Lady Harriet Worthington’s passions are strictly culinary. Little does she know that her new business partner, Lord Elias Westwood, and his highly sensual appetites are about to add romantic spice to her life…After weathering one philandering husband, Lady Harriet has no desire to wed again. She is happily independent, having inherited her late husband’s share of a West Indies spice company. … company. Lord Westwood, who founded the company, is at his wit’s end. Lady Harriet has been selling off her shares to help her neighbors, until he is nearly ruined. He plots to win them back.
But Elias’s extraordinary gifts of smell and taste — so useful in judging fine spices — prove his Achilles’s heel. He cannot resist Lady Harriet’s culinary creations, or her feminine charms. When she maneuvers him into masquerading as her fiancé for the Season, he never plans on falling in love…
About the Love in Disguise series: In these tales of Regency intrigue, nothing is as it seems: A street wench masquerades as a debutante to fulfill a rake’s wager; an actress pretends to be a vengeful lord’s mistress to catch a killer. A noble war hero disguises himself as a much older man to woo an on-the-shelf spinster. An independent widow forces her disapproving business partner to pretend to be her fiancé — and teach her about passion. All are daring masquerades, with love as the prize.
The books: The Perfect Bride, The Dastardly Duke, A Passionate Performance, Reforming Harriet
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This story was exceptionally written, well thought out characters, amazing storyline. I loved Harriet’s independence even though she was struggling with her supposed downfalls as a woman but with Elias’s help she soon realized that she was not lacking as Freddy had led her to believe. Harriet and Elias fight but when they make out woo that was powerful. Well done.
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Lady Harriet Worthington endured a loveless marriage and is now a widow. Her deceased husband, Lord Frederick Worthington, had been in partnership with Elias, Earl of Westwood, who was an expert in the spice trade. When Harriet inherited Freddy’s shares in the business after his death, she was using them to help her neighbors, which was financially ruining Elias’ business! To save his spice business, Elias meets with her to discuss her selling back the remainder of the shares she inherited to him. She ends up asking him to pretend to be her fiancé and, in return, she will give him back what he wants. Although Elias has no interest in engaging in a romance, by agreeing to a fake betrothal with the Lady, he can save his spice company and get the shares back – so he agrees. For Harriet, it will give her the opportunity to explore passion in a harmless way. She never expected it could turn to something more!
I thoroughly enjoyed this humorous book. Not only are the main characters interesting, but the secondary characters, although not acting in a manner realistic for their stations, add a humorous piece of action. Grab your copy and enjoy how their arrangement gives each of them what they didn’t know they had wanted!
This is my second book by this author and she s=did not disappoint. Its a hot and steamy, sexy story filled with great characters, romance and intrigue. Elias and Harriet work well together, their relationship blends humor and passion to make for a very enjoyable read. They both have issues to work on but you’ll need to grab a copy to see how they work through all the twists and turns. I will definitely be following this author, I loved this story!
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I am a great lover of Regency romance, sometimes reading several in a day. I found this book to be off-putting right away. Within the first chapter, the author used several words completely wrong, and beyond that, the language was exceedingly stilted, as if she were trying to affect a heightened level of historical speech (as we like to see in historical romance) but missing the mark and sounding not remotely like true human speech. I thought the characterization was just odd. Both the hero and the heroine seem to be extreme people, like no one you would ever meet. Characters have to be relatable and believable, and these were neither. There were some bizarre hijinks throughout the book as well. It didn’t feel cohesive, like there was a master plot or plan. I just didn’t like it.
It was a slow start, but I did enjoy the story. Elias and Harriet were both hurt by love but did finally manage to find their way to each other in the end. They just needed to learn how to communicate with each other. I really like how Ms. Putman involves secondary characters and gives them their own HEA. Will definitely continue to read her books! Can’t do half stars, but I would rate it a 3 1/2
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Harriet and Elias story was magnificent, it has a wonderful plot and a way to make the hero and heroine find a way into you heart. It was amazing the way Elias worked to gain her love and trust and little by little began taking away the pains and insecurities that her former husband Freddy had put in her heart. I was cheering a lot for their happy ending.
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Reforming Harriet is a wonderful book about an independent woman who takes over her late husband’s shares of a spice business but is ultimately selling off the shares. A new aquaintance appears with an ability to not only help with the spice business but with the need for love in her life.
Harriet and Elias’s story in Eileen Putman’s Reforming Harriet (Love in Disguise Book 4) is indeed the promised “Sensual Regency Romance” and I loved how the author used good as a “metaphor for their developing romance”. All-around well written and with a solid plot and characters. Surprisingly to me (as I love Regency tales), while this works well as s Regency Period romance I’d love to see it in a contemporary romance setting. That’s not really a criticism, however, as this was a definite fun read. Frankly, but for the fact that I’m literally dictating this review to my husband from my hospital bed, I could go on with praises. The book definitely deserves it. Since I can’t do that I will simply note that the book is most definitely one to read, and it is easy to highly recommend.
It is interesting that the overall storyline is about “Reforming Harriet”. I found that there is too much emotional drama. It is distracting and uninteresting. I also found that the segue between Harriet and Elias becoming a faux couple is abrupt. It is not smooth. It jumps. It took me longer to read this book because I kept putting it down because I was bored. This does have very quirky characters in it and Harriet and Elias could not be more different in temperament but so alike in their passion. I am glad there is an HEA. I received a free copy of this book via Hidden Gems and am voluntarily leaving a review.