My Favorite Reads is a meme hosted by Alyce from At Home With Books. You simply discuss a book you enjoyed before you started blogging! In my last post, I mentioned that Laura Lee Guhrke has written at least two of my favorite romances. Here's the earlier of those two:
Guilty Pleasures by Laura Lee Guhrke
This has got to be one of best romance novels I've ever read. You know how you come to expect certain things in genre books, so you're anticipating all the plot points before they happen? Well, in Guilty Pleasures, LLG defied all my expectations and gave me a practically perfect romance. It's full of great characters, true love, adventure, and mystery that add to the story. (I know you're thinking the cover sucks, but it actually makes sense once you read the book.)
The shy and bookish Daphne Wade has been in love with the Duke of Tremore for years. Of course she's in love with him--he's intelligent, handsome, dashing, and rich. What's not to love? Daphne, meanwhile, is a "spinster" and so poor she's actually employed--as a restorer for some of Tremore's ancient artifacts. This part at the very beginning of the book was, in all honesty, somewhat annoying. But fear not! Daphne soon overhears Tremore declare she's completely unattractive, and then she's pissed. Naturally, it's immediately after she decides she never wants anything to do with him that he starts to notice her.
Guilty Pleasures has a sort of Cinderella-esque charm to it, although I wouldn't call it a Cinderella story exactly. The romance between Daphne and Anthony (Tremore) is so wonderful because they're likeable, believable characters; and I loved the secondary characters as well. If you like historical romance and you haven't read it yet, get thee to a bookstore and buy Guilty Pleasures. NOW.
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