I've finally found a romance novel to obsess over

[dangermousie]

After a sting of dreadful disappointments (I have finally decided to accept that the one Gaelen Foley book I loved was a fluke as the rest of them did not work for me at all), I finally found a romance book I am genuinely obsessed with - Suzanne Enoch's England's Perfect HeroLucinda Barrett, the commonsense daughter of Gen. Barrett has decided on a

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[cranberrysheep]

You might like to check out Lisa Kleypas' Secrets of a Summer Night. The heroine, Annabelle, is upper class but impoverished and looking for a respectable husband to help her family. The hero, Simon, is new money and wants her as a mistress. I thought Annabelle was wonderfully sensible, determined, and smart.

[cleobulle]

I second that rec. Many readers disliked Annabelle for what they saw as her "money-hungry ways" but I loved her. She's a pragmatic that looks out for herself without being nasty about it.

[cranberrysheep]

Seriously? I liked Annabelle quite a bit.

I think a lot of people prefer the 3rd book, Devil in Winter, because of Sebastian, but I wasn't that impressed with him. I also thought Evie lost her shyness too quickly.

I need to get around to reading the 4th in the series, I enjoyed them all as a whole.

[cleobulle]

Yeah, I was surprised at the cool reception Annabelle got as a heroine. For myself, I really appreciated reading about someone who didn't lose her senses as soon as she laid eyes on the hero

[dangermousie]

Thank you!

The one Kleypas I read I really loved, so this is going on my list.