.
She's surrounded herself with females in traditionally male roles, and she turns away every silly suitor her idiot of a father sends her way.
What is not to love

And Nick Duuuuude,

Setting / Time / Genre: Yorkshire I may have spaced that part, Regency.

Series: Oh yea, The last one for me to say I have completed the series, Can I get a shout out



Sexy times: Oh sure, And it's all pretty standard regency, Wonderfully written, a little adventurous for the big R at times, Delish.

Plan on reading more by the author: Oh sure,

Synopsis So Lady Isabella is something of a rescuer of women and ends up rescuing a Duke's sister which brings Sir Nick raining on her parade.
In between all of this Nick realizes what Lady I is doing to save people and he wants to save her.
There is a lot of saving going on, This book is basically about Lady I letting go of her sh!t and letting Nick help her out.


Woman has got to see that man can be of assistance even though we do rule the world.




Heroine Isabella, She's awesome. She's bad a. She takes care of sh!t and she solves problems, My one issue, it takes forevs for her to believe St Nick, er, Sir Nick is really on her team.
In fact, it was probably seven times too many, Girl, take a chance.

Hero Nick, Nick, Nick, Swoon. Swoon. Swoon. He's a rescuer. He's a savior. He's a smart a. He's hot. hot. hot. hot. Did I mention hot. He's a hero that I find combustible, Have I told you how perfect Nick is I need to check that out just in case I left that out.




I might be a little bit in love with him,

Why it did or didn't work for me: Worked! I loved the secondary romance read the book to find out what happens and the epilogue simply brought it all home.


The H/h had chemistry off the scale, And it sold the story to me,

Adored the secondary characters, The young earl is simply the best,

This is just a great story, It's told well. It's enjoyable. And did I mention Nick Can wishes make him real

Signed,
Waiting for Nick.
ever.

Women rule the world, And men like Nick can certainly join us, Bam!
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