Of course, she’s more realistic about the sustaining and transient nature of her dreams of Capri than he is about his fantasy of the ideal woman, but that’s a man for you.

While you have the usual misunderstandings- pesky male concepts of honor, cutting words and drunken debauching- you also get this lovely story of two people whose real selves live solitary lives locked inside their own heads finding each other. If your hero is hiding his superior intellect behind the face of a fool as he fights on the side of the angels, well, you’ve got me at “that demmed elusive Pimpernel”.Īnd if he’s got a brother named Freddy? Well, now it’s almost guarenteed to be a good time.

It must be said up front that I fell in love with Percy Blakeney when I was 12. With seduction their only weapon-and a dark secret from the past endangering both their lives-can they learn to trust each other even as they surrender to a passion that won’t be denied?Īnd here are Donna and ReadinginAK’s reviews: But nothing can prepare him for the scandal of being ensnared by Elissande.įorced into a marriage of convenience, Elissande and Vere are each about to discover that they’re not the only one with a hidden agenda. As a secret agent for the government, he’s tracked down some of the most devious criminals in London, all the while maintaining his cover as one of Society’s most harmless-and idiotic-bachelors. Lord Vere is used to baiting irresistible traps. Only through marriage can she claim the freedom she craves. Plot Summary: Elissande Edgerton is a desperate woman, a virtual prisoner in the home of her tyrannical uncle. I bet her even shopping list would be interesting.” Meanwhile ReadinginAK gave it a solid B, so I’ve averaged the two to B+. Donna gave this book an A, saying, “So far, I’ve found that everything that spills out of Sherry Thomas’ brain is an A read. I have two RITA® Reader Challenge reviews for His at Night, one from Donna, and one from ReadinginAK.

His at night by sherry thomas