Imprudent Lady

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Prudence Mallow, country miss, finds herself in London as the poor relation of her Uncle Clarence, a true British eccentric and erstwhile painter When she discovers her calling as a novelist, she is delighted to develop a friendship with another writer But Prudence produces modest, sincere novels, and Lord Dammler, handsome rake that he is, has won acclaim for his scandalous Cantos from Abroad Drawn by the rakish marquis into the hotbed of London society, Prudence finds herself in way over her head and heart. Best Download eBook Imprudent Lady by Joan Smith – kino-fada.fr I am so much positively surprised by this book that I have decided that I will add a shelf the best witty romances in the near future.It is definitely a masterpiece of the genre funny Regency romances Really I have read by now a few authors which could be call as like Heyer The best of them are Emily Eden and Jude Morgan, next are Clare Darcy and Barbara Metzger but they wrote differently, some books are really good, some just nice Now, I am very curious where Joan Smith will be A I am so much positively surprised by this book that I have decided that I will add a shelf the best witty romances in the near future.It is definitely a masterpiece of the genre funny Regency romances Really I have read by now a few authors which could be call as like Heyer The best of them are Emily Eden and Jude Morgan, next are Clare Darcy and Barbara Metzger but they wrote differently, some books are really good, some just nice Now, I am very curious where Joan Smith will be After this novel I would add her to the best, but I must readof her to be sure.So, let s back to the bookDon t think to get out of it by dragging up my past Past You are confused in your tenses, milord That s all right ...The Historical prompt for the TBR Challenge is a bit of a Busman s Holiday for yours truly, but even so, I still enjoy going through my books to find something I haven t read yet This time round, I settled on a traditional Regency from 1978, Joan Smith s Imprudent Lady Many authors have had books likened to those of Georgette Heyer, and while that is a comparison that s always going to draw my eye, I ve been disappointed on many an occasion Not so here Imprudent Lady is an utterly delight The Historical prompt for the TBR Challenge is a bit of a Busman s Holiday for yours truly, but eve...Delightfully witty traditional HRThere are echoes of all sorts of romances in this clever story, from Venetia to Persuasion Gowland s Lotion, anyone but the main characters are very much themselves a Byronic poet of a hero, and a little dab of an authoress turning out sharply observed novels The romance is very tenderly drawn indeed, Lord Dammler doesn t realise for most of the book that the pleasure he takes in Prudence Mallow s company is love We do, though we see the progression fr Delightfully witty traditional HRThere are echoes of all sorts of romances in this clever story, from Venetia to Persuasion Gowland s Lotion, anyone but the main characters are very much themselves a Byronic poet of a hero, and a little dab of an authoress turning out sharply observed novels The romance is very tenderly drawn indeed, Lord Dammler doesn t realise for most of the book that the pleasure he takes in Prudence Mallow s company is love We do, though we see the progression from a professional interest to friendship to love via some of the sharpest repartee I ve read in a long time At one point, Dammler is attempting to persuade Prudence that he has reformed his rakish waysI didn t go out at all last night This was the second time he had mentioned in a seemingly casual fashion the innocent nature of his nights, and Prudence decided to chide him about it ...I had never heard of Joan Smith, even though she has a bazillion romance titles onWhen one of my favoritereviewers who goes by the sobriquet Old Latin Teacher wrote that this book was the next best thing to a Georgette Heyer, I became curious.Well, Old Latin Teacher was right This is a charming, witty story of a rake and a bluestocking, with delightful characters and sparkling dialogue There s no sex...I just spent the most perfect evening with this book in hand and symphonic West Side Story on the stereo Complete bliss.If you like clever and witty regency novels not bodice rippers,like Georgette Heyer regencies then you will adore this one I did.A nice read The hero and heroine gradually fell in love No rush, just steady and believable A simple story of two people getting to know each other Great secondary characters I m loving on uncle Clarence Clean read, but I missed at least a few kisses The hero was a rake after all. I think a littleunplanned kisses and touches would have made the storyappealing I might contradict myself here but even though I don t mind reading clean romances I still wish they would have a lit A nice read The hero and heroine gradually fell in love No rush, just steady and believable A sim...Wellh m On the one hand, kudos to this author for creating a foamingly fluffy light Regency very much in the vein of Georgette Heyer, and an interesting eccentric in the character of Uncle Clarence, amateur very amateur painter Not to be confused with the Duke of Clarence, who also makes an appearance An amusing what if with two characters based on Lord Byron and Jane Austen, positing an almost credible love affair between a Lady and the dissolute poet Lord OK, I suspended my dis Wellh m On the one hand, kudos to this author for creating a foamingly fluffy light Regency very much in the vein of Georgette Heyer, and an interesting eccentric in the character of Uncle Clarence, amateur very amateur painter Not to be confused with the Duke of Clarence, who also makes an appearance An amusing what if with two characters based on Lord Byron and Jane Austen, positing an almost credible love affair between a Lady and the dissolute poet Lord OK, I suspended my disbelief pretty willingly, I admit it On the other hand, perhaps a bit too much in the vein I know it was written in 1978, and I really can t rail against this particular author, since at least she does it with a lighter hand than some of those who follow, but I personally am ready to dispense with Almack s, the Patronesses of the same, the name dropping of every other historical...I enjoyed this immensely even with the weird left turn to Bath where everything became a little stupid The writing though is wonderful, much better than most of the regencies that are being produced today It was refreshing to read ab...Hilarious, full of quick banter, and great comic secondary characters.I can see why people likes this book, but I realized that Joan Smith is not for me.What I liked there were moments where I enjoyed Prudence s and Dammler s friendship Where I could feel they were friends I liked Prudence s Uncle He was an original , certainly the most interesting character in the story It seemed like he was going to be a mean uncle at first but he cared for Prudence, albeit superficially, and I loved every time he lied, even though he didn t think he was lying there I can see why people likes this book, but I realized that Joan Smith is not for me.What I liked there were moments where I enjoyed Prudence s and Dammler s friendship Where I could feel they were friends I liked Prudence s Uncle He was an original , certainly the most interesting character in the story It seemed like he was going to be a mean uncle at first but he cared for Prudence, albeit superficially, and I loved every time he lied, even though he didn t think he was lying there are no...

Imprudent Lady
  • 14 October 2018
  • Paperback
  • 240 pages
  • 0449236633
  • Joan Smith
  • Imprudent Lady