Romancing the Duke (Castles Ever After, #1)

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In the first in Tessa Dare s captivating Castles Ever After series, a mysterious fortress is the setting for an unlikely love.As the daughter of a famed author, Isolde Ophelia Goodnight grew up on tales of brave knights and fair maidens She never doubted romance would be in her future, too The storybooks offered endless possibilities.And as she grew older, Izzy crossed them off One by one by one.Ugly duckling turned swan Abducted by handsome highwayman Rescued from drudgery by charming prince No, no, and Heh.Now Izzy s given up yearning for romance She ll settle for a roof over her head What fairy tales are left over for an impoverished twenty six year old woman who s never even been kissed This one. Best Read [ Romancing the Duke (Castles Ever After, #1) ] by [ Tessa Dare ] – kino-fada.fr and Khanh s heart grew three sizes that day.This book makes me smile It left me with a goofy grin and eyes misted over with stupid unshed tears It makes me want to believe in starlit kisses, in moonlit romance It makes me want my own fairy tale.Goddamn it This book was just too fucking cute.Yes, I realize that the cursing is completely uncalled for Let me curse I need an element of foulness in order to retain the vestiges of my usual anger and bitterness This book has left me a silly and Khanh s heart grew three sizes that day.This book makes me smile It left me with a goofy grin and eyes misted over with stupid unshed tears It makes me want to believe in starlit kisses, in moonlit romance It makes me want my own fairy tale.Goddamn it This book was just too fucking cute.Yes, I realize that the cursing is completely uncalled for Let me curse I need an element of foulness in order to retain the vestiges of my usual anger and bitterness This book has lef...Release the ermine Isolde Izzy Ophelia Goodnight Motherless Fatherless Homeless Penniless Friendless Plain, twenty six year old Izzy, who has never been kissed let alone courted, inherits Gostley Castle With her pet ermine and little else, she travels to Northumberland to seize inherit the castle.When she arrives she s surprised...4.5 starsI honestly don t even know if I can be trusted to seriously rate historical romances Mostly because where certain trends and tropes seriously piss me off in EVERY SINGLE OTHER GENRE, in HRIn fact, I actually look forward to certain HR tropes They re like mental check boxes, and theof them are checked off, the higher I m likely to rate the book Take this book It had witty banter, hilarious moments, a disheveled duke, a virginal yet non prudish female lead, hate to lov...Wanna read a story about a moody blind guy who pushes everyone away from him Scarred heroes aren t my thing They tend to be angry pricks, and I m just not turned on by mopey and or dark dudes Guess I m just funny like thatHowever, humorous historical romances with plucky heroines are my thing, and that s what made Romancing the Duke a big win for me This story Well, it s filled to...4.5 Goodnight Stars Romancing the Duke is my first Tessa Dare book and I loved it I really enjoyed her writing style Her hero Ransom was a foul mouth, damaged, sexy, asshole The heroine Izzy was a funny, spunky, outgoing woman that I couldn t help but love and root for Ransom and Izzy had a cute romance and the smexy time was hot I laughed a lot while reading this book I love any book that can make me laugh I loved the plot and I loved the ending I am so glad I give thi...07 01 LAST WEEK OF THE YEAR In need of laughs smiles swoon Reread of Izzie s story Verdict EVEN BETTER Still 4.5 stars but I round up at 5 After reading a crappy romance anti stalker effect guaranteed Meet Ransom the hilarious grinch instead p For God s sake Don t do that Don t do what Smile How do you know I m smiling I can hear it Hell, I can feel it It s all warm and sweet andHe scowled Bah BAHAHAHAHA I loved him eventhe second time around 07 01 LAST WEEK OF THE YEAR In need of laughs smiles swoon Reread of Izzie s story Verdict EVEN BETTER Still 4.5 stars but I round up at 5 After reading a crappy romance anti stalker effect guaranteed Meet Ransom the hilarious grinch instead p For God s sake Don t do that Don t do what Smile How do you know I m smiling I c...4.5 stars I will always credit Tessa Dare as the author who got me hooked on historical romance If it wasn t for her Spindle Cove series, I might have gone the rest of my life thinking that historical romances were not for me How VERY wrong I was I listened to this book on audio, and I shelled out big bucks for it, something I rarely do However, I listened to all of the Spindle Cove books and feel totally in LOVE and so I didn t want to ruin a good trend The narrator of this book was Carmen 4.5 stars I will always credit Tessa Dare as the author who got me hooked on historical romance If it wasn t for her Spindle Cove series, I might have gone the rest of my life thinking that historical romances were not for me How VERY wrong I was I listened to this book on audio, and I shelled out big bucks for it, something I rarely do However, I listened to all of the Spindle Cove books and feel totally in LOVE and so I didn t want to ruin a good trend The narrator of this book was Carmen Rose, which was a big change from Carolyn Morris, who was a PRO narrating the Spindle Cove books It took me a little while to appreciate Carmen Rose s narrating style While she did nice voices and had great range, something about the cadence or reading abilities feltforced to me However, the narration grew on me as I listened on and on, and I ended up really enjoying it I plan on payingbig bucks grumbles to continue the series in audio As for the plot just wonderful I have a STRONG weakness for a ...I think this is somewhere between 3 and 4 stars for me, but it got 4 because it has some yummy steamy stuff in it If you are intrigued by the idea of a period romance with LARPers in it This could be your jam We read this for Vaginal Fantasy and it was overall really enjoyed by allThis was a re read or in this case, I listened to it the second time aroundSeries IndeedSexy times Seriously, some of the best HR sexy times ever Should win awards in my most humble of opinions Plan on readingby the author Hell yes Synopsis Isolde ends up penniless and hungry at the door of a castle where Duke Cranky Pants catches her when she faints He takes her inside and treats her with love, adoration and perfect manners, NOT Whereupon she finds out she is now the owner of said This was a re read or in this case, I listened to it the second time aroundSeries IndeedSexy times Seriously, some of the best HR sexy times ever Should win awards in my most humble of opinions Plan on readingby the author Hell yes Synopsis Isolde ends up penniless and hungry at the door of a castle where Duke Cranky Pants catches her when she faints He takes her inside and treats her with love, adoration and perfect manners, NOT Whereupon she finds out she is now the owner of said castle and Cranky is all hell no and she convinces him to let her stay so she can help him work out his correspondence and obvs problems with his solicitors Along comes her enterouge of followers not followers, who are really folks totally into re enacting her father s stories See her daddio wrote a series of stories about a Knight, a...5 Bright, brilliant, life amid the ruins stars There are just so many things I love about this story There were kisses that made me smile, touches that made me tremble, starry nights that gave me goosebumps, and confessions that made me want to weep From the first page to the last, I was swept up into this delightful, romantic, sexy story, and Doubt not, my lady, I shall return forof the Castles Ever After series A copy of this story was provided by Avon Books and in return I ga5 Bright, brilliant, life amid the ruins stars There are just so many th...

Romancing the Duke (Castles Ever After, #1)
  • English
  • 22 December 2018
  • Mass Market Paperback
  • 370 pages
  • 0062240196
  • Tessa Dare
  • Romancing the Duke (Castles Ever After, #1)