DNF at just over 1/10th of the way in. I enjoyed the first book in the series, wasn't crazy about how so much of the first story was just repeated in the 2nd book, but the new parts were all right, and then had been hopeful for Lisa and Robert's story.
I nearly always finish every book in a series once started, but I could tell that things I disliked would just keep piling up until I absolutely despised this novel. (Reading some spoiler reviews confirmed it.) Life is too short. Some of the lowlights from just the first tenth: the heroine’s lady’s maid, entirely aware that her mistress has been abducted and is being held captive at a brothel to be sold, and that every second brings her closer to being *raped and ruined*, (and, after having an entire carriage ride back home to compose her plea for help) rambles utterly useless drivel when she arrives, and then allows the hero to sidetrack her into giving the entire history of acquaintance with the Madame and every detail that led up to the abduction -instead of giving the pertinent information needed to rescue her! Time's a-ticking folks! Meanwhile, the heroine is given roofied tea, fully realizes it’s drugged and that it was done to put her in danger, comes to again, *has a conversation about it*, and then *continues to drink the beverages offered to her by that exact same person*. ?!? AND, to add insult to injury, the “hero” arrives at the brothel (which he's visited frequently apparently, they totes have the best prostitutes! *eye roll*) to rescue her, but gets pretty damn sidetracked (while standing on a ledge two stories up, peeping through a window) by a scantily clad woman, even going so far as to plan to return *later that evening* to bed her! (at the establishment that he now knows apparently abducts women to sell into prostitution against their will! (Way to vote with your dollars, lol))- realizes that she's actually *his childhood friend he's there to save(!)*, but then goes RIGHT BACK to ogling her nearly naked body(!) when she’s mere moments away from being sex trafficked! WTF?! Maybe just overlook the state of her nipples until she’s safe from being sold into sex slavery?! Absolutely horrid. ( )

The only reason for me to read this book was the obvious one: I needed to know what happens at the end of this series. Now, having read the other two books (‘The Countess’ and ‘The Heiress’ and reviewed them here and here), I knew what to expect and surprisingly enough, that didn’t bother me much. I was ready for this one and I was thrilled that it took place two years after the other two books. Our heroine thinks herself not just older but wiser, and decides that waiting for the affections of our hero just might be in vain, so she sets out to choose a husband for herself.

And off we go on an adventure , or misadventure, with Lisa and Robert.
Reading this book was like watching a train wreck. I just couldn’t avert my eyes and avoid the obvious from the plot and the identity of the villan to the stupidity of the heroine. Seriously, this chick needed for someone to knock some sence into her! Yet I kept reading it!

This is not my first time reading Lynsay Sands and even though I never read any of her Vampire books, I thought the ones I read (‘The Switch’ and ‘Love is Blind’) were very good, interesting and quite entertaining. I’ve ‘The Deed’ still on my TBR and one of these days will get to it.

If you’re in a mood for some silliness and need a lighthearted read, this will fit the bill. It will make you laugh but the story in itself will have you cringe at times.
In the end, I recommend it only to those that have read the other two books, and if you haven’t yet had a chance to read the other two, don’t start with this one. You’re better off getting the two that I recommended, ‘The Switch’ and ‘Love is Blind’. They were short, well written with sweet romance and witty dialogue, and really fun to read.

Mel

*Copy provided by AVON publisher through Edelweiss* ( )

I am not a hater of the too stupid to live heroine, but in this book they add all the men as too stupid to live. There are multiple attempts to kidnap the girl and they still leave her with only the hero to protect her (so he can realize he is in love) and in the bedroom with a tree against the window that the kidnapper already attempted once.

On the other hand, even tho they were not very sensible, it was still kind of amusing. ( )

Interesting historical romance with an exciting finish but the most of the action moved rather slow and the hero fought the relationship too much. I preferred the other books in this series. Lisa has loved Robert all her life but he thinks of her as a sister so she starts looking for another husband.
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Sands can be hit it miss for me. Her humor can just hit the mark, or it can be a little too over the top. This one was a little too slapstick for me. While I enjoyed the romance itself, much of the plot had me rolling my eyes.

While I think fans of light comedies, and long-standing Sands fans, will enjoy this, I don't think it was for me. ( )