LADY CLAIRE IS ALL THAT is book three in Maya Rodale's
Keeping Up
with the Cavendishes series. It is not
necessary to have read the previous books in this series
before reading LADY CLAIRE IS ALL THAT, because each
sibling's story focused on in each book takes place
concurrently with the others. Lord Fox begins a dogged
pursuit of American expatriate Lady Claire Cavendish for
some very dodgy reasons, but the story gets interesting
when he develops real feelings for her. This is a great
book for readers who enjoy the "opposites attract" trope.
Claire is the kind of bluestocking heroine I adore, and I
like that Lord Fox is smart enough to like her the way
she is and not be repelled by her brainiac ways.
I quite frequently enjoy stories that feature a highly
intelligent hero or heroine, so LADY CLAIRE IS ALL THAT
has an added appeal for me. I like that Claire isn't
immediately wowed by Fox's charm and stunning physique
upon their first meeting. It isn't so much that Claire
and Fox change each other over the course of LADY CLAIRE
IS ALL THAT, but that they change their perspectives and
assumptions. It's great having this story told from
alternating perspectives, because you get a better sense
of the depth of feeling that the main characters develop
for each other, as well as get a glimpse of their
internal struggle and reevaluation process. Even though
Fox foolishly risked his beloved dog in a wager, his
obvious affection for that dog made me like him more. The
chemistry between Claire and Fox is something that
confounds them, but is delightful to read about. Maya
Rodale expertly captures the excitement and flurry of
emotions that come with an unusual and swift attraction.
It's refreshing to have the heroine corner the hero in
dark alcoves and back him up against miscellaneous garden
hedges in a fit of passion.
LADY CLAIRE IS ALL THAT has two villains -- Lord Fox's
frenemy Lord Mowbray, and Fox's ex Arabella Vaughn. The
relationship that these two have with Fox is complicated,
as well as the one they have with each other. I always
find antiheroes, and characters whose moral compass gets
a little off course, fascinating so I would love to read
stories about these two in the future. Of the two,
Mowbray's motivations toward Fox are a little bit more on
the malicious side. It would be great to see Mowbray go
on the same kind of journey that Lord Dutton did in
Claudia Dain's "Courtesan Chronicles" series -- in which a
jerk is brought to his knees before he finally pulls
himself back together and reforms himself. I enjoy
stories in which the characters go through a process of
change rather than experience a miraculous and
unrealistically sudden transformation. Maya Rodale has
succeeded in taking two supporting, and slightly wicked
characters, and captured this reader's imagination.
LADY CLAIRE IS ALL THAT is an exhilarating romance with
characters that fascinate. Maya Rodale balances bad guy
shenanigans, torrid trysts, and blissful sighs. I look
forward to reading James' story in the next installment
of this highly enjoyable Keeping Up with the
Cavendishes series.
In the third installment of Maya Rodale’s captivating, witty
series, a marquess finds his fair lady—but must figure out
how to keep her
HER BRAINS…
Claire Cavendish is in search of a duke, but not for the
usual reasons. The man she seeks is a mathematician; the man
she unwittingly finds is Lord Fox: dynamic, athletic, and as
bored by the equations Claire adores as she is by the social
whirl upon which he thrives. As attractive as Fox is, he’s
of no use to Claire . . . or is he?
PLUS HIS BRAWN . . .
Fox’s male pride has been bruised ever since his fiancée
jilted him. One way to recover: win a bet that he can
transform Lady Claire, Society’s roughest diamond, into its
most prized jewel. But Claire has other ideas—shockingly
steamy ones . . .
EQUALS A STUDY IN SEDUCTION . . .
By Claire’s calculations, Fox is the perfect man to satisfy
her sensual curiosity. In Fox’s estimation, Claire is the
perfect woman to prove his mastery of the ton. But the one
thing neither of them counted on is love . . .
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