buena historia la protagonista se va desenvolviendo tan bien a lo largo de la historia me encantó que se van conociendo que van de menos a más.
La verdad Harry me saco un poco de quiso pero Emma la mejor I've given this a B for both narration and content at AudioGals.
And Then He Kissed Her, book one in Laura Lee Guhrkes Girl Bachelors series, is one of those books thats often cited as a favourite by historical romance fans.
Originally published in, this is the first time its been available in audio, and its good to see some old favourites finally making it into the format.
Set in the late Victorian era, And Then he Kissed Her tells the story of the romance between Harry, Viscount Marlowe who, although an aristocrat, works for a living and owns a successful publishing house and Miss Emmaline Dove Emma, who has been his secretary for five years but is certainly not desperately in love with him and, knowing him to be a rake of the first order, is glad not to be so.
When the book opens, Emma is being forced to listen to a woe is me speech from Marlowes latest mistress to whom he has just given her congé and has no patience with any of it, relieved sort of that shes not at all the sort of woman who would attract the attention of a such a man.
Aged thirty, Emma has kind of accepted shes likely to remain a confirmed spinster, and in any case, her ambitions lie in a different direction.
She hopes one day to become a published author, and has in fact written a number of books on etiquette for young women she has not so far been able to persuade Marlowe to publish any of them, but continues to write, undaunted.
You can read the rest of this review at sitelink AudioGals, sitelinkNuestra reseña en A la cama con, . . un libro
RELECTURA
Qué gozada ha vuelto a ser este libro para mí, La historia de amor entre Emma y Harry me parece absolutamente deliciosa y tiene todas las cosas que yo busco en una novela romántica: ágil y bien escrita, con una protagonista adorable y con personalidad, un maromo que hace reír y que se enamore locamente de la prota, cero malentendidos, secuencias que me aceleran el corazón más por lo que insinúan que por lo que realmente ocurre.
. . No sé, es que me parece perfecta la mire por donde la mire, porque perfecta, para mí, es aquella historia que me hace feliz y este libro lo logra siempre.
Una delicia de libro de principio a fin,,estrellitas para este empiece de serie,
Puede que haya libros muchos mejores de este género, pero esta autora ha logrado que una historia que tiene muchos clichés, sea a la vez original, romántica, divertida, emocional y, por sobre todas las cosas, redonda.
La trama en sí es muy simple, secretaria que se enamora de su jefe libertino y en contra del matrimonio, hasta que la conoce realmente y acaban casados y felices.
Contada así y como digo, parece que es muy sosa, Pero como he dicho antes, esta autora cuenta la historia de una forma, que te hace parte de ella, vivirla,
Y por supuesto, no hay que olvidar a los protagonistas, Emma es una mujer deaños que siempre ha hecho lo correcto, lo que se espera en ese mundo inglés lleno de normas de etiqueta y aunque parece una mujer de mundo, lo cierto es que es muy inocente.
Independiente, fuerte y con las ideas bien claras, es una protagonista de las que me encanta leer,
Henry, por otro lado, es un libertino, un cínico y un egoísta a primera vista, No cree en el amor desde que su matrimonio sufrió un revés importante y solo quiere a las mujeres para pasar el rato.
Hasta que conoce realmente a Emma y sus ideas empiezan a cambiar, así como su actitud, ya que nos encontramos ante un hombre que es todo un amor y del que no es nada difícil enamorarse si eres Emma y te trata como lo hace con ella.
Su historia de amor es a fuego lento, divertida y sobre todo, muy romántica y picarona, Solo puedo decir que he estado con el nudito en la garganta a cada poco, así como con calores a partes iguales,
Sobre los secundarios, a pesar de haber sido casi terciarios de lo poco que han participado, también han aportado su granito de arena.
En definitiva, un libro con una trama que puede ser simple, pero que hace que vivas y disfrutes el romance de los protagonistas y no puedas parar de leer en ningún momento.
Si no le he puesto lasestrellas ha sido porque me ha parecido muy corto y quería más de ellos y de ese final.
Sin lugar a dudas, continúo con la serie,
Deliciosa, me ha encantado, es el primer libro que leo de esta autora, no será el último, An expert in etiquette, Emma takes her pristine reputation seriously, But the devilish Lord Marlowe is determined to prove that some rules of proper behavior are made to be broken, . .
Supremely sensible Emmaline Dove wishes to share her etiquette expertise with London's readers, and as secretary to Viscount Marlowe, Emma knows she's in the perfect position to make her dream come true.
Marlowe might be a rake with a preference for cancan dancers and an aversion to matrimony, but he is also the city's leading publisher, and Emma is convinced he's her best chance to see her work in print.
. . until she discovers the lying scoundrel has been rejecting her manuscripts without ever reading a single page!
As a publisher, Harry finds reading etiquette books akin to slow, painful torture.
Besides, he can't believe his proper secretary has the passion to write anything worth reading, Then she has the nerve to call him a liar, and even resigns without notice, leaving his business in an uproar and his honor in question.
Harry decides it's time to teach Miss Dove a few things that aren't proper, But when he kisses her, he discovers that his former secretary has more passion and fire than he'd ever imagined, for one luscious taste of her lips only leaves him hungry for more.
.
Este libro es una maravilla, En mi opinión, quizá le faltó un final menos precipitado para ser perfecto, Pero, quitando eso, mezcla todos los ingredientes de manera magistral y me ha hecho disfrutar como loca, Emma y Harry son divertidos, ingeniosos, una pareja deliciosa, Y sus escenas juntos más que sexuales, eróticas diría yo son para utilizar el abanico porque te dejan toda acalorada.
Seguro que volveré a leer a esta autora, Ha sido mi primer contacto con ella y me ha encantado, SERIES: Girl Bachelorsit can be read as standalone
GENRE: historical romance
TROPES: workplace romance, class difference, spinster
CLIFFHANGER: no
HOTTIE METER:
RATING:,
this was such a pleasant surprise!!
Emmaline Emma Dove works for Harry Marlowe as his secretary.
She's worked for him for five years, But what she really wants to be is a published writer, She has written a book on etiquette expertise and has had it rejected by Harry four times, Harry is a publisher of Marlowe Publishings, owns several newspapers, and has a weekly periodical called "The Bachelor's Guide", So Emma rewrites her book and gives it to Harry again, and he rejects it again, It seems that Harry finds the topic of etiquette useless and barely gives her manuscripts a glance thinking absolutely no one would be interested in such a dull topic.
One day Emma finally discovers that Harry has never really read her manuscripts, Her manuscripts are written by her literary creation called Mrs, Bartleby and when Emma brings up Mrs, Bartleby's name to Harry one day he says he's never heard of her, Emma now knows the truth, is furious, gives it some thought, and eventually gives her resignation to Harry,
Emma has also just reached her thirtieth birthday and is being referred to as a spinster, She has spent her entire youth waiting for things that never happened, A man she loved for three years married someone else, her Aunt Lydia who Emma nursed for five years hoping she'd get well died, and now, five years of hard work typing and retyping manuscripts were for nothing, Harry barely glanced at them.
Emma decides it's time to quit waiting for things to happen and to start to make them happen, She ends up getting a
job with Harry's rival, Mr, Barringer, a newspaper owner of the Social Gazette who gives Emma her own newspaper column, which to Harry's shock and surprise, becomes extremely popular and the talk of London! Along the way Harry is also noticing little things about his formerly calm, sensible exsecretary.
How she has gold sparks in her eyes when she argues, how her brown hair has red highlights in the sunlight, And he is finding himself very attracted to her,
I loved this book! It was cute, sweet, and sexy, I really felt for Emma and I was glad when she finally got recognition as a writer, I liked Harry, he was handsome and charming, though he wasn't interested in marriage, He was married once but divorced his wife for adultery and desertion, I thought it was sweet when he bought Emma the books she admired at the bookshop, Harry and Emma had wonderful chemistry, It took awhile for them to finally make love so the tension kept building and building, I also liked the secondary characters and I noticed some of them have their own stories in other books in this series Girl Bachelors.
This was a lovely historical romance and I look forward to reading more by this author, En una palabra una delicia de lectura, me ha tenido enamoradita perdida todo el libro, Es de esas lecturas que te tienen con cara de tonta toda el libro de lo que lo disfruta y desearías que nunca se acabasen.
Muy bien escrito, diálogos ingeniosos y frescos entre Emma y Harry, Ha sido una delicia ver como Emma va saliendo de su cascaron y dejando atrás su encorsetamiento para ser ella misma y Harry como la va ayudando y dejando su cinismo atrás.
Los dos me ha encantado, una trama sencilla donde lo importante es esa relación amorosa que se cuece a fuego lento y que sorprende a los protagonistas al darse cuenta de sus sentimientos, mucha química entre ellos y escenas geniales como la de las pasteleria y en salón de Mrs.
Norris
Ambientada en el Londres de finales de s, XIX me ha parecido original que la pareja protagonista sea una secretaria y su editor,
Lo único que lamento es que haya sido tan cortito, yo hubiese necesitadopaginas más y un epílogo por lo demás ha sido perfecto.
Emmaline Dove trabaja como secretaria para Harry, Vizconde de Marlowe, todo parece ir bien hasta que ella descubre que el Vizconde no ha leído sus manuscritos y decide vengarse dejando su puesto y sumiendo en el caos a la empresa.
Harry quiere que vuelva y entre ese tira y afloja parece que surgen nuevos sentimientos,
Ésta es la primera novela que leo de la autora y no ha podido ser mejor descubrimiento, me ha encantado al cien por cien, me ha tenido enganchada hasta la última página y su protagonista masculino me ha conquistado totalmente.
Así que supongo que repetiré con alguna de sus otras novelas,
Me ha gustado la historia porque en esta ocasión se aleja de la historia de la joven noble que busca marido para centrarse en un personaje femenino, que no es de la aristocracia, una joven dama, la llamada solterona que trabaja para ganarse el pan.
Ha tenido la suerte de dar con un bribón pero por otro lado hombre sensato que le da trabajo como secretaria y le paga como a un caballero de esa época cosa bastante difícil.
Emma es una mujer con arrestos y muy decidida la mayor parte del tiempo pero se enfrenta a un Vizconde que es también de armas tomar sobre todo en cuanto a cuestiones de seducción y ahí es donde más sobresale.
Harry nos tendrá embelesadas a lo largo de la novela, la relación entre los dos con esos rifi y rafes continuos y esos momentos de tensión sexual sin duda nos entretiene y también tendremos momentos bastante divertidos.
En definitiva, la autora nos trae una historia de lo más entretenida, bien narrada y ambientada con unos personajes carismáticos, con un romance de lo más atractivo que a mí me ha tenido enganchadísima por lo que le tengo que dar cinco estrellas.
I read And Then He Kissed Her,years ago and remember loving it, though it was before I started rating my books and keeping track of my ratings, After finishing it a second time today, I completely understand why I loved it so much and why I remember it so fondly.
It was an amazing book and definitely warrants astar rating!! The only thing I wished for was an epilogue,
Written February,
Haven't read a historical romance in ages seriously, it's been months and months and months, Was great starting off with one of my favorites, I've read it three times before and knew that I loved it, so maybe that's why my rating went down fromto.
. Still a great book though! I know I will be reading it again in the future :
Written December,
Just as fabulous as ALWAYS!! Oh how I love this book, how I love Harry, and how I love Emma.
::sigh:: followed by ::happyashell grin::
Excerpt
La verdad Harry me saco un poco de quiso pero Emma la mejor I've given this a B for both narration and content at AudioGals.
And Then He Kissed Her, book one in Laura Lee Guhrkes Girl Bachelors series, is one of those books thats often cited as a favourite by historical romance fans.
Originally published in, this is the first time its been available in audio, and its good to see some old favourites finally making it into the format.
Set in the late Victorian era, And Then he Kissed Her tells the story of the romance between Harry, Viscount Marlowe who, although an aristocrat, works for a living and owns a successful publishing house and Miss Emmaline Dove Emma, who has been his secretary for five years but is certainly not desperately in love with him and, knowing him to be a rake of the first order, is glad not to be so.
When the book opens, Emma is being forced to listen to a woe is me speech from Marlowes latest mistress to whom he has just given her congé and has no patience with any of it, relieved sort of that shes not at all the sort of woman who would attract the attention of a such a man.
Aged thirty, Emma has kind of accepted shes likely to remain a confirmed spinster, and in any case, her ambitions lie in a different direction.
She hopes one day to become a published author, and has in fact written a number of books on etiquette for young women she has not so far been able to persuade Marlowe to publish any of them, but continues to write, undaunted.
You can read the rest of this review at sitelink AudioGals, sitelinkNuestra reseña en A la cama con, . . un libro
RELECTURA
Qué gozada ha vuelto a ser este libro para mí, La historia de amor entre Emma y Harry me parece absolutamente deliciosa y tiene todas las cosas que yo busco en una novela romántica: ágil y bien escrita, con una protagonista adorable y con personalidad, un maromo que hace reír y que se enamore locamente de la prota, cero malentendidos, secuencias que me aceleran el corazón más por lo que insinúan que por lo que realmente ocurre.
. . No sé, es que me parece perfecta la mire por donde la mire, porque perfecta, para mí, es aquella historia que me hace feliz y este libro lo logra siempre.
Una delicia de libro de principio a fin,,estrellitas para este empiece de serie,
Puede que haya libros muchos mejores de este género, pero esta autora ha logrado que una historia que tiene muchos clichés, sea a la vez original, romántica, divertida, emocional y, por sobre todas las cosas, redonda.
La trama en sí es muy simple, secretaria que se enamora de su jefe libertino y en contra del matrimonio, hasta que la conoce realmente y acaban casados y felices.
Contada así y como digo, parece que es muy sosa, Pero como he dicho antes, esta autora cuenta la historia de una forma, que te hace parte de ella, vivirla,
Y por supuesto, no hay que olvidar a los protagonistas, Emma es una mujer deaños que siempre ha hecho lo correcto, lo que se espera en ese mundo inglés lleno de normas de etiqueta y aunque parece una mujer de mundo, lo cierto es que es muy inocente.
Independiente, fuerte y con las ideas bien claras, es una protagonista de las que me encanta leer,
Henry, por otro lado, es un libertino, un cínico y un egoísta a primera vista, No cree en el amor desde que su matrimonio sufrió un revés importante y solo quiere a las mujeres para pasar el rato.
Hasta que conoce realmente a Emma y sus ideas empiezan a cambiar, así como su actitud, ya que nos encontramos ante un hombre que es todo un amor y del que no es nada difícil enamorarse si eres Emma y te trata como lo hace con ella.
Su historia de amor es a fuego lento, divertida y sobre todo, muy romántica y picarona, Solo puedo decir que he estado con el nudito en la garganta a cada poco, así como con calores a partes iguales,
Sobre los secundarios, a pesar de haber sido casi terciarios de lo poco que han participado, también han aportado su granito de arena.
En definitiva, un libro con una trama que puede ser simple, pero que hace que vivas y disfrutes el romance de los protagonistas y no puedas parar de leer en ningún momento.
Si no le he puesto lasestrellas ha sido porque me ha parecido muy corto y quería más de ellos y de ese final.
Sin lugar a dudas, continúo con la serie,
Deliciosa, me ha encantado, es el primer libro que leo de esta autora, no será el último, An expert in etiquette, Emma takes her pristine reputation seriously, But the devilish Lord Marlowe is determined to prove that some rules of proper behavior are made to be broken, . .
Supremely sensible Emmaline Dove wishes to share her etiquette expertise with London's readers, and as secretary to Viscount Marlowe, Emma knows she's in the perfect position to make her dream come true.
Marlowe might be a rake with a preference for cancan dancers and an aversion to matrimony, but he is also the city's leading publisher, and Emma is convinced he's her best chance to see her work in print.
. . until she discovers the lying scoundrel has been rejecting her manuscripts without ever reading a single page!
As a publisher, Harry finds reading etiquette books akin to slow, painful torture.
Besides, he can't believe his proper secretary has the passion to write anything worth reading, Then she has the nerve to call him a liar, and even resigns without notice, leaving his business in an uproar and his honor in question.
Harry decides it's time to teach Miss Dove a few things that aren't proper, But when he kisses her, he discovers that his former secretary has more passion and fire than he'd ever imagined, for one luscious taste of her lips only leaves him hungry for more.
.
Este libro es una maravilla, En mi opinión, quizá le faltó un final menos precipitado para ser perfecto, Pero, quitando eso, mezcla todos los ingredientes de manera magistral y me ha hecho disfrutar como loca, Emma y Harry son divertidos, ingeniosos, una pareja deliciosa, Y sus escenas juntos más que sexuales, eróticas diría yo son para utilizar el abanico porque te dejan toda acalorada.
Seguro que volveré a leer a esta autora, Ha sido mi primer contacto con ella y me ha encantado, SERIES: Girl Bachelorsit can be read as standalone
GENRE: historical romance
TROPES: workplace romance, class difference, spinster
CLIFFHANGER: no
HOTTIE METER:
RATING:,
this was such a pleasant surprise!!
Emmaline Emma Dove works for Harry Marlowe as his secretary.
She's worked for him for five years, But what she really wants to be is a published writer, She has written a book on etiquette expertise and has had it rejected by Harry four times, Harry is a publisher of Marlowe Publishings, owns several newspapers, and has a weekly periodical called "The Bachelor's Guide", So Emma rewrites her book and gives it to Harry again, and he rejects it again, It seems that Harry finds the topic of etiquette useless and barely gives her manuscripts a glance thinking absolutely no one would be interested in such a dull topic.
One day Emma finally discovers that Harry has never really read her manuscripts, Her manuscripts are written by her literary creation called Mrs, Bartleby and when Emma brings up Mrs, Bartleby's name to Harry one day he says he's never heard of her, Emma now knows the truth, is furious, gives it some thought, and eventually gives her resignation to Harry,
Emma has also just reached her thirtieth birthday and is being referred to as a spinster, She has spent her entire youth waiting for things that never happened, A man she loved for three years married someone else, her Aunt Lydia who Emma nursed for five years hoping she'd get well died, and now, five years of hard work typing and retyping manuscripts were for nothing, Harry barely glanced at them.
Emma decides it's time to quit waiting for things to happen and to start to make them happen, She ends up getting a
job with Harry's rival, Mr, Barringer, a newspaper owner of the Social Gazette who gives Emma her own newspaper column, which to Harry's shock and surprise, becomes extremely popular and the talk of London! Along the way Harry is also noticing little things about his formerly calm, sensible exsecretary.
How she has gold sparks in her eyes when she argues, how her brown hair has red highlights in the sunlight, And he is finding himself very attracted to her,
I loved this book! It was cute, sweet, and sexy, I really felt for Emma and I was glad when she finally got recognition as a writer, I liked Harry, he was handsome and charming, though he wasn't interested in marriage, He was married once but divorced his wife for adultery and desertion, I thought it was sweet when he bought Emma the books she admired at the bookshop, Harry and Emma had wonderful chemistry, It took awhile for them to finally make love so the tension kept building and building, I also liked the secondary characters and I noticed some of them have their own stories in other books in this series Girl Bachelors.
This was a lovely historical romance and I look forward to reading more by this author, En una palabra una delicia de lectura, me ha tenido enamoradita perdida todo el libro, Es de esas lecturas que te tienen con cara de tonta toda el libro de lo que lo disfruta y desearías que nunca se acabasen.
Muy bien escrito, diálogos ingeniosos y frescos entre Emma y Harry, Ha sido una delicia ver como Emma va saliendo de su cascaron y dejando atrás su encorsetamiento para ser ella misma y Harry como la va ayudando y dejando su cinismo atrás.
Los dos me ha encantado, una trama sencilla donde lo importante es esa relación amorosa que se cuece a fuego lento y que sorprende a los protagonistas al darse cuenta de sus sentimientos, mucha química entre ellos y escenas geniales como la de las pasteleria y en salón de Mrs.
Norris
Ambientada en el Londres de finales de s, XIX me ha parecido original que la pareja protagonista sea una secretaria y su editor,
Lo único que lamento es que haya sido tan cortito, yo hubiese necesitadopaginas más y un epílogo por lo demás ha sido perfecto.
Emmaline Dove trabaja como secretaria para Harry, Vizconde de Marlowe, todo parece ir bien hasta que ella descubre que el Vizconde no ha leído sus manuscritos y decide vengarse dejando su puesto y sumiendo en el caos a la empresa.
Harry quiere que vuelva y entre ese tira y afloja parece que surgen nuevos sentimientos,
Ésta es la primera novela que leo de la autora y no ha podido ser mejor descubrimiento, me ha encantado al cien por cien, me ha tenido enganchada hasta la última página y su protagonista masculino me ha conquistado totalmente.
Así que supongo que repetiré con alguna de sus otras novelas,
Me ha gustado la historia porque en esta ocasión se aleja de la historia de la joven noble que busca marido para centrarse en un personaje femenino, que no es de la aristocracia, una joven dama, la llamada solterona que trabaja para ganarse el pan.
Ha tenido la suerte de dar con un bribón pero por otro lado hombre sensato que le da trabajo como secretaria y le paga como a un caballero de esa época cosa bastante difícil.
Emma es una mujer con arrestos y muy decidida la mayor parte del tiempo pero se enfrenta a un Vizconde que es también de armas tomar sobre todo en cuanto a cuestiones de seducción y ahí es donde más sobresale.
Harry nos tendrá embelesadas a lo largo de la novela, la relación entre los dos con esos rifi y rafes continuos y esos momentos de tensión sexual sin duda nos entretiene y también tendremos momentos bastante divertidos.
En definitiva, la autora nos trae una historia de lo más entretenida, bien narrada y ambientada con unos personajes carismáticos, con un romance de lo más atractivo que a mí me ha tenido enganchadísima por lo que le tengo que dar cinco estrellas.
This was the dawn of a new day, and a new Emma Dove, Never again was she going to sit by while life went on around her, Never again was she going to wait for fate to hand her what she wanted, From now on, she was going to reach out and grab her dreams and not let go, She had never been more scared in her life,Written January
I read And Then He Kissed Her,years ago and remember loving it, though it was before I started rating my books and keeping track of my ratings, After finishing it a second time today, I completely understand why I loved it so much and why I remember it so fondly.
It was an amazing book and definitely warrants astar rating!! The only thing I wished for was an epilogue,
Written February,
Haven't read a historical romance in ages seriously, it's been months and months and months, Was great starting off with one of my favorites, I've read it three times before and knew that I loved it, so maybe that's why my rating went down fromto.
. Still a great book though! I know I will be reading it again in the future :
Written December,
Just as fabulous as ALWAYS!! Oh how I love this book, how I love Harry, and how I love Emma.
::sigh:: followed by ::happyashell grin::
Excerpt
Her eyes narrowed, and he saw his chances of getting her into bed diminishing, but he was so frustrated, he almost didnt care..
“Youre not Mrs. Bartleby. Youre not Aunt Lydia. Youre Emma. ” He grabbed her shoulders and gave her a little shake, wishing he could shake some sense into her stubborn brain, “You swear and you read naughty books, Youre passionate and warm and the sweetest thing Ive ever tasted, And I dont think you really believe I was wrong to divorce my wife, and I dont think you disapprove of me nearly as much as you think you ought.
If you did, you would never have agreed to come back and write for me, And I know damn well you dont believe kissing me is wrong, ”
“If two people are not married nor engaged to be married, it is wrong! It is!” She tried to jerk free, but he wouldnt let her go.
“Why Because of what youve been told, but its not what you feel, And Ive known that since the day I kissed you in that bookshop, because I saw your face afterward, God, Emma, it was radiant, your face, all lit up from the inside like sunshine, It was the most beautiful thing Ive ever seen, And tonight you didnt believe it was wrong when I touched you, or you would have stopped me, When I said those things earlier, you could have told me to leave, You could have slapped my face, You could have dressed me down in spades, but you didnt, You wanted me to say those things, You wanted to hear them, You did, Emma, you know you did,
Why cant you be honest about what you really think and how you really feel Where is Emma What happened to her What happened to the little girl who liked rolling in the mud and singing offkey”
Her face twisted, and she made a choked sound like a sob.
He knew he was hurting her, but he was driven to say these things, for he was at the end of his tether.
“Ill tell you what happened to her, Shes been stifled and smothered by people and their opinions her entire life, But they didnt succeed in snuffing Emma out completely, did they There are times when she breaks through, and when she does, Lord, shes so lovely she makes me ache with wanting her.
”
She sagged and all the fight went out of her, “Go away,” she said. “Please, just go away. ”
“Youve called me insincere, Emma, but its you who lies, You lie to yourself. You push aside what you want to do in favor of what you should do, You ignore what you really think in favor of what you ought to think, You are dishonest in your own heart, and thats the worst dishonesty there is, Youre so damned concerned about being a lady, Why cant you just allow yourself to be a woman” p,