The Lesson Plan: Seriously, You've Bought This, Right??

So there I was, innocently making some food for my troupe of kids, and I thought, "Since I suck at cooking and I'm bored watching food cook, where's my Kindle? I have a Jackie Barbosa novella to read."

Holy. Shit. People.

Can I just say how much I LOVED "The Lesson Plan"?

Now, I do love my historicals, but I must admit, I don't actually keep track of all historical errors and such, so any classification errors in this particular review are mine, not Jackie's. As you can tell from my excitement, Jackie is awesome.

So, where was I, oh yes, telling you why you should go and get this novella.

"The Lesson Plan" is an erotic Regency romance about Winifred "Freddie" Langston, indulged tomboy daughter of a Viscount, who at the nigh on ancient age of 21 is about to face her first season in London. Now, don't think she's been mistreated or anything. Freddie has managed to worm her way out of going to London for years, but now that her father has passed, her oldest brother, Nash, has come to the conclusion that the girl needs to grow up and get on with her life like a lady should. Which means not walking around in boy's clothes with her twin brother and best friend from the neighbor's house. She shouldn't be scheming or improper and she sure as hell shouldn't be heading out to a brothel to find out what all the fuss is about.

Now, onto the hero, Conrad Pearce, whom—by the way, I may fantasize about for quite a long time because I LOVES me some uptight, secretly highly sexed heroes, if you know what I mean. (And I KNOW you know what I mean). Con has an unholy desire for Freddie, which he hides as far down as possible because a) you don't think about proper ladies like that and b) there was no way her brother, who was one of his best friends, would ever let him live if he knew that Con was thinking of thinking of her that way. Nevertheless, when Con discovers and relays to Nash what Freddie's plans are, he can't believe that instead of locking her in her room, Nash comes up with a completely other idea for stopping Freddie from ruining herself and her family by possibly getting caught in a brothel. Nash wants Con to portray a highwayman and hold Freddie "hostage" for a few hours to teach her that it's not a safe world out there.

Well, Freddie learns something all right…

I'd tell you more, but I'm not ruining a second of it for you. Get the book. Thank me later. AFTER your cigarette.

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Also, she's planning two more in the series for Freddie's twin brother and her best friend, so be watching for those in 2012!