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Flirting With Ruin (2012)

by Marguerite Kaye(Favorite Author)

3.13 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1459231104 (ISBN13: 9781459231108)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Harlequin

review 1: Great short story. Early 19th century... A war Major and a 26 year-old widow have a chance encounter and think they will never see each other again. They, of course, do meet again and their passionate affair starts. Since they are both seeking adventures, they decide to travel the world together ... Cute, since it doesn't push the usual "we are madly in love after knowing each other for only 3 days" > but more "we are modern people and choose to embark on an adventure together because we have amazing chemistry"... Not as a novel, but as a short story, it could have easily gotten 5* had there not been grammatical and other mistakes... Even on the last page - it says that Fraser is giving "Kate" champagne glasses in the carriage (instead of Rosalind) - and we know it's actu... moreally Rosalind in the carriage with him...
review 2: I can't turn down a book offered for free on the Kindle set in Historical Romance Times Past by an author I mostly enjoy! Its a short book (really a novella), but there's a bit packed into it and felt like the set-up that it (probably) was. We learn just enough about Rosalind's friend Kate and her family to know that when next we meet this family one of the daughters or the feckless son shall be ensnared in love's crosshairs.Rosalind and Fraser are a fun match. Rosalind often felt the more experienced and mature of the two, while Fraser felt more uncertain of himself. They're chemistry is quick and burns bright, but Kaye does make them cautious (at least temporarily) and pragmatic. The end I think is what made me enjoy the book then I think I initially thought I would--Kaye doesn't make make this a 'We've known two days we should be in forever love let's get married!' story. She has both Fraser and Rosalind realize that together they can have quite a bit of adventure and fun, so why not just go traveling together (since neither cares about society anyhow)?No mentions of love, forever or matrimony (though I'd lay odds in one of the companion books we find out they do get married, but that's fine since at least they would KNOW each other by then) just straight up 'You're fun, why let it end?'. less

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