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It is safe to say I am now a fan of Lisa Kleypas 😊

My romance book club has read a couple of her books and I particularly adored this one.

Lillian, her sister, and two other friends consider themselves wallflowers.

When Lillian spends way too much money on a vial of perfume that promises to attract her true love, the girls decide to put it to the test.

I am already scrambling for a copy of the next in the series which is rare for me.

Finally finished my re-listen - I‘ve been listening to it off and on for months: I kept having to return it and wait for it - I did this so often Libby shortened the borrowing time - it is probably the fact that this is a very fun historical romance read by one of the best voices in the business and is justifiably popular with Libby borrowers that changed the analytics.

By now you know I usually post about children's lit. My mom is on my Amazon account and occasionally highlights by accident. It's really cute.

Long stroll on a beautiful day to read at a favorite coffee place outside my neighborhood.

I finished all the Ravenel books and now I‘m starting her Wallflowers series. I really enjoy Lisa Kleypas‘s books. Always a good romance and this one has quite a bit of action too.

Liked this one. Don‘t think it‘s my favorite Kleypas but still a page turner. Been reading this one for awhile and feels good to be done. I might get another bingo who knows😂 #bookspinbingo

I can't believe I never finished Kleypas's Wallflowers series. Not sure how it happened, but since I've been enjoying the Ravenels I thought I'd go back and fix my egregious lack!

I love that Lillian just wants to be herself, a bit hoydenish but unequivocally her own independent spirit.

#romantsy
(Kindle cover)

#lisakleypas #Regencyromance #ithappenedoneautumn

So far so good...

Got such beautiful cards... thank you Stacy and Misty. Sorry for the late response but got your greeting cards right now at home as I was travelling away. Thank you both once again ... a beautiful gesture.. I feel very special...💐🥰💖😘
#LitsyLove

#fallinginlove

#spooktober

Oops. Forgot to post this yesterday.

#CoverLove #Day7 #CoverCrush #7Days7Covers

Ugh, the moment when you think you have 20 pages left and it‘s a preview for a book you‘ve already read.

That‘s what keeps happening to me while reading the Wallflowers series. This romance was fun and enjoyable. Honestly I‘m really looking forward to the next one more. Evie and St. Vincent! Mostly because I‘ve seen reference to them in other Lisa Kleypas books!

Lillian wasn‘t my favorite. I liked hearing more about Annabelle and Simon 💚

This book is set up using sexual assault (the “hero” continuing to kiss her after she says no and tries to push him away several times), culminates in rape (the heroine is explicitly too drunk to consent), and uses abduction and threat of rape as the tool to get the “hero” to realize he loves her. The guy who abducted and threatened to rape her is set up to be the hero of the next book. Sexy? No. And I won‘t be reading any more of these either.

I did enjoy this more than the first of the Wallflowers series though I'm not jumping to go on to book 3 - the villain is quite obviously set up to be the next hero and he did some shit that's hard to stomach.

I do enjoy Kleypas' historical romances but the one thing that always keeps me from fully enjoying is that the heroes can be alphaholes at times. I always get a lingering mental image of Gaston in front of Belle's house with a wedding party and chuckling over "now just need to propose to the bride!"

And on top of my beloved love-hate trope, there's a cross old lady tossed in the mix ❤️. Enjoying this one a lot.

Just starting the second Wallflowers book! I'm a sucker for love-hate tropes and was most interested by Lillian in the first book so I have high hopes.

"Every friendship has its scars"

This is the only #falltitles book I could find on my shelves.😕

If you guys have any recommendations for fall book let me know because it's my favorite season and my shelves are lacking.

#awesomeautumnbooks @Jess7

#aprilbookshowers Day 26 I have no books on my shelves with garden in the title, but here are two with garden covers. #gardentitle #caughtup

Thank goodness for #audiobooks when I need a story in my head but can't seem to concentrate on actually reading. #romantsy

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Reread. Really enjoyed rereading this, I adored the chemistry between Lillian and Marcus, and I had forgotten how it ended with St Vincent, so that was a nice surprise to build to the next book (I LOVE a good villain turned hero romance).
#romansty #osrbc

Day 5 of #Riotgrams: Bookish Tattoo. Romance has helped me through so much that it only felt right to make things permanent.

Shoutout to Lisa Kleypas for starting this whole mess.

Marcus, Marcus, Marcus... #osrbc #romantsy

Slower than the first in the series but still so great :) Loved Lillian's bullheadedness.

I'm enjoying this series - and I adore Kleypas - but I'm so done with the swarthy alpha man and the heroine with ivory or porcelain skin. Is there something inherently more masculine about a tan? I'm also rather over the calloused male hands vs silky/satiny female skin. I get that contrast is interesting but it's significantly less so when so many books use the same set of contrasts. Hrmph. /end rant

I didn't think I had any books with a number in the title but I have quite a few! #septphotochallenge #somethingforsept

Perfume stories are among my favourite! I hope this uis as good as the first of Kleypas' novels I read!