On the other hand, had Mary Sarah been even slightly bearable as a narrator I might have liked it better.
The love story got ridiculously overwrought. It took too long and somehow wasn’t exciting enough except in the middle. I can’t decide if the narrator had been the slightest bit tolerable then the book would have been less preachy and long winded. I like the excitement of the mystery but this needed a good editor. And his would lead her down more than just the path of scandal. It's undeniable that Devlin Byrne is a dangerous temptation-but just as Ophelia begins to trust him, maybe even fall for him, she discovers she's not the only one with secrets. But having Ophelia is only the beginning of Devlin's plans. Or that his purpose has golden-brown eyes that shimmer with mischief, the palest of skin, and a lush mouth that beckons to be kissed, and deeply. No one else knows that his obscene wealth and ruthlessness aren't without purpose. Now she needs the help of the one man a lady should never trust.ĭevlin Byrne stands on the edge of London society, knowing he will never be accepted. But when she stumbles upon her beloved father's darkest secrets, the line between her two worlds quickly blurs. In the other, she moves through the underworld's shadows as songstress Lady Starlight, protected only by the notoriously wealthy scoundrel Devlin Byrne. In one, she is the impudent, willful daughter of a powerful marquess and darling of the ton. But when Maryann's parents hold fast to their arranged marriage plan, it'll take a scandal of epic proportions for these two to get out of this together.Lady Ophelia Darby exists in two worlds. Turns out Nicolas allows for the scandal to perpetuate for his own reasons. Now she just needs to convince the marquess to keep his silence. She anonymously claims that the bedchamber belonged to none other than Miss Fitzwilliam, tarnishing her own reputation-and chances of the dastardly union her family secured for her.
Ives, the Marquess of Rothbury, climbing out the chamber windows of a house party, Maryann does the unthinkable. When the scandal sheet reports a sighting of Nicolas St. But Maryann is ready to use those wits to turn herself into a sinful wallflower. No gentleman of the ton will marry her, so her parents arrange for her to wed a man old enough to be her father.
Miss Maryann Fitzwilliam is too witty and bookish for her own good.
0 kommentar(er)
