Chase is the best historical romance novelist I've found (of, um, four) in that she manages to keep everything seeming very period, but make her women active heroines. There is no waiting and swooning and being desperately overpowered; within the construct of Regency England these women are as empowered as it's possible to be. I liked this one, although it wasn't as hilarious as Mr. Impossible, mostly due to a super-boring hero, because the heroine informs him in the first few pages that she's going to do everything in her power to fuck up his plans, and then never backs down, even when she realizes she loves him. She's all "Yeah, you're hot, and I wish we were getting married, but I love my house and my family more, so suck it up." Also, he's all "No, we cannot get with the lovin' until we are married for you are a gentlewoman! Forsooth!" or whatever, and she responds by simply taking all her clothes off and waiting. Works like a charm.
Grade: B
Originally posted 2006
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