The Viscount Who Loved Me
2000
- fiction, romance, historical, regency
- social life and customs, fiction
- manners and customs, fiction
- sisters, fiction
- londres (inglaterra)
- novela
- hermanas
- nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2021-05-16
- marriage, fiction
- nyt:mass-market-monthly=2022-05-08
The story
*1814 promises to be another eventful season, but not, This Author believes, for Anthony Bridgerton, London's most elusive bachelor, who has shown no indication that he plans to marry. And in all truth, why should he? When it comes to playing the consummate rake, nobody does it better... --Lady Whistledown's Society Papers, April 1814* But this time the gossip columnists have it wrong. Anthony Bridgerton hasn't just decided to marry--he's even chosen a wife! The only obstacle is his intended's older sister, Kate Sheffield--the most meddlesome woman ever to grace a London ballroom. The spirited schemer is driving Anthony mad with her determination to stop the betrothal, but when he closes his eyes at night, Kate's the woman haunting his increasingly erotic dreams... Contrary to popular belief, Kate is quite sure that reformed rakes do not make the best husbands--and Anthony Bridgerton is the most wicked rogue of them all. Kate's determined to protect her sister--but she fears her own heart is vulnerable. And when Anthony's lips touch hers, she's suddenly afraid she might not be able to resist the reprehensible rake herself...
What it’s like
Sun-warmed Regency drawing rooms and sparkling candlelit ballrooms, with the crisp, pale-gold light of a London spring, set the look of this book; its prose is brisk, witty and conversational, sliding easily between banter and the gossip-column voice of Lady Whistledown's interludes. The mood is playful and bright, with a flirtatious undercurrent that builds into heated tension, a light romance that is confident and frothy rather than brooding. It suits a lazy weekend afternoon, a comfort reread with tea, or a long train ride when you want something that moves quickly and makes you smile. Pacing is brisk, with plenty of sparring dialogue and short scenes; the central arc follows two sharp, stubborn people who spend the book trading barbs, misreading each other and slowly admitting they want more than they planned. Sensuality is present and frank: the romance includes sexual tension and intimate scenes written with some explicitness, though nothing graphic or cruel, and violence is absent. It is for readers who enjoy witty banter, Regency manners and a clever, warm romance with a sensual edge.
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