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“I love you beyond thoughts of scandal and consequences.”…*swoon*
Magnificent. Splendid. Beautifully written. Can I use just these four words as my book review? I ask because A Matter of Temptation is all that and a strawberry bowl of ice cream. Simply delicious. While reading this book, I kept looking at my husband thinking…why can’t you be more like Simon (lol). To say this book is perfection, is not my being whimsical…it’s truly how I felt after reading it for the 2nd time in 48 hours. I’m in love again…Thank you Stacy!
I enjoyed almost everything about this book and its characters! Simon and Mina were so vibrant and beautifully written that they felt real to me. When they were happy…I was happy. When they were in pain…I wanted to wallow in self-pity and misery too! Immediately, the story pulls us into a tale of honor, friendship, and love with words so artfully crafted that you find yourself transported into another time. There were moments of pure joy…moments of gut-wrenching heartache and moments where tears rolled down my face because I was laughing so hard. I was on a veritable rollercoaster ride of emotions that I didn’t want to get off. And the steam…there is most definitely some. Although not as hot as I like it (I like my steam scorching), it was still hot enough to singe my edges…if you know what I mean.
Miss Wilhelmina “Mina” Crawford is fearless, loyal, and compassionate. She’s also very much ruined and living her life cloistered away in the country with her twin brother Anthony, the Viscount Crawford, struggling to make ends meet with. When her brother makes an outlandish claim against the Earl of Creswick that puts his life in jeopardy, Mina sets out rectify the mistake and finds herself in an unexpected situation!
Simon, Earl of Creswick is a powerful politician. At times he can seem dull, cold, uncaring and aloof…and all of this is indeed true, until he meets Mina Crawford. After spying Mina on his lawn preparing for a duel, he does the unthinkable and offers her a job. She’s bold, honest and the most vexing woman he’s ever met. As the two work closely together, they soon realize they have more than politics in common. Simon must deal with the temptation of having a woman unlike any he’s ever know under his roof and Mina must deal with the fact that no matter how tempted she is, her ruined status will never allow for her happily ever after.
If you’ve not read anything by Stacy Reid, now is the time start. A Matter of Temptation is simply sparkles!
Tropes: Ruined, Disguised Heroine, Working woman, Forbidden Love
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