The Dukes Match Girl (Fiery Tales, #3)

Posted on 23 May 2018 by Lila DiPasqua

From USA Today bestselling author Lila DiPasqua comes a scorching new historical romance novella in the acclaimed Fiery Tales series A romantic, erotically charged retelling of Hans Christian Andersen s The Little Match Girl.As childhood friends, Leopold d Ermart and Suzanne Matchet were inseparable One unforgettable Christmas Eve, their relationship changed from the best of friendsto lovers But the heir of the Duke of Mont Marly isn t supposed to fall in love with the daughter of his family s physician Or vice versa.Is this a second chance at first love Years later, Suzanne is dreading her first Christmas without her father The heartbreak Leo caused when he left seven years ago is a distant memory And she prefers to keep it that way The last thing Suzanne expects is for tall, dark, and sinfully seductive Leo d Ermart to show up at her door and announce he wants her back in his life And in his bed Worse, the now celebrated libertine is even devastating to a woman s senses than ever beforeOr are they playing with fire The only woman Leo, Duke of Mont Marly, has ever yearned for is the adorably unconventional, intelligent beauty who got away He discovers Suzanne creating and selling matchsticks, elixirs for the illand is still so damned alluring Leo is determined to show her the depth of his desire, win back Suzanne s heart And give her a Christmas beyond her wildest imaginationWarning Explicit language and love scenes 32,000 word novella. Download The Dukes Match Girl (Fiery Tales, #3) – kino-fada.fr THE DUKE S MATCH GIRL is part of Lila DiPasqua s Fiery Tales series but can easily be as a standalone 5 Delightfully Wicked Stars I LOVED this novella It was romantic, steamy and funny and kept me totally entertained from the first page to the last Here are the things I loved The story combines two of my favourite tropes friends to lovers and second chances I adored Leo his willingness to admit how much he had hurt Suzanne and his sheer determination to prove how much he truly loves her THE DUKE S M...Loved this very sexy read This was a great read in the lead up to Christmas, a retelling of The Little Match Girl, a Hans Christian Anderson Christmas Fairytale Only this one is a lotgrown up, and very, very sexy A wonderful second chance hate to love story wit...FANTASTIQUE I adore this novella ADORE Incredibly sexy and romantic story.LOVE Review to follow.Grade AI don t know why this book is called the Duke s Match Girl How is Suzanne Leo s match girl Yes I read the writer s note in the beginning And yes I am familiar with Andersen s The Little Match Girl And no, I don t get it But no matter, the thing is this is a novella Like all novellas, they are too short for me to feel anything for the characters This book is a second chance romance, so that saved us some time We go in to the book assuming that Suzanne and Leo were once in love The book c I don t know why this book is called the Duke s Match Girl How is Suzanne Leo s match girl Yes I read the writer s note in the beginning And yes I am familiar with Andersen s The Little Match Girl And no, I don t get it But no matter, the thing is this is a novella Like all novellas, they are too short for me to feel anything for the characters This book is a second chance romance, so that saved us some time We go in to the book assuming that Suzanne and Leo were once in love The book can be summarized as the following...It is not an exaggeration to say I ve been waiting for The Duke s Match Girl for a long while When I heard that Lila DiPasqua was writing a story loosely based upon the Hans Christian Andersen tale, I didn t know how she d pull it off Boy, did she deliver Leopold d Ermant, the Duc de Mont Marly Leo for short is given a second chance at finding his happily ever after with the one woman he can t forget Suzanne Machet clever right Seems Leo and Suzanne grew up being best friends before t It is not an exaggeration to say I ve been waiting for The Duke s Match Girl for a long while When I heard that Lila DiPasqua was writing a story loosely based upon the Hans Christian Andersen tale, I didn t know how she d pull it off Boy, did she deliver Leopold d Ermant, the Duc de Mont Marly Leo for short is given a second chance at finding his happily ever after with the one woman he can t forget Suzanne Machet clever right Seems Leo and Suzanne grew up being best friends before they became lovers I won t spoil the story for you, but let s just say Leo has a lot of work ahead of him to make amends for his bad deeds He wants Suzanne back into his life and into his arms She s smart, quick witted, and a joy to all that know her But she s not going to fo...Ok so sue me for being the only reviewer to hate this novella On second thoughts, don t sue me because I need money to buy dog chow for Harold I knew this was erotic historical romance but I didn t expect that it would be heavy on the erotic and light on the historical Normally that would have been great because reading erotica has often made me horny enough to send very sexy text messages to the husband while he s at work But the erotica in this novel failed to make me horny because the her Ok so sue me for being the only reviewer to hate this novella On second thoughts, don t sue me because I need money to buy dog chow for Harold I knew this was erotic historical romance but I didn t expect that it would be heavy on the erotic and light on the historical Normally that would have been great because reading erotica has often made me horny enough to send very sexy text messages to the husband while he s at work But the erotica in this novel failed to make me horny because the hero made me angry I didn t like the H all that much I guess it will take time for me to develop a fondness for French heroes even if he is a duke Leo was an entitled, egotistical asshole who ruined the heroine s life 7 years ago before he w...So Lovely, Hot and SteamyAmazing characters and a great storyline bring us a sexy Duke, who decides to return to his first love and try to win her back after treating her horribly as young adults A most satisfying ending, thank you Danny Scott.3.5 rounded down, mostly because this could have been really good but fell short of that for me.This was not an amazing read, but it was certainly better than the last DiPasqua that I read, which was the one based around The Emperor s New Clothes That one was incredibly explicit, with hardly any plot to speak of This one was still on the explicit side, but it did have a storyline, and most of the book was actually focused on conversations between the MC s The idea that this is at all based up 3.5 rounded down, mostly because this could have been really good but fell short of that for me.This was not an amazing read, but it was certainly better than the last DiPasqua that I read, which was the one based around The Emperor s New Clothes That one was incredibly explicit, with hardly any plot to speak of This one was still on the explicit side, but it did have a storyline, and most of the book was actually focused on conversations between the MC s The idea that this is at all based upon The Little Match Girl is an enormous stretch the whole match idea could have easily been removed from the story with really no notice I felt like it was added in at the last second to make it fit the fairy tale theme, and I thought it could have been done in ameaningful way to the actual plot of the story The h here, Suzanne, is actuall...GREAT hero and heroine I loved how Leo set out to make it up to her for how he d treated her seven years ago Funny, romantic and STEAMY Leo s redemption how he went about capturing Suzanne s heart again 1 He goes out of his way to not only tell her how he feels, but show her in such a grand scale BEFORE he sleeps with her and man, the sexy scenes are seriously hot 2 He pledges never to leave her and that he s a changed manBEFORE he sleeps with her and is true to his word.4 T GREAT hero and heroine I loved how Leo set out to make it up to her for how he d treated her seven years ago Funny, romantic and STEAMY Leo s redemption how he went ab...The set up and the hero s former douchebaggery was enough to set my teeth on edge but the story was so so beautiful, I was a reader captivated It s a testament to the author s skill she manages to fit both toe curling erotic scenes AND swoon y romance in only 106 pages..

English
23 May 2018

Lila DiPasqua