How to Romance a Rake (Ugly Ducklings #2) in Fans of Eloisa James & Julia Quinn

Jan 07, 2012 Kat ~ Forever Book Lover ♥ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: historical, arc, from-author

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Once again, Manda Collins proves to me that she is an author to watch! This was a heart warming book I really enjoyed!

The cousins are at it again, once again getting deep into solving a mystery. This time Juliet is spotlighted. Her piano teacher is missing, and not only did she disappear in the night, she left behind her most precious possession- her baby daughter. With not much to go on, Juliet makes it her mission to find the missing woma You can find this review and more at Forever Book Lover.

Once again, Manda Collins proves to me that she is an author to watch! This was a heart warming book I really enjoyed!

The cousins are at it again, once again getting deep into solving a mystery. This time Juliet is spotlighted. Her piano teacher is missing, and not only did she disappear in the night, she left behind her most precious possession- her baby daughter. With not much to go on, Juliet makes it her mission to find the missing woman. Don't try to guess this one, I thought I knew exactly who was behind the missing woman, but Manda fooled me!! In addition to penning historical and steamy, hot romances, she now can add mystery/suspense to her writing genres. LOL

Prior to an accident at age fourteen, Juliet was the most animated of her cousins. After the accident, she was left with a pronounced limp. Juliet would have been the belle of any ball, had it not been for the injury to her foot. Sure society knew of her disability but not the extent of her injury. She kept that to herself, even from her two cousins, the infamous "Ugly Ducklings". To make matters worst for Juliet, her own mother wished her to remain in her current position "at the edges of the ton", little by little her mother whittled down her self esteem and took her out of society's eye as to not draw attention to herself.

One night, Juliet gets a verbal lashing from her mother as she catches her daughter doing the unthinkable, "learning to dance". Deveril witnesses the attack and comes to her rescue. Upon learning the Julie didn't dance, he took it upon himself to be her dance partner. I immediately fell in love with Deveril. He comes to her aid more than once during this book, a true hero.

This was more than a love story, it had grit, determination, mystery, laughter, or my!! I don't know that I have adequately expressed my thoughts on this book. It was a loving romance, a perfect romance on loving unconditionally. It makes me believe there are knights in shining armor out there for everyone. And can we be so lucky to find one of our own?
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Jun 11, 2013 Pirouette rated it it was amazing

This was my favourite of the trilogy. A spunky heroine, a kind, attentive hero and some funny dialogues. I loved it!

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Nov 04, 2012 Diane Peterson rated it liked it

Shelves: historical-romance

3.5 Stars. First I want to say that this second book in the Ugly Ducklings series was mostly better than the first one. The writing was smoother and it flowed better. But the sex scenes were bland, I'm not sure why the H really was attracted to the h, and it had another murdering villain (I just don't like them). An improvement for this author, but not a great book. ...more

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