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A Most Unsuitable Man (Malloren #7)
by
Jo Beverley (Goodreads Author)
Damaris Myddleton never expected to inherit a vast fortune, but she's ready to use it to buy the most eligible title in England. When disappointed by a marquess, she simply sets her sights higher --- on a duke. But then there's plain Mr. Fitzroger, the dashing but penniless adventurer who first saves her from social disaster and then saves her life.
Entangled in mystery, da...more
Entangled in mystery, da...more
Paperback, 370 pages
Published
February 1st 2005
by Signet
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Dec 05, 2011
Jan
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3 of 5 stars
Recommended to Jan by:
Moss (frozen water, frozen water, infant)
I read this thanks to Moss' awesome review, which you should read as well.
Everything she said about Damaris is true.
Oh how I loved, loved, loved Damaris. What an exceptional heroine. She's quite ruthless and determined, and it was so refreshing to see those qualities in a heroine. She was a wealthy but unexpected heirress, and I loved how she constantly thought about purchasing things, not for herself but for other people. She'd decided that Fitz was her man, so if she could, she was going to u...more
Everything she said about Damaris is true.
Oh how I loved, loved, loved Damaris. What an exceptional heroine. She's quite ruthless and determined, and it was so refreshing to see those qualities in a heroine. She was a wealthy but unexpected heirress, and I loved how she constantly thought about purchasing things, not for herself but for other people. She'd decided that Fitz was her man, so if she could, she was going to u...more
My second book by Jo Beverley and I'm impressed. What would normally have been a 4-star book earns 5 due to an exceptional hero. The Georgian era story is about Damaris, a very wealthy heroine, and Fitz, her own, honest-to-goodness hero. As a secret favor to the king, Fitz is acting as "bodyguard" to his friend Ash as they journey to London with Ash's fiancee, Geneva, and Damaris in tow. Unusual incidents that occur along the way make it obvious that one of them is the target of an assassin...bu...more
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It's hardly going to surprise anyone who read Winter Fire that this installment in the series revolves around Damaris Myddleton, the heiress who was expecting to be Ashart's bride before he hooked up with Genova. And Octavius Fitzroger, Ashart's friend, who mused that Damaris wasn't really the brat she seemed to be—or that she kinda was but maybe just needed a good spanking.
Now we learn: She's the heiress of a pirate who abandoned her mother for his London mistress. She has loads of money and h...more
Now we learn: She's the heiress of a pirate who abandoned her mother for his London mistress. She has loads of money and h...more
High points of the story:
- Fitz, the hero of this story, is to die for. Just fabulous! It definitely helped (for me, anyway) that the guy representing Fitz on the book's cover is drop-dead gorgeous too.
- lots of sword fighting and sword-play, some excellent fight sequences
- the descriptions of the English winter and the dank, freezing castle/mansion at Cheynings are so vivid I almost had to put on another sweater while I was reading the book
- Rothgar (of course)
- Damaris, once she realizes th...more
- Fitz, the hero of this story, is to die for. Just fabulous! It definitely helped (for me, anyway) that the guy representing Fitz on the book's cover is drop-dead gorgeous too.
- lots of sword fighting and sword-play, some excellent fight sequences
- the descriptions of the English winter and the dank, freezing castle/mansion at Cheynings are so vivid I almost had to put on another sweater while I was reading the book
- Rothgar (of course)
- Damaris, once she realizes th...more
Sep 16, 2009
Fani
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5 of 5 stars
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It's been a very long while since I last read a Beverley book and I had forgotten how good she is in making the reader feel entangled in her heroes feelings and heartaches:)
The heroine is Damaris Myddleton, a commoner who recently inherited a huge fortune. She decides to use her money to buy herself a titled husband. The book starts where the candidate she's almost betrothed with, the Marquess of Ashart, asks another woman to be his wife. Losing her self control, she manages to become a spectacl...more
The heroine is Damaris Myddleton, a commoner who recently inherited a huge fortune. She decides to use her money to buy herself a titled husband. The book starts where the candidate she's almost betrothed with, the Marquess of Ashart, asks another woman to be his wife. Losing her self control, she manages to become a spectacl...more
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Other than the fact that if I never see the annoying, ominpotent Rothgar in another book again, it will be too soon, this was a fun read.
I liked the hero and the heroine (he is an idealist, she is the one with common sense), and most of the secondaries were lovely, but I couldn't help but wish this book was more. More emotional, more tightly-wound, more affecting. I couldn't help but think of what Julie Anne Long or Meredith Duran would have done with this plot.
I liked the hero and the heroine (he is an idealist, she is the one with common sense), and most of the secondaries were lovely, but I couldn't help but wish this book was more. More emotional, more tightly-wound, more affecting. I couldn't help but think of what Julie Anne Long or Meredith Duran would have done with this plot.
I have read the mallorens family, but i have to admit i did enjoy this a bit more than all four of those books. The only problem i had was the situation is why the lead man in this story had this big secret why he could not have Demiris. Like all romance novels i always find some flaw in the story. i really enjoy this, and i could see my self re-reading this story in the future. I recommend to this to those who love the victorian times, and doesn't mind pleasurable scenes!!
This is a Georgian romance novel; I haven't read many of those yet, but so far it's always been intensely fun imagining the heroes dressed up in wigs and clothes as sparkly as any heroine's.
A wealthy merchant heiress would like to buy a title with her money but gets jilted by the marquess she'd set her sights on. Said marquess' penniless, titleless best bud ends up saving the heiress from both social and physical disaster, and sexual tension abounds. But first, the heiress, the best bud/love int...more
A wealthy merchant heiress would like to buy a title with her money but gets jilted by the marquess she'd set her sights on. Said marquess' penniless, titleless best bud ends up saving the heiress from both social and physical disaster, and sexual tension abounds. But first, the heiress, the best bud/love int...more
Really fun for first two thirds of book! Damaris is great. I loved the way she went and had her way with him. I loved the way he went for it. Unfortunately I waited for the next wonderful love scene and it didn't come. It was just...missing. (I agree with Karen D below). This was disappointing. Nonetheless the book was really enjoyable. I listened to it on audio and the narrator was terrific!
I read this before. I don't remember when but I recognize the names. no, I listened to it as an audiobook. A different effect, but I doubt that I would have liked it even if I did read it. Why? I could not warm to the heroine, Damaris. There was something about her that I couldn't like. Possibly because book 6 is very clearly in my mind.
Jo Beverley is never bad, but this is just not one of her best romances. I can't put my finger on why but I just think the hero and heroine never really click. It feels forced, although I don't dislike either of them, I just don't think they are fantastic together.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. There was a lot of twists and unexpected happenings. I especially liked how frustrated I would get with the characters, but then they would say something funny and I was able to laugh out loud at it. Very well done.
On the one hand, she is an heiress and can make her own future, men be damned! On the other hand, she totally needed a dude to watch her back and help her navigate society. Not a super likeable lady but whatev.
Damaris is not my favorite Malloren heroine. She gets a bad introduction given the situation in Winter Fire. She does overcome it somewhat, but I just don't "get" Damaris and Fitz as much as the other couples.
I don't have much to say about this book. Certainly an enjoyable light read. And since I've read it twice, and fully intend to hang onto it so I can read it again, that has to say something about it.
So I admit I need to cut back on the girly books... This one is going back to Georgian England. Damaris is a pretty sympathetic heroine, all things considered, and most of the characters are decently interesting. The male romantic lead is the dashing gentleman with the terrible secret and the millitary past, who is able to redeem himself throughout the course of the book.
She found shallow cupboards set into the walls of the coach containing a selection of drinks and amusements--cards; counters;...more
She found shallow cupboards set into the walls of the coach containing a selection of drinks and amusements--cards; counters;...more
I pretty much got this book because the guy on the cover is hot. But after struggling to get through it, I gave up halfway, skimmed the rest and turned my attention to something more worthwhile.
Damaris is awful. And she never got better as far as I could tell. She was weak, simpering, shallow, ignorant, selfish, and bull headed. Not a good combo. Fitz had some promise, but you judge him for liking her so much.
And maybe I'm missing something that happened in the previous books, but the beginning...more
Damaris is awful. And she never got better as far as I could tell. She was weak, simpering, shallow, ignorant, selfish, and bull headed. Not a good combo. Fitz had some promise, but you judge him for liking her so much.
And maybe I'm missing something that happened in the previous books, but the beginning...more
Well, Ms. Beverley saved the best for last. This was my favorite of the series. The characters had depth and drew me into their story. Although I knew there would be a happy ending, I struggled with them through all of their trials to get to that point. Of course, the story was only enhanced by the appearance Rothgar and Ashart who played major parts in their own side story as well as that of the hero/heroine. There were also appearance by the rest of the family excepting Cyn who was in Canada....more
It was an enjoyable book, but I admit to skimming through parts. Too much intrigue for me.
ahhh, a saucy romance :) just the thing for a cold Seattle spring. This was a fun read.
Fun romance, great sexual tension, but didn't inspire me beyond that.
Somewhat interesting and unique plot. Not very memorable.
This book was almost disappointingly good.
Expected a better ending.
Subpar for Beverley; skimmed.
Rated 3.5
I enjoyed this one, and it restored my faith in Ms. Beverley, as well. She can really write some interesting, sympathetic characters and stories that include an unusual twist, though the themes are familiar for historical romances. This one was rich, unutitled woman seeks poor, titled man and meets poor, UNtitled man and falls for him instead. I would have liked a few professions of undying love from the hero to the heroine rather than in his own mind, but, then, I'm a sentimental fool.
Some good parts but generally I couldn't wait to get it over and done with it was becoming so painful.
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Mary Josephine Dunn was born 22 September 1947 in Lancashire, England, UK. At the age of eleven she went to an all-girls boarding school, Layton Hill Convent, Blackpool. At sixteen, she wrote her first romance, with a medieval setting, completed in installments in an exercise book. From 1966 to 1970, she obtained a degree in English history from Keele University in Staffordshire, where she met her...more
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