4amreader - reviewed on 4/20/2014 + 157 more book reviews

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4.5+ Loved it! Allen did a great job in this, the second-to-last of the Silk & Scandal series.

Hal, the hero, is a dyed-in-the-wool flirt and rake. He makes no bones about it and sincerely tells the heroine he's not marriage material and she'd do best to stay away from him. Though they both acknowledge that, neither can deny their growing attraction.

I loved some of Hal's early dialogue. It was refreshingly funny, original, and outrageous. The heroine, though physically innocent, wasn't naive about the ways of the world, and she made a great match for him.

Although the Waterloo portions weren't as gritty or gory as they could have been (for which I'm extremely appreciative-I read romance to escape and don't need the harsh realities of war thrust under my nose), I know enough of the time period to appreciate the amount of research Allen did and her attention to facts that she wove seamlessly into her narrative.

From the blurb and the dates sprinkled in the story, I knew the battle of Waterloo was looming and I could not read fast enough. What would happen to Hal? How would the heroine react?

This book kept me up well past bedtime, and it has found a place on my already crowded "Louise Allen Keeper Shelf."

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