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AN EARL BY ANY OTHER NAME by Lauren Smith (August 1, 2017; Forever Yours eBook; $1.99; Sins and Scandals series Book 1)
An earl in the streets, a rogue in the sheets . . .
Leopold Graham, Lord Hampton, was never a man to let propriety stand in the way of his pursuit of pleasure. Hedonism is his only desire in life---until his father's death saddles him with debts that threaten to bankrupt the entire family. Now the only thing that stands between him and utter ruin is marriage to a proper, and preferably wealthy, young lady.
Ivy Leighton is no sweet English rose. Perhaps it's her gypsy roots, but she would rather make a spectacle of her independent spirit than sit quietly on the sidelines. If that means that the only place she'll ever have in society is firmly on the shelf, then so be it. But when Ivy runs into the handsome, rakish Leo who's looking for a respectable, well-bred wife, she can't stop thinking about the troubles they can get into. Now she just has to convince him that a life with her is really what he needs.
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REVIEW
An Earl By Any Other Name is my very first book by Lauren Smith . The minute I saw the cover and read the blurb I just knew I had to read this book and it was just fantastic . We follow Ivy and Leo as they fall in love and it is fun to see how it happens because they are technically supposed to be opposite but as the book goes on you begin to see how perfect these two are for each other . I loved that this book incorporates the topic of women's rights . In the time that this book was written you can just imagine how much women were treated like property instead of people so I thought it was excellent that it was incorporated in this book . An Earl By Any Other Name was sexy , swoon worthy historical romance and I cannot wait to see what Lauren Smith will write next. If you love all these things in your romance you should definitely buy this story as soon as you can .
RATING
5/5 STARS
Without so much as another word, he bent his head.
When their mouths were an inch apart, he captured her gaze, and something wild
and hot passed between them as he slanted his mouth over hers. All worries and
fears were destroyed in the wake of pleasure and fire.
Heat and light burned through at that single kiss,
like tender sparks shooting through the night over a healthy fire. A little
moan escaped her as he teased her mouth open with his tongue. One of his hands
grasped her hip, holding her firm between him and the tree as he pressed
against her. The heady aroma of autumn leaves, leather, and sandalwood sent her
senses spinning.
With gentle kisses and a wicked tongue, he taught
her all the ways she’d longed to kiss. It was the sort of kiss the upstairs
maids whispered about, the kind that made a woman lose her head…and her heart.
This is a
terrible idea. I should stop him…but…The will to
break the kiss faded like morning mist. Once upon a time, there had been
nothing more she had wanted in her life, a kiss from her sunny-haired prince.
But she’d changed; she’d grown up and a man’s kiss shouldn’t have been so
potent that it cast a spell over her. Yet, Leo’s kiss was exactly that, a spell
that bound her to him in a way she feared would break her heart.
He nipped her lips, and she felt his mouth curve
into a smile against hers before he finally drew back. His eyes were dark with
passion, and his breathing was rough and warm against her face. Their bodies
were so close, the intimacy making her feel like there was nothing outside of
them in that moment.
“Why do I have the feeling you are going to be
trouble, Miss Leighton?” Leo chuckled, suddenly drawing a fingertip down her
nose and tapping it lightly, the way he had so often all those years ago.
“Trouble?” she echoed faintly. Still shaken by her
first kiss and the shivery warmth spreading through her limbs, she dared not
move for fear of falling. Love was dangerous; love ruined a woman’s dreams. And
Leo was the one man who could tempt her into falling in love.
“Oh yes. Just when I have everything planned, you
come along and remind me of why I used to be so wicked.” He bent, feathered one
last kiss to her lips before he took her arm in his and escorted her back to
the house.
Ivy did not look at him. She felt changed. Their
secret moment had awakened her and melted whatever defenses she’d thought she’d
built against his charm. How was she ever going to think clearly when all she
wanted to do was relive that kiss? The carefully crafted battlements around her
heart quivered, trembled, the walls crumbling.
Oh dear…
About the Author
LAUREN SMITH, winner of the 2014 Historical International Digital Award, attended Oklahoma State University, where she earned a B.A. in both history and political science. Drawn to paintings and museums, Lauren is obsessed with antiques and satisfies her fascination with history by writing and exploring exotic, ancient lands. She is currently an attorney in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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