To Break the Rules by Emma V. Leech
Girls who dare – Inside every wallflower is the beating heart of a lioness, a passionate individual willing to risk all for their dream, if only they can find the courage to begin. When these overlooked girls make a pact to change their lives, anything can happen.
Ten girls – Ten dares in a hat. Who will dare to risk it all?
To Steal a Kiss
An irresistible enigma…
Senorita Lucia de Feria is possibly the most beautiful woman in the world, and beyond a doubt the most beautiful that Viscount Cavendish has ever seen.
Yet this mysterious beauty is up to something, something that has Cavendish convinced that her motives are less than pure.
The Viscount needs no further motivation to spend time in lovely Lucia’s company, but desire and intrigue make for unholy temptation.
A dangerous lover…
Lucia is not everything she seems to be.
Lucia has secrets… secrets one man would kill her for.
Now, with revenge in her heart and a fortune at stake, she’s close to having it all, or losing her life.
At every turn, Viscount Cavendish is there, with his pirate smile and those wicked dark eyes.
A daring circle of friends…
When an unusual book club brings The Peculiar Ladies into her life, Lucia is charmed and lured into feeling she belongs for the first time. Between her new friends and a man she is in danger of falling for, her plans are all going awry.
This beautiful Senorita has spent her entire life longing for vengeance, but she never expected to find something she cared for more along the way.
Lucia cannot afford distractions, friends or a suspicious nobleman. Yet suddenly she has all three.
It might be time to break her own rules.
- File Name:to-break-the-rules-by-emma-v-leech.epub
- Original Title:To Break the Rules (Girls Who Dare Book 3)
- Creator:Emma V Leech
- Language:en
- Identifier:MOBI-ASIN:B07PYL119X
- Date:2019-06-06T18:30:00+00:00
- File Size:1.314 MB
Table of Content
- 1. Members of the Peculiar Ladies’ Book Club
- 2. Chapter 1
- 3. Chapter 2
- 4. Chapter 3
- 5. Chapter 4
- 6. Chapter 5
- 7. Chapter 6
- 8. Chapter 7
- 9. Chapter 8
- 10. Chapter 9
- 11. Chapter 10
- 12. Chapter 11
- 13. Chapter 12
- 14. Chapter 13
- 15. Chapter 14
- 16. Chapter 15
- 17. Chapter 16
- 18. Chapter 17
- 19. Chapter 18
- 20. Chapter 19
- 21. Chapter 20
- 22. Chapter 21
- To Follow her Heart
- 23. Prologue
- 24. Chapter 1
- 25. Chapter 2
- 26. Want more Emma?
- 27. About Me!
- 28. Other Works by Emma V. Leech
- 29. Audio Books!
- The Rogue
- Dying for a Duke
- The Key to Erebus
- The Dark Prince
- 30. Acknowledgements
can you please add Emma V. Leech's Les Corbeaux: The French Vampire Legend books
** spoiler alert ** (Some might think it will spoil their reading, so I marked it thus. I hope it doesn't though!) Book 3 of The Girls Who Dare Series picks up where the previous book left off. This book is about Senorita Lucia de Feria, a beautiful woman who has revenge on her mind and many secrets to hide., and Silas Anson, the new Viscount Cavendish, who is quite taken with Lucia and is, therefore, very determined to learn all of her secrets. Lucia is a member of the Peculiar Ladies’ Book Club, a group of wallflowers who gather to talk, socialize with each other...and fulfill the dares they've all sworn to fulfill. (Lucia's dare is to smoke a cigar and drink some whiskey in a man's study.) Lucia has a tremendous dislike for men in general, which this book will reveal the reasons behind it. She is also much lusted after by various men of the ton who each seek to make her their mistress, yet she refuses each one. Ever one of the questions of an avid historical novel reader is why do most authors of this genre always focus on men who "purchase" a woman? These authors often focus on men wanting to become a woman's "protector" (make her their mistress) instead of treating them with respect. This is one of the things I dislike about this and all genres of romantic novels. Silas is a man of both the ton and the streets, as he had run away from his vicious father at a young age. This made him more sympathetic to the ways of the world that the ton often sneered at. When he first saw Lucia, whom many of the ton treated in such a fashion, he was enthralled with her, yet felt she was out of his league. The first meeting of the two main characters did not go well, obviously. However, there were undercurrents of attraction that neither wanted to admit nor could they deny. Every time they met, sparks flew. However, he can't seem to get her out of his mind and ends up seeking her out at more and more events. Lucia also tries her best to ignore the feelings Silas stirs within her, but cannot seem to avoid interacting with him and various functions. One thing this author is proficient at is that she can turn on the humor and let it rip. This book shows that with nearly every paragraph. Just when things start to get too gruff, too harsh, or too emotional, she sets the humor loose and relieves the tension. My only issue with the story is that there were, once again, a great number of other people whose thoughts and relationships were brought into the middle of our intrepid Hero's and Heroine's story. I've never understood why an author had to have so many things going on when telling about one particular relationship. The more the reader gets into the story, the deeper the intrigue becomes. The mystery surrounding Lucia grows by the chapter and keeps the reader spellbound. Little by little, the story unfolds and the pace of the drama and intrigue picks up. The way the author throws little bites of other romances into the mix is both irritating and intriguing. It's irritating only because it makes the reader want to rush through the current story in order to get to the one that keeps teasing them. While it is intriguing, for this reader it is most irritating and distracting. It was hard to read the pain the Hero and Heroine unwittingly inflicted on each other with their harsh words. One wants to help, the other needs the assistance but can't accept it so does verbal injury to the other. I know that angst is not only expected in novels but is also necessary to make the drama flow properly. However, it's often difficult to read. The ending of the book could not have been better. The way the author directed the intrigue and drama and brought it to a crescendo and then brings it to a soft, mellow conclusion. This third book in the series definitely receives the "Keeper for the Shelves" nod from this reader. Well done, Emma V Leech. Well done.