a well-written spicy regency romance with the usual tropes but better flirting in the front end than most
the byline is stupid cause I read it and didna well-written spicy regency romance with the usual tropes but better flirting in the front end than most
the byline is stupid cause I read it and didn't realize I had already read the book till I picked it up... it should be: husband-hunting gal runs into the most eligible bachelor in town, feels a spark but realizes he's got her pegged and writes him off ---- which intrigues him of course because in this story men definitely want what they can't have. Man is emotionally unavailable because his parents didn't love him (and had a terrible marriage) so it's game of seduction vs the "I'll drop my panties only for a profitable marriage" lady....more
Half of the book dealt with the Mc’s insecurities and events of the previous decade (including a lot of catch up on yhe previous three Bridgeryon bookHalf of the book dealt with the Mc’s insecurities and events of the previous decade (including a lot of catch up on yhe previous three Bridgeryon books). By this I mean there wasn’t a whiff of romance till at least the halfway mark which makes this quite dull for the genre. I read in anticipation of the Netflix series but I should have just waited for the Shondaland glow-up. ...more
A cute rom-com that was trying to check too many boxes in the Practical Magic-but-with-sex genre(s), in that the 'chaos-ensued' portion was set up to A cute rom-com that was trying to check too many boxes in the Practical Magic-but-with-sex genre(s), in that the 'chaos-ensued' portion was set up to be hijinks but tried to be scary and ended up feeling low-stakes anyways and the author told us the sex scenes were intense rather than them actually feeling passionate. That being said, the female family at the heart of things was pretty great and the sexual relationship was very equal and chock full of consent. ...more