Alexander Ashley has decided women of the ton are more interested in status than love. His game is seduction and nothing more. His feelings regarding aristocratic ladies leads to an outlandish idea—prove a servant can be taught to be as ladylike as those born to it. And the beautiful Inis Fitzgerald might be just the woman for his plan.
Inis Fitzgerald escaped her home in Dublin to avoid an … avoid an arranged marriage and is now working for a rakishly handsome lord who seems to enjoy bucking convention as much as she does. She plays along with his little game, pretending she knows nothing about being a lady. It doesn’t take long before Alex discovers Inis is every bit as much of an aristocrat as the women he’s sworn only to seduce and not love…
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Absolutely loved this book.
Great
This was a fun book to read. It was well written, fast paced and kept the readers attention. The story line was amusing, full of drama, and has some unsuspecting twists. This was the first book I have read by this author and I was surprised at how well written it was. I would recommend it.
Lady Inis Fitzgerald has run away from an unwanted betrothal. She hopes that by leaving Dublin for London it will make it that much harder for her uncle the powerful Duke of Kildare to find her.
Alexander Ashley is quite deliberately sleeping his way through the married wives of his brother’s friends. It’s an act of revenge, because his brother married the woman he once intended to marry. She decided she would rather have the oldest son and heir.
Our hero’s twisted sense of humour and desire to humiliate his brother is sure to come back and bite someone. Our heroine is doing her best to stay hidden, but still can’t stay out of trouble.
An amusing and slightly saucy historical romance with great characters. I’m sure we will meet many of the secondary characters again in their own stories. I for one will definitely be waiting for them.
I loved it.
Here’s the thing, I haven’t read that much historical romances this far. Surprisingly this one peaked my interest and I actually enjoyed it!!
Alex is a Duke’s brother. His almost betrothed jilted him for his brother, because of his title. Now Alex seduces women that are married to men with a connection to his brother and after one night with them sends them a silk negligee. Inis, is the niece of an Irish Duke. Her uncle wants to marry her with a man twice her age and in order to escape this fate, she boards a ship dressed as a man and leave for England. Alex after a successful poker night, he finds himself with a new servant for his horses. What he doesn’t know is that his new servant is actually a woman, Inis, and a Duke’s niece nonetheless. After finding out that Inis is a woman, he feels attracted to her but in order to save herself, Inis tells him that she’s a poor orphan. Alex, ignorant to her real identity, he wants to teach her proper etiquette and present her to the Prince. However, someone is not happy about Inis being near Alex and decides to remove her once and for all!
I really liked the book! It was hilarious that the women Alex slept with had a fan club and discuss his performance! The plot was really interesting! I’m so glad that I gave this historical romance a chance! I’m definitely reading more from the author.
This was a fun start to Cynthia Breeding’s new Regency Rakes series. Inis, a member of Irish nobility, dresses herself as a boy and takes off for London in order to escape a marriage to a man her uncle the Duke is forcing her to marry. She is quickly robbed and hides in a carriage, and the Lord who owns the carriage forces her to work for him as punishment. Alex wins the “boy” in a card game, and Inis’s cover is quickly blown
Alex is basically a likeable man whore. He sleeps with married women of the ton, and each one only once. After each encounter, he sends the woman a negligee. He is angry at his brother, a duke, who married Alex’s intended fiancee. In order to get revenge, he intends to groom Inis (who he believes to be a penniless orphan) to appear as a lady, and then reveal what she really is to his brother. This is one part of the story that I really didn’t get; how would that punish his brother?
What follows is fast paced fun, as Alex and his friend Caroline try to teach Inis how to be a lady. There is also a former (one time) lover of Alex who is NOT amused that Alex spends so much time with Inis. There is deception, murder attempts, lies revealed, and love possibly lost. Though you may have to suspend belief of plot plots occasionally, it’s worth it for such an entertaining story.
I received an ARC of this book courtesy of NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are entirely my own.
“A Rakes Redemption” by Cynthia Breeding.
This is a fun enjoyable read with charismatic characters and a seamless flowing storyline of revenge on snobbish members of the ton and, the danger of a cunning and jealous ex lover. The rake and his female horse trainer were sweet together with a slow burn romance that ignited into a steamy passion that burned on both ends.
A Rake’s Redemption by Cynthia Breeding is the story of Alexander Ashley and Inis Fitzgerald.
Alex feels hurt by the town’s ladies for their attuide towards a man with a Title. Alex’s was heading to marry a lady of the town when he felt she dumped him for his brother Title of Duke. From then on he went out of his way to do as much to as he can to throw things in his brother and his new wife’s face. Inis is a lady of the town but when her family heads to marry her off to someone she refuses to marry she runs away. Inis is great with horses and takes a job as a servant for Alex who doesn’t know who she is or was. Alex gets the ideal to turn Inis into a lady to show up his brother about anyone can pretend to be a lady.
Really enjoyed their story! Loved it!
First time in reading this author with always on the look out for someone that can truly take me back for a bit. In this one it will have it plus the humor to tickle my fancy too. Alexander thinks he is going to give a go at a game that turns around to bite him. His conceptions are interesting but not far from the truth but not all should be cast to that lot. Inis will show him a thing or two but they both will be playing for more than they realize which is the fun of this read. It will also have a air of mystery that will lend it more staying power for me also then some. Escaped for awhile with this delight cruising all the way to the end.
The first thing that catches your eye about this book is the stunning cover. Alex and Inis make a beautiful couple. They are both fiery and passionate people. I love the range of characters that the author has in the story especially because they will make for great future books. A blazingly good love story with no lull in the action to give the reader time to be bored.
4.25 Stars
Alexander Ashley has decided women of the ton are more interested in status than love. His game is seduction and nothing more and only once. His feelings regarding aristocratic ladies leads to an outlandish idea—prove a servant can be taught to be as ladylike as those born to it. And the beautiful Inis Fitzgerald might be just the woman for his plan.
Inis Fitzgerald niece of a duke escaped her home in Dublin to avoid an arranged marriage and is now in London under the name Inis O’Brien working for Alex. She plays along with his little game, pretending she knows nothing about being a lady as long as he buys her passage to America for her participation.
I really enjoyed this book & loved Alex & Inis they were attracted to each other from their first meeting but Alex didn’t believe in seducing his servants. The story flowed very well & there was also someone intent on having Alex to herself, add two other rakes & a scorned girlfriend plus romance & it was set to be a five star read right up to the last five percent when the ending was rushed & things resolved too quickly. However I look forward to reading more from the author as secondary characters were left begging for their stories.
My honest review is for a special copy I voluntarily read
This is story of a woman who is supposed to behave as she is told but decides to run away so she can lead a life she wants to. You have to read to the end to see what happens.
Great book.
It started out as a new take on Pygmalion but quickly became something new and fresh. I loved how they both learned to love and trust.
Liked this book, except for the ending that seemed a bit rushed.
I liked the book. The heroine’s character is a caring person but she is worried someone may recognize her at the ball but doesn’t see how that will ruin him. That point irritated me.
Very well written
Love this read! Very fun read! You have the faeries’ blessings with this story.
There are so many really gifted and talented people out there and I am just so happy to have found another who has entertained me and given me a few hours of true pleasure.
This story is very witty and cleverly put together. It flows easily from page to page and has the most beautiful ending.
The two main characters, Alexander and Iris, captivated my heart as they fell into lust and love and overcame their pasts.
It is a story well worth reading!
I enjoyed it so much I couldn’t put it down, I read it the same day