The Surrender of Miss Fairbourne (Fairbourne Quartet #1)
by Madeline Hunter
2 stars
A woman running a prestigious London auction house? Preposterous! But that is exactly what Emma Fairbourne intends to do when her father dies, leaving her the reins of this fabulous enterprise. Of course, she is not addlepated enough to do this openly and scare away her wealthy collectors. So she and her friend concoct a deception, hiring a handsome and charming front man who will do her bidding...
All would have proceeded smoothly—if it weren’t for the maddening interference of Darius, the arrogant Earl of Southwaite, who has been her father’s “silent partner” and now shares ownership of Fairbourne’s. An earl, of course, has no interest in running an auction house—and Darius is certainly not interested in allowing Miss Fairbourne to run it either, her ludicrous scheme notwithstanding. Clearly the business must be sold, especially since Darius suspects that Fairbourne’s has been involved in shady activities that could embroil everyone associated with it in crime and scandal.
But the headstrong Emma is like no other lady he has ever encountered, refusing to follow his dictates. He finds her infuriating, but her direct speaking and lack of artifice create a powerful attraction as well, one that that has him following his inclinations to seduce her into surrendering to him about Fairbourne’s, and in every other way imaginable.
My Thoughts and Review
This review with be short and sweet ! First let me say that I really enjoy Miss Hunters books but, I have to ask what happened here ? OMG what a sleeper this read was I forced myself to finish it. When I picked out this book I was like something different and looks to me wrought with adventure and cloak and dagger stuff.This book missed the boat for me. The only positive thing I can say is that I liked the banter between Darius and the Miss Fairbourne that keep things some what interesting.And I found even then that I would have liked to smack the Miss Fairbourne a few times for her stupidness.When I sit down and read a book if you can make me laugh cry, chuckle and few times I have enjoyed the read I don't even mind if the book is somewhat slow going in the beginning as long as it picks up but, I found that none of what I was looking for in a book happen here for me. Sigh........
by Madeline Hunter
2 stars
A woman running a prestigious London auction house? Preposterous! But that is exactly what Emma Fairbourne intends to do when her father dies, leaving her the reins of this fabulous enterprise. Of course, she is not addlepated enough to do this openly and scare away her wealthy collectors. So she and her friend concoct a deception, hiring a handsome and charming front man who will do her bidding...
All would have proceeded smoothly—if it weren’t for the maddening interference of Darius, the arrogant Earl of Southwaite, who has been her father’s “silent partner” and now shares ownership of Fairbourne’s. An earl, of course, has no interest in running an auction house—and Darius is certainly not interested in allowing Miss Fairbourne to run it either, her ludicrous scheme notwithstanding. Clearly the business must be sold, especially since Darius suspects that Fairbourne’s has been involved in shady activities that could embroil everyone associated with it in crime and scandal.
But the headstrong Emma is like no other lady he has ever encountered, refusing to follow his dictates. He finds her infuriating, but her direct speaking and lack of artifice create a powerful attraction as well, one that that has him following his inclinations to seduce her into surrendering to him about Fairbourne’s, and in every other way imaginable.
My Thoughts and Review
This review with be short and sweet ! First let me say that I really enjoy Miss Hunters books but, I have to ask what happened here ? OMG what a sleeper this read was I forced myself to finish it. When I picked out this book I was like something different and looks to me wrought with adventure and cloak and dagger stuff.This book missed the boat for me. The only positive thing I can say is that I liked the banter between Darius and the Miss Fairbourne that keep things some what interesting.And I found even then that I would have liked to smack the Miss Fairbourne a few times for her stupidness.When I sit down and read a book if you can make me laugh cry, chuckle and few times I have enjoyed the read I don't even mind if the book is somewhat slow going in the beginning as long as it picks up but, I found that none of what I was looking for in a book happen here for me. Sigh........
No comments:
Post a Comment