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Featuring a Pet Lamb Named Dinner

A Night to Surrender (Spindle Cove #1) by Tessa Dare

October 24, 2017 by faintingviolet 3 Comments

Following A Farewell to Arms, a trip to Romancelandia was in order.

Historical Romance was up next in my rotation, so off to Tessa Dare’s Spindle Cove I went. In the first book in the series we are introduced not only to the seaside locale, but to its resident mistress in charge. Susanna Finch has everything set up just so, she has created a safe haven for women and a schedule to keep them happy and mentally engaged. Unfortunately for her, Victor Bramwell, the new Earl of Rycliff blasts his way (literally) into her life, and with some interference from her father, will be staying very much underfoot for the next month. All the worse, she is terribly attracted to him from the moment go.

This is a Tessa Dare book, and she writes charming, whimsical stories with characters that have great emotional chemistry. She also writes great side characters, even if she is a bit clumsy in introducing the next couple in her series (the chapter with Minerva and Colin stood out in the worst possible way). There was by far much less quirk than in the Castles Ever After books, which is a blessing, and more historical accuracy – as much as Dare is ever accurate. Dare does wacky like no one else, and like my other foray into the realms of Spindle Cove, I was all-in with these wacky people (refreshingly not young) and their shenanigans. Where else am I likely to read about a pet lamb named Dinner?

It was silly, funny, and sexy, which is what I am looking for when I pick up a Tessa Dare book. The rest of the story had some pep in its step, and once the introduction of Spindle Cove itself was out of the way the narrative takes off and never really slows down. This book struck me as a more refined and more expertly executed version of One Dance with a Duke, another series introducer. It is in some ways burdened with world creation, but once that work is done Dare plays with two characters that are in equal measure true to their historical contexts, but also struggling with issues of gender roles and pride. It was all quite well done, and didn’t shy away from delivering very good sex scenes. All in all, you should all pack your bags for Spindle Cove, it is quite restorative.

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10/24/2017 faintingviolet's CBR9 Review No:59 |
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| Tags: a night to surrender, faintingviolet, Spindle Cove, Tessa Dare | Category: Romance | 3 Comments

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  1. narfna says

    October 25, 2017 at 12:41 pm

    I quite enjoy Tessa Dare’s anachronistic wackiness. There is a bit of it in this series, particularly in one of the novellas, if I’m remembering correctly.

    I have fond memories of this one. The scene where they meet had me from go also.

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  2. Malin says

    October 25, 2017 at 12:52 pm

    Is this the one where the hero deflowers the heroine under a tree on the village green while pretty much everyone in the village is in the pub next door? Because I remember that being just that little bit beyond how far I could stretch my disbelief. Just no, guys.

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    • faintingviolet says

      October 25, 2017 at 1:34 pm

      It is, and i was surprisingly not bothered by it. With Dare I tend to be willing to remove all reasonable doubt.

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