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★★★★★ (This is a review of the audiobook.) I know I gush over Rosalyn Landor every time I listen and review one of her narrations. If you haven’t heard her read before, Lisa Klaypas’ enchanting Wallflowers books are the series with which to start. Ms. Landor transforms her voice to fit the characters, doing a wonderful American accent for Lillian Bowman; managing to sound brash and “freethinking” – but innocent when the time is right. Then there is her evil, snide inflection for Countess Westcli
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Feb 13, 2013
Lisa - (Aussie Girl)
rated it
really liked it
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romance-historical,
read-in-2013
Another classic Lisa Kleypas historical romance incorporating the enemies to lovers theme. We first met Marcus Marsden, Earl of Westcliff in Again the Magic, the stoic proper nobleman who is correct and perfect in everything he does. Enter one Lillian Bowman, American heiress and one of The Wallflowers and immediately they rub each other the wrong way! However being constantly thrown together throughout the English Season it soon becomes apparent that Lillian is the perfect girl to unlock the Ea
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I am not a fan of historicals usually, but I am finding myself throughly enjoying this series by Lisa Kleypas. I LOVED Secrets of a Summer Night and I LOVED It Happened One Autumn as well. Lord Westcliff was not my favorite person in the first book, but by the end I did see some redeeming qualities in him, but in this book, he blew me away!
Lillian Bowman was one of my favorite characters from the beginning. I wasn't sure how I'd like her paired with Lord Westcliff, but they were so unbelievably ...more
Lillian Bowman was one of my favorite characters from the beginning. I wasn't sure how I'd like her paired with Lord Westcliff, but they were so unbelievably ...more
This was not my favorite Kleypas book. I enjoyed the characters but at the same time found myself irritated with their behavior. My favorite comment: Marcus says to Lillian..."Queen Victoria herself could not drag a pair of savage brats like you along the path of respectability." Take that you heathen. He obviously wasn't trying to woo her at this point.
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Sep 26, 2010
Joanne
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it was amazing
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