Splendid

Julia Quinn

1995 • 396 pages

Ratings13

Average rating2.9

American heiress Emma Dunster has always been fun-loving and independent with no wish to settle into marriage. She plans to enjoy her Season in London in more conventional ways than husband-hunting. But this time Emma's high-jinks lead her into dangerous temptation...Alexander Ridgely, the Duke of Ashbourne, is a notorious rake who carefully avoids the risk of love...until he plants one reckless kiss on the sensuous lips of this high-spirited innocent...and condemns himself to delicious torment. Little does he know that his passion has touched the very soul of the lovely enchantress...and committed them both to a lifetime of splendid ecstasy.

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Moods

Content Warning

kidnapping

Series

3 primary books

The Splendid Trilogy

The Splendid Trilogy is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1995 with contributions by Julia Quinn.

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Amanda

I read this for “midsummer ball” on Ripped Bodice romance bingo - there's like four balls and a London Season, so one of them is probably in midsummer. Pretty standard Julia Quinn, lots of banter and everyone has a title or six. From the blurb, I thought the secret identity/dressed as a maid thing would be more of the story, but it's all resolved in the first hundred or so pages. Not bad, but not anything that's really going to stick with me, I think.

(2020 summer romance bingo: midsummer ball. Loosely “set on island,” would also work for secret identity, debut novel, meddling matchmakers, and violet eyes.)

August 24, 2020