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Widows Club #3
Love with the Perfect Scoundrel
Only a man with a mysterious past could tempt the Countess from the Isle of Ice...
The Countess of Sheffield has given up on love. After her two dearest friends marry gentlemen originally destined to meet her at the altar, she can no longer maintain a serene façade with the other members of the secret widow's club. So she flees north—right into an unexpected snowstorm in the wilds of Yorkshire.
When her carriage crashes, Grace Sheffey does not realize the tall, rugged stranger who saves her life will tempt her to blossom into the woman she is destined to become—a lady willing to fight for her happiness. And sinfully handsome Michael Rainier, the orphaned son of a dissolute earl, with secrets to hide, challenges her courage and promises that happiness.
The Countess of Sheffield has given up on love. After her two dearest friends marry gentlemen originally destined to meet her at the altar, she can no longer maintain a serene façade with the other members of the secret widow's club. So she flees north—right into an unexpected snowstorm in the wilds of Yorkshire.
When her carriage crashes, Grace Sheffey does not realize the tall, rugged stranger who saves her life will tempt her to blossom into the woman she is destined to become—a lady willing to fight for her happiness. And sinfully handsome Michael Rainier, the orphaned son of a dissolute earl, with secrets to hide, challenges her courage and promises that happiness.
371 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
About the author
Sophia Nash
17 books271 followersSophia Nash’s novels have won almost two dozen national awards including the prestigious RITA Award and two spots on the American Library Association's “Top Ten Romances of the Year.” Sophia was born in Switzerland, raised in France and the United States, but says her heart resides in Regency England. Her ancestor, an infamous French admiral who traded epic cannon fire with the British Royal Navy, is surely turning in his grave. Before pursuing her long held dream of writing Historicals, Sophia was an award winning television producer for CBS, a congressional speechwriter, and a nonprofit CEO.
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July 6, 2013
Eh, 2.5 stars should do it.
THANKS FOR SENDING THIS, KARLA! :P
Twice-jilted stick-in-the-mud (thrice, if you count her dearly departed husband) Grace, Countess of Sheffield, flees for the countryside because she just has to get away. As with all HR heroines who just have to get away, Grace runs into an obstacle en route to Privacy Paradise and ends up stranded with a stranger. Blacksmith with a mysterious past Michael Ranier happens upon an injured, delirious Grace in a snowstorm and kindly takes her in to tend to her wounds. Within pages, nipples are tightening and arousals are hard to disguise.
Because this is how true love works, guys.
The always prim-and-proper Grace throws caution to the wind and gets some smithey-lovin', but her past returns to haul her back to London in the form of ... the two dudes who jilted her in the previous books? IDK why any of these people are friends. The one, Luc, is totes territorial, too. Michael lets Grace go because he isn't worthy or whatever. But in reality, he totally IS worthy because he's hot and nice and also
Can Michael and Grace combine their different worlds and convince her ex-fiances to stop worrying about what she does with her vagina?
What follows is textbook, pandering, anti-climactic Avon soup.
Grace is boring. She does one ballsy thing near the end, but because I found her dull, it didn't resonate.
Michael's actually pretty cool when he isn't being STUPID.
Luc the Duke is overly domineering, frighteningly concerned with the love life of the woman he DIDN'T CHOOSE in another book, and also the most interesting character in the story because he's so batshit. I would read his book, but it would probably make me hate him. So keep being an asshole, Luc the Duke. Represent!
Commas - Nash has a weird relationship with them. What did the commas do to modern authors? At this point, it seems that the writing industry has declared all-out war on the misused little guys.
The love scenes aren't bad. Nash does a fine job of building the emotional connection between Michael and Grace. I also enjoyed their banter, mainly Michael's, because I already mentioned that Grace is as dry as toast. BONUS GOOD THING: No sex in a carriage!
Overall, not bad. Just not particularly great.
"Love with the Perfect Scoundrel" is a part of my Care-Package-Ageddon series of book reviews in gratitude to my GR friend Karla for sending me a GIANT BOX O'BOOKS. She said I "might" like some of them. o_O
THANKS FOR SENDING THIS, KARLA! :P
Twice-jilted stick-in-the-mud (thrice, if you count her dearly departed husband) Grace, Countess of Sheffield, flees for the countryside because she just has to get away. As with all HR heroines who just have to get away, Grace runs into an obstacle en route to Privacy Paradise and ends up stranded with a stranger. Blacksmith with a mysterious past Michael Ranier happens upon an injured, delirious Grace in a snowstorm and kindly takes her in to tend to her wounds. Within pages, nipples are tightening and arousals are hard to disguise.
Because this is how true love works, guys.
The always prim-and-proper Grace throws caution to the wind and gets some smithey-lovin', but her past returns to haul her back to London in the form of ... the two dudes who jilted her in the previous books? IDK why any of these people are friends. The one, Luc, is totes territorial, too. Michael lets Grace go because he isn't worthy or whatever. But in reality, he totally IS worthy because he's hot and nice and also
Can Michael and Grace combine their different worlds and convince her ex-fiances to stop worrying about what she does with her vagina?
What follows is textbook, pandering, anti-climactic Avon soup.
Grace is boring. She does one ballsy thing near the end, but because I found her dull, it didn't resonate.
Michael's actually pretty cool when he isn't being STUPID.
Luc the Duke is overly domineering, frighteningly concerned with the love life of the woman he DIDN'T CHOOSE in another book, and also the most interesting character in the story because he's so batshit. I would read his book, but it would probably make me hate him. So keep being an asshole, Luc the Duke. Represent!
Commas - Nash has a weird relationship with them. What did the commas do to modern authors? At this point, it seems that the writing industry has declared all-out war on the misused little guys.
The love scenes aren't bad. Nash does a fine job of building the emotional connection between Michael and Grace. I also enjoyed their banter, mainly Michael's, because I already mentioned that Grace is as dry as toast. BONUS GOOD THING: No sex in a carriage!
Overall, not bad. Just not particularly great.
"Love with the Perfect Scoundrel" is a part of my Care-Package-Ageddon series of book reviews in gratitude to my GR friend Karla for sending me a GIANT BOX O'BOOKS. She said I "might" like some of them. o_O
October 2, 2009
Major improvement over the last one, but some of the same problems remain.
There's some kind of past event dogging our hero and, in the end, the solution is rushed through and the whole thing makes no sense. There's a villain who seems to be pretty darn bad, but then we just kind of ... talk our way out of it off screen. Very odd.
The funny thing was, she managed to pull out the same trope -- hero and heroine have no idea of the other's feelings -- even though I thought for certain they were aware. So when that little thing popped up, I LOL'd. It was almost like she was joking about her tendency. It was almost a non-sequitur for them to suddenly act like they each didn't know they were loved by the other. And that element was completely unnecessary. It's like Nash can't stop herself.
Anyway, there were some really nice things about this story. I liked the way it started. I liked the way they met. I liked the way they got together. I liked both leads where they ended up. It's the how they ended up there that doesn't work for me.
Will I read the next one in the series? I don't know. I may have forgotten the whole thing by then. But it would be nice if someone would sit down with Ms. Nash and help her develop a couple of different templates so we can get a variation on the narrative before I crack another one of her stories.
There's some kind of past event dogging our hero and, in the end, the solution is rushed through and the whole thing makes no sense. There's a villain who seems to be pretty darn bad, but then we just kind of ... talk our way out of it off screen. Very odd.
The funny thing was, she managed to pull out the same trope -- hero and heroine have no idea of the other's feelings -- even though I thought for certain they were aware. So when that little thing popped up, I LOL'd. It was almost like she was joking about her tendency. It was almost a non-sequitur for them to suddenly act like they each didn't know they were loved by the other. And that element was completely unnecessary. It's like Nash can't stop herself.
Anyway, there were some really nice things about this story. I liked the way it started. I liked the way they met. I liked the way they got together. I liked both leads where they ended up. It's the how they ended up there that doesn't work for me.
Will I read the next one in the series? I don't know. I may have forgotten the whole thing by then. But it would be nice if someone would sit down with Ms. Nash and help her develop a couple of different templates so we can get a variation on the narrative before I crack another one of her stories.
August 26, 2018
*SBTB Quarterly Challenge- September 3. Harvest Month: Read a book with a farmer or gardener character*
I really liked the start with the forced proximity and the rescue. When they were together they had great chemistry. But then her "friends" find them and muck everything up. The scene changes to London and standard Regency setting number one, plus a lost peer and a mystery element that was undercooked.
The writing was ok, but none of the secondary characters inspired me to go back and find their stories or continue the series.
I really liked the start with the forced proximity and the rescue. When they were together they had great chemistry. But then her "friends" find them and muck everything up. The scene changes to London and standard Regency setting number one, plus a lost peer and a mystery element that was undercooked.
The writing was ok, but none of the secondary characters inspired me to go back and find their stories or continue the series.
April 23, 2018
Dit boek is in het Nederlands vertaald : Alles voor jou - Candlelight Historische roman 990 .
Ik ben echt enthousiast over deze serie , ook nu weer hebben de hoofdpersonen uit de vorige 2 delen hun rol in dit verhaal waardoor ze niet in de vergetelheid raken zonder overigens de focus weg te nemen van het paar wat in dit verhaal de hoofdpersonen zijn .
Ik ben echt enthousiast over deze serie , ook nu weer hebben de hoofdpersonen uit de vorige 2 delen hun rol in dit verhaal waardoor ze niet in de vergetelheid raken zonder overigens de focus weg te nemen van het paar wat in dit verhaal de hoofdpersonen zijn .
March 11, 2009
Reviewed by Andrea Williamson for Romance Novel TV
Publisher: Avon
After two broken engagements within two years, widowed Grace Sheffey, Countess of Sheffield, leaves Cornwall and her dear friends to prove to herself that she can reenter London society all by herself . . . only to be disappointed once again. Feeling embarrassed and defeated, Grace takes off to the north and intends to return to her childhood home on the Isle of Mann. Along the way, the winter weather becomes disastrous causing her carriage to skid on the icy road and turn over in a snowy ditch. Grace is injured during the crash but knows she needs to find help soon before she freezes to death.
Michael Ranier is recently returned to England after living the last fifteen year in the Colonies. Inheriting a house and property from a childhood friend in a remote part of the country tempts him to return despite the fact that he’s on the run. En route to the property, he encounters a hooded person wandering along the side of the road and clearly chilled to the bone. Taking note of her injury, he convinces her that he means no harm and wants only to help her. And help her he does, in more way than one. While shut in together in his new home, Brynlow, during the raging snowstorm, Grace and Michael learn things about each other and even some things they didn’t know about themselves.
When I started reading, Grace immediately reminded me of one of my favorite actresses of all time, Grace Kelly — from her elegant, ladylike manners to the pearls that always adorned her neck. Grace Sheffey has always lived a very sedate, ordered life since marrying her much older husband who passed away after four months of marriage. Being jilted twice since made her feel as if she wasn’t desirable and wanted, the way a man wants a woman. With Michael, she wrestles with her old feelings of not being desired and new feelings of wanting to know more about the passion that can happen between a man and a woman. Michael tells her that he can’t promise her anything and she instantly agrees. After all, she has given up on any chance at love. Too bad her heart doesn’t listen.
Michael has several reasons for not pursuing anything beyond their few days together at Brynlow. First, he feels he’s not worthy of Grace, as is told in this passage: Good God, she was everything innocent, everything fine, and everything a man could want, and so much more. And for him, she was everything he would dream of and everything he could never, ever hold on to. In addition to that, he is a wanted criminal with a price on his head and doesn’t want to bring any harm to or tarnish Grace’s reputation in any way. Michael’s honor and respect of Grace (not to mention the charming endearments he continuously calls her) convinced me he was innocent of whatever crime he was accused of and made me fall in love with him right along with Grace. Because during the course of the book, he heals more than just Grace’s injury — he also heals her broken spirit.
This third entry in Ms. Nash’s wildly popular Widows Club series is filled with the same depth of wit, passion and emotion that we have all come to love in a Sophia Nash book. Filled with riveting characters in an unforgettable setting, Love with the Perfect Scoundrel is quite simply, perfect!
Publisher: Avon
After two broken engagements within two years, widowed Grace Sheffey, Countess of Sheffield, leaves Cornwall and her dear friends to prove to herself that she can reenter London society all by herself . . . only to be disappointed once again. Feeling embarrassed and defeated, Grace takes off to the north and intends to return to her childhood home on the Isle of Mann. Along the way, the winter weather becomes disastrous causing her carriage to skid on the icy road and turn over in a snowy ditch. Grace is injured during the crash but knows she needs to find help soon before she freezes to death.
Michael Ranier is recently returned to England after living the last fifteen year in the Colonies. Inheriting a house and property from a childhood friend in a remote part of the country tempts him to return despite the fact that he’s on the run. En route to the property, he encounters a hooded person wandering along the side of the road and clearly chilled to the bone. Taking note of her injury, he convinces her that he means no harm and wants only to help her. And help her he does, in more way than one. While shut in together in his new home, Brynlow, during the raging snowstorm, Grace and Michael learn things about each other and even some things they didn’t know about themselves.
When I started reading, Grace immediately reminded me of one of my favorite actresses of all time, Grace Kelly — from her elegant, ladylike manners to the pearls that always adorned her neck. Grace Sheffey has always lived a very sedate, ordered life since marrying her much older husband who passed away after four months of marriage. Being jilted twice since made her feel as if she wasn’t desirable and wanted, the way a man wants a woman. With Michael, she wrestles with her old feelings of not being desired and new feelings of wanting to know more about the passion that can happen between a man and a woman. Michael tells her that he can’t promise her anything and she instantly agrees. After all, she has given up on any chance at love. Too bad her heart doesn’t listen.
Michael has several reasons for not pursuing anything beyond their few days together at Brynlow. First, he feels he’s not worthy of Grace, as is told in this passage: Good God, she was everything innocent, everything fine, and everything a man could want, and so much more. And for him, she was everything he would dream of and everything he could never, ever hold on to. In addition to that, he is a wanted criminal with a price on his head and doesn’t want to bring any harm to or tarnish Grace’s reputation in any way. Michael’s honor and respect of Grace (not to mention the charming endearments he continuously calls her) convinced me he was innocent of whatever crime he was accused of and made me fall in love with him right along with Grace. Because during the course of the book, he heals more than just Grace’s injury — he also heals her broken spirit.
This third entry in Ms. Nash’s wildly popular Widows Club series is filled with the same depth of wit, passion and emotion that we have all come to love in a Sophia Nash book. Filled with riveting characters in an unforgettable setting, Love with the Perfect Scoundrel is quite simply, perfect!
July 16, 2009
Deciding to branch out beyond Loretta Chase and Julia Quinn, I consulted the Romance Writers of America web site and collected the names of the winners of their annual RITA awards in the Historical Romance category. Sophia Nash was one of them, and so I picked up her latest. Perhaps because it is the third in a series, it certainly didn't stand alone. The narrative depends on your having knowledge of the main character, and secondary characters, from earlier books. And the impediment that kept the hero and heroine apart seemed strikingly unconvincing. Before writing Nash off completely, though, I'll give the first book in the WIDOW'S CLUB series a try...
June 4, 2018
Finally Grace' s story. I liked this more than the first 2 for some reason. However, it is a very convoluted story, and the ending was sort of disappointing as it is 9 weeks later and the explanation of what happened us sort of rushed. This is a lost Earl story, orphans, fortunes lost and regained, but a very moving against all odds hero, and a heroine so had come to love in the previous books. Also, secrets revealed that I really didn't expect! On to the last book, which I hope to finish today.
November 15, 2013
you know, i really liked the characters and the beginning of the book... and then the rest of the cast came trampling in and I found pretty much everything after that point implausible and.. well, uninteresting. I didn't buy the hero as a 'scoundrel', and i didn't buy the other men's strutting and line drawing. Which was unfortunate, because the hero and heroine were great characters, i wish there had been less drama and more insight for them.
December 30, 2020
Loved it!
Kept my interest from start to finish. Didn't want to put it down. Terrific characters, great hero, a strong kind heroine and interesting supporting characters. A different storyline.
Kept my interest from start to finish. Didn't want to put it down. Terrific characters, great hero, a strong kind heroine and interesting supporting characters. A different storyline.
November 7, 2021
Another great story
This is a great series. I love all the characters. Super witty dialog filled with humor, emotion, and all the feels. Ata is my absolute favorite character. I am hoping her and Mr. Brown finally put away their bickering and get married already.
This is a great series. I love all the characters. Super witty dialog filled with humor, emotion, and all the feels. Ata is my absolute favorite character. I am hoping her and Mr. Brown finally put away their bickering and get married already.
November 26, 2024
Story had potential, but was middle of the road. A bit instant love, and the heroines was described as angelic too much.
They meet after a she is stranded in a carriage wreck. She's a lady, he's a rough man with a price on his head... Yada yadda. Except she has no personality, and his troubled past is remarkably easily resolved, and turns out he's a lord so they don't actually have to bridge any social gaps at all!
A bit too easy and while I liked the hero, I felt cheated at the lack of effort in resolving his back story, which was the main conflict keeping them apart.
Grace was boring and a bit spineless...her character development was all in the context of her role as a wife, widow, and her two jilted fiancé's. She didn't have character or agency in the story.
Third in a series, and I haven't read the rest.
They meet after a she is stranded in a carriage wreck. She's a lady, he's a rough man with a price on his head... Yada yadda. Except she has no personality, and his troubled past is remarkably easily resolved, and turns out he's a lord so they don't actually have to bridge any social gaps at all!
A bit too easy and while I liked the hero, I felt cheated at the lack of effort in resolving his back story, which was the main conflict keeping them apart.
Grace was boring and a bit spineless...her character development was all in the context of her role as a wife, widow, and her two jilted fiancé's. She didn't have character or agency in the story.
Third in a series, and I haven't read the rest.
July 26, 2020
Very hard to finish.
April 19, 2025
I am continuing to thoroughly enjoy this series. Lovely to see Grace find her HEA after two failed engagements! What a wonderful hero Michael is. Lovely story.
July 10, 2013
Four stars, absolutely solid read.
I brought a copy of this home from a writer's conference as part of a raffle, so I hadn't read the previous two books. Unlike with other sets of historicals built around a group of characters, I didn't feel like there was a giant hole because I had not read the other two. I was able to enjoy this book without that feeling, though it was easy to see when you paused to think about it that this was a series, the epilogue especially left that feeling that there were more stories.
Glancing at a few other reviews briefly, I think like all genre fiction detractors of a story didn't enjoy the tropes at play-I know I've certainly been there. But the writing of this was so finely done, the plotting twisted and teased along, that it was a wonderful escape. The characters were solid, a great balance of dialogue and description. Descriptions of which were detailed but not overdone, like being smacked with a dozen copies of Le Beau Monde. I liked the characters evolution and teasing, they read like people despite the 200 year gap between us and them.
Weaker points for me were the plot resolutions. The build was excellent but once we got there it felt too easily overcome. I was surprised I had guessed at certain resolutions and surprised again at the lightness certain things were played out with in the end, Manning being the chief example. I had not so much liked the epilogue. It spelled out a few things not originally known, but it generally irks me when the end of a story is setup to the next book. I feel the whole book with its writing and characters should already sell the next book without the help of a crafted epilogue. It just spoils the joy of the last 300+ pages for me. It takes away from Grace and Michael's story, right?
The crafting overall was well done and I never hit any hiccups that made me pause or put the book down. It felt to me rather easy to see how Sophia had won a RITA and have no doubt of her continued success!
I brought a copy of this home from a writer's conference as part of a raffle, so I hadn't read the previous two books. Unlike with other sets of historicals built around a group of characters, I didn't feel like there was a giant hole because I had not read the other two. I was able to enjoy this book without that feeling, though it was easy to see when you paused to think about it that this was a series, the epilogue especially left that feeling that there were more stories.
Glancing at a few other reviews briefly, I think like all genre fiction detractors of a story didn't enjoy the tropes at play-I know I've certainly been there. But the writing of this was so finely done, the plotting twisted and teased along, that it was a wonderful escape. The characters were solid, a great balance of dialogue and description. Descriptions of which were detailed but not overdone, like being smacked with a dozen copies of Le Beau Monde. I liked the characters evolution and teasing, they read like people despite the 200 year gap between us and them.
Weaker points for me were the plot resolutions. The build was excellent but once we got there it felt too easily overcome. I was surprised I had guessed at certain resolutions and surprised again at the lightness certain things were played out with in the end, Manning being the chief example. I had not so much liked the epilogue. It spelled out a few things not originally known, but it generally irks me when the end of a story is setup to the next book. I feel the whole book with its writing and characters should already sell the next book without the help of a crafted epilogue. It just spoils the joy of the last 300+ pages for me. It takes away from Grace and Michael's story, right?
The crafting overall was well done and I never hit any hiccups that made me pause or put the book down. It felt to me rather easy to see how Sophia had won a RITA and have no doubt of her continued success!
May 7, 2012
I haven't read any of the other books in this series and perhaps I should have. I don't believe the story depended on it but my tolerance of some the secondary characters may have improved.
Our hero (Michael) and our heroine (Grace) would have had a quicker and less eventful trip to their HEA if not for interfering and overbearing friends and a lack of honest communication. If at the outset (if the friends hadn't arrived) they'd had a long conversation, the likely could have resolved almost all the issues. But instead our friends turn up and we're subjected to a long drawn out romance where everyone's good intentions inhibit the HEA.
I finished the book but by the end of it I was just a bit sick of everyone in it. There were just too many obstacles, too much "for their own good". The secondary character of the Duke of Helston (I think) who I gather features in the first book of the series was just a bit over the top for my taste. Someone who has had a naval command has surely learned restraint but this Duke goes off at any little thing at every opportunity.
I have no desire to read any of the other books within this series.
Our hero (Michael) and our heroine (Grace) would have had a quicker and less eventful trip to their HEA if not for interfering and overbearing friends and a lack of honest communication. If at the outset (if the friends hadn't arrived) they'd had a long conversation, the likely could have resolved almost all the issues. But instead our friends turn up and we're subjected to a long drawn out romance where everyone's good intentions inhibit the HEA.
I finished the book but by the end of it I was just a bit sick of everyone in it. There were just too many obstacles, too much "for their own good". The secondary character of the Duke of Helston (I think) who I gather features in the first book of the series was just a bit over the top for my taste. Someone who has had a naval command has surely learned restraint but this Duke goes off at any little thing at every opportunity.
I have no desire to read any of the other books within this series.
March 2, 2009
Love With The Perfect Scoundrel,
Widows Club, Book 3
Written By: Sophia Nash
Published By: Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2009, First Edition, 384 pages, mass market paperback
ISBN 978-0061493287
Love With The Perfect Scoundrel had me at hello. Seriously though, I was instantly drawn into the story and enjoyed every single minute of it. I have read hundreds of Historical Romance novels from the Victorian era and I have to say that THIS book, is in my top 10! With a story and plot that is more creative then many I have read, the Author takes advantage of the weather, social strictures (or lack there of) and with a genuine humanity, creates the distressing and ultimately delicious situations that Grace and Michael find themselves in. I immediately felt the heart-pounding attraction between the main characters and this beautiful, sensual love story. Though it is set in the...
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Widows Club, Book 3
Written By: Sophia Nash
Published By: Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2009, First Edition, 384 pages, mass market paperback
ISBN 978-0061493287
Love With The Perfect Scoundrel had me at hello. Seriously though, I was instantly drawn into the story and enjoyed every single minute of it. I have read hundreds of Historical Romance novels from the Victorian era and I have to say that THIS book, is in my top 10! With a story and plot that is more creative then many I have read, the Author takes advantage of the weather, social strictures (or lack there of) and with a genuine humanity, creates the distressing and ultimately delicious situations that Grace and Michael find themselves in. I immediately felt the heart-pounding attraction between the main characters and this beautiful, sensual love story. Though it is set in the...
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June 11, 2012
I really liked this romance with Grace, a jolted twice-over Countess who's rescued by the mysterious Michael, an orphan late of the colonies who's just inherited land. I loved how Grace comes into her own, especially since she seemed to think something was wrong with her. That was due to Michael, ah wonderful Michael, who made her realize nothing was wrong with her. The only thing I didn't like about the last bit was
April 8, 2013
So Grace finally falls for someone who isn't already in love with someone else; phew, what a relief! Grace wanting to find herself and take some risks is convincing. Michael is written as a character one can sympathise with even though we don't know till almost the end, what traumatises him. The resolution of what till then was a taut suspense, comes as a damp squib, the incident being referred to in passing and not described as an integral part of the story. Better than no. 2 in the series, at any rate.
April 22, 2014
I wasn't sure I would like this 3rd installment of the Widows Club series. Grace turned out to have more moxie than she displayed in the previous books. She's still not ballsy but she's on her way to living her own life on her own terms. Michael was easy to love. This series is written, of course, with each book standing on its own but doesn't really. If a reader hasn't experienced the previous books and the character's interaction with each other, this book would be confusing. I'm on to the next.
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July 28, 2011Julia Nash is one of my inbetween writers. She's not as prone to silliness and absurdities as Julia Quinn (which is why I read Julia Quinn) but she's not a staid little straight romance writer, either. She's got a bit of wit to her voice, the occasional sharp edge which keeps me coming back. I enjoy her books, I know I'll like them, but I sure as heck don't remember them once I've passed them on to a friend. It's no less true with this novel.
April 3, 2009
This was a really great story! Again, I don't know how I do this. I always seem to start a new series in the middle! This is book three of the Widows Club series. Grace and Michael make a wonderful match and I smiled while reading the whole thing. This was my first Sophia Nash novel, and it won't be the last!!!
September 5, 2015
It was a good read, and regency romance is my 'all time favorite' no matter what. Michael is definitely one hell of a perfect Lord...and I won't take less than it is. But I felt the story ended quite quickly, when I was finally getting into the fun fully, and also wanted others more involved.
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January 21, 2017I was looking for a quick entertaining read and this fit the bill. The ineptitude of the heroine is a bit irksome, and the whole difficulty because of the class divide is neatly resolved by the big bad secret.... A fun read all told if you don't get too picky.
May 8, 2009
This was really quite good, my favorite so far of the series.
May 29, 2009
This book was disappointing but I got it for a dollar so I didn't have high expectations. It was unbelievable and scattered. Don't recommend at all.
June 1, 2009
One of her best!!!!
April 30, 2010
This whole series has been a dream. The only complaint I had was Quinn and Luc appearing in so much of it. They've had their books. I would have liked more of Michael.
July 22, 2010
pretty good--the first and last in the series are definitely the best.
July 26, 2011
This was a wonderful historical romance, but I feel a little let down from the last 1/4 or so of the book.
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