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Provocative in Pearls by Madeline Hunter

October 10, 2018August 25, 2016

Title: Provocative in Pearls Author: Madeline Hunter Series: Rarest Blooms #2 read for the interesting plot, “hero” is no hero This book was bittersweet. On one hand, the plot that Verity (aka quiet Lizzie) was, lo and behold, Hawkeswell’s runaway bride presumed dead was exciting to me. Perhaps it’s somewhat of a cliché, but I didn’t mind. When Hawkeswell discovered her, I was like, Ohhhhhh….snap. While running away as a solution to a problem smacks of cowardice, it’s dramatic and …

Ravishing in Red by Madeline Hunter

November 9, 2019August 25, 2016

Title: Ravishing in Red Author: Madeline Hunter Series: Rarest Blooms #1 a little cliche, otherwise fantastic! worth reading This book had just about everything—a plucky heroine, a down-to-earth hero (or at least in the last three books he’s the most reasonable of the four), a scene involving a gun, an original reason for how the women knew each other (at least to my knowledge), steamy love scenes, intrigue, a wealth of historical detail (though the extent of my knowledge cannot …