Fan-tas-tic! One of the best Kleypas' I've read. Why have I waited so long to read this book?

Spinster novelist Amanda Briars doesn't want to celebrate her 30th birthday as a virgin, so she decides to hire the services of Mrs. Gemma Bradshaw, a well-established madam (whom anyone who's read Worth Any Price should recognize), to find her a suitable man to take care of her, er, "problem". Unbeknownst to Amanda, Mrs. Bradshaw decides to play matchmaker and sends her publisher Jack Devlin in lieu of More...

I don’t know if I should give this a 4 or a 4.5 because it’s got a mix of both. On the one side you’ve got that 4.5 read with a sexier than sexy alpha, Jack Devlin, who does some wickedly scorching sex scenes unlike anything I’ve ever seen in traditional historical romance (we’re talking glimpses of Emma Holly-like writing here!) but on the other side you’ve got a bit of slow start where you’re wondering when the ol’ party is ever going to get started! Maybe 4.5 stars is better because the coupl More...

Miss Amanda Briars is a confirmed spinster and a very successful novelist and very happy with her life. However, it is approaching her 30th birthday and she decides to get herself a very unusual birthday present, a night of passion with a man, something she yearns to experience. When the man she hires arrives, she got far more then she bargains for...

This is one of my favourite Lisa Kleypas novels, it has the perfect combination of interesting heroine and gorgeous and tormented hero. Kleypas see More...

My Review:

What an absolute joy it was to read this book! Jack and Amanda are wonderful characters, in and of themselves, but bring them together and you have magic!

I love the way Lisa Kleypas defines and develops her characters, making them larger than life but at the same time keeping them grounded in reality. They may have fancy houses and more money than they can spend in one lifetime, but they always have to deal with the same things we mere mortals do – life. I find that I become easily inv More...

Well I am thoroughly de-virginized. My Lisa Kleypas novel cherry has been popped and I enjoyed it immensely. I've heard so much about this wonderful author and recently read a short story by her, but this was my first ever novel.

It was a perfect mix of sweet seduction and wicked activities = loads of sex + loads of emotional connection. It's also easy to see that the author definitely knows her historical facts - either that, or she is great at pretending she does. I'm not the type of person to More...

This is not my favorite Kleypas book by a long shot but I can't say that I had a bad time either. If it was genetically possible, I'd still allow this woman to have my love children (along with Ms. Mead of course), which has to mean that even when her books aren't up there in the "epic love" category, they're still never bad reads if you're looking for a fluffy diversion.

Let's sum this one up in another lazy weekend review :

Beautiful, yet emotionally unavailable spinster author meets dashingly h More...

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I am a big fan of Lisa Kleypas's writing, and Suddenly You is yet another worthy effort from her but not my favorite of her books. I have come to respect Ms. Kleypas as a writer who creates intelligent prose and unique sub-plots in her work. While Suddenly You begins with a very unique premise for the hero and heroine's first meeting, I found much of the rest of the book to be standard soap opera plotting with a lot of repressed feelings and misunderstandings. I ha More...

As an avid reader, I’m really fond of writers, publishers and etc. Therefore I fell in love with Amanda and Jack right away. Reading more, I fell even more in love with them, especially Jack. God, I love possessive heroes! Yum. Not for a second did he annoy or bore me. I’ve come to realize that Lisa Kleypas’ heroes are always great; I can't wait to meet more of her awesome characters. SPOILERS!!!

Amanda, on the other hand, annoyed the hell out of me when she’d decided to end the affair. Oh, and h More...

4.5* of 5

Novelist and spinster Amanda Briars is about to turn 30 when she decides to provide herself with an unusual gift – a cicisbeo so that she can have at least one night of passion to remember in her old age.

“There were perhaps twenty thousand nights in a woman’s lifetime. For at least one of them, she did not want to be alone.”

With that determination she visits Gemma Bradshaw’s famous London brothel requesting a companion. However, the scoundrel who shows up at her door is quite more tha More...

I really LOVED the character of Jack Devlin. I love everything that he overcame in his youth, and I love the level of success he achieved despite his troubled youth. I didn't like Amanda as much, but most of the time I liked her character. There were a few things she did towards the end of the book that I REALLY disagreed with. Despite some character flaws on her part, I loved the love story between these two. Another sucess from Lisa Kleypas.

I can't believe how quickly I read this. It was very engrossing, hero had some angst. Heroine was a strong character who was ready to be a spinster to live her life the way she wanted too... I love the whole beginning of the book and how they met. I am glad I pulled this out of the TBR pile!

Love this book a lot.. :)

Buku English LK ptama yg gw baca (stlh penasaran akut n dikomporin terus ama temen2 terutama si Himitsume) Ternyata fun jg baca lsg buku Englishnya gitu yah.. ;)
Bacanya agak terseret2 sih berhubung disambi nonton, tp cerita yg satu ini emang bagus (dan sbnrnya LK ga pernah jelek sih sejauh yg uda kubaca)
Jack Devlin tuh bener2 brondong yg ok *sukses+kaya+seksoy* banget.. Amanda juga karakternya kuat..
Cuma smpt sebel jg di tengah2 pas dua2nya ga mau ketemuan pdhl jelas2 sa More...

Bagus...gak biasa ceritanya....
Lisa kali ini bikin cerita yg ringan..tapi asik banget.

Amanda, di usia 30 thn,masih perawan, datang ke madan Bradshaw (remember her?) untuk sewa jasa pelacur pria kelas atas, buat hadiah ulang tahun nya.
Datang lah seorang pria super duper keren di hari ultah nya dan Jack memberikan "servis" gratis sebagai hadiah ultah Amanda.
Siapa Jack?
Ternyata adalah John T.Devlin aka Jack Devlin, penerbit kelas kakap di London, yg menrbitkan novel2 sensasional yg best seller.
W More...

Eh... I had big hopes and dreams for this one because everyone else seems to love it but it felt really cheesy and forced to me. Virgin... blah blah doesn't know she is pretty... blah blah. It just didn't bring anything to the table for me personally.

I also wasn't in the mood for this type of book when I read it so maybe that was part of the problem. I had really high expectations... unrealistically high I think. I'm going to try another Lisa Kleypas book because everyone raves about her. Maybe More...

Usually when I start on a Kleypas book, my mind starts wondering about the different ways I should praise the novel in my review. Halfway through reading this book, I had a good number of suggestions in mind, but it wasn't until finishing the book when I finally decided on what to talk about.
For a narrow-minded reader with absurdly impossible criterea for "good books", I should warn authors about something I really really hate reading up about in books that usually tend to make me ruin them in a More...

HOT,HOT,HOT!!!!! I just had to get that out there, it was HOT!! What an amazing book this was!

OK, I guess I should be totally honest and say that this story was totally predictable. I mean really, I guessed what would happen by the first quarter of the book and I was right! It happened exactly how I thought it would, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. This is one of those cases where predictability turns out to be great!

Amanda Briars (I think this character was screaming Renee Zellwegger) More...

I have read several Kleypas novels, and this is definitely a favorite.

I loved everything about this novel. I loved that Kleypas (view spoiler)[ continued the story beyond Amanda and Jack's union. I thought surely there would be no more surprises, but then Kleypas threw out the difference in age. I must admit I didn't see that one coming, but I loved it. It certainly earned lots of giggles from me. (hide spoiler)]

I always look forward to Kleypas' novels. She's an amazing romance novelist, and she's a natural when it comes to More...

I am sooo excited to read this, because I miss Lisa Kleypas' historicals. I wish to god she would write a new HR series. I think her Friday Harbor series is her weakest work because of all the magical crap. Anyway, I've never read this book, so I bought it on a whim. (seriously, amazon kindle one click shopping is freaking dangerous. I've spent more money on books in the past 6 months than I spent in 6 years).

CONFESSION: I stayed up all damn night reading this book all in one go, and now i'm goi More...

CI VUOLE TALENTO ANCHE PER ESSERE FELICI
A parte la copertina che lascia attoniti (e che è assolutamente fuorviante rispetto al contenuto), questo breve romanzo della Kleypas è davvero delizioso.

Londra, novembre 1836. In un'epoca nella quale, per una donna, avere ventidue anni era considerato essere vecchie, arrivare nubile ai trenta voleva dire essere decrepite e non più desiderabile: una zitellona da rottamare. Per fortuna Amanda, già coraggiosa scrittrice di romanzi di successo, non si rasseg More...

While the book, "Suddenly You" was easy to read, beautifully written, and had kept my attention (no mind drift, or need to re-read paragraphs), my main problem involved a lack of expressed love between the two main characters. While it was obvious that they cared and lusted after one another, they never mention the "love" word until the last 6% of the book. This was disappointing b/c it's difficult for me to enjoy a book that is based mostly on lust and sex. To be fair, I loved the "writer / pub More...

Amanda Briars is nearly thirty, unmarried, and firmly on the shelf. She makes a good living as a novelist, but though she enjoys her independence, she craves the touch of a man. So, taking matters into her own hands, she approaches one of London's most notorious madams, and orders herself a birthday present--a sexy male prostitute. When he arrives, even more gorgeous and sensual than she could have imagined, Jack shows her a pleasure she never imagined existed, though he stops short of taking he More...

Startlingly original opening, with successful novelist Amanda Briars deciding to celebrate her thirtieth birthday by hiring a high-class male prostitute and losing her virginity. The charming and seductive man who turns up on her doorstep is not who he seems, and too much of a gentleman to take advantage of Amanda's misunderstanding. A few pages later Amanda discovers, to her mortification, that the birthday treat is Jack Devlin, a wildly successful and immensely rich publisher who has just acqu More...

Suddenly You is one the best romances I’ve read this year. Seriously, it’s practically perfect. We get sexy times in the first chapter! Amanda Briars, a plump spinster and authoress, decides to treat herself to a male prostitute for her 30th birthday. What she gets is Jack Devlin. He is a devilishly handsome publisher with a reputation for his ruthless business practices and rakish behavior sent under false pretext by the madam.

Obviously, they hit it off. Sparks abound. They are forced to work More...

As I said about "Stranger in My Arms," if this had been the first Lisa Kleypas book I picked up, I would never have picked up another. (If you want to read my progressing freak-out about how bad this book is, just click HERE and scroll all the way to the bottom for the first post. Warning for profanity. Because I really didn't care for this book. In fact, I actively hated it.)

This book was very similar to Stranger in that it had a great hero, a reasonable enough set-up (though no real villains, More...

REMARKABLY DELICIOUS EROTIC RENDEZVOUS!!

Scoundrels, Rakes, Rogues, galore when reformed they become MAGNANIMOUS MEN, & ENTICINGLY APPETIZING HUSBANDS. This novel, Lady Sophia's Lover, & Devil in Winter, are by far the greatest erotic novels written by Lisa Kleypas, I've read thus far. Yes, it can be overwhelming explicit at times. And yes, I did blush & became embarassed; however, the revelation discoverd at the conclusion by Jack & Amanda is GROUNDBREAKINGLY EXQUISITE, well wort More...

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When I arrived in the United States, Lisa Kleypas is one of the first authors that I was advised to read as Nora Roberts, Iris Johansen and James Patterson. I did not particularly appeal to romance and did not really know the historical romances types either. I starded by reading "The Wallflower" series. I found the style of Lisa Kleypas trully entertaining and well written. Then I continued with the "Hathaways" series and with more contemporary of her writting like "Daddy Suggar." She More...

Titulo Original: Suddenly You
Titulo en Español: Irresistible
Autor: Lisa Kleypas
Editorial: Vergara
Encuadernación: Tapa Blanda con Solapas.
ISBN: 84-666-1151-7
N° de Paginas: 270




Sinopsis:


“Estaba soltera, era virgen y le faltaba poco para cumplir los treinta, pero la novelista Amanda Briars no estaba dispuesta a recibir su trigésimo cumpleaños sin haber hecho el amor con un hombre. Cuando Jack Devlin llamó a su puerta, creyó que se trataba del regalo que se había hecho a sí misma: un hombre contrata More...

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!!!

One of the best books by Lisa Kleypas, Suddenly You is a fantastic novel that I absolutely adored.

Novelist Amanda Briars is about to hit her thirtieth birthday- unmarried, untouched and a spinster on top of that. A passionate woman, Amanda Briars contacts a brothel owner, Mrs.Bradshaw, to give herself a birthday present as a night of unbound passion. But the notorious matchmaking Mrs.Bradshaw leads not a prostitute but an unsuspecting Jack Devlin, the famously wealthy publishe More...