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Heiress, Abigail Ritchie flees London after jilting her despicable fiance. Wanting to leave all the scandal behind, in the country she assumes a the new identity of Miss Smith. Her wealthy father rents a home for her and her entourage. They include Abigail's senile old nurse maid, a nasty old hypochondriac chaperone and her depressing widow nurse. And lets not forget the chaperone's vicious macaw bird who would like nothing better than to pluck Abigail's eyes out. Things seem to go from bad to worse when she finds out that the 'distant' cousin of hers, Cary Wayborne (who saved her from an embarrassing situation with her betrothed in London) is in fact in residence. He it not in fact married as he led her to believe. And has no idea who she really is and assumes that she is some other cousin in his large family tree. Then he attempts to put the moves on her (rather aggressively), so she rebuffs him. So the cad goes after the next best thing, the pretty weepy widow. This of course infuriates Abigail because she can't seem to keep her mind off him. But things have a strange way of working out and on one cold night things go much further than either of them anticipated. But then dawn arrives and realization hits and its not good. This is the last thing Abigail wanted. She rejects Cary's less than stellar proposal. How things have gotten this far, she really doesn't know. How can she possibly marry a man she may be in love with when its obvious that he doesn't love her and how can she possibly face her father again knowing that she is ruined?

Lord I thought that the prequel 'Simply Scandalous' was ridiculous, but this one takes the cake! DO NOT attempt to read this book while sleepy. There is so much going on here, a mass of misunderstandings is not an exaggeration and to keep up with who thinks what about whom really puts those concentration parts of your brain to use. Its funny and crazy at the same time. Everyone seems to be talking circles around one another. Just when one thing is resolved Lejeune (author) throws in another. It could make your head spin if it were not written so well.

Once it gets going, the romance is very good. Lots of good love scenes, some of which were quite funny. His 'Mr. Prime Minister' couldn't wait until her 'Queen' opened Parliament (LOL!).-OK, so I'm easily amused. But it really doesn't stop there. Cary believes Abby to be a bit of a drinker considering she knows so much about spirits (well her dad is a liquor merchant but he doesn't know that). He also has a wild dog, a corgi that's not particularly fond of the macaw and gets into a lot of mischief. Once his sister, Juliet shows up in the country, things really get out of hand. At one point he believes that Abigail is a thief and sends Bow Street Runners after. And there is so much more when they return to London, but I don't want to spoil it for you. But you'll be shaking your head thinking that some of this could not possibly be happening.

*semi-spoiler below*
And for those of your that read the prequel, you'll be happy to see that Juliet and her fiance Ginger(LOL!) have a pretty big part in this one. She jilts him! Yes, I couldn't believe it either! But its just another example of how Lejeune keeps you on your toes.
*end semi-spoiler*

So, its not a deep emotional tear-jerker with the Alpha male. He wears purple waist coat for goodness sakes! Its more of a romantic comedy type that's just plain crazy, chock-full of assumptions, misunderstandings and miscommunication. You'll like it or hate it for its stupidity. Not for the serious seeking reader.

A great break from the heavy emotional drama of romance. You'll laugh and shake your head at this one.


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Surrender to Sin Tamara Lejeune 9780821779743 Books Reviews

It is indeed, a rare thing to have a good chuckle from a romance novel even rarer to enjoy the love story too but that is exactly what happened when I read Surrender to Sin.

Abigail Ritchie is forced to leave London when she breaks off her engagement to her odious titled fiancé, who then accuses her of stealing the diamond from his engagement ring and replacing it with a fake. Abigail travels to Cary Wayborn's dower house that he has deigned to lease because he is absolutely broke. Her traveling companions are such a mismatch. There's her nurse that is quite senile, an old chaperone who is incredibly rude and blunt (she made me laugh every time she said "I shall vomit") and her obnoxiously funny macaw, and the chaperone's companion who seems rather nice but is somewhat harried.

Instead of staying in the dower house, the party must stay in the manor as a tree has fallen on the house and now Cary is at the gatehouse. Cary Wayborne is too too cute. I loved his wry wit and his circular arguments and his charming nature. He has absolutely no idea that Abigail is an heiress but believes she is a very distant cousin and he goes after her like gangbusters.

The one small fault I had with Abigail is she runs away like a frightened rabbit when confronted by Cary or even her chaperone. She allows timidity to rule her life but fortunately she gets past this, or rather, Cary helps her past her shyness by the middle of the book.

There are a lot of subplots here but I loved them because they were zany, kind of like a Lucille Ball sketch, but they worked because the characters are eccentric. At the middle of all this mayhem are Cary and Abigail. They are both in love but thinks the other does not really have the same feelings for them. Cary is so wonderful acting upon his feelings, better than Abigail for that matter. He can make almost any situation better with his quick humor.

By the last chapter there were kidnappings, thefts, stolen jewels and under drawers, secret trysts backstage and many, many mistaken identities. The ending is sweet and all the characters and animals (there is a pet Corgi which has a funny personality too) live a happily ever life.
Comedy in a romance is a refreshing change from the usual "I will never marry hero or the I won't marry I like being a spinster historical romances". There was a lot of comic moments that reminded me of movies with Cary Grant. This Cary was quick on his feet and I liked him very much. Unfortunately, Abigail was no Katherine Hepburne. She could not keep up with him and he constantly confused her. This could have been a really good story if the witty bander was not one sided.

The story was written fairly well and had the potential to be a 3 or 4 but I could not give this book more than 2 stars because there was no real chemistry between the main characters.
Humor, misunderstandings, plot twists continue as Cary Wayborn withdraws to his small, rather neglected estate, while his sister Juliet prepares to wed the former Lord Swale now the Duke of Auckland. To raise funds he rents the dower house to a Miss Smith and company. Miss Smith is actually Abigail Ritchie, heiress to the Red Richie Whiskey empire who is hiding from a broken betrothal with the disgusting Lord Dulwich.

Juliet mistakes her for a goldigger and thief. Cary thinks she's a paid companion and there are abductions, mistaken identities, disguises and confusions galore till somehow the whole thing is resolved in the end. Very funny, a comedy of errors, this book is truly a joyous read.
Heiress, Abigail Ritchie flees London after jilting her despicable fiance. Wanting to leave all the scandal behind, in the country she assumes a the new identity of Miss Smith. Her wealthy father rents a home for her and her entourage. They include Abigail's senile old nurse maid, a nasty old hypochondriac chaperone and her depressing widow nurse. And lets not forget the chaperone's vicious macaw bird who would like nothing better than to pluck Abigail's eyes out. Things seem to go from bad to worse when she finds out that the 'distant' cousin of hers, Cary Wayborne (who saved her from an embarrassing situation with her betrothed in London) is in fact in residence. He it not in fact married as he led her to believe. And has no idea who she really is and assumes that she is some other cousin in his large family tree. Then he attempts to put the moves on her (rather aggressively), so she rebuffs him. So the cad goes after the next best thing, the pretty weepy widow. This of course infuriates Abigail because she can't seem to keep her mind off him. But things have a strange way of working out and on one cold night things go much further than either of them anticipated. But then dawn arrives and realization hits and its not good. This is the last thing Abigail wanted. She rejects Cary's less than stellar proposal. How things have gotten this far, she really doesn't know. How can she possibly marry a man she may be in love with when its obvious that he doesn't love her and how can she possibly face her father again knowing that she is ruined?

Lord I thought that the prequel 'Simply Scandalous' was ridiculous, but this one takes the cake! DO NOT attempt to read this book while sleepy. There is so much going on here, a mass of misunderstandings is not an exaggeration and to keep up with who thinks what about whom really puts those concentration parts of your brain to use. Its funny and crazy at the same time. Everyone seems to be talking circles around one another. Just when one thing is resolved Lejeune (author) throws in another. It could make your head spin if it were not written so well.

Once it gets going, the romance is very good. Lots of good love scenes, some of which were quite funny. His 'Mr. Prime Minister' couldn't wait until her 'Queen' opened Parliament (LOL!).-OK, so I'm easily amused. But it really doesn't stop there. Cary believes Abby to be a bit of a drinker considering she knows so much about spirits (well her dad is a liquor merchant but he doesn't know that). He also has a wild dog, a corgi that's not particularly fond of the macaw and gets into a lot of mischief. Once his sister, Juliet shows up in the country, things really get out of hand. At one point he believes that Abigail is a thief and sends Bow Street Runners after. And there is so much more when they return to London, but I don't want to spoil it for you. But you'll be shaking your head thinking that some of this could not possibly be happening.

*semi-spoiler below*
And for those of your that read the prequel, you'll be happy to see that Juliet and her fiance Ginger(LOL!) have a pretty big part in this one. She jilts him! Yes, I couldn't believe it either! But its just another example of how Lejeune keeps you on your toes.
*end semi-spoiler*

So, its not a deep emotional tear-jerker with the Alpha male. He wears purple waist coat for goodness sakes! Its more of a romantic comedy type that's just plain crazy, chock-full of assumptions, misunderstandings and miscommunication. You'll like it or hate it for its stupidity. Not for the serious seeking reader.

A great break from the heavy emotional drama of romance. You'll laugh and shake your head at this one.