The Devil Delilah Regency Noblemen Book 2 edition by Loretta Chase Romance eBooks
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“One of the finest and most delightful writers in romance.” –Mary Jo Putney
The classic traditional Regency from New York Times bestselling author, Loretta Chase, is back…
What’s a girl to do, when her father, known as Devil Desmond, is one of the most infamous rogues in all of England? Delilah Desmond is not happy. To provide for her, her father has sold his memoirs, filled with scandalous and embarrassing exploits—effectively ruining her chances for a suitable marriage, so she can support her family while saving her father from disgrace.
But it seems the manuscript is in demand by all sorts of unscrupulous persons, and preventing its publication is going to be impossible; especially now that it has been stolen. Can the hot-tempered Delilah and her very unwilling accomplice, absent-minded, bookish, Jack Langdon with his soft grey eyes and tousled hair, salvage the disaster? It appears that deceptively quiet Jack may have a core of steel—and be the one man smart and strong enough to be the hero she’d been hoping for all along.
The Devil Delilah Regency Noblemen Book 2 edition by Loretta Chase Romance eBooks
I've read an absurd number of romance novels these past few years (don't ask!), but somehow I'd never picked up a Loretta Chase before now. It was love at first read for me, and I'm now busily hunting down as many of her novels as my sadly slim wallet and I can afford!I find reading reviews of romance novels especially fascinating, because we all have our own personal preferences and pet peeves; the same tropes and styles that particularly delight some of us manage to profoundly annoy others. So I understand that this book won't be a favorite for everyone, but it was an immediate favorite of mine---an endlessly delightful collection of nearly everything I love about romance novels and mercifully devoid of what I don't!
What I loved:
1) Sometimes it seems like pretty much every historical romance hero is either a brooding, brutish, bitterly broken man who needs the heroine to 'fix' him (many of these types would be mandated to anger management courses in modern times!) or a slick, excessively 'charming' rake who's slept with pretty much every pulse-having female on the planet before deigning to settle down with our heroine. (The regency equivalents of hard partying frat boys!)
So I'm not being hyperbolic when I say that Jack is one of my very favorite heroes ever. He's so unique---and, to me, uniquely lovable---among Regency heroes: one of the few who's a genuinely intellectual, sweetly shy and unabashedly kindhearted man. Rest assured, though, that he's got a fiery, intense masculinity underneath. I could write several paragraphs on how ardently I adore him, but I'll spare you the agony :)
2) I found the heroine eminently lovable as well, albeit not as unique a 'type' as the hero. She's spirited and witty and very much alive, someone I rooted for and even admired but who's also relatably and interestingly flawed. A book where I truly love both the hero AND heroine is a sad rarity for me!
3) Style and tone are always highly subjective, but Loretta Chase's clicked me perfectly in a 'ah, yes, THIS is what my book-loving heart has been looking for!' way. This is just personal preference, but I like my romances to be high energy, witty and more fun than angst-drenched. If you're looking for something very angsty and (melo)dramatic, this is probably not the book for you, but I found it an endlessly clever, funny, mood-lifting joy!
4) I'm in the 'less is more' camp when it comes to love scenes. It's not that I'm offended by the extremely explicit, graphic and lengthy sex scenes that we find in most modern romance novels, but I'm just kind of bored by them. They start to all blend together after awhile into one tedious, repetitive blur. I totally respect those who prefer their romances to be as steamy as possible, but I actually find it sexier when the author leaves something to our imagination. Needless to say, this was not one of those romance novels that turns out to contain 100 or so pages of the H/h having sex (and sex...and more sex...!) Weirdly enough, I found Jack and Delilah's chemistry stronger and more believable than the couples whose *very* detailed sexual exploits we're privy to, as the writer focused more on how they connected in other ways. And, for me, sexual tension tends to be more powerful before it's consummated (over and over and over again!) I get that this is probably old-fashioned of me, but I like stories that focus more on love than lust.
While I can see how some found this book imperfect, it turned out to be perfect for me. I was left with that giddy, swoony feeling of having fallen in love with a new author, which hasn't happened to me in quite some time. Based on the glowing recommendations of my fellow reviewers, I'm ridiculously excited to read the Lord of Scroundrels next!
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The Devil Delilah Regency Noblemen Book 2 edition by Loretta Chase Romance eBooks Reviews
I love a book that starts off in a tangle. I am always hurrying to the next scene, because now I am looking for even more answers. I also love a book in which I like all the characters. The beauteous Delilah's father Darryl came by his moniker the Devil quite honestly. He was admittedly the worst sort of rake, even though there were others with more unsavory habits going about in society during that same time. When he met 'the one', Delilah's mother Angelica (too cute,) he gave up the rake part of his lifestyle and shunned by society, or was it the other way around, they settled in Scotland. Fast forward twenty odd years and they're back in London to find his little girl a husband. That's when the real fun begins. Her father, privy to every dirty little secret of the ton's highest ranking MPs, has written it all down in stone and consigned it to his memoirs. The chase is on to see whether or not they will be stolen, recovered and/or published. When Delilah realizes Jack, a bookworm of some repute, is as conniving, manipulative, and sly as her father (she was only willing to settle for a man just like the Devil) she realizes he is the only man for her. When he scales a wayward trellis in the middle of the night to kiss her cheek, they finally admit their love and that they can't keep their hands off each other. The reader then gleefully applauds. This is a great story. It's a simple, lighthearted read that makes you smile.
There are some expectations that come with reading a Loretta Chase novel. Good characters, good writing, and an occasional witty line but also an iffy plot. It's too bad that this book focuses on the plot build around Devil Desmond's memoirs at the expense of the characters. And this is coming from a plot girl.
The first half of the book is dedicated to Jack Langdon, the dull bookworm, who is somewhat an exceptional hero. He's not the the type to whisk his intended to Gretna Green or lure her between the bushes and away from the chaperones, though he's not above stealing the occasional kiss and offering heartfelt apologies later--right before he steals another kiss. But he devious and worms his way into Delilah's heart and thoughts.
The problem is I'm not quite sure what Jack sees in Delilah. His infatuation is too superficial and focused on her beauty rather than her magnificent linguistic skills. There's a monologue where he explains himself towards the end but it's hardly as memorable as all the things he does for Delilah that show exactly why she'd fall for him.
Speaking of Delilah. She's another wonderful Loretta Chase heroine. She's headstrong, opinionated, and highly spirited woman. Yes, I just typed up a clichéd list, but the difference is in the writing. Delilah gets her chance in the second half of the book and her irrational behaviour starts to make sense. Not much, but some.
Another strong voice in the book is the Devil Desmond himself. He's supposed to be a notorious rake from years back but by the time the reader is introduced to him, he's merely a devoted, although an unconventional parent. He's the paragon of what many romance authors hope to write--and fail miserably--as a scoundrel redeemed by love. And he's merely a secondary character.
As I said, the book is build around searching, finding, and stealing the Devil Desmond's memoirs. It offers a wonderful excuse for Jack and Delilah to keep meeting each other but it also limits the depths of their discussions. Instead of taking a moment or two to show the young couple to do more than quip at each other, Chase brushes the in depth philosophical discussions aside as mere distractions from THE dilemma of an inconvenient expose book.
That makes this a strong three star meh-read but I'm rounding up the rating because of the ending.
I've read an absurd number of romance novels these past few years (don't ask!), but somehow I'd never picked up a Loretta Chase before now. It was love at first read for me, and I'm now busily hunting down as many of her novels as my sadly slim wallet and I can afford!
I find reading reviews of romance novels especially fascinating, because we all have our own personal preferences and pet peeves; the same tropes and styles that particularly delight some of us manage to profoundly annoy others. So I understand that this book won't be a favorite for everyone, but it was an immediate favorite of mine---an endlessly delightful collection of nearly everything I love about romance novels and mercifully devoid of what I don't!
What I loved
1) Sometimes it seems like pretty much every historical romance hero is either a brooding, brutish, bitterly broken man who needs the heroine to 'fix' him (many of these types would be mandated to anger management courses in modern times!) or a slick, excessively 'charming' rake who's slept with pretty much every pulse-having female on the planet before deigning to settle down with our heroine. (The regency equivalents of hard partying frat boys!)
So I'm not being hyperbolic when I say that Jack is one of my very favorite heroes ever. He's so unique---and, to me, uniquely lovable---among Regency heroes one of the few who's a genuinely intellectual, sweetly shy and unabashedly kindhearted man. Rest assured, though, that he's got a fiery, intense masculinity underneath. I could write several paragraphs on how ardently I adore him, but I'll spare you the agony )
2) I found the heroine eminently lovable as well, albeit not as unique a 'type' as the hero. She's spirited and witty and very much alive, someone I rooted for and even admired but who's also relatably and interestingly flawed. A book where I truly love both the hero AND heroine is a sad rarity for me!
3) Style and tone are always highly subjective, but Loretta Chase's clicked me perfectly in a 'ah, yes, THIS is what my book-loving heart has been looking for!' way. This is just personal preference, but I like my romances to be high energy, witty and more fun than angst-drenched. If you're looking for something very angsty and (melo)dramatic, this is probably not the book for you, but I found it an endlessly clever, funny, mood-lifting joy!
4) I'm in the 'less is more' camp when it comes to love scenes. It's not that I'm offended by the extremely explicit, graphic and lengthy sex scenes that we find in most modern romance novels, but I'm just kind of bored by them. They start to all blend together after awhile into one tedious, repetitive blur. I totally respect those who prefer their romances to be as steamy as possible, but I actually find it sexier when the author leaves something to our imagination. Needless to say, this was not one of those romance novels that turns out to contain 100 or so pages of the H/h having sex (and sex...and more sex...!) Weirdly enough, I found Jack and Delilah's chemistry stronger and more believable than the couples whose *very* detailed sexual exploits we're privy to, as the writer focused more on how they connected in other ways. And, for me, sexual tension tends to be more powerful before it's consummated (over and over and over again!) I get that this is probably old-fashioned of me, but I like stories that focus more on love than lust.
While I can see how some found this book imperfect, it turned out to be perfect for me. I was left with that giddy, swoony feeling of having fallen in love with a new author, which hasn't happened to me in quite some time. Based on the glowing recommendations of my fellow reviewers, I'm ridiculously excited to read the Lord of Scroundrels next!
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