THE SECRET LIFE OF A DEBUTANTE BY BIANCA BLYTHE
Determined Debutantes #1
Eloisa Holt is not the type of woman to wander London on her own. In fact, she’s not even the type of woman to consider such a thing. After all, her governesses hailed her as a paragon of everything proper. But when a nude painting of her mother scandalizes the ton, Eloisa must stop more paintings from being displayed. This debutante is desperate.
Lord Cornelius Chichester knows the first rule of being a best friend: Don’t fall in love with your best friend’s sister. Unfortunately, that rule becomes difficult to follow when he discovers Eloisa by herself at an indecent hour. Still, perhaps helping his best friend’s younger sister is honorable. He may have promised his friend long ago he would never marry one of his sisters, but Cornelius never promised he would not be of assistance.
Review
Honestly, I hate to even review this book. I found it utterly ridiculous. The steamy scenes were just silly and I was laughing instead of swooning. The dialogue was awkward. And, although I thought the storyline was intriguing, it was poorly done. I found so many errors with the timeline…he was fondling her breasts and the the next paragraph, her breast had apparently been put back in her dress because they were exposed again! Another instance, he was ‘inside her’ then all the sudden we were right back to starting over! It really was crazy!
Also the characters were bothersome. Her sisters did not object to Eloisa attempting all this scandalous stuff, in fact, they were sound asleep when she came after sneaking into a party as a footman to destroy the paintings! Her brother Timothy and his wife were so rude to the girls after the scandal. Cornelius barely hesitated in helping Eloisa pull off all these stunts. He even dressed up as an old woman to fool her brother!
I’m going to just stop there as it won’t do any good to carry on. I just want to move on to another book and let this one slide from my memory.
Tropes
Historical Romance, Regency Era, Season/Marriage Mart, Ton Society, Beta Hero, Rake Hero, Titled Hero, Compromised Heroine, Dresses as Male, Virgin Heroine, Outdoor Steam, Could-Get-Caught Steam, Best Friends Sibling, Friends to Lovers
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