Series: Sweetest Taboo, #3
Tropes & Traits: widow; class divide; titled hero
Publication Date: 02.18.19
Genre/Setting: Historical; Regency, England, 1818
Heat Level: 5/5
Rating: 4 stars
Twice widowed Lily Layton has a sweet exterior hiding shocking desires, which she has been told are sinful, so she only releases these forbidden desires to the pages of her diary. She is devastated when she loses the diary and fears her secrets could be revealed, especially her desires specifically for the Marquess of Ambrose. Since she serves as lady's companion to his mother and though educated, she has no wealth or status of her own, she would be doubly ruined if her scandalous secrets were revealed.
Oliver Carlyle, Marquess of Ambrose, is looking to settle down and find a wife, but he wants love, friendship, loyalty, commitment, and someone who can keep up with and reciprocate his rather carnal appetites. He doesn't want to take mistresses and shame a wife as his father did to his mother. He despairs of ever finding a lady who fits the bill until he discovers a diary filled with scandalous fantasies and realizes its author could be the perfect woman for him. He just has to find out who she is.
His search leads to late night trysts with a stranger who he knows must be the authoress and leaves him determined to uncover her identity. But what if it is impossible for these two to every truly be together?
Whoa this book was steamy! Apart from having hot sex scenes, it also had a plot, which is rather rare for this sort of book. I loved that Oliver truly wanted to settle down and be monogamous with a wife and Lily's longing for freedom and refusal to settle for what society thinks is best for her. Oliver develops a friendship with and an attraction for Lily but refuses to act on it given that she is technically in his employ. I really appreciated this nobility in his character.
This was my first read from this author, though I have several of her books in my TBR pile and they will now be moving up the list. This was a very well-written book. It was scorching hot, but well done in its sensuality and the development of an actual plot and I really enjoyed it.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Oliver Carlyle, Marquess of Ambrose, is looking to settle down and find a wife, but he wants love, friendship, loyalty, commitment, and someone who can keep up with and reciprocate his rather carnal appetites. He doesn't want to take mistresses and shame a wife as his father did to his mother. He despairs of ever finding a lady who fits the bill until he discovers a diary filled with scandalous fantasies and realizes its author could be the perfect woman for him. He just has to find out who she is.
His search leads to late night trysts with a stranger who he knows must be the authoress and leaves him determined to uncover her identity. But what if it is impossible for these two to every truly be together?
Whoa this book was steamy! Apart from having hot sex scenes, it also had a plot, which is rather rare for this sort of book. I loved that Oliver truly wanted to settle down and be monogamous with a wife and Lily's longing for freedom and refusal to settle for what society thinks is best for her. Oliver develops a friendship with and an attraction for Lily but refuses to act on it given that she is technically in his employ. I really appreciated this nobility in his character.
This was my first read from this author, though I have several of her books in my TBR pile and they will now be moving up the list. This was a very well-written book. It was scorching hot, but well done in its sensuality and the development of an actual plot and I really enjoyed it.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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