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From the USA Today bestselling author of The Untouchables series comes your next Regency obsession: The Spitfire Society... Meet the smart, independent women who’ve decided they don’t need Society’s rules, their families’ expectations, or, most importantly, a husband. But just because they don’t need a man doesn’t mean they might not want one.

After failing on the Marriage Mart, Jane Pemberton has two choices: submit to her parents’ edict to marry their boring neighbor or become a self-declared spinster and take up residence in the official headquarters of the Spitfire Society. It’s really no choice at all, and Jane is eager to embrace her newfound independence. She soon finds an unconscious viscount on her doorstep and nurses him back to health. When he offers to compensate her, she requests payment in the form of private instruction of a scandalous and intimate kind.

Having spiraled into a self-destructive abyss following the murder of his parents, Anthony, Viscount Colton, physically recovers under the care of an alluring spitfire. But it is her charm and flirtatiousness that soothes his soul and arouses his desire—until an extortion scheme forces him to face the sins of his past. Now, to save the woman who’s given him everything he lost and more, he’ll have to pay the ultimate price: his heart.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B084BYNMQ6
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Darcy Burke Publishing (19 May 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Darcy Burke is the USA Today Bestselling Author of hot, action-packed historical and sexy, emotional contemporary romance. Darcy wrote her first book at age 11, a happily ever after about a swan addicted to magic and the female swan who loved him, with exceedingly poor illustrations.

A native Oregonian, Darcy lives on the edge of wine country with her guitar-strumming husband, their two hilarious kids who seem to have inherited the writing gene, and two Bengal cats and a third cat named after a fruit. In her “spare” time Darcy is a serial volunteer enrolled in a 12-step program where one learns to say “no,” but she keeps having to start over. Her happy places are Disneyland and Labor Day weekend at the Gorge.

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Bernadette Aitken

Funny, flirty, flawed hero.

Reviewed in Australia on 19 May 2020

The story get straight to the point with the discovery of an unconscious man on the front doorstep within the first few pages. This sets the pace for the rest of the story where events roll from one to another.
Anthony, Lord Colton, is wracked with guilt over his parents deaths and his own connection to that. He still hasn’t done anything about his guilt or grief, unless drinking to excess counts. He is found on Jane’s doorstep one morning. Jane’s patience and good nature bring Anthony back from the brink and shows him an alternative future.
Anthony offers Jane a favour for her helping him to recover. She denies the need at first, until she decides that he could help her intimately. The conversation between Miss Pemberton and Lord Colton about what she could expect to happen if her proposition came to bare was frank and amusing, as each of them was slightly embarrassed and enthralled at the same time. The two of them engage in many conversations which allow them to dally in innuendo and flirtation.
Anthony doesn’t think he is good enough for Jane and tries to stay away from her. Jane has other ideas. She has he most patience I’ve come across in a character for a while. She continues to offer help even when he is falling back into bad habits.
The dialogue between these two is wonderfully real. Humour, sarcasm, factual exchanges and sincerity are all included.
I was a little disappointed that the mystery of his landing on her doorstep wasn’t explored. I did, however, really enjoy this story despite this. I do hope that the Spitfire Society gets a greater portion of the next book. It seemed to be very much in the background in this book.

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Strong Female & Refreshing Read

Reviewed in Australia on 25 June 2020

Such a great read! I really enjoy this author’s dialogue. The way each character has such a distinctive turn of phrase.

I loved how Jane snubbed society and followed her own path. Anthony was a complex character and I felt for him with his troubled past.

Great banter, chemistry and an interesting take on society in the early 1900s. Looking forward to more in this series.

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Del

Brilliant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 June 2020

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Have read them all. Just romantic enough to believe in Them. Wonderful series of books and Audio. Have my order for the next one in August.

Windwalkerwithfire

The Redemption of a Man is a Beautiful Thing to See.

Reviewed in Canada on 15 June 2021

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This is a lovely story about a man tortured by his past to be saved by the love of a good woman. It’s a wonderful romance and a heart warming tale of mystery and the frustrating bonds placed on people by a society more interested in propriety than truth and forth right honesty. You will love every minute of this epic Regency love story.

TracyJane

3.5 stars rounded up

Reviewed in the United States on 19 May 2020

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After meeting Anthony Colton in the Untouchable Series and seeing him change from a happy, decent but somewhat irresponsible young man into a selfish, drunken rake, I really couldn’t wait for his story. Since his parents were murdered Anthony as been consumed by his grief and guilt, he seems adrift and completely lost. So it really should come as no surprise when hard living and bad choices have left him lying in a bloody heap on Jane Pemberton’s front stoop.

After too many failed seasons on the Marriage Mart, Jane Pemberton’s parents have decided enough is enough and demand that she wed their neighbor. Thanks to her dearest friend Phoebe and the Spitfire Society, Jane has choices, she refuses to marry and instead declares herself a spinster and moves into the house Phoebe owns and resided in before she married. She is almost perfectly content and revels in her new found independence when she finds Anthony on her doorstep. She nurses him back to health and when he insists on repaying her – she shocks him with her bold and risqué request.

This was a well written, emotional story of two flawed people helping each other find their way back to themselves. The chemistry between Jane and Anthony is hot and you can’t help but root for their HEA. The book has a bit of everything, intrigue, suspense, steamy love scenes, emotion, laughter and finally a well earned HEA. I liked the book, but be warned, the author takes a lot of creative license and has crafted a fun, sexy, emotional story, but if you are looking for historically accuracy and era appropriate behavior, you will not find it in this book . This is the third book in the series, but it can easily be read as a stand-alone title.

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Cynthia L. Bogner

It has moments

Reviewed in the United States on 27 May 2020

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It wasn’t nearly as satisfying as I had hoped. I call this 3.5 rounded to 4.

I was really looking forward to Anthony’s story, as he seemed so tortured, but I knew he was redeemable. And he was. I held the same interest to see Jane’s story play out. And although we saw their lives converge, so much of it seemed contrived. Further, a lot of new information was thrown at us, which was quite interesting, but it was not developed to satisfaction.

I do like the intimate encounters in my HR, but I think we could have traded one or two for more depth with the Vicar, Chamberlain and Chamberlain’s sister. A prologue? A segment from each of their perspectives? The way it played out made things seem too tidy. And sometimes downright odd.

For example, the Vicar sends someone to strong-arm Anthony that fateful day when his parents were killed, and we are supposed to just shrug our shoulders and exonerate him because he didn’t mean for it to happen? The guy knows EVERYTHING except, conveniently, that his enforcer was a murderer? And he is an ally? If he felt that badly, why not have forgiven Anthony’s debt? Or something. Seriously.

And we are told over and over again how the ton spreads gossip, ruthlessly, deliriously, but the story about Jane only spread between a few young men and her unctuous father yet manages to haunt her for five seasons? Strange that.

And what motivated Jane’s crazy parents? Just so many questions.

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Animal Lover

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE!

Reviewed in the United States on 26 March 2021

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After many failed seasons, Miss Jane Pemberton declares herself a spinster - after refusing to marry the choice of her parents - and moves to the home of her dear friend, Phoebe. Phoebe started the Spitfire Society composed of ladies wanting to help other women society abandoned. But Phoebe is newly married to Marcus, the Marquess of Ripley and Jane has the house to herself. Until one morning on her way for a walk, she literally trips over a battered Viscount Colton on her doorstep. Anthony is the brother of another married friend, Sarah. Since last year he has become a notorious rake, drowning himself in spirits. Jane has her servants bring him to a guest room and calls a doctor. He has broken ribs and multiple bruises and needs rest for at least a week. Sarah nurses Anthony back to health while both agree to keep his presence a secret. Having now become an outcast, Jane asks Anthony to repay her kindness by seducing her. Appalled by her request, Anthony has his own demons and refuses to add to his guilt. His parents were murdered by a highwayman the year before - a trip he should have taken but was busy trying to borrow money to cover gaming debts. So his parent went in his place and paid with their lives. Ever since, Anthony stopped gambling, but drowned himself into numbness to escape the pain. But being with Jane with her gentleness and caring, there is a chance he can face the past. Jane is estranged from her family and is now aware of a slanderous rumor during her first season which was why she attracted no suitors. After he leaves Jane's and a week of being sober, Anthony quickly descends into drunken stupors when he gets a blackmail note threatening to reveal all if payment is not made. With Jane's anger at a rumor which destroyed her life and Anthony the victim of an extortion scheme can these two lonely and wounded souls find a way for their friendship to blossom into love? A wonderful story of tragedy and jealousy, gossip and blackmail, honor and friendship that forces these two to confront the past and overcome adversities together with strength, honesty, forgiveness and most of all love!

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