The Hazards of Hunting a Duke (Desperate Debutantes)
by Julia London
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Read in January, 2008
Okay, so this is the first book in Julia London's Desperate Deputantes trilogy.
This one was about Ava Fairchild and Jared Broderick, the Marquis of Middleton, who is heir to a duchy, but isn't a duke, so I don't know what's up with the title. Julia didn't like, "The Hazards of Hunting a Marquis" or something? *shrugs*
Anyway, so Ava (and her sister Phoebe and Welsh cousin Greer) all become fairly destitute when Ava and Phoebe's mother (and Greer's guardian) dies. Their stepfa...more
This one was about Ava Fairchild and Jared Broderick, the Marquis of Middleton, who is heir to a duchy, but isn't a duke, so I don't know what's up with the title. Julia didn't like, "The Hazards of Hunting a Marquis" or something? *shrugs*
Anyway, so Ava (and her sister Phoebe and Welsh cousin Greer) all become fairly destitute when Ava and Phoebe's mother (and Greer's guardian) dies. Their stepfa...more
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Read in May, 2007
Yaaay! Super-cheesy! The main characters actually aren't that interesting. The usual mix of the leading lady who gives her heart away too fast and the man who can't admit to himself what he's really like. Family troubles create urgency. They spend a little bit too much time being unhappy with each other for my liking. And of course, their sexual chemistry takes her breath away.
"Perhaps it is not necessary, but it is my pleasure and my duty. It is dusk, madam. I cannot think of letting you walk alone after dark. Don't you know that wicked men roam these streets at night?" he asked with a wink.
She had a sense of that, yes, and eyed him suspiciously. His soft chuckle made the hair on the back of her neck stand -- not from fright, she realized, but from the expectation of something pleasurable....more
"Perhaps it is not necessary, but it is my pleasure and my duty. It is dusk, madam. I cannot think of letting you walk alone after dark. Don't you know that wicked men roam these streets at night?" he asked with a wink.
She had a sense of that, yes, and eyed him suspiciously. His soft chuckle made the hair on the back of her neck stand -- not from fright, she realized, but from the expectation of something pleasurable....more
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Read in January, 2008
I liked this story and would have given it more stars if: 1. the ending wouldn't have felt so rush (I promise no spoilers) and 2. If they would've just talked or I don't know actually let someone finish a sentence before cutting them off and talking over them (THIS IS A PET PEEVE of MINE IN REAL LIFE I DO NOT WANT TO READ IT IN A ROMANCE) It's rude people seriously!
This is the first in the series I will continue to read but it will take a little longer now.
This is the first in the series I will continue to read but it will take a little longer now.
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Read in June, 2008
recommends it for:
regency romance readers
This was a quick read. And predictable, which is what I like in my romances. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series and I'm pretty sure I know who will be featured in the next two books.
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recommends it for:
anyone who likes historical romances : )
Excellent read. part of a trilogy, but as usual Julia London does not let me down! : )
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Read in October, 2007
Not as witty as i have expected, but overall a cute story nonetheless.
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