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namericanwordcat
This novella is a lot fun with a sweet heat. The hero and heroine and heroine both grow and fall in love. The banter is delicious.
Jane Stewart
Mar 24, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: regency-romance
Sweet, lovely, and short. A novella. Just enough ingredients for a romance.

Once a year Eliza runs into Harry, a rake - fun chemistry. Eliza is not yet out, not yet available for courting. There is a feel good happy romantic ending. The story is too short to have a big misunderstanding/separation - which is nice for a change.

The title is a misnomer. There was nothing that showed Harry being scandalous, dissolute, or no-good. He seemed nice to me. A more representative title would be “young virgin
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Jessica Gadziala
Apr 26, 2020 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: romance
- happy sigh - this was the cutest.
LuvBug
Not bad. The interesting beginning gave me high expectations that the story didn't really live up to, but it was an okay read for a book of 144 pages. I can't really expect much more from such a short read. ...more
Robin
Aug 10, 2015 rated it really liked it
Shelves: feel-good-books
I just love the Spindle cove characters. THey are ahead of there time in there quest for independence while being surrounded by old english manners. They are woman who bring a smile to your face as they try to navigate the waters in the area of men.
Most of them are well kept and naive to point but seem to know that there is so much more in the world and in life.
The books are a passionette stroll in the past. I
Debra Taylor
Dec 01, 2012 rated it really liked it


Theirs was a love for the ages . Harry Wright believed in taking what he wanted . And what the scandalous rake wanted was Miss Eliza Cade . He wanted to be the man she danced her first waltz with . He wanted to give her the first kiss . And he desperately wanted to be her only lover .
Harry knew he had a bad reputation as a rake & a gambler . He knew the folly of wanting what he could not have . But a chance meeting sparked a fire in his heart for impetuous young Miss Eliza . Eliza had heard the
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Andrea (mrsaubergine)
Loved it, as I do all Tessa Dare's books. The hero was a bit of an ass to start off with, but absolutely redeemed himself by the end. All the swoons. ...more
Brenna Aubrey
Dec 04, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Xee
Dec 09, 2012 marked it as to-read
Sandra
Dec 27, 2012 rated it really liked it
Analiz
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Mar 06, 2013 rated it liked it
Lola
Mar 26, 2013 marked it as to-read
Crista McHugh
Jul 26, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Heather
Dec 17, 2013 rated it liked it
Michelle
Feb 25, 2014 marked it as to-read
Shelves: ebooks
Shidah
Jun 23, 2014 marked it as to-read
SCARLETT
Oct 11, 2015 marked it as to-read
Louise
Dec 28, 2015 rated it really liked it
Tracy
Feb 22, 2016 marked it as to-read
Michelle Marie
May 28, 2016 rated it liked it
Deborah
Jan 07, 2017 marked it as to-read
Linda
Jun 08, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Malin
Dec 13, 2020 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: historical
Jennifer
Dec 10, 2021 marked it as to-read
Shan ~A~
Jul 31, 2023 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition