Sabrina Jeffries
Auteur de The Truth About Lord Stoneville
A propos de l'auteur
Sabrina Jeffries was born in New Orleans in 1958. She received a doctorate in English literature from Tulane University with a specialty in early modern British literature. She is the author of numerous romance series including The School for Heiresses series, The Hellions of Halstead Hall series, afficher plus The Swanlea Spinsters series, The Royal Brotherhood series, and The Lord Trilogy. She also writes under the pen names Deborah Martin and Deborah Nicholas. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Séries
Œuvres de Sabrina Jeffries
6 Sabrina Jeffries Novels 1 exemplaire
Baneful! 1 exemplaire
Tajniki uwodzenia 1 exemplaire
Ein Duke wider Willen: Elegant Occasions 1 1 exemplaire
Czar wigilijnej nocy 1 exemplaire
Pirat 1 exemplaire
Występna miłość 1 exemplaire
Wiezy krwi (polish) 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
誘惑のルール (エメラルドコミックス ハーモニィコミックス) — Original text — 1 exemplaire
放蕩貴族のレッスン (エメラルドコミックス ハーモニィコミックス) — Original Text — 1 exemplaire
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- Autres noms
- Martin, Deborah
Nicholas, Deborah - Date de naissance
- 1958
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- North Carolina, USA
- Études
- Tulane University (PhD | English literature)
- Agent
- Pam Ahearn
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 82
- Aussi par
- 10
- Membres
- 12,912
- Popularité
- #1,812
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 444
- ISBN
- 524
- Langues
- 12
- Favoris
- 31
4 stars
Sabrina Jeffries is back with the third, and presumably last, of the Designing Debutantes series featuring the remaining single Harper sister. While the story does technically stand alone, there are a few things (like Rafe’s prior spying on the family) that happened in the previous books and aren’t completely explained right up front. Because the other sisters and their husbands do appear, it’s probably worth having read the prior two books (A Duke for Diana and What Happens in the Ballroom) before delving into this one - just to be sure.
Verity is the most outspoken and independent of the sisters. While they all run Elegant Occasions - a business to help young women succeed in society - Verity much prefers toiling away in the kitchen and designing menus to anything else. I found it amusing that for all her free-spirited notions, she becomes quite the stickler when it comes to the young ladies in her charge. But when she’s with Rafe, she’s free to be herself and certainly doesn’t mind getting naughty with him. Overall she’s a likeable heroine and one I was certainly rooting for.
If you’re looking for the perfect hero for a historical romance then let me introduce you to Rafe. He’s a soldier / spy who is now in line for a viscountcy so he’s got that fantastic blend of gentleman that’s a little rough around the edges. He’s quite a straightforward, stoic kind of guy who doesn’t recognise the wildness in himself when it comes to Verity. I liked his attempts to delude himself into pretending he felt nothing for Verity and also felt so sorry for the wee boy Rafe still was - unloved and dreaming of a family.
Together, Rafe and Verity had wonderful chemistry. They had banter aplenty and you could definitely feel the sexual pull and tension between them. I loved them as a couple and loved their sex scenes even more. Sabrina Jeffries does write a good sex scene. And good kissing scenes, too.
There’s a sort of mystery running though the book. It’s never really truly defined but Rafe is searching for a spy for the French. This is where the book lost points with me as Rafe’s spying to determine the traitor were wishy-washy at best. And things kept on just being announced and I wondered if I’d missed that fact previously. It still all came to a mostly satisfying conclusion but I felt that things could have been a bit more solid.
All in all, I liked this series from Sabrina Jeffries and liked this book, too. It’s not my favourite of hers but she remains one of my go-to authors and her writing and historical detail remains top-notch and definitely one of the best in the business. 4 stars for this one but I still enjoyed it a lot.… (plus d'informations)