How to Capture a Countess (The Duchess Diaries)
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (560 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1451685173 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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When not stalking hot Australian actors, getting kicked out of West Virginia thanks to the antics of her extended family, or adding to her considerable shoe collection, Karen is getting chocolate on her keyboard while writing her next delightfully fun and sexy historical romance! . Karen Hawkins is a USA TODAY and New York Times bestselling author of some of the funniest and freshest fairytale-based S
Susanna said Fun, love and a gorgeous man - what more could you want?. 17-year-old Rose Balfour is captivated by Lord Alton Sinclair, "Lord Sin" to the adoring ton. When presented with a chance to gain his kiss, she pursues it. Lord Sin has never felt such an immediate attraction before, and dismisses the idea that this unusual young woman is so very young. He's unprepared when the kiss not only goes awry, but ends with a very dampening episode that makes him a laughingstock. But Rose has disappeared, and he cannot wreak his revenge.Fast forward six years. Now Lord Sin has earned his sobriquet in even more definitive terms. When he learns that Rose is . "boring and trite" according to ELLIS CALDWELL. I waited for this to be released - even putting a reminder on my Outlook calendar, bought it asap and TRIED to read it. I just couldn't get through it and ended up returning it. Maybe the other reviewers have never read a really good book with character development that is plausable and worth while. These characters are superficial and self serving. The hero thinks that the heroine ruined his life and made him a laughing stock because he fell into a fountain after giving her one little innocent kiss. The heroine is "ruined". Come on, does this one inconsequential incident have enoug. ""While How to Capture a Countess wasn't the book for me, I remain a fan of Ms. Hawkins's work."" according to mnix. As a young woman, Rose Balfour desperately wanted to catch the attention of the rakish Lord Alton Sinclair. Knowing proper young society misses would never capture the earl's interest, Rose pretended to be more worldly than she was. Until things went a bit too far and Rose panicked and pushed Sin into a fountain, leaving him to the mockery of his peers while she fled.Six years have passed since that fateful day, but Sin hasn't forgotten the woman who humiliated him. When he learns that his aunt, the Duchess of Roxburghe, is Rose's godmother, he convinces the duchess to invite Rose t
"A delightful, sprightly romp is what Hawkins does best, and when she sets her witty tale in Scotland and adds a charming castle and an engaging cast of characters, listeners have the beginning of an appealing new series." ---RT Book Reviews
Leaving Lord Sin floating among the lily pads to the mocking laughter of his peers, Rose escaped back to the obscurity of the Scottish countryside.Six years later, Sin convinces his aunt, the Duchess of Roxburghe, to invite Rose to her annual house party, where he plans to get revenge by making Rose the laughingstock of polite society. Thus Sin and Rose begin an epic battle of the sexes that becomes more passionate at every turn. Eventually, one will have to surrender…but to vengeance? Or to love’s deepest passion?. New York Times bestselling author Karen Hawkins sets Scottish hearts afire in this delightfully witty and sexy Regency romance, the first in her Duchess Diaries series.Urged by her favorite nephew, the intimidating Duchess of Roxburghe agrees to transform a thorny Scottish rose into a lovely bloom. Stung by his indifference, the st