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Laddar... The Seduction of the Crimson Rose (Pink Carnation) (utgåvan 2008)av Lauren Willig
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. I loved the characters in this episode of the Pink Carnation series. Lord Vaughn and Mary complemented each other perfectly. I loved their banter throughout the book. The ending lost me a tad. The revelation of the Black Tulip and the resolution of the situation with Ann was a little convenient. However, it was still a fun ride. ( ) Mary Alsworthy has a big problem. She's 25 and unmarried in London. Her younger sister recently married Mary's intended. Now Mary is reduced to living with her now wealthy sister. Mary is determined to find a suitable husband this Season. The only man who appeals to her is the widower Viscount Sebastian Vaughn, but he is a rake of the highest order. At a party Vaughn approaches Mary and they make a bargain. If she helps to find the notorious French spy called Black Tulip, Vaughn will pay her handsomely so that she doesn't have to rely upon relatives for her living. There is a lot of back story necessary to follow this 4th episode in the Pink Carnation series. Frankly, I found the first 1/3 of the book very very slow moving. It was an adequate read. This is my review of the audio book. I LOVE the narrator, Kate Reading. She moves the story along and is quite entertaining. This was by far my favorite of the series. I would strongly urge anyone to read this one out of the series; HOWEVER, Ms. Willig has a contemporary potential romance woven through the series so if you want the WHOLE story, then, yes, you need to start at the beginning with [b:The Secret History of the Pink Carnation|84351|The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (Pink Carnation, #1)|Lauren Willig|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1442617435s/84351.jpg|2950861]. This one was a treat, if for anything, the male and female protagonists were both bitter and/or cynical of the social mores and societal rules of their era, whereas the previous heroes/heroines were doe eyed and idealistic. I'll be honest, it was a refreshing change. ;] I am continuing to enjoy Willig’s historical fiction/espionage/romance series. For me, a lot of the charm is that in each book Willig focuses attention on a different romantic couple, while continuing to bring earlier characters into the story line, where appropriate. I have to say that Lord Vaughn and Mary Alsworthy have been my favorite “couple” in the series so far. Lord Vaughn is the epitome of a wealthy sardonic rake of the time period, one who lives for verbal sparring and mental game-play with the individuals he encounters. Mary is the epitome of an icy goddess capable of matching Vaughn’s remarks with sharp, witty rejoiners of her own. The espionage case plays second fiddle, IMO, to the sparks flying between Vaughn and Mary, while the “complication” in Vaughn’s life works exceptionally well to spice up the plot. The developing romance between the present day characters of Eloise and Colin continues to move along at a nice pace but for me, it is the historical fiction part of the story that really captured my attention. Overall, I am loving this series and looking forward to reading the next installment. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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Fans and reviewers alike praise Lauren Willig's bestselling Pink Carnation series for its passion, adventure, and tantalizing stories of flower-named spies during the Napoleonic wars. Lauren Willig continues the exciting Pink Carnation series with her fourth novel, The seduction of the Crimson Rose, featuring Lord Vaughn, the delightfully devilish spy from The masque of the Black Tulip, and Mary Alsworthy, the raven-haired beauty whose sister accidentally stole her suitor in The deception of the Emerald Ring. Determined to secure another London season without assistance from her new brother-in-law, Mary accepts a secret assignment from Lord Vaughn on behalf of the Pink Carnation: to infiltrate the ranks of the dreaded French spy, the Black Tulip, before he and his master can stage their planned invasion of England. Every spy has a weakness, and for the Black Tulip that weakness is black-haired women--his "petals" of the Tulip. A natural at the art of seduction, Mary easily catches the attention of the French spy, but Lord Vaughn never anticipates that his own heart will be caught as well. Fighting their growing attraction, impediments from their past, and, of course, the French, Mary and Vaughn find themselves lost in the shadows of a treacherous garden of lies. As our modern-day heroine, Eloise Kelly, digs deeper into England's Napoleonic-era espionage, she becomes even more entwined with Colin Selwick, the descendant of her spy subjects. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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