Vaginal Fantasy 7 Desperate Duchesses
| Hangout Date | Theme | Picked by |
|---|---|---|
| July 30, 2012 | Historical Romance | Kiala |
| Ratings | Felicia | Bonnie | Kiala | Veronica | Average | Goodreads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desperate Duchesses | 4 | 4 | 5 | n/a | 4.33 | 3.63 |
| Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake | 4 | 4 | n/a | n/a | 4.00 | 4.10 |
Main Pick: Desperate Duchesses (Desperate Duchesses, #1) by Eloisa James[]
"Welcome to a world of reckless sensuality and glittering sophistication...of dangerously handsome gentlemen and young ladies longing to gain a title . . . of games played for high stakes, including--on occasion--a lady's virtue."
A marquess's sheltered only daughter, Lady Roberta St. Giles falls in love with a man she glimpses across a crowded ballroom: a duke, a game player of consummate skill, a notorious rakehell who shows no interest in marriage--until he lays eyes on Roberta.
Yet the Earl of Gryffyn knows too well that the price required to gain a coronet is often too high. Damon Reeve, the earl, is determined to protect the exquisite Roberta from chasing after the wrong destiny.
Can Damon entice her into a high-stakes game of his own, even if his heart is likely to be lost in the venture?
Alternate Pick: Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake (Love By Numbers, #1) by Sarah MacLean[]
A lady does not smoke cheroot. She does not ride astride. She does not fence or attend duels. She does not fire a pistol, and she never gambles at a gentlemen's club.
Lady Calpurnia Hartwell has always followed the rules, rules that have left her unmarried—and more than a little unsatisfied. And so she's vowed to break the rules and live the life of pleasure she's been missing.
But to dance every dance, to steal a midnight kiss—to do those things, Callie will need a willing partner. Someone who knows everything about rule-breaking. Someone like Gabriel St. John, the Marquess of Ralston—charming and devastatingly handsome, his wicked reputation matched only by his sinful smile.
If she's not careful, she'll break the most important rule of all—the one that says that pleasure-seekers should never fall hopelessly, desperately in love.