Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake

Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake

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2010-03-30
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A lady does not smoke cheroot. She does not ride astride. She does not fence
or attend duels. She does not fire a pistol, and she never gambles at a gentlemen's club.

Lady Calpurnia Hartwell has always followed the rules, rules that have left
her unmarried—and more than a little unsatisfied. And so she's vowed to
break the rules and live the life of pleasure she's been missing.

But to dance every dance, to steal a midnight kiss—to do those things,
Callie will need a willing partner. Someone who knows everything about
rule-breaking. Someone like Gabriel St. John, the Marquess of
Ralston—charming and devastatingly handsome, his wicked reputation matched
only by his sinful smile.

If she's not careful, she'll break the most important rule of all—the one
that says that pleasure-seekers should never fall hopelessly, desperately in love.

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我也想來灑葉,雖然好久前看的了,但是印象很深刻的好看!

這些聲名狼籍的浪子們,只要被挑起了榮譽心跟責任感,馬上就被翻轉成為好男人。

九個rules被安排的很巧妙,融入在劇情中,有的浪漫、有的激情、有的好玩、有的感動。

ralston被女主角的單純執著給打動,而ralston當然是又好又壞的超魅力男,Callie一點都抵擋不了啊!(me too)

 

大推。

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這本書的女主角Calpurnia (家人和朋友都叫她Callie),讓我想起了《冰與火之歌》的Catelyn,從小是聽話懂事的乖女兒,過著循規蹈矩的生活,結果,一個未曾揮霍青春的聽話的好女孩卻落得比誰都慘的下場。當然,這是羅曼史,Callie沒那麽慘,最終得到了屬於她的happily ever after,只是,幸福來得太遲,難免讓我這個讀者覺得有幾分淒涼。
十年前,Callie初入社交界,雖然貴為伯爵的女兒,有嫁妝有地位,但因為長相普通,母親給她添置的衣服也不好看,導致無人問津。一個失意的晚上,她逃入花園躲避,卻意外撞上男主角—花花公子Ralston候爵,本是萍水相逢,Ralston不經意的幾句安慰(他說:你的名字是凱撒的皇後,so be a queen !)卻在受挫的Callie心裏留下深深的印記,從此開始她長達十年的暗戀。十年後,Callie的小妹妹已經進入社交界,一舉成名,而且很快就與一個公爵結下門當戶對的親事,Callie卻仍舊無人問津。嘗夠了循規蹈矩的乖乖女生活,她賭氣列下一個list準備做幾件讓大家大跌眼鏡的出格之事:
1. Kiss someone—passionately
2. Smoke cheroot and drink scotch
3. Ride astride
4. Fence
5. Attend a duel
6. Fire a pistol
7. Gamble (at a gentleman’s club)
8. Dance every dance at a ball
9. Be considered beautiful. Just once.
這個list,就是書名的由來。
雖然是一時沖動寫下這個單子,她卻認真想把這些全部付諸行動。就在這一過程中,作者安排她與Ralston真正的互相認識,其中的互動非常精彩。真的是強烈推薦,我印象中這本書前兩年上了好多榜單,看完後覺得確實盛名之下名符其實!

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