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    Swept Away By a Kiss

    By Katharine Ashe

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    “A breathtaking romance filled with sensuality and driven by a brisk and thrilling plot…. Katharine Ashe writes with eloquence and power—what a compelling read!”

    —New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas

     

    “You’ll be swept away.”

    —New York Times bestselling author Sabrina Jeffries

     

    An absolutely amazing debut novel from Katharine Ashe, an exceptional new voice in historical romance, Swept Away by a Kiss is the first book in an exciting new series—the story of a society jade who thinks she’s done it all until she meets the devil himself. Piracy, intrigue, rogue lords with a dangerous secret…can love unmask the Masters of Masquerade? Read Swept Away by a Kiss and find out!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJul 27, 2010
    ISBN9780062005496
    Author

    Katharine Ashe

    Katharine Ashe is the award-winning author of historical romances that reviewers call “intensely lush” and “sensationally intelligent,” including How to Be a Proper Lady, an Amazon Editors’ Choice for the 10 Best Books of the Year in Romance, and My Lady, My Lord and How to Marry a Highlander, 2015 and 2014 finalists for the prestigious RITA® Award of the Romance Writers of America. Her books are recommended by Publishers Weekly, Women’s World Magazine, Booklist, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, Barnes & Noble, and many others, and translated into languages across the world. Katharine lives in the wonderfully warm Southeast with her beloved husband, son, dog, and a garden she likes to call romantic rather than unkempt. A professor of European History, she writes fiction because she thinks modern readers deserve grand adventures and breathtaking sensuality too. For more about Katharine’s books, please visit her website or write to her at PO Box 51702, Durham, NC 27717.

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    • 5/5
      Love it!!!
    • 3/5
      A good effort marred by inconsistencies. There is no physical description of the heroine at the start so the reader is left wondering who she is. The hero is described in loving detail. The heroine's tarnished past is alluded to but never explained satisfactorily. Ditto her upbringing; many allusions to her cold father but no exposition at all. The threads of that part of the story never feel complete.
    • 3/5
      I really wanted to like this book. The hero and heroine were intriguing and I liked the mistaken identity plot device. But, the plot jumped all over the place. We'd be moving along nicely and then bam, one character would do something completely out of place. At a few points I actually checked page numbers because I thought I had a book that was put together incorrectly. Also, the plot was dependent on too many characters. There were at least 15 central characters who were key to the plot development. Trying to remember that many character's names and titles (since they are called by both) and relationships is just frustrating.I'll read Katharine Ashe in the future since I saw a lot of promise in the book and hope that her next book is more cohesive.