In fact, there isn’t really much about EDENBROOKE that I DIDN’T like. Like, it’s a real, huge thing throughout the whole book, but ESPECIALLY in this HOT BANANAS scene involving a love letter. The romance between Philip and Marianne is plenty tense, hot, romantic, fraught, and delicious. Truth? I wondered before I started reading Julianne Donaldson’s book if I would MISS the sexytimes. EDENBROOKE is a different kind of historical romance because the romance and the sexual tension here are not explicitly sex-driven. I enjoy those parts very much, especially because when the story as a whole is told well and is fleshed out, the sex is really just a part of the bigger picture, as opposed to the story merely being a vehicle for the sex. I suppose, though, that I should start with a quick confession of sorts: Usually, the historical romances I read–and love unashamedly–feature some hot, hardcore sexytimes. EDENBROOKE by Julianne Donaldson is just one of these historical romances, friends, and I can’t recommend it highly enough.

The history, the fancy, oh-so-proper parties, the flirting, the drama, the dressing up for dinner, and the slow-burning romance–it’s like catnip to me. Hopefully you’ve been around the blog enough to know that I LOVE IT LIKE BURNING. Will Marianne be able to rein in her traitorous heart, or will a mysterious stranger sweep her off her feet? Fate had something other than a relaxing summer in mind when it sent Marianne to Edenbrooke. Thinking she’ll be able to relax and enjoy her beloved English countryside while her sister snags the handsome heir of Edenbrooke, Marianne finds that even the best laid plans can go awry.įrom a terrifying run-in with a highwayman to a seemingly harmless flirtation, Marianne finds herself embroiled in an unexpected adventure filled with enough romance and intrigue to keep her mind racing. So when an invitation arrives from her twin sister, Cecily, to join her at a sprawling country estate, she jumps at the chance. Marianne Daventry will do anything to escape the boredom of Bath and the amorous attentions of an unwanted suitor.

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