When the Marquess Falls by Lorraine Heath

The main conflicts in the book are that after Minerva meets the gorgeous Ashe at the masked ladies sex club, she fears he will be repulsed by her face if he ever sees it, and another significant conflict that emerges later, one that involves a secret Ashe hides.Īfter Ashe works out Minerva’s identity, he falls hard for her without being able to name his feelings, and yet he also needs to marry for money. Occasionally some man makes a disparaging comment (on page) about Minerva’s appearance, too. In this case Minerva’s opinion of her looks is partly substantiated by the fact that none of her suitors are attracted to her, they just want her hefty dowry. She was self-conscious about her looks but not in the typical romance way where the heroine thinks she is average looking and yet all the men hanker for her. I liked that Minerva was blunt and strong-minded. I liked them a lot and wanted to see where things would go. But the book was absorbing Minerva and Ashe were an interesting pairing and had good chemistry. Occasionally Heath used cliched language, too. I noticed an anachronism roughly every ten pages or so on average, and while that’s close to my limit, I can live with it when I’m enjoying the story. The language wasn’t as horrible as it could be where anachronistic phrases are concerned, I suppose. There were other more minor anachronistic details as well. The book begins when heiress Minerva Dodger and the Duke of Ashebury meet at a secret club for masked ladies who want anonymous sex. This one is set in the 1870s and it is not particularly faithful to history. But since I don’t like coming into series from the middle, I decided to start with book one, Falling into Bed with a Duke (not to be confused with the aforementioned Waking Up with the Duke they’re not even in the same series, ha). I also wanted to see if the book could carry this premise off it seemed like a tough one. However, lately I’ve been desperate for an engaging historical romance and I was intrigued by the premise of book two in the Hellions of Havisham series, The Earl Takes All, where the hero impersonates his dead twin so that his sister-in-law won’t miscarry her and his brother’s child. I haven’t had the best experience with Lorraine Heath both Sweet Lullaby and Waking Up with the Duke disappointed me. Janine B- Reviews / Book Reviews / DNF Reviews / Reading Lists 1870s / 1880s / 19th century England / anonymous sex / class differences / countess / Duke / Earl / fortune hunter / heiress / historical romance / Impersonation / mistorical / pregnancy / Reading lists / twins / viscount 5 Comments What Janine is Reading: Lorraine Heath’s Hellions of Havisham

When the Marquess Falls by Lorraine Heath