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    This 'Devil's Daughter' Has Charm To Spare

    Lisa Kleypas mashes up two of her romance sagas — the Regency-era Wallflowers and the Victorian Ravenels — in a delightful story about a sheltered widow and her roguish suitor.
    by Denny S. Bryce Mar 02, 2019 3 minutes
    Source: Avon

    Phoebe, Lady Clare — the Devil's Daughter herself — is a determined, uncompromising heroine who will delight almost as much as her scandalous hero tantalizes.

    Author Lisa Kleypas combines two of her series here, with the Victorian-era Ravenels coming up against Phoebe, who descends from one of the Wallflowers, heroines of an earlier saga. The result is a delightfully smart and sensual historical romance that had me thinking about Moliere, Oscar Wilde

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