3.5 Stars Not an all time favorite by this author, but that ending...RIGHT IN THE FEELS!! I wasn't sure I'd like a story about a famous London hooker. I'm not one to be very forgiving of overly promiscuous leads, especially females. Those midwestern roots of mine are showing!! But this heroine won me over very quickly. She was a nice little mystery to unveil. The hero wasn't as charismatic as Kleypas' other men, so maybe that's why the story didn't grab me as much. Still, a nice HR with a great

2.5The good thing about this story is that the characters aren't the usual ones. They are not members of aristocracy and overcoming the issue of her being a prostitute should have been a problem then. The Runners are great choice.After Grant Morgan takes Vivien to his home to recover, remembering how she spread gossip about him two months ago because he refused her, all he wants is revenge. He doesn't expect Vivien not to remember who she is nor that she is completely different person from manip...

I thought the big reveal was a cop out. It was really hard to see Grant as this dreamy guy when he said, felt, and did some really awful things, but it was ok because...(view spoiler)[the heroine is really just a sheltered FORGIVING country virgin who didn't at all mind being verbally abused, set up for ridicule and as bait for a killer, and then summarily deflowered! (hide spoiler)] Yeah, not a fan of this particular storyline at all.

I have heard nothing but great things about Lisa Kleypas, so I knew my historical romance explorations would not be complete until I read some of her novels. My first Lisa Kleypas novel was a light, fun and enjoyable experience. I can see why so many people absolutely adore her combination of interesting and unique characters, fast-paced plots, and unexpected plot twists.This first book in the Bow Street Runners series follows a Runner, Grant Morgan, who investigates the attempted murder of Vivi...

3.5 The twist was everything stars Not one of LK's best,but nevertheless a well written read.

"She was sore in places she had never been sore before.” Is this an awesome quote, or what?I think OD’ed on this girly porn, I had a good reason but I need to stop now and read some James Joyce or something.Spoilers ahead. I am not going to even officially mark it as a spoiler because if you didn’t see that coming from the very first page then you don’t deserve to be warned. A certain tall, strapping Bow Street Runner named Grant finds a nearly dead woman fished out of Thames. To his surprise an...

OK, the "big twist" was obvious as was the "bad guy". Maybe I have read too many Romantic Suspense books over the years that I can pick up on these things! I loved Grant, a commoner, vowed never to wed ... but he is attracted to the lovely Vivien.I am really interested in the next book. Sir Ross Cannon sounds like an intriguing character. “His lips pressed against her forehead and she felt him smile against her skin. "Believe me...the only place in the world I want to be is wherever you are."...

I've been in a reading funk with a medeocre dragon series.Thank Goodness for Lisa Kleypas coming to the rescue!!Vivian DuvallVivian is the most sought after courtesan. How unfortunate that she and Grant don't get along. What an Amazing twist and a wonderful love story!!

I read this book many many years ago and loved it. It is a wonderfully written book, definitely one of Lisa Kleypas' classics. Bow Street Runner rescued the virgin sister of a famous courtesan. The attraction is steamy and the lead characters very likable.What I find a bit unsettling is I never really knew whether the hero liked the heroine or her sister. The mistaken identity is naturally the big plot in the book. It did make me wonder, is he attracted to the heroin, really? Or it is her sister...

Warning: angry ranting ahead! I'm pretty sure this is my first 1-star HR...I considered giving it 2, but I just can't do it. So...this book has the worst male lead I have come across in almost a year of reading HR. Grant Morgan sucks. He is a Bow Street Runner who is brought to the banks of the Thames where a presumably dead woman has been fished out of the water. Turns out, she's not dead, and as she gasps for breath, Grant realizes he knows her. She's a high-brow courtesan named Vivian Duvall

This book reminded me of the time when my prostitute twin sister let me be mistaken for her when I had amenesia after being attacked by her angry john (and father of her unborn baby). I was saved by an angry policeman who thought I was the hooker that once spurned him (no amount of money in the world! Not for every loose Canadian coin in the couch, etc.). Luckily, he had seen Overboard with Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn (a classic film) and let me think we had a relationship where he wore the pan...

Kleypas writes well enough, but I'm a little confused as to when the story was supposed to have taken place, and I think that's mainly because she writes little about the historical context, though there is a lot of physical descriptive detail. Here there was more even than in her other books, but it served no purpose, and certainly did not make it any clearer exactly what period in English history I am imagining. And though I am no expert on the Bow Street Runners I find it difficult to believe...

This is my first historical romance book by Lisa Kleypas. I found a certain ease about her writing and I have to say I rather enjoyed it. Even though Grant was a bit of a brut sometimes I found him to be charming. And Vivien was sweet and kind. A perfect match for him. It had an interesting plot and I loved the ending!!I'm certainly looking forward to reading more of her historical romance books.

From the streets to the sheets: MOODY, MESMERIZING, SEXY, BRILLIANT slow burnMy first audiobook and it was absolutely amazing. I love detectives, investigations, mystery, intrigue, suspense and historical romance...This book had it ALL. A bit darker than other Lisa Kleypas books, and that made it all the more special and unique. The writing was so gorgeous and descriptive, the plot twists so intriguing, the love story so gripping, passionate and romantic. Must have patience for slow burn but the...

Reviewed for THC ReviewsI first read Lisa Kleypas’ Bow Street Runners series about ten years ago when I’d just been coming off a book drought that had lasted at least that long. I still marvel at how I, a self-confessed bookaholic, could have gone so long without reading much at all, but I guess becoming a mom can completely rearrange your life and priorities that way. In 2007, I promised myself that I would get back to reading regularly and I haven’t looked back in the decade since. If memory s...

“It will change nothing between you and me. And when you recover your memory, I don’t give a damn about what or whom you remember. I had no part of your past…but I intend to be your future.” Grant Morgan is a bow street runner who has a celebrity reputation. During one of his investigations, he was stunned to find that the woman who nearly drowned in the Thames was Vivien Rose Duvall, London’s most celebrated courtesan. Grant is even more surprised to discover that she has no idea of who she is

3.5/5I’ve been indulging myself in Lisa Kleypas’ books for the past few weeks and have come to appreciate her story telling talents. Perhaps because this is the first book in the Bow Street Runners series, it didn’t grab me quite the way her Wallflower series did. I didn’t find the characters quite as charismatic as those in her other books.It has an interesting plot – a courtesan with amnesia being pursued by someone who is trying to kill her and the man who saved her life and is now protecting...

Love / Hate Love / Hate Love / Hate But one cannot deny the ultimate apparent hotness of the hero. So, he gets a Daniel Craig. I mean he goes tearing after the bad guy, beats said bad guy up and is torn between giving said bad guy his final look at the world. Yea, he's alpha hot. But he's also an a$$hole. Don't be fooled. Setting / Time / Genre: RegencySeries: Yep and I think I very well may need to read the restSexy times: Yes, and in comparison to a Joanna Shupe being a 5 and Julia Quinn being...

3.5 starsI liked this book, but the plot needed a deft hand to pull it off. Lisa Kleypas did in fact pull it off, but not to my satisfaction. It was good, it kept me reading, but I don't really think I enjoyed the hero of this book for at least 75% of the book. I did come to like him, but with all the descriptions of him as being large, hulking, a lummox, a thick pelt of fur (chest hair), having large hands, I just pictured him as Robert, the brother from Everybody Loves Raymond. I couldn't help...

I´m a fairly new reader of LK´s books and I´m yet to read a bad one. STWOM is not the best I´ve ever read, but it´s very good.The "big mystery" involving the heroine´s identity was pretty easy to figure out, but I enjoyed following the hero try to solve it. I loved Grant, a working-class hero who was a welcome "breeze of fresh air" among the usual Lords that dominate historical romances. I loved Victoria too, an adorable "country girl" who was the perfect match for Grant. I truly enjoyed seeing