Blurb
Iris Smythe–Smith is used to being underestimated. With her pale hair and quiet, sly wit she tends to blend into the background, and she likes it that way. So when Richard Kenworthy demands an introduction, she is suspicious. He flirts, he charms, he gives every impression of a man falling in love, but she can't quite believe it's all true. When his proposal of marriage turns into a compromising position that forces the issue, she can't help thinking that he's hiding something . . . even as her heart tells her to say yes.
My Review
I received a ARC copy in exchange for a honest review. Thanks to Avon Books for the opportunity.
Sir Richard Kenworthy, needs a wife and soon. As he is
looking in London, for prospects, he attends the infamous musicale done by the
Smythe Smiths, what he doesn’t expect is to find the cello player, to be the
woman of his dreams. He is captivated by her, and he knows that she will be
perfect. She is passionate and he knows that there much more to than meets the
eye and he means to find out what is beneath the surface. Iris Smythe-Smith
knows that it can be easy for her to fade in the background and not be seen, so
when Sir Richard, starts calling on her and paying attention, she is suspicious
at first, but then when his courting proves to be sincere, but then when they
are caught in a compromising position they are forced to marry and soon Richard
becomes even more mysterious than before, and as his wife, Iris is determined
to uncover everything that he is hiding from her, but it isn’t what she expects
and she fears it could tear them apart for good.
The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy is the forth
installment in this latest series by Julia Quinn. I still can’t believe that we
are already on the fourth book; I swear time has just flown by; it seems like
yesterday when the first book of the series came out. I have had such a ball of
fun with this series, and although my heart has always been centered on the
bridgertons, there is something so quirky and fun about this series. This book
was a hoot, it had charm and elegance and a book of surprises and twists that
you never see coming. The “Secrets” of our hero, is not something you would
expect, and I enjoyed seeing these two work together to solve a bit of a
puzzle. At the beginning of the story, the book is just a sweet courtship,
nothing spectacular, just your average regency romance…but that is not the case
with this one.
I will admit that the first half of the book I had some
problems getting fully entrenched in the story, but once I entered the second
half, the ball really gets rolling, and I had a hard time keeping up with this
one. It really seemed to develop and seemed to contain quite a bit of conflict
and sexual tension…and oh boy does the story really heat up. Quinn sure knows
how to write a steamy romance, without it seeming to be super steamy, she has a
talent of balancing story line and plot with sexual tension, that it blends
perfectly into a batch of splendid romance, enchanting characters and a plot to
crave. ASTOUNDING!!!
Author Info.
In 2010, Ms Quinn won her third RITA Award in four years and was the thirteenth author to be inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. Her books have been translated into twenty-eight languages, and she has been profiled in USA Today and TIME Magazine. Her twenty-third novel, The Sum of All Kisses, was released in late 2013.
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