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    More or Less a Countess
    More or Less a Countess
    More or Less a Countess
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    More or Less a Countess

    Written by Anna Bradley

    Narrated by Heather Wilds

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    Finding a worthy husband should be simple for three beautiful debutantes in Regency London. But the Somerset sisters have a way of making it delightfully complicated . . .

    Violet Somerset has always preferred a library to a ballroom, but to please her grandmother she agreed to one London season. With nothing to show for it but heartbreak, she's reconciled to spinsterhood. Until a notorious rogue known as the Devil of Dare requests an introduction to her timid, gentle youngest sister, Hyacinth. Violet will do anything to stop the match-even if it means posing as Hyacinth herself . . .

    Nicholas Balfour, the Earl of Dare, is enjoying the life of a rake far too much to take a wife. But he must keep his promise to his grandmother. He'll simply choose the meekest bride he can find, install her at his estate, then carry on as before. Hyacinth sounds perfect-until he discovers that her sweet demeanor hides the tongue of a viper and the mind of a bluestocking . . .

    As Violet's ruse threatens to unravel, however, she may find the tables turned. Soon she may have no choice but to tolerate her handsome fiance-or fall in love with him . . .

    Contains mature themes.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateNov 13, 2018
    ISBN9781541449503

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    • 5/5
      I have been trying to find a book that is filled with humor as much as romance, and this one has fulfilled it. I haven’t read the first one yet, but I believe this series will be full of fun and chuckles. I think my husband thinks I’m crazy now. Lol…men.
    • 3/5
      I liked several individual parts to this book I liked when their dates started to bring them closer- he was willing to ruin his boots to keep her safe, he started seeing things through her eyes, he shared elicit knowledge with her because he knew how much it meant to her (the carriage scene was great). And later on I liked how even though he felt very conflicted about her he couldn't keep away. But goodness, I think Bradley was trying her damnedest to contrive as much drama as possible into this one, even when she had to really stretch plausibility to do it. Some of the stuff was just ridiculous and it was obviously done purely to create some big scene/tragic misunderstanding/etc later on. All writers add a degree of this of course, but this often lacked all subtlety or reason! You could see it all from miles away. I was so tired of it by the end I could hardly muster any care for any of it.
    • 5/5
      I was charmed......by this rather wonderful story of the proverbial bad boy, driven to action because he never measured up, and the wayward Bluestocking who despite all odds worms her way into a small corner of his heart.Nicholas Balfour, the Earl of Dare, had never met anyone like Hyacinth Somerset, but then he didn't meet Hyacinth he met her sister Violet who is certainly one of a kind. And Violet determined to teach this rake a lesson doesn't dispel Nick's understanding that he's meeting with Hyacinth. After 'all a lady didn’t marry a gentleman who mistook her for her sister.'Violet is the middle of a grand effort, producing a book about London entitled 'A Treatise on London for Bluestockings and Adventuresses,' and the Earl of Dare has arrived just in time to become a model for the chapter “Gentlemen, Rakes, and Rakes who Pose as Gentlemen”. What fun!The jaded Nick finds himself drawn pellmell into Violet's world, and surprisingly finds himself challenged by this petite, beautiful woman with a surprising intellect.Of course the lively plot is ripe for misunderstandings and disappointments.A rather delicious read!A NetGalley ARC
    • 5/5
      More or Less a Countess by Anna BradleyThe Somerset Sister #2Awkward, tone deaf, klutzy, brilliant Violet Somerset has given up on marriage after her first year on the marriage market. Instead her dream is to write and illustrate a book and with that in mind she is willing to risk life and limb to go to sometimes unsavory places to get her sketches. Nobody really understands her quest to write the book of her dreams but her sisters Iris and Hyacinth support her as they can. One night Lord Dare, Nicholas or Nick to his friends, shows up for an evening event at his friend’s home…a friend that Violet had a crush on until HER friend ended up married to Lord Derrick crushing Violet’s dreams. Lord Dare, in need of an heir, thinks Hyacinth might be suitable with her ability to play Haydn on the pianoforte with such ease and beauty. Well, Violet is not willing to let her sister be courted by a roguish rake so when Nick mistakes Violet for Hyacinth she does not open his eyes and tell him who she really is. No matter who tells Violet she is playing with fire by keeping the fake name of her sister she won’t listen. No, she uses Lord Dare for her own reasons to get…sketches. And, the house of cards she builds thinking, nobody will be hurt, does eventually come tumbling down at about midway through the book. With both Nick and Violet keeping secrets and hiding how they really feel it takes quite a bit of time for them to work out a way to be happy together but in the end…it is oh so very worth the pain they go through to get there. I loved the interactions between Nick and Violet whether funny or steamy. The fact that Nick was not turned off by a bluestocking but intrigued instead said a lot. The issues from his childhood and hers from her year in society worked against them both. Their jumps to conclusions without communicating with one another were also a problem they needed to learn to surmount. I really enjoyed this book and the way it all came together. I wanted to smack one or the other a time or two but only to make them see sense. Did I like this book? DefinitelyDo I want to read Hyacinth’s story? Without a doubtIs there anything I didn’t like in the book? Can’t think of anything. Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Books – Lyrical Press for the ARC ~ this is my honest review. 5 Stars