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The Seduction of the Crimson Rose is the 4th book in the Pink Carnation series - a series that is a fun blend of contemporary chick lit, historic romantic suspense and historic fiction featuring a group of English and French spies during the Napoleonic era. I'm not a huge fan of pure chick lit or of contemporary romantic suspense, but this series hits just the right spot for me.
This fourth book in the series showcases two characters introduced in previous books - so be sure to read this series in order. It's not your typical historic romance, as both characters have rather Machiavelian (i.e. selfish and devious) personalities. Heck, in the previous book in the series, the heroine from this book contrived to create a compromising situation with an eligible lord of the realm in order to force him into marraige :-) But that is what makes this book so delightful, as like meets like and discovers that maybe love is a real emotion after all. I think it was one of the best books in the series so far. And when it comes to history, the author (Lauren Willig) knows her stuff. She has a graduate degree in history. She does play around a bit with the order of events in the books, but she always explains the proper order in a post-script to the book - which I greatly appreciate.
Note to Historic Fiction lovers: When I say that this series has chick lit and historic romance, I mean it. So if you like your historic fiction straight instead of blended with other genres, you might not like this series.
This fourth book in the series showcases two characters introduced in previous books - so be sure to read this series in order. It's not your typical historic romance, as both characters have rather Machiavelian (i.e. selfish and devious) personalities. Heck, in the previous book in the series, the heroine from this book contrived to create a compromising situation with an eligible lord of the realm in order to force him into marraige :-) But that is what makes this book so delightful, as like meets like and discovers that maybe love is a real emotion after all. I think it was one of the best books in the series so far. And when it comes to history, the author (Lauren Willig) knows her stuff. She has a graduate degree in history. She does play around a bit with the order of events in the books, but she always explains the proper order in a post-script to the book - which I greatly appreciate.
Note to Historic Fiction lovers: When I say that this series has chick lit and historic romance, I mean it. So if you like your historic fiction straight instead of blended with other genres, you might not like this series.
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