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Mallorens & Friends #6
Fuego de invierno
Genova Smith es una mujer ocurrente e ingeniosa, pero el marqués de Ashart es un reto para ella, sobre todo cuando debe acompañarlo a la casa de Rothgar, primo y mortal enemigo de Ashart. El problema se agrava cuando a ella y al enfurecedor libertino los sorprenden besándose apasionadamente, y esto la obliga a aceptar la peligrosa situación de fingir estar enamorada del único hombre capaz de robarle el corazón.
Atrapado en un compromiso matrimonial no deseado, lord Ashart juega a ser el protector de la virtud de una dama mientras en realidad intenta conseguir objetivos propios. Para sobrevivir ha de enfrentar a su primo y su pasado, pero la pasión que se enciende entre él y Genova pone todo en peligro. Comprende que en ella ha encontrado finalmente a su alma gemela, y que si no tiene cuidado, su compromiso fingido podría convertirse en algo deliciosamente real.
Atrapado en un compromiso matrimonial no deseado, lord Ashart juega a ser el protector de la virtud de una dama mientras en realidad intenta conseguir objetivos propios. Para sobrevivir ha de enfrentar a su primo y su pasado, pero la pasión que se enciende entre él y Genova pone todo en peligro. Comprende que en ella ha encontrado finalmente a su alma gemela, y que si no tiene cuidado, su compromiso fingido podría convertirse en algo deliciosamente real.
448 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2003
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Jo Beverley
140 books1,128 followersMary Josephine Dunn was born 22 September 1947 in Lancashire, England, UK. At the age of eleven she went to an all-girls boarding school, Layton Hill Convent, Blackpool. At sixteen, she wrote her first romance, with a medieval setting, completed in installments in an exercise book. From 1966 to 1970, she obtained a degree in English history from Keele University in Staffordshire, where she met her future husband, Ken Beverley. After graduation, they married on June 24, 1971. She quickly attained a position as a youth employment officer until 1976, working first in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, and then in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire.
In 1976, her scientist husband was invited to do post-doctoral research at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. When her professional qualifications proved not to be usable in the Canadian labour market, she raised their two sons and started to write her first romances.
Moved to Ottawa, in 1985 she became a founding member of the Ottawa Romance Writers’ Association, that her “nurturing community” for the next twelve years. The same year, she completed a regency romance, but it was promptly rejected by a number of publishers, and she settled more earnestly to learning the craft. In 1988, it sold to Walker, and was published as "Lord Wraybourne's Betrothed". She regularly appears on bestseller lists including the USA Today overall bestseller list, the New York Times, and and the Publishers Weekly list. She has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Golden Leaf, the Award of Excellence, the National Readers Choice, and a two Career Achievement awards from Romantic Times. She is also a five time winner of the RITA, the top award of the Romance Writers Of America, and a member of their Hall of Fame and Honor Roll.
Jo Beverley passed away on May 23, 2016 after a long battle with cancer.
In 1976, her scientist husband was invited to do post-doctoral research at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. When her professional qualifications proved not to be usable in the Canadian labour market, she raised their two sons and started to write her first romances.
Moved to Ottawa, in 1985 she became a founding member of the Ottawa Romance Writers’ Association, that her “nurturing community” for the next twelve years. The same year, she completed a regency romance, but it was promptly rejected by a number of publishers, and she settled more earnestly to learning the craft. In 1988, it sold to Walker, and was published as "Lord Wraybourne's Betrothed". She regularly appears on bestseller lists including the USA Today overall bestseller list, the New York Times, and and the Publishers Weekly list. She has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Golden Leaf, the Award of Excellence, the National Readers Choice, and a two Career Achievement awards from Romantic Times. She is also a five time winner of the RITA, the top award of the Romance Writers Of America, and a member of their Hall of Fame and Honor Roll.
Jo Beverley passed away on May 23, 2016 after a long battle with cancer.
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September 6, 2019
3’5 Estrellas. Ha sido un divertido libro de Jo Beverley, quizás no de los mejores, pero lo he disfrutado mucho por ser de los Malloren, al menos algo apegado a ellos, porque tenía mis reticencias a seguir leyendo a los Malloren cuando los cinco primeros libros, los de los hermanos, ya los había leído, y los demás serían de familiares, amigos y apegados. La verdad es que no me arrepiento de haberlo leído, me ha gustado.
“Fuego de invierno” empieza poco después del libro de Rothgar y Diana. Es Navidad, y en la abadía de la familia Malloren se va a celebrar una fiesta por todo lo alto.
El quid de este libro es el enfrentamiento entre la familia Malloren y sus parientes, los Trayce. Ambas familias llevan en disputa desde los hechos acaecidos hace más de treinta años. Quienes llevamos leyendo esta serie desde el inicio sabemos del accidente ocurrido cuando Bey era un niño; su madre, lady Augusta se volvió loca, mató a su hija pequeña siendo un bebé y posteriormente se mató ella. Esto aterró de tal modo a Rothgar, que durante muchos años pensaba que la locura de su madre estaba en su sangre, y no quería casarse para que no les pasara lo mismo a sus hijos, por eso quería que sus hermanos menores, fruto del segundo matrimonio de su padre, serían mejores para heredar el título.
Este libro trata sobre la otra rama de la familia, los Trayce, y el protagonista es Charles Trayce, el marques de Ashart, o “Ash”. Nuestra protagonista es Genova Smith, la hija de un capitán de barco, emparentada con la nobleza, pero venida a menos, que actualmente trabaja para dos señoras mayores que son hermanas, lady Calliope y lady Thalia, a su vez tías abuelas del marqués de Ashart, y del marqués de Rothgar.
Las dos tías Trayce han sido invitadas a la fiesta de Navidad en la abadía de los Malloren, y estas lo ven como un inicio para acabar con la disputa de ambas familias, así que aceptan encantadas acudir a la fiesta, junto con su joven dama de compañía. En el viaje se encuentran con una serie de incidentes que desarrollarán la trama, además de encontrarse con su sobrino, Ash, que no tenía pensado acudir a la fiesta, pero ¿Cómo no va a hacerlo cuando se siente atraído por la dama de compañía de sus tías?
La novela ha sido un tira y afloja entre los protagonistas, aunque no puedo decir que el suyo haya sido un romance de gran renombre, correcto aunque lleno de malentendidos, pues al principio se atraen pero no se soportan por distintas circunstancias, pero cuando estalla todo no pueden estar juntos por las diferencias de clase y económicas de ambos. La familia Ashart es poderosa, pero hace tiempo que las arcas han disminuido y no tienen el favor de la corte, cosa que los Malloren sí, y Ashart lo que necesita es una heredera.
De modo que en éste libro habrá un poco de todo, pero si de algo puedo hablar muy favorablemente es de los personajes; la protagonista, Genova, me ha gustado mucho, no se ha dejado amedrentar, no es una señoritinga y sabía cómo y de qué manera responder a Ash, sobre todo se ha lucido con las escenas del final. De las tías de Ash y Rothgar señalaré a lady Thalia, ésa señora me ha encantado ¡Qué chispa por la vida tiene! Y sobre todo, mencionar a los Malloren, que han estado a la altura y me ha encantado saber de ellos: Rothgar y Diana, Bryght y Portia, y una muy feliz y embarazada Elf.
El libro ha merecido la pena por ver de nuevo a todos reunidos, me parece un libro muy acertado para leer en Navidad, y saber de una de las más entrañables familias de la novela romántica. Sin ser muy sobresaliente, me ha gustado mucho y lo recomiendo si te gustan los libros de Jo Beverley y especialmente los de la familia Malloren.
“Fuego de invierno” empieza poco después del libro de Rothgar y Diana. Es Navidad, y en la abadía de la familia Malloren se va a celebrar una fiesta por todo lo alto.
El quid de este libro es el enfrentamiento entre la familia Malloren y sus parientes, los Trayce. Ambas familias llevan en disputa desde los hechos acaecidos hace más de treinta años. Quienes llevamos leyendo esta serie desde el inicio sabemos del accidente ocurrido cuando Bey era un niño; su madre, lady Augusta se volvió loca, mató a su hija pequeña siendo un bebé y posteriormente se mató ella. Esto aterró de tal modo a Rothgar, que durante muchos años pensaba que la locura de su madre estaba en su sangre, y no quería casarse para que no les pasara lo mismo a sus hijos, por eso quería que sus hermanos menores, fruto del segundo matrimonio de su padre, serían mejores para heredar el título.
Este libro trata sobre la otra rama de la familia, los Trayce, y el protagonista es Charles Trayce, el marques de Ashart, o “Ash”. Nuestra protagonista es Genova Smith, la hija de un capitán de barco, emparentada con la nobleza, pero venida a menos, que actualmente trabaja para dos señoras mayores que son hermanas, lady Calliope y lady Thalia, a su vez tías abuelas del marqués de Ashart, y del marqués de Rothgar.
Las dos tías Trayce han sido invitadas a la fiesta de Navidad en la abadía de los Malloren, y estas lo ven como un inicio para acabar con la disputa de ambas familias, así que aceptan encantadas acudir a la fiesta, junto con su joven dama de compañía. En el viaje se encuentran con una serie de incidentes que desarrollarán la trama, además de encontrarse con su sobrino, Ash, que no tenía pensado acudir a la fiesta, pero ¿Cómo no va a hacerlo cuando se siente atraído por la dama de compañía de sus tías?
La novela ha sido un tira y afloja entre los protagonistas, aunque no puedo decir que el suyo haya sido un romance de gran renombre, correcto aunque lleno de malentendidos, pues al principio se atraen pero no se soportan por distintas circunstancias, pero cuando estalla todo no pueden estar juntos por las diferencias de clase y económicas de ambos. La familia Ashart es poderosa, pero hace tiempo que las arcas han disminuido y no tienen el favor de la corte, cosa que los Malloren sí, y Ashart lo que necesita es una heredera.
De modo que en éste libro habrá un poco de todo, pero si de algo puedo hablar muy favorablemente es de los personajes; la protagonista, Genova, me ha gustado mucho, no se ha dejado amedrentar, no es una señoritinga y sabía cómo y de qué manera responder a Ash, sobre todo se ha lucido con las escenas del final. De las tías de Ash y Rothgar señalaré a lady Thalia, ésa señora me ha encantado ¡Qué chispa por la vida tiene! Y sobre todo, mencionar a los Malloren, que han estado a la altura y me ha encantado saber de ellos: Rothgar y Diana, Bryght y Portia, y una muy feliz y embarazada Elf.
El libro ha merecido la pena por ver de nuevo a todos reunidos, me parece un libro muy acertado para leer en Navidad, y saber de una de las más entrañables familias de la novela romántica. Sin ser muy sobresaliente, me ha gustado mucho y lo recomiendo si te gustan los libros de Jo Beverley y especialmente los de la familia Malloren.
December 23, 2010
It was great spending Christmas with the Mallorens and family. I loved the descriptions of English traditional Christmas celebrations. There is something very enthusiastic and dashing about Georgian England. It lacks the stifled air of the Regency period, often steeped in hypocrisy in that people in the ton did what they wanted, they just pretended they didn't. With the Georgian period, people were a lot more freewheeling. That's not to say there weren't boundaries that one didn't cross. And Ashart was rather good about that last part, a cultivated rake from a young age.
At first, I didn't care much for Ashart. He was arrogant and kind of rude. I could see why Genova thought he was attractive, because he was dashing and masculine. But, I wasn't sure about his suitability as a romantic hero. He didn't move me just yet. Somehow that started to change. Genova got to know Ash better during their impromptu engagement after being caught in a compromising position. I begin to see that Ash was rather sad. His grandmother had raised him and fed him on the milk of vitrol, aching to get her vengeance on the Mallorens for her daughter (the Marquess of Rothgar)'s sad demise. She poured most of the Trayce's funds and all her energies into doing so, and did her best to corrupt Ash. The good thing is, she didn't really succeed. Deep down, Ash was a good guy. He began to see that making peace with the Marquess of Rothgar was the right way to go. They were actually first cousins, and not all that different. In fact, Rothgar was to be admired.
As much as I liked the romance, I really enjoyed the dynamic between Ash and Rothgar. In fact, Rothgar almost stole the show from Ash. I have been reading this series out of order, you see. I've only read Something Wicked, Elf and Walgrave's story, and I got a tantalizing glimpse into Rothgar, more as a stern, dangerous to his enemies, and wickedly manipulative and cunning older brother to Elfred. In this story, he is more relaxed (newly married to Diana, Lady Arradale), at peace with himself, and it spurs him to settle an old feud that has some valid roots, depending on who's looking. But, the cost has been too high, and it's Christmas time. He wants his family reunited, with pax ruling throughout.
This story was short, but it has some depth to it. It's a suprisingly complex mix of romance, family interactions, and a very good Christmas story. Ash has to figure out why his ex-lover dumped a baby on him that she claims is his, but couldn't possibly be of his blood, and deal with his nearly life-long enemy in Rothgar, or sue for peace. And then there is the inconvenient attraction to a young woman who he can't have without marriage, and he needs to marry a substantial heiress (which Genova isn't). Genova is determined to make Ash accept responsibility for his offspring, reconcile her duties as companion to his quirky, elderly aunts, and enter the lion's den of the powerful Malloren family. On top of that is the compellingly intense feelings for Ash.
Jo Beverley has a way with words. She doesn't write romance quite like anyone else. Her books aren't for all tastes, but I love the feel of her books, like I'm there in the past. She captures the passion of the characters, in more ways than one. When Ash and Genova come together, you can see the sparks and feel the burning desire between them, and the way love wraps itself around their hearts and entwines them together.
This was a very very enjoyable reading experience, and it was almost five stars, but the ending was a bit abrupt for me, although I did like the resolution of Ash and Genova's issues.
Some of my favorite aspects:
*Rothgar, Ash, and Genova bonding over their fascination with clockworks. (I know it sounds boring but it wasn't)
*Genova's presepe, which is an Italian Nativity. I liked how Ms. Beverley used this as a metaphor to show Genova's longing for family and the stability of her own home. Her father was in the Navy, and she and her mother traveled all around the world with him. Setting up the presepe was a tradition every Christmas, and each year another animal was added. When her mother passed away, and her father remarried, his wife didn't want it in her house, calling it 'shabby'. It broke Genova's heart, and she knew she wasn't going to be a part of her father's new family. When she goes to stay with her friends, the Trayce aunts for Christmas, she takes the presepe with her, essentially wandering with all that is left of her family, hoping to find a new, safe home for herself. The part in which she sets up the presepe at the Malloren Christmas festivities (and everyone is delighted with it) brought a tear to my eye (I've already admitted to my sappy nature). We have our own Nativity at home, set up with pride in a place of honor on a table in our living room.
*All the kisses and sensual moments were well done. Very good chemistry.
*Fun Christmas festivities, with lively explanations of their roots. Just what I need to keep me in the Christmas spirit.
*Seeing the Mallorens again. Reminds me to get back into this series.
Definitely a fun read, and more than worthy of a rating of 4.5/5.0 stars.
At first, I didn't care much for Ashart. He was arrogant and kind of rude. I could see why Genova thought he was attractive, because he was dashing and masculine. But, I wasn't sure about his suitability as a romantic hero. He didn't move me just yet. Somehow that started to change. Genova got to know Ash better during their impromptu engagement after being caught in a compromising position. I begin to see that Ash was rather sad. His grandmother had raised him and fed him on the milk of vitrol, aching to get her vengeance on the Mallorens for her daughter (the Marquess of Rothgar)'s sad demise. She poured most of the Trayce's funds and all her energies into doing so, and did her best to corrupt Ash. The good thing is, she didn't really succeed. Deep down, Ash was a good guy. He began to see that making peace with the Marquess of Rothgar was the right way to go. They were actually first cousins, and not all that different. In fact, Rothgar was to be admired.
As much as I liked the romance, I really enjoyed the dynamic between Ash and Rothgar. In fact, Rothgar almost stole the show from Ash. I have been reading this series out of order, you see. I've only read Something Wicked, Elf and Walgrave's story, and I got a tantalizing glimpse into Rothgar, more as a stern, dangerous to his enemies, and wickedly manipulative and cunning older brother to Elfred. In this story, he is more relaxed (newly married to Diana, Lady Arradale), at peace with himself, and it spurs him to settle an old feud that has some valid roots, depending on who's looking. But, the cost has been too high, and it's Christmas time. He wants his family reunited, with pax ruling throughout.
This story was short, but it has some depth to it. It's a suprisingly complex mix of romance, family interactions, and a very good Christmas story. Ash has to figure out why his ex-lover dumped a baby on him that she claims is his, but couldn't possibly be of his blood, and deal with his nearly life-long enemy in Rothgar, or sue for peace. And then there is the inconvenient attraction to a young woman who he can't have without marriage, and he needs to marry a substantial heiress (which Genova isn't). Genova is determined to make Ash accept responsibility for his offspring, reconcile her duties as companion to his quirky, elderly aunts, and enter the lion's den of the powerful Malloren family. On top of that is the compellingly intense feelings for Ash.
Jo Beverley has a way with words. She doesn't write romance quite like anyone else. Her books aren't for all tastes, but I love the feel of her books, like I'm there in the past. She captures the passion of the characters, in more ways than one. When Ash and Genova come together, you can see the sparks and feel the burning desire between them, and the way love wraps itself around their hearts and entwines them together.
This was a very very enjoyable reading experience, and it was almost five stars, but the ending was a bit abrupt for me, although I did like the resolution of Ash and Genova's issues.
Some of my favorite aspects:
*Rothgar, Ash, and Genova bonding over their fascination with clockworks. (I know it sounds boring but it wasn't)
*Genova's presepe, which is an Italian Nativity. I liked how Ms. Beverley used this as a metaphor to show Genova's longing for family and the stability of her own home. Her father was in the Navy, and she and her mother traveled all around the world with him. Setting up the presepe was a tradition every Christmas, and each year another animal was added. When her mother passed away, and her father remarried, his wife didn't want it in her house, calling it 'shabby'. It broke Genova's heart, and she knew she wasn't going to be a part of her father's new family. When she goes to stay with her friends, the Trayce aunts for Christmas, she takes the presepe with her, essentially wandering with all that is left of her family, hoping to find a new, safe home for herself. The part in which she sets up the presepe at the Malloren Christmas festivities (and everyone is delighted with it) brought a tear to my eye (I've already admitted to my sappy nature). We have our own Nativity at home, set up with pride in a place of honor on a table in our living room.
*All the kisses and sensual moments were well done. Very good chemistry.
*Fun Christmas festivities, with lively explanations of their roots. Just what I need to keep me in the Christmas spirit.
*Seeing the Mallorens again. Reminds me to get back into this series.
Definitely a fun read, and more than worthy of a rating of 4.5/5.0 stars.
March 24, 2024
This book was okay. Beginning was good and the end. Middle just boring. Description about everything and thinking about years gone by , which had nothing to do with the story.
September 23, 2019
3.5 stars. Enjoyable, but I doubt that I’ll listen again. I will remember this book because it’s the only time I’ve encountered a Georgian romance with a food fight.
October 6, 2012
Genova Smith is invited to travel with two elderly sisters, Thalia and Calliope Trayce, to attend a Christmas celebration with Mallorens. Thalia and Calliope might have declined the invitation; Convoluted backstory alert: years ago, their niece Augusta married the Marquess of Malloren, and with the birth of her second child (the first being Beowulf, now the Marquess of Rothgar), she went a little
…and strangled her infant daughter while her four-year-old son watched helplessly. Augusta died not long after. The Trayce family thinks the Mallorens must've caused the tragedy--only cruelty could've sent Augusta around the bend.
Anyway Sophia, Marchioness of Ashcroft and the tyrant of the family, forbade the sisters to attend, so of course, the sisters had to go. They are traveling in style, thanks to a carriage and staff supplied by their nephew, the Marquess of Ashcroft, a/k/a Ash.
En route to the festivities, they encounter another coach, gone off the road. Genova gets out to see what’s what, and she’s approached by a beautiful, richly dressed lady, who introduces herself as Mrs. Dash and seems oddly gleeful when she learns who is traveling in the Ashcroft coach. She begs Genni to take up her baby and wet nurse and get them to the inn up ahead, where it’s warm and safe. She will remain with the coach until things are set aright and follow them there. Meanwhile, her husband, Mr. Dash, should be waiting at the inn, so he’ll take over care of the infant from there.
Given the finery the woman is wearing, Genova is a little dismayed to see that both the baby and the wet nurse are raggedy—and they smell like sour cheese.
She’s even more dismayed to find that Mr. Dash is not at the Inn as expected. She’s trying to figure out what to do when a handsome, expensively dressed man arrives asking after Mrs. Dash. Jumping to the reasonable conclusion that this, at last, is Mr. Dash, she approaches him and explains, only to be totally gobsmacked when he turns around to leave. She insists that he "must" make provision for the child before he goes, and he takes exception—God knows the alpha male does not like to be told what to do by a lowly female. He literally picks her up and moves her out of his way so he can leave—but not before giving her a thorough snogging.
Geneva’s all
…after she has a moment to think, she's
A few hours later, she’s with Calliope and Thalia when their nephew Ashcroft arrives, having learned that they are staying at the inn. You guessed it. Ash=Dash.
What better way to start a LTR? Genova thinks Ash is a scurvy man-slut who refuses responsibility for his bastards. Ash thinks Genova is in league with Mrs. Dash, a/k/a Molly Carew.
More backstory: Keen to sink her claws into his title, Molly tried to seduce him after a masquerade a while back. They did some stuff, but nothing that could result in a uterine parasite. However, Molly arranged for a scandal. The king, weary of Ash’s high-living ways, tried to pressure him into marrying Molly, but Ash wouldn’t be forced. So she claimed to be preggers. Now she’s trying to dump her bastard on him to seal the deal.
Ash thinks his estranged cousin Rothgar is somehow behind it all. It turns out Ash was raised by a bitter granny to see Malloren conspiracies in everything from a bad haircut to a case of the farts. So this "Miss Smith" is obviously a minion. Paranoid, much?
And yet, inevitably, Ash and Genova are also subject to the usual Irresistable Lust that turns H/h's in romance novels into blithering, spineless imbeciles whose only conscious thoughts revolve around molten heat in unmentionable places and inconvenient shivers and blushes in public situations. So when Ash and Genova are not fighting, they’re
Cutting to the chase: Molly's "plan" takes awhile to reveal and when it does, it's pleasingly unexpected. OTOH, the plot arc revolves pretty much entirely around the romance, and you know how I feel about that.
On the plus side again, the characters are likeable once you understand where they’re coming from, and there’s a really good food fight at the end. The heroine is not your longsuffering martyr who suffers offense in silence. And for that alone, I give this one an extra star.
…and strangled her infant daughter while her four-year-old son watched helplessly. Augusta died not long after. The Trayce family thinks the Mallorens must've caused the tragedy--only cruelty could've sent Augusta around the bend.
Anyway Sophia, Marchioness of Ashcroft and the tyrant of the family, forbade the sisters to attend, so of course, the sisters had to go. They are traveling in style, thanks to a carriage and staff supplied by their nephew, the Marquess of Ashcroft, a/k/a Ash.
En route to the festivities, they encounter another coach, gone off the road. Genova gets out to see what’s what, and she’s approached by a beautiful, richly dressed lady, who introduces herself as Mrs. Dash and seems oddly gleeful when she learns who is traveling in the Ashcroft coach. She begs Genni to take up her baby and wet nurse and get them to the inn up ahead, where it’s warm and safe. She will remain with the coach until things are set aright and follow them there. Meanwhile, her husband, Mr. Dash, should be waiting at the inn, so he’ll take over care of the infant from there.
Given the finery the woman is wearing, Genova is a little dismayed to see that both the baby and the wet nurse are raggedy—and they smell like sour cheese.
She’s even more dismayed to find that Mr. Dash is not at the Inn as expected. She’s trying to figure out what to do when a handsome, expensively dressed man arrives asking after Mrs. Dash. Jumping to the reasonable conclusion that this, at last, is Mr. Dash, she approaches him and explains, only to be totally gobsmacked when he turns around to leave. She insists that he "must" make provision for the child before he goes, and he takes exception—God knows the alpha male does not like to be told what to do by a lowly female. He literally picks her up and moves her out of his way so he can leave—but not before giving her a thorough snogging.
Geneva’s all
…after she has a moment to think, she's
A few hours later, she’s with Calliope and Thalia when their nephew Ashcroft arrives, having learned that they are staying at the inn. You guessed it. Ash=Dash.
What better way to start a LTR? Genova thinks Ash is a scurvy man-slut who refuses responsibility for his bastards. Ash thinks Genova is in league with Mrs. Dash, a/k/a Molly Carew.
More backstory: Keen to sink her claws into his title, Molly tried to seduce him after a masquerade a while back. They did some stuff, but nothing that could result in a uterine parasite. However, Molly arranged for a scandal. The king, weary of Ash’s high-living ways, tried to pressure him into marrying Molly, but Ash wouldn’t be forced. So she claimed to be preggers. Now she’s trying to dump her bastard on him to seal the deal.
Ash thinks his estranged cousin Rothgar is somehow behind it all. It turns out Ash was raised by a bitter granny to see Malloren conspiracies in everything from a bad haircut to a case of the farts. So this "Miss Smith" is obviously a minion. Paranoid, much?
And yet, inevitably, Ash and Genova are also subject to the usual Irresistable Lust that turns H/h's in romance novels into blithering, spineless imbeciles whose only conscious thoughts revolve around molten heat in unmentionable places and inconvenient shivers and blushes in public situations. So when Ash and Genova are not fighting, they’re
Cutting to the chase: Molly's "plan" takes awhile to reveal and when it does, it's pleasingly unexpected. OTOH, the plot arc revolves pretty much entirely around the romance, and you know how I feel about that.
On the plus side again, the characters are likeable once you understand where they’re coming from, and there’s a really good food fight at the end. The heroine is not your longsuffering martyr who suffers offense in silence. And for that alone, I give this one an extra star.
June 11, 2016
This book started off really rocky, for me. Both main characters seemed particularly prone to making poor assumptions and sticking to them in the face of all evidence. It doesn't help, of course, that Ashart is pitting himself against Bey and it's pretty clear pretty much from the beginning that he has no hope of being anywhere near smart or clever enough to even show in that fight.
So this is a mediocre point in the series. Beverley has expanded beyond the original Mallorens and you can expect it to be a bit rough, maybe. At any rate, I never did connect with Ashart. He's kind of at sea the whole story and never really finds solid ground. There didn't seem to be much to him, really, so I never really saw what Genova might see in him. She didn't have much to distinguish herself with, either, frankly. She's nice, I guess, and she has a few good verbal matches with Ash, so I was happy enough to stick with her. She's kind of adrift in her world, too, and I didn't think she did much to find herself here, either.
So lackluster main characters and a story that didn't seem to gel left me feeling like I wanted more than I had. It wasn't bad or anything, but certainly middle of the road.
A note about Steamy: A single, though extended, explicit sex scene should mean this is on the low side of my steam tolerance. But there's enough byplay and innuendo to bump it to the middle. I'm torn about
So this is a mediocre point in the series. Beverley has expanded beyond the original Mallorens and you can expect it to be a bit rough, maybe. At any rate, I never did connect with Ashart. He's kind of at sea the whole story and never really finds solid ground. There didn't seem to be much to him, really, so I never really saw what Genova might see in him. She didn't have much to distinguish herself with, either, frankly. She's nice, I guess, and she has a few good verbal matches with Ash, so I was happy enough to stick with her. She's kind of adrift in her world, too, and I didn't think she did much to find herself here, either.
So lackluster main characters and a story that didn't seem to gel left me feeling like I wanted more than I had. It wasn't bad or anything, but certainly middle of the road.
A note about Steamy: A single, though extended, explicit sex scene should mean this is on the low side of my steam tolerance. But there's enough byplay and innuendo to bump it to the middle. I'm torn about
June 9, 2012
What began as an exciting 5 star read for me, devolved into an unredeemable mess.
The first half of this novel was glorious. Two main characters who were truly matched, crossed wits and passion and I was thrilled that I had found another HR author I could enjoy (I only have a few HR authors I'm loyal to--so many historical romances disappoint). I sailed through the first half in a matter of hours.
About 60% through the novel I realized I was bored out of my mind. The heroine began with this inner reflection nonsense that would not end. It's as if the author ran out of conflict and decided to fill the novel up with this relentless interior monologue about the Malloren and Trayce families and their feud. Blah blah blah. That boringness alone took the novel down a star.
Then the heroine decided she loved the hero but they couldn't be together due to his need to marry an heiress. She began to liken every encounter with him as "pearls" on her string of memories she would cherish with this hero. So he smiled at her and it was "another pearl." He touched her hand and it was a pearl. He sat down next to her and it was a "whole string of pearls around her neck." Excuse me while I vomit profusely. This pearl imagery went on and on. The old aunt who the heroine was a companion to even gave the heroine a literal string of pearls. Good lord. So I would've stopped reading at that point except that I wanted to see if the novel would redeem itself later and I wanted to reach the sex scene (yeah, yeah--you all know we read romance for the smut--c'mon, don't deny it).
But then we reached the "irredeemable" part of this saga. The hero did something that is unforgivable in my eyes and is one of my major HR pet peeves. Later, of course, he realizes his love. Blah blah. Nope. I hate him forever now. And any self-respecting woman should as well.
The first half of this novel was glorious. Two main characters who were truly matched, crossed wits and passion and I was thrilled that I had found another HR author I could enjoy (I only have a few HR authors I'm loyal to--so many historical romances disappoint). I sailed through the first half in a matter of hours.
About 60% through the novel I realized I was bored out of my mind. The heroine began with this inner reflection nonsense that would not end. It's as if the author ran out of conflict and decided to fill the novel up with this relentless interior monologue about the Malloren and Trayce families and their feud. Blah blah blah. That boringness alone took the novel down a star.
Then the heroine decided she loved the hero but they couldn't be together due to his need to marry an heiress. She began to liken every encounter with him as "pearls" on her string of memories she would cherish with this hero. So he smiled at her and it was "another pearl." He touched her hand and it was a pearl. He sat down next to her and it was a "whole string of pearls around her neck." Excuse me while I vomit profusely. This pearl imagery went on and on. The old aunt who the heroine was a companion to even gave the heroine a literal string of pearls. Good lord. So I would've stopped reading at that point except that I wanted to see if the novel would redeem itself later and I wanted to reach the sex scene (yeah, yeah--you all know we read romance for the smut--c'mon, don't deny it).
But then we reached the "irredeemable" part of this saga. The hero did something that is unforgivable in my eyes and is one of my major HR pet peeves. Later, of course, he realizes his love. Blah blah. Nope. I hate him forever now. And any self-respecting woman should as well.
December 24, 2013
More like 2.5 stars
Horrible hero. He does not do nearly enough to redeem himself after For a book that started out so well, it left a bad taste in my mouth.
Reread Dec. 2013 and downgraded it to 2 stars. Aside from his magnificent body, the hero appeared to have no redeeming virtues. Fortunately for their future happiness, the heroine did not appear to care about much more. Still can't get over how long the mistress/wife confusion went on. Truly awful.
Horrible hero. He does not do nearly enough to redeem himself after For a book that started out so well, it left a bad taste in my mouth.
Reread Dec. 2013 and downgraded it to 2 stars. Aside from his magnificent body, the hero appeared to have no redeeming virtues. Fortunately for their future happiness, the heroine did not appear to care about much more. Still can't get over how long the mistress/wife confusion went on. Truly awful.
June 5, 2022
A little confusing. Too many people in this book, and half of the time I didn’t know what they were talking about, and then I quit caring.
November 11, 2021
"Ricordate, milord, che se mi sedurrete io vi terrò legato al fidanzamento."
Dopo un momento Ashart annuì. "Allora siate forte per tutti e due, Genova Smith, perché danzeremo molto vicini alle fiamme."
Un pandolce tra i Malloren, è il caso di dire, e se leggerete il romanzo capirete perché
Dopo cinque volumi dedicati al ceppo principale della famiglia, qui fa la sua comparsa un rivale storico, nientemeno che il cugino del marchese Rothgar, appartenente allo stesso ramo di quella madre pazza e omicida che ha gettato un'ombra cupa sull'ultima generazione dei Malloren.
I due rami si odiano da quasi quarant'anni e nel mezzo c'è una nonna che cresciuto Ash ma odia Bey.
Il marchese di Ashart, peraltro, gode di una pessima fama di donnaiolo ed è sospettato di aver seminato un neonato illegittimo in giro. Per fortuna due sue anziane prozie, accompagnate dalla loro dama di compagnia, Geneva, prendono con sé il bimbo e lo portano a Rothgar Abbey, giusto in tempo per la grande festa di Natale dei Malloren.
Riuscirà Ash a entrare in quella casa, piena zeppa di rami di vischio, allegria e canti, e fare finalmente pace?
C'è una sorta di parallelismo nella narrazione di questo libro: da un lato, i nobili Malloren/Ashart, con una serie di lutti alle spalle, che cercano di ripristinare tradizioni e ricucire strappi familiari; dall'altro, Geneva, che sente disperatamente la mancanza della propria famiglia, ma che vi ha rinunciato per non dover lasciare le proprie tradizioni.
Ma è bello che il presepe di Geneva divenga un po' il presepe di tutti.
Pur non essendo personaggi già noti, Geneva e Ash mi sono piaciuti subito entrambi, con i loro battibecchi e le loro fragilità. E il clima natalizio ha reso questo capitolo piacevole e divertente: ci sono passioni impetuosi, ci sono scaramucce, ci sono confronti, ma anche balli, sorprese, nuovi arrivi.
Diciamo che se già apprezzavo Bey come capofamiglia, altero ma generoso, scaltro ma protettivo, qui guadagna ulteriori punti. E non vedo l'ora di proseguire.
D'altronde, un Malloren tira l'altro.
Dopo un momento Ashart annuì. "Allora siate forte per tutti e due, Genova Smith, perché danzeremo molto vicini alle fiamme."
Un pandolce tra i Malloren, è il caso di dire, e se leggerete il romanzo capirete perché
Dopo cinque volumi dedicati al ceppo principale della famiglia, qui fa la sua comparsa un rivale storico, nientemeno che il cugino del marchese Rothgar, appartenente allo stesso ramo di quella madre pazza e omicida che ha gettato un'ombra cupa sull'ultima generazione dei Malloren.
I due rami si odiano da quasi quarant'anni e nel mezzo c'è una nonna che cresciuto Ash ma odia Bey.
Il marchese di Ashart, peraltro, gode di una pessima fama di donnaiolo ed è sospettato di aver seminato un neonato illegittimo in giro. Per fortuna due sue anziane prozie, accompagnate dalla loro dama di compagnia, Geneva, prendono con sé il bimbo e lo portano a Rothgar Abbey, giusto in tempo per la grande festa di Natale dei Malloren.
Riuscirà Ash a entrare in quella casa, piena zeppa di rami di vischio, allegria e canti, e fare finalmente pace?
C'è una sorta di parallelismo nella narrazione di questo libro: da un lato, i nobili Malloren/Ashart, con una serie di lutti alle spalle, che cercano di ripristinare tradizioni e ricucire strappi familiari; dall'altro, Geneva, che sente disperatamente la mancanza della propria famiglia, ma che vi ha rinunciato per non dover lasciare le proprie tradizioni.
Ma è bello che il presepe di Geneva divenga un po' il presepe di tutti.
Pur non essendo personaggi già noti, Geneva e Ash mi sono piaciuti subito entrambi, con i loro battibecchi e le loro fragilità. E il clima natalizio ha reso questo capitolo piacevole e divertente: ci sono passioni impetuosi, ci sono scaramucce, ci sono confronti, ma anche balli, sorprese, nuovi arrivi.
Diciamo che se già apprezzavo Bey come capofamiglia, altero ma generoso, scaltro ma protettivo, qui guadagna ulteriori punti. E non vedo l'ora di proseguire.
D'altronde, un Malloren tira l'altro.
December 1, 2019
Tengo un sabor de boca semiamargo gracias a este libro. Men... Ashart era un pendejazo desde el principio y y Génova, aunque muy prudente y hasta puedo decir que me cayó bien, otras veces era insoportable por su actitud y eso mah... Y algo que odio, es que los escitores hagan a un personaje secundario malo o de muy malas ganas, pero que en las siguientes entregas s tan personas muuuy perfectas.
Lo bueno que yo le encontré a este libro y por eso le doy 3/5 estrellitas: porque casi nunca, un libro de este género, me hace poner tantos papelitos o post it.
Lo bueno que yo le encontré a este libro y por eso le doy 3/5 estrellitas: porque casi nunca, un libro de este género, me hace poner tantos papelitos o post it.
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July 25, 2025
What a relief to know that while all the Mallorens are married we are still in the family. This is a really good story but not because of Ash and Jenny. It’s the Christmas celebration that caught my imagination. I got Christmas in July! How fun! Christmas was a national holiday at that time after being banned by Oliver Cromwell in 1644 (those damned Puritans again!) I loved all the little details of Christmas in a country estate, and Jenny’s devotion to her Italian nativity. Many of my own family traditions come from English traditions. I can’t give it five stars because I doubt I’ll ever listen to it again, but I really enjoyed it today. The food fight at the end almost pushed me over the edge, but all I can think about is how hard it would be to clean that up with no electricity, hauling hot water from the kitchen. Eeewwww. I guess Ashart has been in previous books, but she didn’t set him up very well as the star of his own show. Frankly, when Rothgar is around I don’t pay much attention to anyone else.
April 8, 2020
Wonderfully written and a great read. The hero is a bit in the shade of Rothgar, the heroine has more of a spirited backstory than current spirit, the plot is nonexistent and then fizzles -- and yet, somehow it works.
March 6, 2021
Jo was one of my very first FB friends back going back to 2008 and some posts with her came up in my memories, which made me a little sad as I miss her, so I listened to this audiobook in her memory. Genova is still one of my favourite heroines
November 24, 2025
Bien au début et à la fin mais au milieu Bof
November 12, 2014
Author: Jo Beverley
First published: 2003
Length: 300 pages, 4307 kindle locations
Setting: Rothgar Abbey, Surrey, 1763 (Georgian).
Sex: Explicit but not until the end.
Hero: Raised by a revengeful Grandmother. Courtier.
Heroine: Daughter of a Naval Captain who "followed the drum". Mother recently died, father remarried, now acting as companion.
Includes: Author's note and excerpt from Secrets Of The Night,
Actually, that was really fun.
I have only read a couple of the Malloren books so while I was familiar with the World I didn't know all their stories. But it didn't matter. Ashart and Genova's story runs in tangent with an epilogue to the Mallorens', seeing their HEAs playing out while our MC's just begins.
*sigh*
A really enjoyable, fulfilling Christmas story.
Georgians -- The Malloren world:
The Malloren Family (original series)
My Lady Notorious - Lady Chastity Ware and Captain Lord Cynric Malloren
Tempting Fortune - Lord Arcenbryght Malloren and Portia St. Claire
Something Wicked - Lady Elfled Malloren and Fortitude Harleigh Ware, Lord Walgrave
Secrets Of The Night - Lord Brand Malloren and Rosamunde Overton
Devilish - The Marquess of Rothgar and Diana, Countess of Arradale
Linked books
Winter Fire or "Christmas at Rothgar Abbey" - The Marquess of Ashart and Genova Smith
A Most Unsuitable Man - Damaris Myddleton and Octavius Fitzroger
References:
Author's website: http://www.jobev.com/
Malloren World wiki: http://mallorenworld.wikispaces.com/
(ISBN 978-1-101-21174-8)
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First published: 2003
Length: 300 pages, 4307 kindle locations
Setting: Rothgar Abbey, Surrey, 1763 (Georgian).
Sex: Explicit but not until the end.
Hero: Raised by a revengeful Grandmother. Courtier.
Heroine: Daughter of a Naval Captain who "followed the drum". Mother recently died, father remarried, now acting as companion.
Includes: Author's note and excerpt from Secrets Of The Night,
Actually, that was really fun.
I have only read a couple of the Malloren books so while I was familiar with the World I didn't know all their stories. But it didn't matter. Ashart and Genova's story runs in tangent with an epilogue to the Mallorens', seeing their HEAs playing out while our MC's just begins.
*sigh*
A really enjoyable, fulfilling Christmas story.
Georgians -- The Malloren world:
The Malloren Family (original series)
My Lady Notorious - Lady Chastity Ware and Captain Lord Cynric Malloren
Tempting Fortune - Lord Arcenbryght Malloren and Portia St. Claire
Something Wicked - Lady Elfled Malloren and Fortitude Harleigh Ware, Lord Walgrave
Secrets Of The Night - Lord Brand Malloren and Rosamunde Overton
Devilish - The Marquess of Rothgar and Diana, Countess of Arradale
Linked books
Winter Fire or "Christmas at Rothgar Abbey" - The Marquess of Ashart and Genova Smith
A Most Unsuitable Man - Damaris Myddleton and Octavius Fitzroger
References:
Author's website: http://www.jobev.com/
Malloren World wiki: http://mallorenworld.wikispaces.com/
(ISBN 978-1-101-21174-8)
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September 17, 2013
This was a giant step back when this series had been improving dramatically with each book. The storytelling felt very choppy and uneven. The two leads, while interestingly sketched out, never felt fully realized and neither did their connection. At one point, I actually had to go back and re-read a scene because it felt like a page had been left out of the book. The scene just jumped ahead without much explanation or description. It's disappointing because both characters and the set up were intriguing when I started reading and it felt like this book just never got in gear.
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June 23, 2008This is the first book I have had to close and put down before finishing. I just couldn't do it. I don't know if I felt like I was jumping in the middle of something or what but it was utterly confusing and the chemistry was just not there. I think I have to take the motto "Life is too short to waste time" on this one unfortunately. I am not going to rate it because that isn't fair. But I won't be picking this one up again!
April 1, 2016
3.5 Stars!
Continuing on with the Malloren series. Catching up for the series read in WaMRL, though I think I'm pretty much on my own now, lol. Will be interesting to get to know Rothgar's mother's side of the family, what with the history there...
Done! Review on the way. Liked it.
Continuing on with the Malloren series. Catching up for the series read in WaMRL, though I think I'm pretty much on my own now, lol. Will be interesting to get to know Rothgar's mother's side of the family, what with the history there...
Done! Review on the way. Liked it.
December 28, 2017
Georgian romance with sex.
This is a Malloren family novel set at Christmas. It involves the Marquess of Ashart, who is Rothgar's cousin. It's rather involved & others have probably got the synopsis down better that I could. I enjoyed it.
This is a Malloren family novel set at Christmas. It involves the Marquess of Ashart, who is Rothgar's cousin. It's rather involved & others have probably got the synopsis down better that I could. I enjoyed it.
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April 29, 2021Sorry 🙏🏻🙏🏿, but I don't find its Spanish edition here so... 🤷🏻♀️
Si en el libro la estructura narrativa es a dos voces, ¿¿¿por qué de la nada cambia a una??? Nos deja afuera de los sentimientos y pensamientos de él sin motivo alguno. Es increíble pensar si quiera que ésto paso por las manos de un capaz editor o una capaz editora.
Por otro lado, nada peor que resolver la trama, por más simple que sea, en las últimas páginas o líneas. Francamente da la sensación de que su autora se hartó de su propia obra y simplemente se la sacó de encima.
Respecto de quienes llevan a delante la historia, es impresionante como los personajes principales femeninos de ésta autora nunca se asquean o sienten enfermas de que los hombres vayan por el mundo sembrandolo de "bastardos" por el solo hecho de que les envían dinero a las madres. O si lo hacen, les dura dos líneas. Sí, muchos otros no lo harían pero ¿Eso los hace verdaderamente mejores? ¿Acaso es eso un hijo para ellos? ¿Un obstáculo que se soluciona haciendo "caridad"? ¿Qué hay del hecho de que usen a sus congéneres como meros receptáculos de su lujuria considerandolas descartables, reemplazables? Además, por favor, la trata a ella misma como un pedazo de carne y aún así sigue adelante... ¡Sinceramente decepcionante el modelo de heroína de ésta escritora y que sea mujer no hace más que darme vergüenza!
¿Y qué decir del "héroe"? Responsabilizando a los demás hasta de sus rollos sexuales... ¡Dios mío! Casi se me pasa la percepción del personaje principal femenino del masculino:
Honrado: Dícese del hombre que riega Inglaterra de niños bastardos, tiene relaciones sexuales con mujeres casadas y en estado de semi-hebriedad lleva a cabo prácticas sexuales en lugares semipúblicos sin el menor atisbo de vergüenza.
Noble: Dícese del hombre que responsabiliza de sus problemas a cualquiera menos a si mismo y sus acciones y es capaz de urdir un plan que implica manipular a otros al punto de exponer a altísimos riesgos no sólo a adultos si no a niños también inocentes.
Entiendo lo de querer humanizar a los héroes, pero nada peor que caer en los estereotipos... Él sufrió una infancia infeliz, entonces él va y llena el mundo de hijos con un padre que más que padre es banco y con dinero ajeno... (?)
Lo del parto de Elf...
Dejo mí crítica aquí o estaré una vida en ésto.
Si en el libro la estructura narrativa es a dos voces, ¿¿¿por qué de la nada cambia a una??? Nos deja afuera de los sentimientos y pensamientos de él sin motivo alguno. Es increíble pensar si quiera que ésto paso por las manos de un capaz editor o una capaz editora.
Por otro lado, nada peor que resolver la trama, por más simple que sea, en las últimas páginas o líneas. Francamente da la sensación de que su autora se hartó de su propia obra y simplemente se la sacó de encima.
Respecto de quienes llevan a delante la historia, es impresionante como los personajes principales femeninos de ésta autora nunca se asquean o sienten enfermas de que los hombres vayan por el mundo sembrandolo de "bastardos" por el solo hecho de que les envían dinero a las madres. O si lo hacen, les dura dos líneas. Sí, muchos otros no lo harían pero ¿Eso los hace verdaderamente mejores? ¿Acaso es eso un hijo para ellos? ¿Un obstáculo que se soluciona haciendo "caridad"? ¿Qué hay del hecho de que usen a sus congéneres como meros receptáculos de su lujuria considerandolas descartables, reemplazables? Además, por favor, la trata a ella misma como un pedazo de carne y aún así sigue adelante... ¡Sinceramente decepcionante el modelo de heroína de ésta escritora y que sea mujer no hace más que darme vergüenza!
¿Y qué decir del "héroe"? Responsabilizando a los demás hasta de sus rollos sexuales... ¡Dios mío! Casi se me pasa la percepción del personaje principal femenino del masculino:
Honrado: Dícese del hombre que riega Inglaterra de niños bastardos, tiene relaciones sexuales con mujeres casadas y en estado de semi-hebriedad lleva a cabo prácticas sexuales en lugares semipúblicos sin el menor atisbo de vergüenza.
Noble: Dícese del hombre que responsabiliza de sus problemas a cualquiera menos a si mismo y sus acciones y es capaz de urdir un plan que implica manipular a otros al punto de exponer a altísimos riesgos no sólo a adultos si no a niños también inocentes.
Entiendo lo de querer humanizar a los héroes, pero nada peor que caer en los estereotipos... Él sufrió una infancia infeliz, entonces él va y llena el mundo de hijos con un padre que más que padre es banco y con dinero ajeno... (?)
Lo del parto de Elf...
Dejo mí crítica aquí o estaré una vida en ésto.
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August 23, 2017
Real good Fun. I am so glad to finally meet Rothgar's mother's side of the family. Another Marquess in Ash and with a well~written storyline designed to keep up the humor so that navigating through these pages are guaranteed to be full of fun, with a bit of wisdom, a bit of family history and resolving decades of enmity caused by false accusations and active spite, and the intrepid pragmatic Genova. A very strong take~no~prisoners, no~nonsense~kind~of~a~girl whose heart is in the right place and the perfect match for Ash as Great Aunt Thalia could attest to.
May 31, 2021
I am going to agree with a few readers, the first half of this is really really engaging, couldn't put it down level. Then it sort of petered out and a lot of backstory took up time. The end was very abrupt and yet took me a long time to get to it. I liked the main heroine, she was feisty and had fought pirates! But by the time the couple get together properly, there is so little time left. As a writer myself, it felt like too much story and Jo Beverley ran out of time to wrap it all up so it ends awkwardly. Still, like any other book by this author, it is worth reading.
April 8, 2020
It took me a while to get into this one, until, in fact, the hero and heroine met up with the Mallorens in person. I'm not quite sure why this story didn't work as well for me as the five that featured actual Mallorens. Maybe Ash was just too hard to like when we first meet him. That said, I did find the ending satisfying and will, after a break to read a few other things, go back and reread the rest of the Malloren World novels. The late eighteenth century is a great place to escape to.
March 22, 2018
Omg at one point I seriously wanted to punch the hero straight in the face. Most of the time I loved every minute of the whole story but that one time (if you read the book you know which part I’m referring to) I was so mad! I’m glad everything worked out in the end (as it should!). So love Jo Beverley.
August 27, 2021
I so enjoy the strong family theme and deeply romantic stories in this Malloren series, and now we have added to the mix the Trayces. I just can’t resist delving further into the people and loves that surround Rothgar and his amazing family. You won’t want to miss Ashart and Genova. “Sigh” ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Theirs is a real treasure to be read anytime (but especially a lovely holiday gift).
July 12, 2022
I liked it, although I did not understand the backstory at all since it is a Malloren novel and I haven’t read any of them. Jo Bev is a very good writer. 1760’s - Georgian Era, which is a change from my usual Regency novels. I’ll slowly start reading the rest of the Malloren novels, hopefully in order.
July 9, 2023
¡Me gustó mucho!
Personajes con personalidad propia, como en los libros anteriores. Avanzan pero siguen siendo ellos y, aunque querría haber sido "testigo" de la conversación importante hacia el final que desencadenó la solución de la pareja, no le encuentro peros importantes.
Graciosa en partes, tierna, sincera, directa. Lindo libro.
Un plus es que aparecen Bey y Diana 💚.
Personajes con personalidad propia, como en los libros anteriores. Avanzan pero siguen siendo ellos y, aunque querría haber sido "testigo" de la conversación importante hacia el final que desencadenó la solución de la pareja, no le encuentro peros importantes.
Graciosa en partes, tierna, sincera, directa. Lindo libro.
Un plus es que aparecen Bey y Diana 💚.
March 15, 2021
I’ve had this book for awhile and read it about 6 years ago. The story had always been special to me, but picking it back up again felt just as magnificent as it had the first time. The characters are all so interesting, and the dynamic between Ash and Genova makes my heart sing.
May 24, 2017
Me rindo
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