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When it comes to crafting wonderfully escapist love stories composed of equal measures of sexy romance and sharp wit, literary newcomer MacLean is unrivaled. (Chicago Tribune )
About the Author
Sarah MacLean grew up in Rhode Island, obsessed with historical romance and bemoaning the fact that she was born far too late for her own season. Her love of all things historical helped to earn her degrees from Smith College and Harvard University before she finally set pen to paper and wrote her first book.
Sarah now lives in New York City with her husband, their dog, and a ridiculously large collection of romance novels.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Ten Ways To Be Adored When Landing A Lord (Mass Market Paperback)
Set in 1823. After a popular ladies' magazine names Lord Nicholas St. John as one of "London's Lords to Land", Nick agrees to help the Duke of Leighton locate his runaway sister, Georgiana, who went north. Georgiana has a ten day head start and has covered her tracks well, but Nick specializes in tracking people. With his Turkish companion, Rock, by his side, Nick gladly leaves London behind. The hunt leads Nick to Yorkshire where he meets and becomes intrigued by an enigmatic female.Being the daughter of a title wastrel, Lady Isabel Townsend is used to uncaring men. After her father's passing, Isabel continues to do what she has done for several years now: Care and protect those dwelling within Townsend Park, as well as her brother's birthright. Ten-year-old James is the new Earl of Reddich. Isabel knows that James needs a man to guide him, but no one is available. Their father certainly never cared about his heir and was never in Yorkshire. James also needs to go to school, but everything that had not been entailed to James is gone. Townsend Park is also a secret sanctuary for ladies in need, fondly called the Minerva House. The house is filled with two dozen mouths to feed, all of which were females required to remain well hidden. In dire need of funds, Isabel decides to sell her collection of Grecian marble statues. Lord Nicholas St. John is a well known antiquarian, so when Isabel meets him in Dunscroft she is eager for him to view, value, and perhaps help sell her precious marbles. But Isabel must be wary. Should Nick learn her secrets, the Minerva House would be exposed and James's future could be ruined. ***** FIVE STARS! In a word, "WOW!" MacLean has a smooth, yet vivid, writing style that quickly caught and held my interest. Several intriguing characters, each with their own secret or two, caused my surroundings to blur. The real world seemed to fade away as I found myself pulled (unprotesting) into the lives of Nick and Isabel. No simpering miss here! This heroine does whatever needs to be done, including getting on the roof to fix leaks. Be prepared to spend several hours reading once you crack open this book. So order out, unplug all electrical devices, and lose yourself in this romance for an extended period of time. Highly recommended! ***** Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Ten Ways to be Bored When Reading About Landing a Lord.,
By Old Latin teacher - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ten Ways To Be Adored When Landing A Lord (Mass Market Paperback)
(With apologies to Ms MacLean because I truly enjoyed NINE RULES TO BREAK WHEN ROMANCING A RAKE.)1. Make sure you are an old, cranky, jaded reader of HRs. This may be the very most important step to being bored here. 2. Do have just read a really superior HR immediately before this one. 3. Unconsciously compare the hero in TEN WAYS to the one in NINE RULES and find that you like twin Gabriel more than twin Nicolas. (Sigh. There's something about those really more rakish rakes...) 4. Find the characters to be somewhat bland and uninteresting. Note that you're not especially interested in or impressed by the H and h, in spite of being told repeatedly how very daring, intrepid, wonderful and handsome the hero is and how brave, resourceful, self-sacrificing and beautiful the heroine is. 5. Find it silly that the hero's sidekick is a Turk named Durukhan (nicknamed "Rock" for pete's sake) but he acts no different from any kind, strong and noble-of-spirit Englishman you have encountered in HRs. Couldn't there be something more exotic about him other than his strong, dark and tall look? 6. Consider the mini-newspaper PEARLS AND PELISSES here to be a pale imitation of Julia Quinn's LADY WHISTLEDOWN. 7. As you are reading, keep trying to see when something (anything at all, you may be desperate as the book progresses) will happen other than having the characters all hang around the Townsend estate, the hero evaluating the heroine's marble statue collection, the heroine trying to keep her refuge for women safe, and both lusting after each other. Note that the heroine almost falling off her roof during repair work may be the most exciting thing to happen in the whole book. 8. Find the sex scenes a bit silly because of the same-old same-old aspect of them and dialogue like this: "Never hide from me, beauty"; "All right, beauty. I am yours for the taking."; "Is this what you want, beauty?"; "I shall make it better, beauty."; "I am here, love...Look at me, Isabel."; "I shall catch you when you fall." (That's not off the roof; that's into the Big O.) 9. Discover that even though Sarah MacLean writes very nicely for the most part and did an excellent job in NINE RULES, what she wrote about this time did not appeal to you personally. 10. Repeat Way #1. You must be a pain-in-the-neck, old, jaded, cranky HR reader to be bored. If you are young and have read less HRs, you may be way more enthusiastic about TEN WAYS and may very well love it. 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wow!,
By Detra Fitch "Always hunting good books." - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ten Ways To Be Adored When Landing A Lord (Mass Market Paperback)
Set in 1823. After a popular ladies' magazine names Lord Nicholas St. John as one of "London's Lords to Land", Nick agrees to help the Duke of Leighton locate his runaway sister, Georgiana, who went north. Georgiana has a ten day head start and has covered her tracks well, but Nick specializes in tracking people. With his Turkish companion, Rock, by his side, Nick gladly leaves London behind. The hunt leads Nick to Yorkshire where he meets and becomes intrigued by an enigmatic female.Being the daughter of a title wastrel, Lady Isabel Townsend is used to uncaring men. After her father's passing, Isabel continues to do what she has done for several years now: Care and protect those dwelling within Townsend Park, as well as her brother's birthright. Ten-year-old James is the new Earl of Reddich. Isabel knows that James needs a man to guide him, but no one is available. Their father certainly never cared about his heir and was never in Yorkshire. James also needs to go to school, but everything that had not been entailed to James is gone. Townsend Park is also a secret sanctuary for ladies in need, fondly called the Minerva House. The house is filled with two dozen mouths to feed, all of which were females required to remain well hidden. In dire need of funds, Isabel decides to sell her collection of Grecian marble statues. Lord Nicholas St. John is a well known antiquarian, so when Isabel meets him in Dunscroft she is eager for him to view, value, and perhaps help sell her precious marbles. But Isabel must be wary. Should Nick learn her secrets, the Minerva House would be exposed and James's future could be ruined. ***** FIVE STARS! In a word, "WOW!" MacLean has a smooth, yet vivid, writing style that quickly caught and held my interest. Several intriguing characters, each with their own secret or two, caused my surroundings to blur. The real world seemed to fade away as I found myself pulled (unprotesting) into the lives of Nick and Isabel. No simpering miss here! This heroine does whatever needs to be done, including getting on the roof to fix leaks. Be prepared to spend several hours reading once you crack open this book. So order out, unplug all electrical devices, and lose yourself in this romance for an extended period of time. Highly recommended! ***** Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews. 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Another very good read from Sarah MacLean!,
By L. Townsend "Blondie Black" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ten Ways To Be Adored When Landing A Lord (Mass Market Paperback)
I loved this book! I actually found myself laughing thru parts of it! Lord Nicholas is so very sexy... Lady Isobel is so infuriating... Oooh la la! Enjoy!
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