Reviewed by Hope C.
January 22, 2009
"...not your ordinary historical romance."
Emily Bryan's Vexing the Viscount is not your ordinary historical romance. It's fresh, well written and chalked full of the unexpected, the spectacular, and the intriguing. If you're not drawn in by the heroine and her fiesty nature in the first few pages, you're obviously not a true historical romance fan.
Being new to Emily Bryan, I wasn't sure what to expect. It sure wasn't the easy flowing prose I found. It wasn't the fresh idea, the freshly written hero and heroine. Nor was it to be drawn into the very well layed out plot. But I was certainly glad I did find all those things and more.
The novel begins with our heroine, Daisy Drake, at the Society of Antiquaries—a society where proper females aren't necessarily welcome. It's here she runs into an old childhood crush, a very grown up, very sexy, Lucien Beaumont.
Lucien Beaumont, Viscount Rutland, is bound and determined to redeem his family's name by restoring their fortune. His plan is to find money ages old and steeped in mystery. And while he doesn't want her help, Daisy is bound and determined to give it.
At least by day...then when night falls, Daisy turns herself into the very well schooled, masked courtesan, Blanche La Tour, a Frenchwoman who's agreed to give Lucien lessons in the art of sensual pleasure!
Vexing the Viscount is one spectacular romance you don't want miss reading. And I can honestly say that I'm not an Emily Bryan fan who can't wait to see what she comes up with next!
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Book Description for Vexing the Viscount
Daisy Drake is leading a double life! By day, she's Lucian Beaumont's unwanted assistant and by night, she masquerades as the masked courtesan, Blanche La Tour, a Frenchwoman who agreed to give Lucian lessons in sensual love!
There's only one problem. Daisy speaks fluent French and can read ancient Latin without moving her lips, but she doesn't know the first thing about the pleasures of the flesh!
Good thing she has the real Blanch La Tour's very explicit memoirs for guidance.
Lucian Beaumont, Viscount Rutland, longs to see his family's standing returned to its glory days, before his father lost their fortune. And he thinks he can manage it, if he can only discover the hiding place of an ancient Roman payroll.
Daisy never forgot her girlhood fascination with Lucian, even though his father has a score to settle with her uncle. Now that they're all grown up, she's determined to help the viscount find his Roman treasure.
Whether he wants her help or not!
