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48th out of 257 books
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91 voters
Seduction of a Proper Gentleman (Last Man Standing #4)
To break a centuries-old curse, beautiful, headstrong Lady Kathleen MacDavid knows she must ignore every rule of propriety by seducing—and marrying—the Earl of Norcroft. So she sets off for London, braving scandal and ruin to achieve her goal . . . until a crazy bump on the head makes her forget nearly everything.
The thrill of winning a bet—that he'd be the last of his set...more
The thrill of winning a bet—that he'd be the last of his set...more
Paperback, 384 pages
Published
August 26th 2008
by Avon
(first published January 1st 2008)
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Tart and spicy with a heavy seasoning of humor. When I read the blurb on the back cover of “Seduction of a Proper Gentleman” by Victoria Alexander, I was a bit disappointed. All I could think of was…oh, amnesia as a plot device. But I actually found this story very intriguing and different. This is the final book in her ‘Last Man Standing’ series about four Regency gentlemen who make a wager as to who will be the last one to wed. And, as often ha...more
Tart and spicy with a heavy seasoning of humor. When I read the blurb on the back cover of “Seduction of a Proper Gentleman” by Victoria Alexander, I was a bit disappointed. All I could think of was…oh, amnesia as a plot device. But I actually found this story very intriguing and different. This is the final book in her ‘Last Man Standing’ series about four Regency gentlemen who make a wager as to who will be the last one to wed. And, as often ha...more
2 Stars...It was ok
SOAPG was the 4th (and last) in this series. And considering I didn't read any of the previous ones you get filled in rather quickly (the first two pages pretty much sums up the past three). That in itself tells you how very deep and detailed this series is...
This one gained 1 Star because if not anything else this author has a very quarky sense of humor...The banter between characters is very different and at times pretty funny. This however doesn't justify a higher rating. T...more
SOAPG was the 4th (and last) in this series. And considering I didn't read any of the previous ones you get filled in rather quickly (the first two pages pretty much sums up the past three). That in itself tells you how very deep and detailed this series is...
This one gained 1 Star because if not anything else this author has a very quarky sense of humor...The banter between characters is very different and at times pretty funny. This however doesn't justify a higher rating. T...more
A great ending to the series! A curse was put on both Kate and Oliver's family decades ago and the only way to end the curse is for them to get married! Kate and her aunt travel to Oliver's home and think of a plan to convince Oliver, a man she's never met, to marry her. Kate is not too thrilled with this plan so her aunt takes matters into her own hands! Next thing Kate remembers is waking up on Oliver's couch with no idea who she is or what she's doing there! Oliver has never been opposed to m...more
The last in the "Last Man Standing" series from Victoria Alexander. Oliver Leighton was not supposed to win the tontine. Out of all of his friends, he was the one most open to love and marriage. Yet, he's the only unmarried man left in his group of friends.
Until, he meets Lady Kathleen MacDavid. But they don't know that she's a lady when they first meet, because she's got amnesia. Not a new conceit in the world of romance novels, but this one has a twist, her amnesia may have been caused by hear...more
Until, he meets Lady Kathleen MacDavid. But they don't know that she's a lady when they first meet, because she's got amnesia. Not a new conceit in the world of romance novels, but this one has a twist, her amnesia may have been caused by hear...more
Post Listen Review: This is just yet another in the seemingly endless stream of formula romance books I will end up subjecting my ears to. Here is the summary of the plot-- Two families are cursed and unless one marries the other they will die off. So the woman inevitably goes to try to marry the guy and she inevitably hits her head and forgets who she is so she can actually fall in love with him. The guy suspects she is acting just to marry for his money but then decides he loves her. She inevi...more
I picked this one up off my stack of fluff books after reading The Big Short, because, frankly, my brain hurt, and I needed something that wasn't going to give me Sub-Prime Mortgage Nightmares (which are about the fourth worst type of Nightmares).
And it was a perfectly satisfying romance novel, wherein the plot didn't actually make much sense (a curse! magic! amnesia! ...maybe!), but the two main characters were nuts about each other and the banter was fast and fun.
According to the price tag on...more
And it was a perfectly satisfying romance novel, wherein the plot didn't actually make much sense (a curse! magic! amnesia! ...maybe!), but the two main characters were nuts about each other and the banter was fast and fun.
According to the price tag on...more
Kitap iki aile üzerinde yaklaşık 500 yıldır dolaştığına inanılan bir lanet etrafında şekillenmeye başlıyor . Lanet sebebiyle tuhaf ölümler ve uğursuz sayılabilecek olaylar cereyan ediyor . Ve bu laneti kırmak için dul bir İskoç hanım olan Lady Kathleen MacDavid sevmediği bir ingilizle -ki bu İngiliz Norcroft Kontu Oliver Leighton oluyor - evlenmek zorunda .
Önceleri büyüye inanmamakta direnen Kathleen ne olduysa bu evliliği yapmayı kabul ediyor ve Londra 'ya geliyor . İşte bu noktadan sonra de...more
Önceleri büyüye inanmamakta direnen Kathleen ne olduysa bu evliliği yapmayı kabul ediyor ve Londra 'ya geliyor . İşte bu noktadan sonra de...more
With this book, I really didn't know what I was getting into until I was reading it. I read the blurb, and I thought it had potential, and it also had a bonus point: Victoria Alexander. I have several of her books in my keeper shelf. And those keepers are actually the ones that I try to re-read every once in a while.
I gave it a try. And surprise (at least to me)! I actually enjoyed it. The amnesia doesn't appear until several chapters into the story. And the way the author wrote it, didn't make...more
I gave it a try. And surprise (at least to me)! I actually enjoyed it. The amnesia doesn't appear until several chapters into the story. And the way the author wrote it, didn't make...more
Kate loses her memory and finds herself at Oliver's home, and there's a curse and stuff. This book was like that game Fortunately, Unfortunately that you play with a group of kids. Fortunately, these were two generally smart and straightforward people. Unfortunately, there was an idiotic plot device used to bring them together. Fortunately, they don't fall too far into the idiotic plot device. Unfortunately, just when you think everything's wrapped up, it gets stupid. Fortunately, they weather t...more
This is a wonderfully written novel of magic, spells and curses; all in the name of love. I thought that the main female Kathleen was a curse at first and the male main character Oliver, a typical English Lord. The story goes very fast once you start and find out that Kathleen's mission is to marry a man she has never even seen in person. An Aunt puts a spell on her and she ends up at the Lord's estate where she has no memory. It's a fasinating tale of two people destined to be together to ease...more
Actually 2.5. On Audio. This is one of those books where I probably would have put it down without finishing but I was listening on audio and didn't feel like loading something else on my iPod. The whole time I was listening to this book I felt like I had read other "Last Man Standing" series books, the plot seemed familiar as well as the other men's names. Now I know I had read book #3 and decided to skip 1 & 2 when I read that one.
The name Cavendish kept making me think I was reading part...more
The name Cavendish kept making me think I was reading part...more
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İki vermememin tek sebebi keyifli diyologlar.
Neden böyle oldu anlamadım, benim içime sinmedi.
Seri çok güzeldi, keyifle okudum ama ne bileyim bu kitapta bir eksiklik vardı.
Kathleen ve son bekar lordumuz Oliver'ın hikayesiydi ve bir lanete dayalı kurgu işlenmişti.
Lanet 500 yıl öncesine dayanıyor ve iskoç-ingiliz aileler arasındaki bir durum sonucu ortaya çıkıyor.
Ortadan kalkmasının tek yoluda çiftimizin evlenmesi ve zaman doluyor zira ya evlenecekler yada çok kötü şeyler olacak.
Kate iskoçyadan gel...more
Neden böyle oldu anlamadım, benim içime sinmedi.
Seri çok güzeldi, keyifle okudum ama ne bileyim bu kitapta bir eksiklik vardı.
Kathleen ve son bekar lordumuz Oliver'ın hikayesiydi ve bir lanete dayalı kurgu işlenmişti.
Lanet 500 yıl öncesine dayanıyor ve iskoç-ingiliz aileler arasındaki bir durum sonucu ortaya çıkıyor.
Ortadan kalkmasının tek yoluda çiftimizin evlenmesi ve zaman doluyor zira ya evlenecekler yada çok kötü şeyler olacak.
Kate iskoçyadan gel...more
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Final in a series of books in which four gentleman made a pact to never marry. If they did they had to leave a small amount of change and a bottle of good wine, which the lone man remaining unmarried would win.
Oliver, the Earl of Norcroft is the winner, surprisingly as he was picked as the first of the group who would marry. Oliver now believes it is time to find a bride of his own.
Lady Kathleen MacDavid wants to end the 'curse' put on her family 500 years ago. She is the last in her line and mu...more
Oliver, the Earl of Norcroft is the winner, surprisingly as he was picked as the first of the group who would marry. Oliver now believes it is time to find a bride of his own.
Lady Kathleen MacDavid wants to end the 'curse' put on her family 500 years ago. She is the last in her line and mu...more
Oliver Leighton, Earl of Norcroft has won. As he sits alone in the club where he use to enjoy his friends before they all married, he don't feel like much of a winner.
Kathleen MacDavid has come to London from Scotland to marry Oliver and break a 500 year curse on her family.
Her Aunt Hannah and Kathleen follow Oliver to his country home. Kathleen does not realize her Aunt has planned how to put Kate into his path.
Kathleen wakes up in a strange place and don't know who she is or how she got there...more
Kathleen MacDavid has come to London from Scotland to marry Oliver and break a 500 year curse on her family.
Her Aunt Hannah and Kathleen follow Oliver to his country home. Kathleen does not realize her Aunt has planned how to put Kate into his path.
Kathleen wakes up in a strange place and don't know who she is or how she got there...more
Not a bad story, although the "oh wait, you thought the problem was solved...nope!" was annoying. The bit of revisionism in the epilogue where each of the men's brides had accomplished something of note to give her reknown was a little annoying and unnecessary. Once again the title really has nothing to do with the plot since the seduction in question is mutual and a matter of course that really has no impact.
I've come to enjoy historical romance books. It paints the type of picture you think people might actually have been like back then. They are proper and follow the rules of society and ettiquete but you get to see the side that wants to have adventure and love. This one was a pretty good example. They even threw in curses and magic which made it fun. Only 1 love scene but not overly done. I liked it.
Well, saw this at the Goodwill, and went ahead and grabbed it in the blind hope that it was one of the Effington series I've been slowly trying to collect. Turns out it's not, but it's not a total bust as I have #1 in this series on the TBR. Was about to be irritated, but it's all good now. Just gotta add #2 and 3 to my need-to-get list with the others I'm looking for :)
As the last book in the series, this one ties everything together and promises a future for both Sinclair's and Norcroft's children. The "magical" references and the like references to "curses" keep this from being a 5 star book. Some images became overused. However, it was a fit ending to a true Regency romance.
I really enjoyed all of Alexander's Last Man Standing series. I liked this one too, but not as much as the others. I think the curse bit gets in the way of the story. The heroine is determined to marry the hero, who is the winner of the "Last Man Standing" bet as to who will marry last. He didn't want to be the winner, but he is. The heroine has picked him because only marriage to him will end a curse on both their families. Then she gets amnesia, perhaps thanks to her aunt's attempts at magical...more
This one was good. Curse books can be pretty crappy, and amnesia books can be even worse, but I really liked this one a lot!
I can't remember all of the details (I read the book almost 2 months ago, after all!), but I remembered that it was really good!
I can't remember all of the details (I read the book almost 2 months ago, after all!), but I remembered that it was really good!
It was funny, in an overwritten, self-aware, stare-at-the-audience-after-each-joke way that a play might be done. This was 4th in a series. I didn’t read the 1-3. It might be ok to read more of hers, but I’m not itching to.
I really like Victoria Alexander's characters and storytelling. This was a fun book and a fast read - with a good hero and heroine and a fresh take on the somewhat tired plotline of "what if the heroine loses her memory?".
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it was pretty good for the last book in the series. I wish in the epilogue that she has given a little bit more information. maybe not had it in a gentleman's club, but at a ball where all of the wives and child could have been, because i really wanted to know if Judith had any children. but i am glad that oliver got his happy ending.
I could not put this book down. It was a page turner. Funny and Sexy is a hard combination to put together but this is what Victoria Alexander did
She wants to marry the Earl of Norcroft, but she can't remember her goal, let alone her name after a bump on the head. A fun book.
This was my favorite. From First to fourth you just fall in love with Olivers character and only want the best for him.
oddly simple romance, the guy actually falls in love with her very easily, and admits to it as well.
Not my favorite book, I think I squashed it in between some others and wasn't in the mood to appreciate it.
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