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Miss Foster's Folly (2010)

by Alice Gaines(Favorite Author)

3.91 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1426890141 (ISBN13: 9781426890147)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Carina Press

review 1: This sounded like a cute story when I got it. The heroine had inherited all the family money, and intended to set off on an adventure. Except her adventure sounded really strange. Why would a gently raised rich young woman decide to take a bunch of lovers? This intention just was Not motivated, to my satisfaction, anyway. Then, since she's going to pretend to be a widow, to take all these lovers, she decides she needs to get her virginity out of the way. But the hero of the story--an impoverished nobleman--has decided he needs a rich wife, and the heroine is the one he's set his mind on. She just wants him to relieve her of her inconvenient virginity. She runs away from him to England, he encounters her there, and continues his courtship. Which isn't particularly court-y. ... moreHe manipulates her, takes her off to his country estate and won't let her leave, etc., etc., and a whole lot of etc. There's a whole lot of nooky going on in the middle of this book, plus a spanking scene which I did not find at all reasonable that she would wind up Liking it. But then, while I realize some might like spanking, it is Totally not my thing, most especially when it begins as punishment. I simply can't conceive that it could somehow turn into something erotic. So that's probably just that it ain't my kink. Mostly, though, I found all the sex really boring. There wasn't enough other stuff (that didn't annoy me) to keep me interested. It was okay. I read the whole book.
review 2: If you've never read anything by Alice Gaines, this is a great place to start. Miss Foster's Folly is a humorous Victiorian romance which deserves the five star reviews it's garnered. You won't feel the heat from the five flame rating because the writing is so smooth and the story so sweet.Juliet Foster has just become the wealthiest spinster in town. Her domineering and thoroughly unpleasant father has died and left her millions. She's free to be her own woman and seek a life of adventure. David Winslow, Marquess of Derrington, is in search of a wife who can break the Winslow Curse. Every second-generation heir inherits a restless, defiant nature that can only be tamed by a mate as independent and rebellious as himself. And so begins Miss Foster's Folly: a rolicking trip accross the Atlantic through the English countryside. Along the way, the reader meets a gaggle of quirky noblemen and women, including David's grandmother, Lady Harriet Winslow, the Dowager Marchioness of Derrington who redefines the meaning of a little old lady. less

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