Avon
Featuring: Gabriel, Lord St. Vincent; Lady Pandora Ravenel
384 pages ISBN: 0062371878 EAN: 9780062371874 Kindle: B01FD92384 Mass Market Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
Pandora Ravenel has her future planned, and it certainly
doesn't include marriage. She's only attending this ball
to appease her family and to relieve her boredom. When a
friend begs Pandora to retrieve an earring she lost
outside while at a secret rendezvous, Pandora agrees.
While fumbling to reach the earring through a scrolled
bench, her dress becomes tangled, and she is caught. A
stranger passes by, and offers assistance, which
unfortunately leads to their being caught alone with
Pandora looking distinctly disheveled. The interfering
busybody is very anxious to insist that Pandora is
compromised, and that the young man, Gabriel Challon,
must do the honorable thing and offer marriage.
Pandora is horrified. Marriage would destroy all her
plans and dreams, and she would just become her husband's
possession. She is an inventor, and her board game is
scheduled to be on sale in stores soon. Without any tact
whatsoever, Pandora tells Gabriel that she wouldn't marry
him under any circumstances. Still, Gabriel visits her
guardian, and suggests that her whole family spend some
time at his family home to become better acquainted, and
to see how things develop.
Pandora is a unique character. She is fidgety,
excitable, and tends to blurt out exactly what's on her
mind with no thought to decorum. She has problems
dancing with her hearing and balance problems. Yet, instead
of being annoying, she's quite endearing. Despite having
no desire to marry anyone, Gabriel finds himself
enchanted and amused by Pandora. I have to say that
Gabriel is about as swoonworthy as a hero can be. He's
charming, kind, honorable, understanding, open minded,
and, oh, so hot! The only bad thing I can say about him
is his choice in mistresses. As gossip heats up, Pandora
realizes that if she doesn't marry, her family,
especially her twin sister, will suffer socially. And
truth be told, she is beginning to fall under Gabriel's
spell. Pandora and Gabriel marry, but it's not smooth
sailing. Pandora continues with her business ventures,
which ends up placing her in a very dangerous situation,
and Gabriel's ex-mistress is bitter and doesn't intend to
quietly step aside.
Fans of Lisa Kleypas' Wallflower
series will recognize
that Gabriel is the son of Evie and Sebastian from DEVIL
IN WINTER, one of her most beloved books. It was
fantastic to visit with this couple after thirty years of
marriage to find them still deeply in love. While I'm
not a great fan of humor in a romance novel, there were
some very witty scenes, one comment from Pandora had me
laughing out loud for about two minutes straight. DEVIL
IN SPRING held me captive from beginning to end. The
pairing of the perfect Gabriel with the perfect-for-him
Pandora was ideal. I love this book, with its warmth,
charm, steam, humor, and genuine romance. I've greatly
enjoyed the first two books in The
Ravenels series, and
DEVIL IN SPRING is a stellar addition that I most highly
recommend.
New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas
delivers the unforgettable tale of a strong-willed beauty
who encounters her match in one of London’s most
notorious—yet irresistible—rakes
An eccentric wallflower…
Most debutantes dream of finding a husband. Lady Pandora
Ravenel has different plans. The ambitious young beauty
would much rather stay at home and plot out her new board
game business than take part in the London Season. But one
night at a glittering society ball, she’s ensnared in a
scandal with a wickedly handsome stranger.
Great review! I am so looking forward to reading this! I am not so sure I want to see Sebastian and Evie older, though. That sort of bothers me. But I do want to see the romance between Pandora and Gabriel. (Sharlene Wegner 5:50pm February 25, 2017)
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