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Summary: Witty & entertaining.
Review: I picked it up last week in a used bookstore because I remembered laughing out loud when I read it 3 or 4 years ago. I enjoyed it enough the second time round to throw my two cents in here. I'll leave it at that, a writer I'm not.
Rating:
Summary: Witty & entertaining.
Review: I picked it up last week in a used bookstore because I remembered laughing out loud when I read it 3 or 4 years ago. I enjoyed it enough the second time round to throw my two cents in here. I'll leave it at that, a writer I'm not.
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Summary: Great Historical Romance
Review: Lady Lily Walters appears as an empty headed flirt, flitting about the ton when in actuality she is a master cryptologist working for the war department. In her private musings she would love to be recognized as intelligent but knew that until the war was over it was necessary to continue playing the part. Secrets must be kept and one, which was close to her heart, was the secret love she felt for Miles Montague, the duke of Remmington, whom she knew didn't know she was alive. Out of the blue he requested an introduction and asked for a dance but it did not take Lily long to realize that his request was to use her for an ulterior motive - namely making another Lady jealous. Lily felt humiliated and let him know that she recognized what he was doing. Later the same evening as Lily was preparing for bed, she was attacked in her home but escaped and ran through the streets in her nightclothes whereupon who other, but the Duke of Remmington, would come to her aid to rescue her. Though he tries to get Lily out of town for her safety, her father, Lord Crofford agrees that she would stay at the Duke's home until the assailant was brought to justice. Unbeknownst to Lily, Remmington, has always admired her but knew her for an innocent and vowed to never form any long term attachments, having been betrayed by his former wife. The attraction builds as the days progress and Remmington begins to suspect that there is more to Lily than the public persona she portrays as empty headed. At a houseparty, a private meeting goes awry where Lily's reputation is so compromised that Remmington must marry her. For Lily, who loves him, it is an answer to her prayers, but he is adamant that love is something he cannot offer - friendship, loyalty and respect but never love. Naturally he tries to fight his attraction for his wife but as more attempts are made on her life, he will soon come to realize that she is more than just his friend and bedmate -- she is the center of his world. This was a very rich and sensual love story, steeped in intrigue and mystery. The characters are complex, interesting and intelligent and the seduction is divinely sensual - extremely well written this is a most enjoyable read I can highly recommend.
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Summary: Very entertaining
Review: the book caught my interest right at the begining and rarly let it slip, I love that in books, but I really want to know why there isn't more out there from this wonderful author. PLEASE, give this book a chance, I doubt you will be dissapointed.
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Summary: Very entertaining
Review: the book caught my interest right at the begining and rarly let it slip, I love that in books, but I really want to know why there isn't more out there from this wonderful author. PLEASE, give this book a chance, I doubt you will be dissapointed.
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Summary: The Scoundrel is an intriguing and entertaining book.
Review: The characters of this book were great. Lily and Miles Remmington had great romantic wordplay. It is nice to have an intelligent female lead and a man who admires that. The fact that they were all embroiled in the War Department intrigue was very entertaining. This book was a good read. I am happy to discover Elizabeth Elliott's novels and I look forward to reading more.
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Summary: A very intellegent and persistant young lady makes the book!
Review: This book is about a very intellegent Lady Lily Walters who "translates" secret codes for the English government during the war. Somone finds out her idenity and tries to kill her. As she is running down the middle of the street the Duke of Remmington (her secret crush). The Duke helps her find her father and sets his men to watch the house until the next morning. Lily and her father decide that she should go to a "safe house". Unfortunately, they don't tell the duke's men who think Lily's father isn't doing enough to protect her. His men take her to the Duke's house and thus the fun begins......I must say that Lily was a very persistant young heroine who didn't give up easily on her love. This was a great book to read
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Summary: A very intellegent and persistant young lady makes the book!
Review: This book is about a very intellegent Lady Lily Walters who "translates" secret codes for the English government during the war. Somone finds out her idenity and tries to kill her. As she is running down the middle of the street the Duke of Remmington (her secret crush). The Duke helps her find her father and sets his men to watch the house until the next morning. Lily and her father decide that she should go to a "safe house". Unfortunately, they don't tell the duke's men who think Lily's father isn't doing enough to protect her. His men take her to the Duke's house and thus the fun begins......I must say that Lily was a very persistant young heroine who didn't give up easily on her love. This was a great book to read
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Summary: A very intellegent and persistant young lady makes the book!
Review: This book is about a very intellegent Lady Lily Walters who "translates" secret codes for the English government during the war. Somone finds out her idenity and tries to kill her. As she is running down the middle of the street the Duke of Remmington (her secret crush). The Duke helps her find her father and sets his men to watch the house until the next morning. Lily and her father decide that she should go to a "safe house". Unfortunately, they don't tell the duke's men who think Lily's father isn't doing enough to protect her. His men take her to the Duke's house and thus the fun begins......I must say that Lily was a very persistant young heroine who didn't give up easily on her love. This was a great book to read
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Summary: Charming and lovely !
Review: This is a light-hearted romance with a strong female lead. The book has a refreshing start with an interesting plot. Lily who translates complicated messages for the war department acts like a typical flirts during all the parties. Her acting career which can be quite funny throughout different parts of the book is at risk when she faces her 'crush' Miles. They quickly realize at least the physcial attraction between the two of them. The description of Miles, the Duke of Remmington is quite exciting in the beginning. However, he did not grow on me as the story went on. All the secondary characters are interesting and have potential for their own stories. Although Lily is depicted as very intelligent and quick wit, her lack of understanding of the relationship between the sexes were a little annoying at times, espcially during the wedding night. You would think by then she would have figure it out? Miles did not really develop much throughout the story. His experience and background and its effect on his personality was not really explained. One thing that was a little disappointing was the way Lily handled or did not handled the distant situation after their marriage. It would seem that for a strong heroine, she would certainly have taken things into her own hands and show Miles a thing or two about 'Love'... Still, this book was a very pleasant read for a hot afternoon.
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