Romance
Description
In her print debut, award-winning author Susanna Craig
launches a new Regency historical romance series, based around the
daring ladies’ magazine-and the witty, clever, often rebellious heroines
behind it, including the fiery Irish advice columnist. When a nobleman
blames her advice for provoking his fiancé for publicly breaking of
their engagement, he proposes that she marry him instead. This modern
twist on the genre will appeal to fans of Sabrina Jeffries, Sarah
MacLean, and Julia Quinn and those who love fast-paced, innovative
historical romance featuring strong women!
Serving as the advice columnist, ‘Miss Busy B.’, for an often-subversive ladies’ magazine is the perfect outlet for Daphne Burke’s outspoken nature. But when she advises a young lady of the ton, to break off her engagement to a notorious rake, the consequences take Daphne beyond the page and into her real life.
Miles, Viscount Deveraux, sometimes known as “that devil Deveraux” needs a respectable bride by the end of the Season, and he’s bet a fortune that he can get one. Now, his fiancée has not only changed her mind—but done it publicly, in a letter to London’s most infamous magazine. With the stakes high and time short, it seems reasonable to him that the columnist responsible should come to his rescue and marry him instead.
Fortunately for Miles, Daphne is eager to escape the pressures of the London marriage mart. She agrees to a courtship. But at the end of two weeks, she intends to turn him down in a big, splashy, scandal that will ruin her reputation and set her free. There’s just one shocking wrinkle: Who knew being ruined by a rake could be so much fun?
Serving as the advice columnist, ‘Miss Busy B.’, for an often-subversive ladies’ magazine is the perfect outlet for Daphne Burke’s outspoken nature. But when she advises a young lady of the ton, to break off her engagement to a notorious rake, the consequences take Daphne beyond the page and into her real life.
Miles, Viscount Deveraux, sometimes known as “that devil Deveraux” needs a respectable bride by the end of the Season, and he’s bet a fortune that he can get one. Now, his fiancée has not only changed her mind—but done it publicly, in a letter to London’s most infamous magazine. With the stakes high and time short, it seems reasonable to him that the columnist responsible should come to his rescue and marry him instead.
Fortunately for Miles, Daphne is eager to escape the pressures of the London marriage mart. She agrees to a courtship. But at the end of two weeks, she intends to turn him down in a big, splashy, scandal that will ruin her reputation and set her free. There’s just one shocking wrinkle: Who knew being ruined by a rake could be so much fun?
3 STARS
I liked both of the main characters. Especially as more time went on and more of who they truly were was revealed. Even some of the other people in the story added to it. However, I just wish I'd loved it more. I struggled at times to push through the story but I did want to know how it ended. I'm thinking other people probably would enjoy it more because it was pretty well written. Not sure why, but it just wasn't my cup of tea.
It does get points for a satisfying H.E.A. because I wasn't sure how that could happen. And the following Epilogue makes it even sweeter.
“I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”
(NETGALLEY)
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