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July 13 puzzler, a bit early
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I don't know it...or I think I don't know it. Can't wait to find out. Thanks for sharing :-) ♥
Sounds good!! I don't recognize it! But I want to read it!!
I'm liking it..can't wait for tge answer
I liked this one (and one that followed later). Good pick :)
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Tomorrow please tell us which your other two are.
I read something similar, agreed that their repartee was super. But the door has not opened to it's name.
I think I'm with Susan here; it sounds very familiar in many aspects, but I'm not sure whether I've read this book.
Dls wrote: "It's Lord Perfect by Loretta Chase."Well there you go...I have read it. Obviously time for a re-read.
Thanks my lovely :-) ♥
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Tomorrow please tell us which your other two are."
My top five by Chase: Lord of Scoundrels, The Last Hellion, Lord Perfect, The Devil's Delilah, Mr. Impossible
This does not mean that there are not others that are keepers and which I reread, but these are the ones I would choose if I could reread only five. :)
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“You truly are perfect,” she said wonderingly.
Perfect. So everyone said of him. How low their standards of perfection were!
“Yes, it is a great bore,” he said. “I ought to say ‘Nobody is perfect’ but that is even more boring. My comfort is, if word of this gets about, people will stop saying I am perfect. How exciting. At last I shall have a fault.”
“I had no idea it was so difficult to acquire one,” she said. “Luckily, you came to the right place. As you may have heard, my branch of the _____ family possesses them in abundance.”
“If I need another one, I shall know where to come,” he said.
“I recommend you grow accustomed to the one first,” she said. “At present, it is a secret fault. Some people consider these the best kind.”
“One fault, one secret,” said Hero. “I feel quite dissipated.”
“I’m honored to help,” she said.
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While he tied her petticoat, she swallowed and said, “I daresay proper ladies do not unbutton gentlemen’s trousers.”
“They do not do that,” he said as he tugged her frock straight, “nearly so often as one could wish.”
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“I wanted a wealthy lover.”
“A great many men qualify for that position,’ said his lordship [Hero’s father]. “Why hero?”
“Because he was perfect, which made him a challenge,” she said. “The [family name] prefer to pay for high stakes.”
“So I have heard,” said Lord Father. “From what I have observed, you have won. This being the case, I am vastly puzzled at your undoing your work by admitting it to me.”
“I should think the answer would be obvious,” she said. “I am bored with him. So much perfection is tiresome. I want to go away but I am afraid he will follow me and make a nuisance of himself.”
A loud thump nearly made her start.
Lord Father calmly turned to regard the window. A large dark shape filled it. Then the window opened and Hero climbed through. He closed the window behind him, brushed off a few leaves, and turned to face his father.
“I beg your pardon, sir,” he said. “Something seemed to be wrong with the study door. It wouldn’t open.”
“Heroine locked it,” said Lord Father. “She wished to tell me that she has used you for her own purposes, but now she is bored with your perfection and wishes to go away. She is concerned that you will follow her and make a nuisance of yourself.”
“I think heroine must have fallen and hit her head,” hero said. “Not ten minutes ago I was urging her to leave. I even ordered a carriage for her. She will not go. Talk of nuisances.”