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Mo
This book was everything a good bodice ripper should be.
Lisa (Harmonybites)
This novel has a readable style compared to most romance novels, but what makes it stand out are the plot and characterizations which are about as far away from the conventional historical romance as you can get--in good ways. The heroine, Amanda Briars, is a women of independent means in Victorian England who makes her living as a novelist. She arranges for a male prostitute to come to her on her 30th birthday because she's tired of being a spinster virgin. Except what the madame sends is a man ...more
Yulia
Oct 07, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: romance, historical
I'm almost sure that Lisa Kleypas can't write a bad book.
So this is another great book by her, with interesting charactera and circumstances.
Liked the male's character like always. Let there be a guy like that for every woman in the world.
And the story happened closer to our time, with there being libraries and the woman's standing in society beggining to change.

Only after I finished reading it did I notice I already read it befor joining goodreads... the importance of the site... so that you do
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Kelli
May 17, 2008 rated it really liked it
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Laine
Jan 09, 2011 rated it really liked it
Nicole
Feb 03, 2011 marked it as to-read
Zoe
Mar 25, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Lady Darcie
Jan 05, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Bror (Abrar)
Apr 25, 2012 marked it as to-read
Leslie
Oct 23, 2012 rated it really liked it
Lisa
Jun 08, 2014 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Lakshmi Panicker
Feb 24, 2017 rated it really liked it
Miss Demeanor
Feb 10, 2019 rated it really liked it
Shelves: romance-i-ve-read, hr
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