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The
Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy
Smythe-Smith Quartet # 4
Smythe-Smith Quartet # 4
By: Julia Quinn
Releasing January 27th, 2015
Avon Romance
Sir
Richard Kenworthy has less than a month to find a bride. He knows he can’t be
too picky, but when he sees Iris Smythe-Smith hiding behind her cello at her
family’s infamous musicale, he thinks he might have struck gold. She’s the type
of girl you don’t notice until the second-or third-look, but there’s something
about her, something simmering under the surface, and he knows she’s the one.
Iris
Smythe-Smith is used to being underestimated. With her pale hair and quiet, sly
wit she tends to blend into the background, and she likes it that way. So when
Richard Kenworthy demands an introduction, she is suspicious. He flirts, he
charms, he gives every impression of a man falling in love, but she can’t quite
believe it’s all true. And when his proposal of marriage turns into a
compromising position that forces the issue, she can’t help thinking that he’s
hiding something...even as her heart tells her to say yes.
Charming and funny, I was entertained from beginning to end! One of my favorites scenes is the play put on by Iris's cousin - I was laughing through its entirety! Richard is likeable at first, even though you know he is hiding something. It was hard not to like him, even when he is keeping his distance from Iris and even when you find out what secret he was keeping. Iris is one of my favorite heroines. She may seem like a wallflower, in reality she is anything but. Both her humor and temper keep Richard on his toes.
The story stars out humorous and then turn serious, but some humor still makes its way through. This is the first book of the series I've read, but now I have to go back and read the others. Ms. Quinn has a new life-long fan in me.
eARC via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
The story stars out humorous and then turn serious, but some humor still makes its way through. This is the first book of the series I've read, but now I have to go back and read the others. Ms. Quinn has a new life-long fan in me.
eARC via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
JULIA
QUINN started writing her first book one month after finishing college and has
been tapping away at her keyboard ever since. The New York Times bestselling
author of twenty-four novels for Avon Books, she is a graduate of Harvard and
Radcliffe Colleges and is one of only fifteen authors ever to be inducted in
the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. She lives in the Pacific Northwest
with her family.
At turns humorous, at turns serious...that's Julia's writing style and I've loved all of her stories. I expect this newest one will delight my reading senses as well. Iris and Richard sound like so many couples...with the "getting to know you" phase a real romp of a romance. :-) Thanks so much for the post. jdh2690@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteAs always, lovely review! Thank you for hosting!
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