Swans Book Review

This is my second book of  +Eloisa James  and I now can confirm that she is an author  I would very much like to hear more from.  I loved this book, especially the heroine. Emilia Carrington, when she was a young girl, had the misfortune of learning that the boy she was in love with, was nothing more than an insensitive toad. Years later, after claiming that she would never marry him, even if he was the last man in England, she finds herself, asking him to marry her. Evander Brody cannot believe that this little scrap of a girl dared to propose marriage to him, a Duke.  After he refused her, she pulled out the big guns which, if exposed, would revoke his title. Vainly thinking that this is some pay back for what happened all these years ago, Vander tries to shock her enough to back out of this foolish idea. When that did not work, he thought he would deny her what she wants, and only allows her four nights a year to go to bed with him and only if sh...

I'm in love with the third book in this series and it had prompted me to read the entire series. Due to Annabelle Peyton's father untimely death, it has left her family in dire need of funds, and the only way to do that is for Annabelle to marry well. Even though Annabelle has beauty and wit, she also has no dowry, which sets her at a huge disadvantage.  She is in her fourth and final season but even though the men do not want her as a wife, they will be more than happy to make her their mistress. With a lack of dowry, it has made Annabelle a member of the wallflowers. A group of women that are often ignored during the season.  Their goal to find a husband had banded these women together in the most unlikely friendship.  This group holds Miss Annabelle Peyton, Miss Lillian and Daisy Bowman and Evangeline Jenner.  They came up with the plan to help each other find a proper husband starting with Miss Annabelle.  But with the interest o...