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Miss Foster's Folly
by
Alice Gaines (Goodreads Author)
Manhattan, 1886
Juliet Foster has just become the wealthiest spinster in town. Her domineering and thoroughly unpleasant father has died and left her millions. She's free to be her own woman and seek a life of adventure.
David Winslow, Marquess of Derrington, is in search of a wife who can break the Winslow Curse. Every second-generation heir inherits a restless, defiant nat...more
Juliet Foster has just become the wealthiest spinster in town. Her domineering and thoroughly unpleasant father has died and left her millions. She's free to be her own woman and seek a life of adventure.
David Winslow, Marquess of Derrington, is in search of a wife who can break the Winslow Curse. Every second-generation heir inherits a restless, defiant nat...more
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Published
June 14th 2010
by Carina Press
(first published May 26th 2010)
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Miss Foster's Folly by Alice Gaines is truly a delightful and passionate historical romance! Set in the beginning in Manhattan Island New York, 1886 and through the travels to London, heroine Juliet Foster becomes a wealthy spinster at age 32 at the passing of her Father. Her father Gerald Foster was an intolerable man, with a nasty disposition. Juliet is determined that she would never marry after seeing her father's misery, anger and emotional neglect to his children after the passing of their...more
If you've never read anything by Alice Gaines, this is a great place to start. Miss Foster's Folly is a humorous Victiorian romance which deserves the five star reviews it's garnered.
You won't feel the heat from the five flame rating because the writing is so smooth and the story so sweet.
Juliet Foster has just become the wealthiest spinster in town. Her domineering and thoroughly unpleasant father has died and left her millions. She's free to be her own woman and seek a life of adventure.
Davi...more
You won't feel the heat from the five flame rating because the writing is so smooth and the story so sweet.
Juliet Foster has just become the wealthiest spinster in town. Her domineering and thoroughly unpleasant father has died and left her millions. She's free to be her own woman and seek a life of adventure.
Davi...more
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Sold as straight romance, there was enough detailed nooky here to reclassify it as erotic. Miss Foster, a very wealthy Victorian-era heiress, decides, upon the death of her father, that she wants to travel to Europe (disguised as a scandalous widow to protect her project from her straightlaced relatives)--and sleep her way through England, France, Spain, and Italy (in the order, as you will notice, from lowest to highest, of that country's reputations as lovers). Unfortunately for her plans, her...more
Astonishing. I occasionally browse publishers' websites and download ebooks on impulse, but this must be the first time I've bought a book by an unfamiliar author and read it in one sitting. It was that good.
A mature American socialite is left a staggering fortune by an eccentric relative and decides to spread her wings, lose her virginity, then go on a scandalous tour of Europe, posing as merry widow. She meets a moody aristocratic British rake who is looking for a headstrong, defiant wife to n...more
A mature American socialite is left a staggering fortune by an eccentric relative and decides to spread her wings, lose her virginity, then go on a scandalous tour of Europe, posing as merry widow. She meets a moody aristocratic British rake who is looking for a headstrong, defiant wife to n...more
This sounded like a cute story when I got it. The heroine had inherited all the family money, and intended to set off on an adventure. Except her adventure sounded really strange. Why would a gently raised rich young woman decide to take a bunch of lovers? This intention just was Not motivated, to my satisfaction, anyway. Then, since she's going to pretend to be a widow, to take all these lovers, she decides she needs to get her virginity out of the way. But the hero of the story--an impoverishe...more
This was a random read and a new author for me. It was a surprisingly enjoyable, sexy Victorian-era romance between a rich, headstrong New York heiress and a persistent English Marquis.
Alice Gaines has a nice and easy writing style and I'll be on the lookout for more of her books.
Alice Gaines has a nice and easy writing style and I'll be on the lookout for more of her books.
More of a 4.5 but it's the best thing I've read in a while, so I'm rounding up.
Smart and sensual characters with a definite chemistry carry this book far. It's both passionate and funny, and leaves me excited to explore this author's backlist.
Smart and sensual characters with a definite chemistry carry this book far. It's both passionate and funny, and leaves me excited to explore this author's backlist.
I thoroughly enjoyed it! A truly witty read filled with romance and tons of passion. For lovers of erotica I would definity recommend this if you also enjoy the victorian era:D
Delightful. Intelligent and funny Victorian romance. Very hot love scenes and many of them.
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It was indeed sizzling, right at the right places and the tension was...more
Jul 21, 2010 02:30pm
It was indeed sizzling, right at the right places...more
Jul 21, 2010 02:43pm