You did it! We figured this one out! It is a truth universally acknowledged (by me for certain) that the Bitchery pretty much knows everything, and really, it's true. Scroll down to see the solution for this HaBO - and many thanks!
Brandie has the best insult EVER in her HaBO request:
I am not the biggest fan of historicals, but while visiting a friend several
years ago, I picked up one that she had just finished reading, and I was
surprised that I enjoyed it! The problem is, I cannot for the life of me
remember the name of that damn book. It involved a young woman in Boston who
ends up betrothed to a duke (or something similar) and traveling across the
Atlantic back to England. She doesn’t want to be married to him, but she
ends up having sex with him (like, a lot of sex) on the boat ride over, and
then he spurns her afterward and basically calls her a whore—I can’t
remember why he does it … maybe something about revenge? Anyway, once they
arrive in England, he locks her in her room at night, and at one point he
has to climb in through the window in order to “claim his husbandly
privileges” or some shit like that. It ends with the requisite “happily
ever after,” but I don’t recall much else about the plot.The only other thing I remember is that, in the first chapter, the heroine
is insulted by another girl and in response she says that the other girl
“smells like low tide.” I only remember that because it shocked a laugh
out of me upon reading it! (Is it sad that that is the clearest detail that
sticks with me about this book? Okay, I thought so.)Has anyone read this book? I know I don’t have a lot of details, but I
would like to read it again if I could ever find it!
I’m saving that one for a crucial moment of great drama with someone I dislike: you smell like low tide! (Except, I kind of like the smell of low tide, but whatever). Anyone remember this book?
Algae-vadge! I <3 HaBO, I need to go make some popcorn.
“Isn’t that the one where he used Wesson get her ring off?”
“No, you’re thinking of XX, they used it for anal lube in that one.”
“You’re right, she always goes for the weird anal lube stuff.”
:sigh:
I swear I’ve read this one.
My standard answer is Mary Jo Putney, though I’m not having any luck finding it…
I have no idea but I want to read it. It seems like the perfect Snowy weather, ain’t got nuttin to do, reading material.
I keep thinking about this one. Was it in colonial/pre-Revolutionary times?
How about To Tame a Duke by Patricia Grasso:
They were mortal enemies…But when he sought vengeance, she disarmed him, enticed him, and made him wonder how he could ever set his lovely captive free… She is Lily Hawthorne—the only daughter of a Boston tavern owner, a delicate raven-haired beauty with sapphire eyes and a daring spirit. But as the War of 1812 rages on, few know that she is also The Gilded Lily, Boston’s most notorious spy-catcher…a patriotic young woman who daily risks her life to aid her country’s cause.
He is James Armstrong, the 14th Duke of Kinross—a rakishly handsome British nobleman determined to avenge his older brother’s death at the hands of the Americans. He vows he will not rest until he has tracked down the one most responsible. But when James finally corners The Gilded Lily, he receives a huge shock, for his quarry is no rough-hewn soldier but a foolhardy young woman who refuses to be cowed. Now, lovely Lily is his prisoner to do with as he wishes. Yet when James sweeps her off to his gilded English estate, captor and captive alike will find themselves battling a blazing temptation…one that could endanger their lives, even as it joins their warring hearts…
Could it be “Gentle Rogue” by Johanna Lindsey?
That’s it!!!!! Sarah Elle, you rock. I was off on the plot (by a LOT), but I found it on Google Books and immediately realized it was the right one.
Thanks for posting my HaBO request! Y’all are awesome.
Thanks from me, too. It’s going on my wish list.
Um, so is Gentle Rogue. :>)
The Gilded Lily? The Gilded Lily!? Seriously? *facepalm*
I wish I didn’t want to read this book so much.
He also has a gilded estate, do notice…
I liked this one more with the HaBO summary than the actual summary. *halo* Might still be worth picking up, just for the gilded lily thing.
Thank you for your request, and ladies for HABO. Giving into my weakness I downloaded the book for snowy weather reading!
spamword develop52: If I am not careful this downloading books at a wimp could develop into a 52 week addiction!