Book fool me twice Basic Plot Twenty five year old illegitimate Olivia is on the run from her politician father Bertram who has been sending assassins to kill her for the past seven years She finds letters at her previous employer s home which reveal that the famous politician duke Alistair de Grey Marwick is in possession of certain documents which could ruin Bertram s career Olivia decides to steal these documents from Marwick which she can use to blackmail Bertram in order to ensure her safety. Fool me twice nona uppal quotes So.

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If I have a complaint about Meredith Duran it s her pacing I was reading and thoroughly enjoying this but at about the 60% mark I felt there s no way I could buy into the romance I was convinced at some point it would just be manufactured and suddenly Alastair would melt and nothing would make sense and it would be unconvincing. Fool me twice shame on me Alastair was a complete and utter monster And while the lizard part of my brain can be like Oh dangerous and sexy and the logical part can be Oh pathetic and abusive the part that Duran as an author can wave like a magic wand is the romance Because at 75% 75% or something I was suddenly fully invested in them And oddly I liked the complete jackasses voice just as much if not than the Olivia s And that s saying something because Olivia is on that shelf reserved for the best of them Anyway I m not actually complaining about her pacing here I m marveling at it And I am astonished by Duran s ability to turn the villain into the hero while he still maintains his edge And her ability to write a heroine like Olivia a romance and a book like this which gives me joy I would guess this isn t going to work for everyone but I do like her struggling heroes so much 1476741352 This was a difficult book and I cannot say I enjoyed it as such It was beautifully written as Duran books always are But the hero Marwick was very problematic for me And that significantly diminished my pleasure as I read the book. Fool me twice by meredith duran why is that I wonder I get that life damages people and everyone is flawed But this hero boy he was one step way from and I LOVE this American idiom going postal I don t want to go into why you have to read the book Suffice to say from where he had been in his life there was a very long way to fall And he fell Mostly it was to do with his public life ironically Emotionally I am not sure whether he really had the full range so his pain seemed wrapped up in the public humiliation that he feared rather than the personal pain of realising his wife had betrayed him After all he had not really married her out of love but rather as a political accessory on his path to becoming Prime Minister So he became a savage recluse living in filth in his rooms allowing his household to go to rack and ruin while he raged and dreamed of murdering the men who had slept with his wife a woman who had told these men his secrets to undermine him in Parliament That was her revenge because he had ruined her chance of marrying the man she has really wanted The hero clearly had no sense of irony along with his frightening lack of a sense of humour as he cowered in his room plotting his own murderous revenge The heroine Olivia while sweet and in many ways very strong was just putty when it came to him Her own life her origins were so much difficult than his had been but instead of wallowing in self pity as Marwick did when he wasn t being a bastard to everyone even to his own brother whom he purportedly loved she was pro active taking charge and trying to make a life for herself in spite of the odds stacked against her In large part she actually shamed the hero into snapping out of it although the way he treated her was nothing short of disgusting And the crude way he spoke to her the violence and contempt in those words was really off putting I suppose you could put another construction on it and say it was also self contempt that triggered the language I am talking the C word here Yup but that is no excuse for his disrespectful and cruel behaviour towards Olivia. Fool me twice j m dalgliesh Finally she was in his employ After Weinstein and the metoo stuff that is going on at the moment this was really hard to swallow To bully intimidate and ultimately seduce your housekeeper because you are a Duke and you can is unforgivable To refuse to listen to Olivia when she tries to explain her situation so that you cause her to nearly be murdered well that is just arse hole behaviour and he just could not come back from there for me I never felt Marwick was truly remorseful or sorry he behaved like a total shit when he collected her from jail even after seeing the bruise on her cheek and realising she had been bashed in the face then proceeds to sleep with her WTF and he never articulated any regrets or apologies for what he did I guess he felt he was having such a hard time poor thing that he was justified in his actions Ms Duran has created some much sympathetic heroes Tortured flawed yet uncompromisingly honest with themselves and in the end able to achieve a moment of self realisation that permits them to make amends to redeem themselves and grow into better people Unfortunately Marwick was not one of them 1476741352 Normally I Don t Enjoy The Recluse Story But Meredith Hooked Me With A Teaser And I Could Not Put It Down Was it her imagination or did the townhouse loom All the other mansions on this street looked polite and elegant neatly confining themselves within rows of trimmed hedges This house on the other hand sprawled She spied a gargoyle lurking above one cornice glowering at her Of course the Duke of Marwick would have a gargoyle carved into his house Depressed Recluse Anti Hero Duke Of Marwick Alastair de Grey Well You must admit you do need a haircut A faint smile ghosted over his mouth His fingers loosened they slipped over hers as they withdrew Is there anyone in this house whom I could trust to wield the scissors I have given them all cause to aim for my throat Was that a joke Miracle of miracles Come now she said hoarsely Be sensible Dead men pay no salaries Clever Independent Sassy Heroine Her bones should be made of iron for what else was fit to support her bravado It would shame generals Emperors Professional pirates. Fool me twice meredith duran We See How Alastair Is Brought Out Of The Darkness By OliviaAfter all it s very easy to resist men isn t it But managing to pick the right one that is truly worthy of praise Nobody would judge this man the right one He was fashioned after Byron s own model mad bad and dangerous to know But she knew him as no one else did He was not the man he d once been he was the man that only she knew. Fool me twice j m dalgliesh There Is An Unpredictable Twist And We Are Taken On An AdventureSteamy Sexual TensionA master seducing his servant it was a tale so old that it had become a clich Can Be Read As A Stand AloneThe Duke Is A Widower And Talks About His Deceased Wife Therefore The Star Deduction Meredith Duran Has A Way Of Making You Forget Your Triggers Or Frustrations With The Recluse Widower Servant Seduction Trope I Highly Recommend This Series Is My Favorite 1476741352 His shoulders jerked She glanced up and discovered him silently laughing at her Your face he said So shocked Does ducal hair feel like some strange new variety Sit still she snapped and then frowned There s a pun in that somewhere but I can t find it. Fool me twice kindle book Ducal hair ducal heir Oh but I m not an heir he murmured I m the genuine article I assure you A few days ago I asked for a recommendation on goodreads Recommend a romance novel to a romance novel addict who is really really bored and tired of reading romance novels I have been so sick and tired of reading historical romance novels where it is continuously reminded to the girl to be a proper young lady if you want a desirable catch what the heck are we bartering spices and bolts of fabric women who sew all day i can t even put a thread in the needle and think that knowledge is taboo sharing separate bedrooms noble men being rakes keeping mistresses at the age of seventeen honestly how is that possible wasn t the historical period rigid before marriage. Fool me twice nona uppal quotes men not believing that they can fall in love hero feeling that the heroine is tpretty but not traditionally beautiful etc And then back to life is all about gettting married and then getting an heir yep heir not a child sigh sigh stop boring me Shut up already And then I came across the book and ta da I fell in love with it completely I read the book in bits and pieces listening to Two pieces Heart Attack and Nightingale by Demi Lovato at the same time Every single scene made me feel warm and fluttery all over and the best thing was that the story proceeded the way I anticipated it to A breath of fresh air None of that nonsense I mentioned above. Historical fiction fool me twice pdf And before you read it she enters Marwick s mansion in the guise of the new housekeeper But then she realises that stealing those documents won t be as easy as she thought because 1 The servants are the most disorganized bunch flirting and carousing around and not doing their job at all because their employer the duke has no care for anything any And she needs predictability to know who is where at what time so no one catches her stealing. Historical fiction fool me twice author 2 The duke is under depression because his now dead wife and political opponents betrayed him So he never leaves his rooms and drinks all day And since the documents are in his room Olivia has to find a way to get him out. Fool me twice house What I loved about this story Its realistic and the story actually has substance The motives were real I really could understand the duke s depression To be in love with your wife for 5 years and hen realize after her death from an outside source that it was all a sham and that his defeats in the parliament were planned together by his cheating wife and his enemy To think that you are a perfect judge of character and then realise you couldn t spot the biggest lie of all. Fool me twice j m dalgliesh In ordinary romance novels I am absolutely exhausted of the hero being depressed because of his scarred features or cause his true love left him Seriously get over it So it was great to meet a real hero with real problems Olivia character She is the first heroine I have found I can relate to She wants to be safe and feels extremely guilty of stealing In fact she often decides to give up and continue running for her life but then continues with her goal as she is desperate So desperate that she evens threatens the hero with a gun when he catches her stealing And then how she tosses on him the letters and locks him up in his own bedroom and flees Absolutely love this scene He leaned forward onto his elbows nostrils flaring You paint a very rosy picture of yourself don t you And you paint a very black one In ordinary romance novels I wonder how can the heroine be so feisty and so packed with courage How I can t have so much of confidence and courage to take over the world and complete my goals So that s why I could relate to Olivia s mixed emotions and how she continues to waver. Fool me twice book I also loved what she did at the end Bertram committed bigamy and therefore she is not illegitimate but her step siblings are But she decides not to reveal that to the world because she does no want to impose the bastard title on her step siblings who would thus suffer much censure from society like she did The Power Play Class differences The duke is not afraid to use his power He behaves as a figure of complete authority intimidating everyone Especially the scene where he rescues the heroine from jail and then proceeds to blackmail her in to obedienceHe made a contemptuous noise and dropped his hand Disobedience he said The taste of it does not suit me He took another step back looking at her with sudden cruel amusement However The correction of impertinent domestics has always been one of my skills The duke knows that the master servant relationship is forbidden and he does his best to stay away from her sexually He know their differences in station and hence tries to remain honorable These aspects of the story really made my feel like I am reading a historical story and not a modern one Keeping with the culture customs and demands of the olden society is what makes a story feel like you are reading into history Often romance authors for convenience sake to get the hero and heroine forego this major detail The hero s drunken antics Throwing glass bottles at the heroine punching the wall where she is standing sacking her who knows how many times And then the heroines continuous spunk and determination to get him out of his hell hole. Fool me twice benjamin stevenson She turned her face away Staring at the wall she said rapidly The staff assures me that you have never been the kind of cowardly man who abuses his servants His fist slammed into the wall. Fool me twice cast She opened her mouth Nothing came out His fist had missed her ear by an inch no I beg he said softly your pardon girl And now I advise you to go downstairs and pack your things You are sacked As simply as that No She did not dare glance over her shoulder to find out if Jones had heard the news That would be foolish Your Grace The sound of her voice so fierce gave her freshcourage Your staff is running wild They need a strong hand to put them to rights Get Out A wild idea came to her borne of desperation Lowering her voice she said I should hate to be forced to tell the newspapers that I was attacked by my employer and then thrown out on my ear forcomplaining of it He stepped back as though to see her better But as he studied her his perfect face held an absolutelack of expression Was that a threat The whole political scenario Rather refreshing to find a duke who actually works to help the poor and slum dwellers to rise The servants are alive Yeah They play a role in the awakening of the entire household and it s master The duke always longed for a family unlike his own scandalous always fighting parents and so he actually remains virgin for his first wife And then celibate till the heroine Love that about a hero You know I often find it hypocritical in many romance novels where a hero loved his childhood friend but still does not mind to sow his wild oats Honestly Where is the commitment The truffle mystery Yeah read that to find out who stole 5 pounds of dirt looking fungi The reactions and emotions after the betrayal So you continue to protest Very well He reached into his jacket and extracted a pocket watch that he laid beside him You have five minutes to tell your story If I am satisfied we will discussthe specific nature of my offer And if I am not He made a soft click of his tongue a preemptive chide The authorities don t know the half of what you ve done In addition to forgery and extortionthere is also the matter of your theft from me She stared at him He had not managed to intimidate her when she d been his servant Why permit him to do so now Her pride demanded better of her Not only that Your Grace You mustn t forgetmy theft from your brother s wife I was her secretary did you know that All those letters I stole from her Indeed in the interest of good relations you should give her a chance to convict me too. Fool me twice camilla isley And perhaps Lady Ripton She would make sure he never blamed Amanda For I forged a reference from her Yes why not contact her as well His pause suggested surprise She took a ridiculous pleasure in it. Book fool me twice summary spoilers But then with a shrug he said Good A piece of honesty you are learning Well do begin your tale Miss Holladay The clock ticks The title Fool me Twice Very apt Thankfully it was not a crazy title like The virgin secretary falling in love with the mistress blah blah you get it Should I mention How adorable it was that the hero was so very shy after the love making and d the heroine takes advantage of his blushes and teases him further Sigh. Fool me twice book summary I could not stop grinning at that one still am He he In ordinary romance novels to resolve the conflict between the hero and heroine the author adds in a bad guy who kidnaps the heroine The hero rescues the hero they kiss make up and confess their love Ugh hate it when a near tragedy has to make you realize that you love someone The heroine happily forgets the whole scary encounter of kidnapping and then the novels ends No therapy needed How abrupt So I can t explain how much relief it was when did not happen in this story I could go on and on about how much I have adore love this story But now its time for you to read it they really should make a movie on this at least it would have a happily ever after unlike the current historical drama movies And I could seriously go with a part 2 of this book their life after marriage I bet Meredith Duran would make that a great story too My Favourite line said by the duke repeatedly to Olivia How do you dare Two of my favorite scenes Imitating the dog scene He filled the doorway again a book in his hand something very old by the crumbling cover Do you know he said pleasantly what distinguishes man from beast A very good question I should think a haircut He made a contemptuous noise The ability to make fire you tart Tart Aghast she crossed her arms Termagant perhaps but tart I think not And then suddenly it dawned on her what he was threatening You can t mean Say good bye to this book You heathen she cried You shaggy mongrel Mongrel I am not he snarled And so help me God he smirked or shall I say the Devil she gasped but if you do not bring me those goddamned newspapers this minute Woof she cried Woof woof yap away She clapped a hand over her mouth horrified Where had that come from He too seemed shocked He gawped at her for a long silent moment Then he pivoted away No wait That poor book She started around the chiffonier checked when she heard him loose a roar leonine than canine to be fair and then came a great thunderous crash. Fool me twice benjamin stevenson He swung back into view Your books he said with a savage grin have seen better days He had toppled the bookcase You boor You She hauled together the newspapers and carried them in a great armful toward the sitting room hearth Fuel for the fire What use has a hermit fornews anyway Hands closed on her shoulders They spun her around so violently that she lost her balance and grabbed onto the nearest support which turned out to be him. Fool me twice book review Sitting by the pond scene You still care I ve learned to care about different things now Very gently he reached out to brush her cheek You should call me Alastair he murmured. Fool me twice series She swallowed Suddenly it seemed important to say something We would have been truefriends had we both grown up here She made herself say it Alastair I think you re right Olivia He stroked her face And we might have come here to this very place to sit and talk as friends do Very often And perhaps She smiled Not only to talk This is where you would have kissedme I think The first time When we were both sixteen Fifteen he said Fourteen Precocious young things Yes he said Brash Barely out of childhood And the first time I kissed you He leaned toward her and she inclined to meet him It would have been like this he said against her mouth 1476741352 On Kindle Sale Thursday 3rd June 2021 for USD 1. Fool me twice meredith duran 5 stars Tropes Enemies to Lovers Disguise Work Relationship Forbidden Love Unstarched hero Scar mental Oh wow Just oh wow Where has MD been all these years and how have I failed to pick up her books What a terrible thing it was to wish to be known to be seen when one s life depended on remaining unnoticed Two very flawed characters some very witty scenes and some dark paths we re forced to stroll It s not all hearts and flowers but comes together so beautifully At the end of the book I am not sure Alistair actually deserves Olivia. Fool me twice kindle book buuuut I feel she is right for him and I do think he is what she wants and needs I wish to assure you that His Grace is everything one could wish for in an employer Poor Jones He sounded so disheartened by his lie Olivia restrained the urge to touch his elbow in comfort I have no doubt sir You must be very desperate Mrs Johnson to want this position Again she caught the note of contempt But it was not for her she realized He meant that it would take a desperate woman to wish to work for him His contempt was all for himself He stepped into the doorway staring at her His hair stood up every which way but least he had buttoned his shirt You are insane he said flatly Coming from you Your Grace the diagnosis is very persuasive You should find a new position he said in the house of some honorable gentleman I am not one He brought his mouth down onto hers His hand stroked her waist and it felt as though he had unlocked something her hips loosened became sinuous as she pressed against him Like that moment when the off key string finally came into tune and joined with the chord and the air vibrated with purity her lips belonged with his her body came into tune with him She felt herself on the verge of a smile and instead folded her lips together They should not be amusing each other Anyone looking in at this scene anyone who did not know them would mistake them for pleasantly bickering lovers What a strange thought I would spend a thousand years here His voice was rough Would you have me Yes Here was what she had forgotten to say what she had needed to say all along Yes yes yes He looped his arm around her waist then held his breath as her hand tentatively covered his own Whom did she think she grasped in the darkness That man whom the newspapers had heralded Or the man who had gripped a pistol and spoken of murder You seem to prefer me brazen she said He put his face in her hair dragging her into his lungs hard deep breaths full of her Let her settle in his lungs Let her penetrate every pore I ve been making a study of you for quite some time now Yours was the first face I d seen in months after all The face I saw through the darkness And it seems that I know it even better than you do if you doubt your own beauty 1476741352 MEREDITH DURAN blames Anne Boleyn for sparking her lifelong obsession with British history She is the author of twelve novels all published by Pocket Books Her debut The Duke of Shadows has been translated into thirteen languages and was ranked among the top 100 romances of all time by NPR and All About Romance Her other books include RITA award winner Fool Me Twice and her February 2017 release A Ladys Code of Misconduct which was called one of the best romances of the year by BookList and and received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus the latter of which opined This book weaves its spell so thoroughly that the most fortunate reader will be the one who has time to read the entire thing in one sitting H MEREDITH DURAN blames Anne Boleyn for sparking her lifelong obsession with British history She is the author of twelve novels all published by Pocket Books Her debut The Duke of Shadows has been translated into thirteen languages and was ranked among the top 100 romances of all time by NPR and All About Romance Her other books include RITA award winner Fool Me Twice and her February 2017 release A Lady s Code of Misconduct which was called one of the best romances of the year by BookList and and received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus the latter of which opined This book weaves its spell so thoroughly that the most fortunate reader will be the one who has time to read the entire thing in one sitting Her next release THE SINS OF LORD LOCKWOOD hits the shelves on February 27 2018 site_link In the vein of Sarah MacLean a sexy and evocative Victorian romance between a vengeful duke and a fiery redhead from an author who is a veritable tour de force in the genre. Fool me twice lyrics caroline carr A Lady With a SecretRunning for her life exhausted and out of options Olivia Holladay wants nothing than the chance to make a home for herself So when she realizes that the infamous Duke of Marwick might hold the key to her freedom she boldly disguises herself as the newest and bravest in a long line of the duke s notoriously temperamental housekeepers Little does she know that the wickedly handsome Alastair de Grey has very different plans for her. Historical fiction fool me twice author A Man With a Passion For VengeanceAs his new employee Olivia is a fearless upstart As a woman the daring redhead is just what Alastair needs to rouse him from darkness to the siren call of revenge He has suffered a betrayal so deep that he will use whatever means necessary to destroy his enemies even his brazen and beautiful domestic But his vengeful plan fails to account for his single weakness an irresistible and growing passion for the enigmatic Olivia Fool Me Twice Rules for the Reckless 2 Duran does a wonderful job of writing and grabbed my interest right away The story started out with such promise The duke holed up in his rooms finding the loss of his wife and what she really was that he can deal with I never quite believed that a housekeeper could do what Olivia was doing drawing Marwick back into the world. Fool me twice aurelia knight stephanie hurst but hey I went with it Then a few mysteries and a hea I thought the book overlong and skimmed parts of it I just lost interest Then towards the end the story picks up and the twists are good 1476741352 First off what a gorgeous coversuch a stand out it s initially what caught my eye And what s in the pages of this little gem is just as good The story itself is a bit slow to take off As Olivia Mather infiltrates Alistair Grey the Duke of Marwick s home we discover that each of them has secrets and neither has a a happy past Alistair is a widower but instead of mourning the death of his beloved wife he has secluded himself away in his London home attempting to recover from the discovery that his wife had not only made a cuckold of him by crawling into bed with numerous men but that she had also been leaching state secrets off of him and utilizing his influence with the Prime Minister to sway opinions She was using him And according to the multitude of letters he found she was laughing at him behind his back Olivia is runningliterally away from a man intent on harming her though we don t learn the details for quite sometime She has weaseled her way into the Duke s home and is now trying to get her hands on some sort of evidence that will help free her from her pursuer Olivia s vitality and obvious misplacement as the housekeeper quickly gains the attention of the reclusive Duke who hasn t left his rooms let alone his house in months Olivia slowly but forcefully brings the Duke back into the light showing him the cowardice of his situation For when he was forced to deal with betrayal he hid and raged Whereas Olivia fought back. Fool me twice lyrics caroline carr This was my first book by Meredith Duran but it certainly won t be my last One thing that struck me is just how real her characterization is The truth to Olivia and Alistair s actions lent them a remarkably authentic feel Olivia is not a typical womanshe s extremely tall redheaded and has the temperament and feistiness to match She won t quit even when I was wishing she would just throw her hands up and let Alistair take over she was tenacious and persistent and admirable Alistair as well is not the typical fare when it comes to the typical dashing rogue rake historical romance hero He was faithful to his wife he didn t sleep around and though he has the alpha attitude that tended to be a bit overbearing it felt mostly due to his circumstances The intensity I felt would always be a part of him but the autocratic tyrannical nature seemed as if it would be reserved for people he held in spitenot those he respected He was at his lowest point at the beginning of the book and not so easy to love but he WAS easy to empathize with. Fool me twice lyrics caroline carr I would have liked to get an epilogue just to see what this couple s back and forth banter would turn into under better relaxed circumstances There was very little down time But wow what a storyteller this author is The sexy times were very sexy but matched the intensity of these characters perfectly The beginning was very slow paced but soon I realized that I was clutching my reader turning pages like crazy and holding my breath to see what was coming up next Advance copy provided by the publisher for review 1476741352 I m getting and into historical romance these days and branching out to try new to me authors so I was excited to take a chance on this story If you can get past the VERY slow start you are in for a real treat I found this book to be emotional sexy and smart and the further I read the I couldn t put it down. Fool me twice kindle book I think part of the reason that this book was SO hard for me to get into was that I haven t read the first in the series This book works well as a stand alone but it would have been helpful to know some of the background information from the first book I also had to get used to the author s writing style She is a little indirect in the way she writes There is a lot for the reader to discover on his her own so you have to wade through a bit of text before you connect with the characters But once I got there I was there I felt for both of the MCs and I was eagerly awaiting each page I loved that Alastair was NOT a rake He was a one woman kind of guy and when he got scorned and cheated on by his first wife he retreated into a very dark place I liked that we got to see all the unpleasant sides of him and that the romance was slow burn I liked Olivia too and that we get to know her in bits and pieces over time She showed the type of woman that was by her actions and the author used a lot of showing instead of telling with her character I enjoyed this book greatly overall and I would certainly read another book by this author in the future It isn t as easily digestible as my usual choices for M F historical romance but it was a really well done story Copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review 1476741352 325 less enthusiastic than I expected stars Don t get me wrong this book was thoroughly enjoyable better than the average fare for sure and worth a try in any case no matter what I m going to say as I recognise that the quibbles I had were totally of a personal tastes quality and are not true objective flaws at all but alas I mainly rate according to my subjective enjoyment In other words where I saw a shortcoming some of you might see a merit and it would be a pity for the genre s aficionados to miss the opportunity of savouring an undoubtedly outstanding read. Fool me twice meredith duran Duran s writing style is brilliant and vivid with neat and polished phrasing sharp humour and the right balance between descriptiveness and dialogues The plot is solidly built showing an even pace and a fair consistency along the whole denouement but with a decidedly interesting first half with no dragging parts and a couple of welcome twist I didn t see coming The characterization of the main leads is satisfyingly fleshed out there s to both than meets the eye and their personalities are in no way merely cardboard ish If anything the novel is lacking in the setting department no glaring anachronisms just a sort of hazy 19th Century atmosphere there are mentions of a train travel and a tram ride but besides these facts the book could easily take place somewhere indefinitely between 1850 and 1901 with no precise cultural references that firmly framed the scene in the last two decades of the Victorian Era not even some lingering on the clothes which potential when dosed correctly of creating a charming backdrop is sometimes underestimated in recent historical romances. Fool me twice book summary There with the due technicalitiesNow where are the problems for me then In the essence of some things and actions and in a romantic relationship which I didn t rewardingly enough perceive as such and being this a romance that s according to what my rating thermometer is calibrated to But again this is really a matter of subjective reception. Fool me twice kindle book Just a warning to better express my overall impressions I need to quote and describe a couple of scenes in detail so some stuff contained in the review may results SLIGHTLY SPOILERISH especially for those of you who really want to buy sight unseen sensu stricto. Fool me twice saying London 1885Olivia Holladay is a woman on the run reluctant thief and blackmailer in the making by dire necessity She has stolen some compromising letters fundamental for her plans from her former employer s home and she s now heading to her next and decisive step towards a hopefully peaceful and enduring freedom And the last pawn essential to make her scheme click into motion is Alastair de Grey the notorious and reclusive Duke of Marwick a young political genius and former darling of the Ton Olivia s long time nemesis Lord Bertram a powerful member of the Parliament has been chasing after her for seven years and hates her to the point of wanting her dead She barely survived an attempt on her life when one of Bertram s man was sent out to find her and kill her and Olivia knows she s not going to be safe until she has a final showdown with Bertram and the only way she could excogitate to make him stop tormenting her is threatening a public exposure of compromising and incriminating material a lethal blow to a public figure such as Bertram. Fool me twice book summary And here s where Alastair enters the picture Bertram is the duke s greatest political rival and opponent and Olivia knows Alastair as an eminent MP is in possession of secret dossiers and documents regarding Bertram s misdeeds she just needs to infiltrate the ducal household and scour every corner to find them donning the false identity of a governess Olivia starts working in Alastair s residence loathing every minute of her betrayal but it s a matter of life or death to her and she hopes to retrieve the decisive papers in less than a few weeks and then disappear into thin air without causing ulterior damage to her aristocratic employer a man already brought low by his unfaithful late wife a cheating Olivia knows everything about thanks to the letters she s hiding And one of the deceased duchess s lovers was no less than Lord BertramHow Alastair is going to find out of her plans and if he is eventually going to help her and why Bertram hates her so much is what keeps you guessing until the end creating a deliciously suspenseful narrative build up A large part of the book than the first half is taken up by the description of Olivia s coming to know Alastair Olivia is a likable heroine smart and proud she bears herself with dignity through various obstacles and her pragmatic nature is the perfect foil to Alastair s mood swings to the point that she might in several occasions appear as a countermelody and trigger to the hero s improvements than a fully autonomous character but that s just nitpicking and their banters and interactions especially in the first half are a treat to savour She s an intelligent and resilient woman with whom life has never been kind and this strong personality reveals itself very useful in dealing with a household and a group of servants gone into chaos after the duke s self imposed exile from the world an alienation that seems to have resulted in his insanity And we re talking about a man who hasn t left his bedroom in six months hurling objects at well meaning intruders crashing furniture and often drinking his pretty self into a stupor Olivia perceives there is to this man than the wounded fallen angel he has become and with astounding and quite implausible at times ante freudian awareness and tenacity our heroine is determined to take matters in her capable hands and coax the hero out of his isolation while attempting to retrieve the papers she needs and why she engages in therapeutically rescuing a complete stranger when she has a life threatening situation to solve and no time to waste is the stuff romances are made of so logical analysis verboten here but we love and read em anyway. Fool me twice benjamin stevenson Being the cuckold of the year has reduced such paragon of honour and Mayfair ish ancestral grace to a feral recluse His wife an opium addict was found dead in an elegant hotel room and after the funeral Alastair discovers the strings of lovers the duchess has been collecting throughout the duration of their marriage equally picked among political adversaries and fake friends alike all the way merrily laughing behind his back the uptight priggish intellectual duke. Fool me twice saying After a lifetime dedicated to becoming a champion of virtue in front of his peers and the realisation that it has brought him only ridicule and betrayal Alastair is a hot ball of rage to the point that he doesn t trust himself stepping outside of his rooms for fear of unleashing his murderous wrath upon his enemies But trying to contain all this fury and turning it inward is slowly destroying him The depiction of Alastair s torment is poignant in its intensity as it s really moving witnessing his breaking the boundaries of his mental and physical confinement He starts seeing himself through Olivia s eyes a downright mirror effect that puts him in front of what has become of his life for the first time in months her drawing the curtains to let the light enter the room again and other small practical changes are apt metaphors and parallels for his gradual consciousness re raising concreteness punctuating and enhancing an immaterial process all handled with remarkable deftness by Ms Duran But while contemplating the charming mess that Alastair is I ve started wondering about the substance of the whole scenario in terms of emotional plausibility It s clear from the start that Alastair didn t love his wife he married her because the perfect duke needed the perfect pedigreed consort and our exemplary aristocrat by his own admission didn t disdain resorting to manipulation and lying to secure himself the prime flesh choice presenting also quite the hypocritical picture in his pre cuckold crisis conduct to boot So knowing that his suffering at the realisation of his wife s infidelity doesn t stem from a profound sentimental wound but from what has been the pinprick to his ballooning pride that now lies deflated next to him in his gloomy bedchamber makes his whole predicament look rather like a disproportionate egomaniac tantrum than a genuine emotional desolation what bleeds is his societal self not his heart. Fool me twice house And unfortunately as long as I m concerned I got the proof of Alastair s true temperament which his self absorbed and overdramatic sulking already had me sensing when he starts interacting with the heroine on a intimate and open faced level well into the second half of the book He keeps treating her with constant and undercurrent resentment which at first I attributed to his damaged soul and his general distrust toward women after his wife cheating but after awhile and given the good Olivia has done him I couldn t excuse him any Some reluctance in admitting one s attraction or feelings I would have understood being them part of the bargain in creating a satisfying sexual tension but not a sheer and deliberate condescending attitude He begrudges Olivia her determination and her miraculously survived optimism and wants to teach her an unspecified lesson on life hope and other amenitiesa duke an extremely privileged man to a grown woman who had to cope on her own through innumerable difficulties talk about presumption And what better way to impart philosophical revelations in the library how apt to a woman than using the flicks literally of his expert fingers during your first sexual approach which was not very requested to be honest No seriously and since we ve gone this far why not add some crude language to be persuasive He made himself use the filthiest word Your c t Do you know what I wish to do with your c t I want to f k you he said I want to use you up I will make you scream and beg me to stop and then I will bend you over and f k you again This is where hope leads you do you understand It leads you to ruin and I will enjoy it I will ruin you for pleasure and will make you come for me and hate yourself in the end for doing so pp 197 198 I I I me me me post adolescent male sexual egocentrism apparently never misses a chance to show pernicious long term recidivism he s 35 And what peeves me are not the f and c bombs per se but the way he uses them these terms are not part of a shared taste at dirty talking hey to each one s own who am I that by the way would be highly incongruous to the time setting maybe fit for a brothel a mistress Whitechapel but a mean spirited vulgarity he imposes on her and the fact that at this point she still is just one of his employees makes it even worse hello it s called power abuse and it s not a nice thing Bad boys are naughty and welcome but never petty. Fool me twice j m dalgliesh Later on his endearing habit of using sexual activities as means of behavioural correction doesn t stop at the first attempt above mentioned when he catches Olivia rifling through his papers he threateningly fondles her as a form of intimidation Granted that he s right as she is indeed stealing from him why not just stop her and call the authorities Because this is a romance Because you re hawt dark Because you re a plain ol hat Also quoted in no precise order and please notice how the words teach lesson and learn are recurrent Alastair really missed his call at being a sexual educator for clueless women was there a Victorian equivalent for that who knows Worth researching Wildness could be tamed He did not require her cooperation it was her submission he craved and it was his challenge to earn it This alone he knew Her hot wet depths posed a challenge that only his body would answer he would teach her how to be greedy he would use her and let the world go to hell she would have no room to think for nothing else Like a scientist he would devise a way to take her apart He would own her by the end He pulled her hand away and held it down in a firm grip beside her she would not deny him the sight of her reaction to him There was no goodness in him But in the smell of her in her groan he saw a good use for his evil He saw a way to accept it to use it if it would make her moan Villains tied women to train tracks had she proved mute had she resisted he would have tied her to the train tracks until she cried for mercy and then he would have f ed on the rails against a tree or on the grass until she knew how to cry out for him until she had learned her lesson fully to deliver a final imprint to warn her that she must not forget what he had just shown her Her body was his pp 304 309 Words that besides echoing if extrapolated and decontextualized the lately ubiquitous trite bdsm script clearly demonstrate how incapable Alastair is to evolve note from the page number I reported that the book is approaching its end I am supposed to believe he s falling in love by now but he still thinks of her through an objectifying perspective everything still revolves around him his sex lovemaking is somewhat exploitative selfish at best her mind blowing orgasms notwithstanding love is not the reclaiming of ownership but the nullifying of all demands. Fool me twice cast My nagging suspicion is that the author and mind you she s in good and substantial company here chose to bestow on Alastair such overbearing qualities and arrogant sexuality as escamotages to add pathos and depth to a fundamentally immature man and to make him appear much epic and tragic than he really is in a sort of maybe involuntary I concede mystifying and eventually warping outcome very common in romantic fiction nowadays to the genre s great detriment in my opinion if it s a reverberation of the old skool bodice rippers s or an attuning to the current wave that questionably purports heightened power dynamics usually in favour of the man as the apex of passionate romantic relationships I leave it up to you to decide. Fool me twice nona uppal quotes I m sorry to bash such a well constructed hero but acknowledging the skilful portrayal of a character doesn t automatically translate in approving what I see and I m basically hero centric thus my lower rating for a book that could have otherwise easily been a 4 or even a 45 Alastair commits a couple of selfless acts before the end which I cannot go into without giving away too much they made me accept him but I couldn t bring myself to like him. Fool me twice loud house 1997 And here is where I reconnect to my initial statement you may find Alastair s character and personality granted his undeniable narrative validity perfectly suiting your tastes or viewing it as ideal romantic hero material I ve just never found highhandedness or self entitlement in a man palatable let alone sexy or mixable in a romance cake recipe. Fool me twice series Alistair kept repeating to Olivia that she deserved better and unfortunately I found myself agreeing with him often than not 1476741352 Meredith Duran unceasingly delights me as a wordsmith and a master at understanding the elements that concoct complex genuine and lovable characters There is nothing for Olivia and Alastair but the darkness of their pasts and the need to escape them The intense loneliness as a result of their respective missions is the exact force that exerted a magnetic pull among the two Olivia s amazing capacity for love and understanding desperate her own desperate situation and Alastair s futile attempt to erase all the purity and goodness from his heart Olivia has set out to rob Alastair of certain letters to escape her own pursuers but ends up stealing the precious remains of Alastair s near frozen heart He unwilling to trust and love after the betrayal of his deceased wife reluctantly opened his heart to the intelligent dear Olivia whose unadulterated soul saved him from the depths of despair There is a certain brilliance in the minds and hearts of both Olivia and Alastair He a shrewd politican with the soul of a true scholar first enchanted Olivia with his beautifully articulate writings on every scholarly subject there is She a former secretary wanted to harden her heart towards the man from whom she intended to rob yet stayed on to knock life into him Some readers may find Alastair a difficult hero to like and at first he is but his wound goes soul deep I have done everything right or so he d thought He makes fists His knuckles crack He feels no pain Loc 271 In just one line the summation of Alastair s grief is revealed the perfection he strove as a result of his parents scandals and when he had thought he held the world in his handsit was all a mere illusion. Fool me twice j m dalgliesh And in Olivia his light returned He gave her a gentle smile Humor and wit in the quirk of your lips And in your eyes His smile faded Hope Loc 3369 Yet in the way that Alastair dominates the first half of the book Olivia dominates the second Her resilience true of heart and brave of spirit withstood the pain of her past and gave her the strength to help Alastair in his time of need My diction is insufficient to express the intangible grip with which these characters held my heart Set in the rich and opulent Victorian era Duran nonetheless showcases the darkness of the era in its class differences a duality of the historical era reflected through the opaque eyes of Alastair and Olivia The dichotomy between light and darkness the morality of man vs the purity of darkness are both written in an astoundingly sublime manner within this story I ached for Alastair feared for Olivia and celebrated their joining This book is a journey which every romance reader should undertake I cannot recommend this book highly enough My sincerest thanks to the publisher for a review copy yes it s an honest review,

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Check out Romreader s picture review those pictures really gave me a visulaisation and I felt like the book was being replayed out like an epic historical drama. Fool me twice kindle book However I put Meredith Duran in a tier of brilliant romance novelists Infallible of course not But the kind that can pull off magic, Kindle unlimited nederland Here s the thing I am all for the tortured hero or heroine although in HR it is usually the hero: Fool me twice house Basically the plot has 4 parts a Olivia trying to get the duke out of his room and help him overcome his depressionb Olivia and duke slowly becoming friends, Fool me twice bull c The betrayal when Olivia finally steals from him and runs away: Fool me twice lyrics caroline carr d Olivia and the duke working together against their common enemy, Fool me twice ebook free pdf Published on Buried Under Romance book blog__________________________I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE THIS BOOK Okay fangirl moment over 1476741352

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