5++ stars for Lord Fournier's Shameless Princess: A Regency Historical Romance (Scarlett Affairs Book 4) by Cerise DeLand #bookreview #regency #historicalromance
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Title: Lord Fournier's Shameless Princess: A Regency Historical Romance (Scarlett Affairs Book 4)
Author: Cerise DeLand
Genre: Historical Romance, Regency Romance
Book Blurb:
Driven by duty, he rushes to help her.
Elizabeth von Rittenburg—Liesel, as she is known—is a princess with a plan. She’ll save her sisters and young brother from the French who would abduct and ransom them to get her renegade older brother, Crown Prince Rainer to turn himself in to the French.
Liesel has always made her own rules, disrupting London society and refusing to marry her betrothed, a dyspeptic British prince. She ignores those who would dampen her exuberant nature. Now to save her family, she will do anything, even barge into a stranger’s bathing room and upbraid him for his failures, while the poor fellow stands before her naked.
Torn by desire, he must save her, then leave her…if he can bear to let her go.
Dirk, Lord Fournier is heaven to look at. A charming devil to be near. But he agrees to help her. After all, rescuing dispossessed European royalty from the clutches of the French is his specialty.
He’s failed at so much else, but he’ll do her bidding. He’ll save her family. He’ll even save her reputation, damn his righteous soul…but must never touch her.
Her fire is enchanting. Her kisses, an ineluctable lure. Still, a crown princess is not for him. He’s a mere baron, English at that, and a spy in Scarlett Hawthorne’s network.
He’s unworthy of Liesel, his reputation tarnished by a lie he ruined a woman, denied her claim and left her alone to bear the shame.
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Scarlett Affairs
Book 1 - Lord Ashley’s Beautiful Alibi
Book 2 - Lord Ramsey’s Red-headed Ruin
Book 3 - Lord Appleby’s Gorgeous Imposter
Book 4 - Lord Fournier’s Shameless Princess
Book 5 - Lord Carlisle’s Enticing Bait
Book 6 - Lord Halsey’s Tempestuous Minx
Book 7 - Sir Durham’s Disarming Asset
Book 8 - The Dowager’s Irresistible Rogue
Book 9 - His Highness’s Tender Trap
Book 10 - The Duke’s Tamed Hellion
Book 11 - The Marquis’s Dangerous Enchantress
Book 12 - The Smuggler’s Precious Cargo
Book 13 - The Baron’s Brazen Confidante
Book 14 - His Grace’s Guilty Pleasure
Book 15 - Lord Fox’s Rebellious Vixen
Book 16 - Scarlett’s Best Agent
My Review:
Liesel may be shameless and thumb her nose at the Ton but she’s a princess and her family is in danger. She pleads with Dirk until he agrees to help her in her time of need. Working together fans the flames of passion, but it can never be anything more. She’s a princess and he’s a baron. Or can it?
Lord Fournier’s Shameless Princess is book four in Cerise DeLand’s intoxicating series and one I couldn’t stop reading. The writing seduced me from page one. The characters took me by surprise. I didn’t want to love Liesel but fell hard for her, just like Dirk. The narration is full of emotion and historical detail. I got swept away with Lord Fournier’s Shameless Princess.
Cerise DeLand has written an exceptional historical romance. She researches intensely for each book then adds the historical details into the story. She doesn’t overwhelm the reader with her historical world-building. She layers it into the plot along with the other elements. The result is an immersive reading experience.
If you’re looking for a getaway to the past, read Lord Fournier’s Shameless Princess.
My Rating: 5++ stars
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Author Biography:
Cerise DeLand loves to write about dashing heroes and the sassy women they adore. Whether she’s penning historical romances or contemporaries, she’s praised for her poetic elegance and accuracy of detail.
An award-winning author of more than 60 novels, she’s been published since 1990 by Pocket Books, St. Martin’s Press, Kensington and independent presses. Her books have been monthly selections of the Doubleday Book Club, Rhapsody Book Club and the Mystery Guild. Plus she’s won countless 4, 4.5 and 5 star rave reviews from Romantic Times, Affair de Coeur, Publishers Weekly and more.
To research, she’ll dive into the oldest texts and dustiest library shelves. She’ll also travel abroad, trusty notebook and pen in hand, to visit the chateaux and country homes she loves to people with her own imaginary characters.
And at home every day? She loves to cook, hates to dust, lives to travel and go to Jazz class once a week!
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Reviewed by: Nancy