Author: Sarah MacLean
Original Title: Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart
Release Year: 2010
Literary Genre: Romance
Setting: England, regency
Series: 3° of Love By Numbers series
Vote: 10+/10
This romance gave me thrills. It's
splendid! And I actually don't know what to tell you more besides the
fact that is an amazing novel, with extraordinary protagonists and an
entertaining and charming plot.
Juliana Fiori is everything except an
English lady. She's Gabriel, the Marquess of Ralston (Nine rules to break when romancing a rake) and Nick's (Ten ways to be
adored when landing a lord)
italian half-sister,
who recently moved to England.
Juliana
is a magnet for trouble, she refuses to follow society's rules and
because of her behaviour she's precisely the kind of woman Simon
Pearson, the Duke of Leighton, wants to avoid.
Simon
is engaged to a proper lady, the kind of woman perfect for him and
for the role of duchess but when he discovers Juliana he's lost and
captivating by her recklessness and her mediterranean beauty.
I found Simon's growth and development
towards his feelings so passionate, touching and moving; OH MY GOD
how perfect he is in the last chapters (before the epilogue)...
He dropped his arms,
raked one hand through his drenched hair, and shook his head.
“I
don't know what to do. I don't know how to win you.”
Someone could
appoint that Simon is too proud and disdainful towards Juliana and
way too unsettled by his strong feeling but, in my opinion, this is
exactly the reason why I appreciated so much his transformation.
Mind you, I am the
kind of reader who definitely prefers when is the hero the one who
“suffers” because of his apparently not reciprocate love,
but here Simon's real feelings, his behaviour, HIS WORDS, his desire
of Juliana's love are so moving that made my heart aches.
Juliana is italian,
like me! Her temperament and her attitude make her an amazing
character, I empathised with her and her decision. She is passionate,
bold and natural, and this contrasts with Simon extremely proper and
proud attitude and his mindset at the point that makes them more
perfect for each other.
In case wasn't
clear enough, I adore this romance, which is funny (especially the
initial pages) and exciting, and I strongly recommend it!
“Don't you . . . ever . . . ”
He pulled Nick from the wall and slammed him back again.
“Ever . . . refer to what I feel for your sister as charity. She is
bold and beautiful and brilliant, and you are lucky to breath the
same air she breaths.”
Buona lettura!
M.E.G.
2. Ten Ways to Be
Adored When Landing a Lord (Nicholas, Iasbel)
3. Eleven Scandals to
Start to Win a Duke's Heart (Juliana, Simon)
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