"A holiday wager goes awry for two competitive cousins."
Reviewed by Auriette Lindsey
Posted January 27, 2013
Holiday | Romance Historical
Months after bookish Louisa Oliver lost her fiancé to her
step-sister, she finds herself headed to one of the ton's
most scandalous events. Alexander Edgware, Lord Xavier, is
well-known for his wild country parties, but this year, he's
toning down his guest list. His cousin, the Marquess of
Lockwood bets him that he can't get a quiet, respectable
spinster to attend the party -- and stay the full two weeks --
and Alex will do whatever it takes to win.
Louisa, for her part, doesn't like Lord Xavier. She blames
him for putting her broken engagement on the front page of a
scandal sheet. What she does love is his massive library.
Under a flag of truce, Louisa agrees to help Alex put his
disorganized collection of books in order, while Lord
Lockwood steps up his campaign to drive Louisa away and win
his wager.
SEASON FOR SURRENDER's hero and heroine are witty and
intelligent, and they have good reasons for not telling
their deepest secrets to each other. We don't get to know
the supporting cast very well, except for Lady Irving, who's
a delight, and Lord Lockwood, who's a fairly one-dimensional
villain. One wonders why Alex doesn't plant Lockwood a
facer, but at least Louisa gets in a good jab.
Getting to the final hundred pages, it was really hard to
put the book down at the end of lunch hour. Overall, it's a
compelling novel with a very clever resolution.
SEASON FOR SURRENDER is a follow-up to Romain's first novel,
SEASON OF TEMPTATION, Louisa's step-sister's story.
SUMMARY
HONOR AMONG ROGUES Alexander Edgware, Lord Xavier, has quite a reputation—for daring, wagering, and wickedness in all its delightful forms. But the wager before him is hardly his preferred sport: Xavier must persuade a proper young lady to attend his famously naughty Christmas house party—and stay the full, ruinous two weeks. Worse, the lady is Louisa Oliver, a doe–eyed bookworm Xavier finds quite charming. Yet to refuse the challenge is impossible—he will simply have to appoint himself Miss Oliver's protector... MISCHIEF AMONG MISSES Louisa knows her chance for a husband has passed. But she has no desire to retire into spinsterhood without enjoying a few grand adventures first. When Lord Xavier's invitation arrives, Louisa is more intrigued than insulted. And once inside the rogues' gallery, she just may have a thing or two to teach her gentlemen friends about daring...
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