Title: DESPERATE MEASURES
Author: Claire Firth
Publish Date: 04.26.14
Publisher: Mulberry Publishing
Category /Genre: Erotic Regency Romance
Recommended
for: 18+ due to sexual content
Grammar/editing: ungraded – book
received as an unedited ARC / errors
excused
Received from: Claire Firth (in exchange for an honest review)
Tour by: Bare Naked Words
Goodreads link: Desperate
Measures
Date completed: 05.12.14
Description from the publisher:
Lady Isabelle Pennington has been
put off sex for life. Married off by her family to an abusive man 35 years her
senior, she is now widowed and virtually penniless. His debauched lifestyle and
treatment of her has left her deeply scarred and vowing that never again will
she allow other people to run her life.
Guy Montford has had one wife walk
out on him and has no wish to enter the matrimonial stakes again. But when he
and Isabelle are thrown together, he begins to see through her cold exterior
and finds himself becoming obsessed by her aloof beauty despite himself.
To begin with Isabelle wants nothing
to do with this imposing Duke who has dragged her into his life, but then to
her shock she realises that he does not repulse her as her first husband had done.
Indeed for the first time ever, she actually starts to enjoy the exquisite
sensations he arouses in her.
Two damaged people intent on
maintaining their independence. But both turn out to be highly passionate - and
once passion flares it can be difficult to control!
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After a few moments he
opened his eyes to look at her. ‘You are a witch,’ he rumbled,
taking a strand of her silky hair in his hand and winding it around his
fingers.. ‘And I confess to not knowing quite how to take you.
In one breath you claim to abhor sex in any shape or form, and on the
other …’ he gave her a rueful smile, ‘I have to say, you give
the best hand massage it has ever been my good fortune to receive. I trust
I did not become too much like an animal as I indulged my carnal appetite?’
She had the grace to blush as he reminded her of her
words, and he watched the spread of colour with satisfaction...
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My only complaint with this story is
that it is over.
After each has survived horrible
first marriages, Isabella and Guy have sworn off marrying again. His honor and her desperation lead them to a
marriage of convenience. Can their
marriage ever develop into lust, or maybe even love?
I loved this historical romance
novella. I could not put it down. I could completely relate to Isabella, but I
was rooting for Guy in the end! Isabella
is strong-willed while still feminine and refined. She could be crude, but would still blush –
so much like me! I can only hope to find
a man like Guy.
I want to read more from Claire
Firth.
Other Books from Claire Firth:
- The Reluctant Bride
Thank you Bare Naked Words
for hosting this tour.
originally posted 05.12.2014 on my
previous website
WordPress.com closed that site
because I promoted authors and their books
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