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Not Quite A Lady
by: Loretta Chase

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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780061231230
ISBN: 0061231231
Label: Avon
Manufacturer: Avon
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: May 01, 2007
Publisher: Avon
Release Date: April 24, 2007
Sales Rank: 40003
Studio: Avon

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Irresistible Force

Darius Carsington is a spectacularly handsome rake with a rare intelligence and no heart, a man who divides his time between bedding loose-moraled women and writing scholarly papers. He finds society's 'perfect darlings' exceedingly boring. But there's something intriguing, and not quite perfect, about faultless Lady Charlotte Hayward. He senses a crack under her polished surface, and finding it is a challenge he can't resist.

Immovable Object

Lady Charlotte is so beautiful, charming, and gracious that no one has noticed what an expert she is at Not Getting Married. Early on, she learned a painful lesson about trust . . . and temptation. In the years since, she's devoted her life to being all she ought to be—and she's not about to let a man like Carsington entice her to do everything she shouldn't.

A Splendid Collision

But the rules of attraction can easily overpower the rules of manners and morals, and sometimes even the best-behaved girl has to follow her instincts, even if it means risking it all.

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- Not quite an awesome read...
England, 1822. Lady Charlotte Hayward is the daughter of a wealthy marquess. She is proper, charming and intelligent. But she is twenty-seven years old. Even though she would be considered to be "on the shelf" in society, suitors have asked for her hand, but she's denied them all, much to her father's surprise and annoyance. He wants her to make a good marriage. He and his wife, Charlotte's stepmother Lizzie, will not be around forever, after all. But Lady Charlotte has no intention to get married. If she married, then her husband would discover the truth -- that she is no maiden. She hides a big secret, a secret that only her stepmother knows about. Charlotte had given her body to a rake ten years ago, which resulted in a pregnancy. In order to avoid a scandal, she and her stepmother traveled to Yorkshire, where she claims to be ill, to carry on with her pregnancy and give the child away. So, no, she ... Read More

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- Great twist
This is the story of the last of the Carsington brothers to find the right woman. Loretta Chase has an original style, writes extremely well and is very amusing to boot. She can make you laugh out loud and smile whilst still feeling all the emotions and passion you are looking for in a romantic novel.

Darius Carsington has been tasked by his father, Lord Hargate, to put to rights a derelict estate in Cheshire. His very matter-of-fact and scientific mind is puzzled by his neighbour's beautiful, charming and on-the-surface perfect daughter, who is 27 and still unwed. He tries to discover why and how she has managed to evade all her suitors and in the process falls in love. She discovers in him a source of strength and someone to trust. Gradually they discover each other's secrets. I won't give away the plot but the story hinges on a very original twist on a fairly standard theme of a base born child. Not ... Read More

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- Very enjoyable
This book actually had me shedding tears at two different points and laughing out loud at many more. It was a joy to read.

My first Chase book was "Lord of Scoundrels" and this matches it for storytelling quality. I love the characters, and no matter how implausible the twist, it was still effective.

I'm now officially a Chase fan and will read all of her books I can get my hands on!

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- Not quite believable, but still very good
I got turned on to Loretta Chase based on other authors I like (Stephanie Laurens, Julia Quinn & Lisa Kleypas) and I am happy to say that I was not disappointed. This story was interesting in that the heroine's secret is that she lost her virginity and had a child when she was sixteen. Even though some of the plot twists were a tad unbelievable (the hero doesn't care that she lost her virginity or had a kid, and a few others that made things work out a little to cleanly) I really enjoyed it and read it in just a couple of days.

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