NUMBER: 87TITLE: Let It Be Love
AUTHOR: Victoria Alexander
STARTED: December 6, 2005
FINISHED: December 8, 2005
PAGES: 373
GENRE: Romance
FIRST SENTENCE: "We are a rather grim group today," Oliver Leighton, the Earl of Norcroft, noted to no one in particular and gazed idly at the usual gathering of his closest friends in the lounge of their favorite club.
SUMMARY: [From barnesandnoble.com] Dashing Jonathon Effington, the Marquess of Helmsley, has had more than one lady willingly fall into his arms. But he's so delicious none has ever complained at their inevitable parting. And while Jonathon's no stranger to passion of the flesh, his heart has remained untouched. Until now...
At each Christmas Ball, Jonathon selects a delectable lady to share the pleasures of the evening - after all, it's a holiday tradition! But he is shocked to discover that his choice is replaced by an enchanting stranger who surprises him with a proposal of marriage. Beautiful Fiona Fairchild is desperate - only a wedding will save her sisters and her inheritance. But Jonathon has no interest in marriage, and what starts as a shocking proposal turns into a scandalous proposition that might ruin them both...
REASON FOR READING: It seemed seasonal.
THOUGHTS: Alexander continues to amaze me with her books. I was reading this for a fluff piece to help get me through finals week. I couldn't put it down. For me romance novels, and I won't lie about this, really are not about the plot. This book, however, it was the plot that kept me reading. Alexander created an inventive story that had me flipping the pages late into the night.
Her writing, as always, was superb. The one-liners were the most witty she's ever written. The characters had such a chemistry between them that I felt it leaping off the page.
This was one of her best works.
MISCELLANEOUS: I want to own the book the wrote in the story.
KEEP/SHARE/CRINGE(?): Definitely a keeper.
RATING: 7/10 [Very Good]
CR: Blow Me Down by Katie MacAlister
RN: A Pirate of Her Own by Kinley MacGregor
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