BLOG TOUR Born To Be Wilde by Eloisa james

About The Book

Born to Be Wilde

by Eloisa James

Series

The Wildes of Lindow Castle Series

Genre

Adult

Historical Romance

Publisher

Avon Books

Publication Date

July 31, 2018

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The richest bachelor in England plays matchmaker…for an heiress he wants for himself! 

For beautiful, witty Lavinia Gray, there’s only one thing worse than having to ask the appalling Parth Sterling to marry her: being turned down by him.

Now the richest bachelor in England, Parth is not about to marry a woman as reckless and fashion-obsessed as Lavinia; he’s chosen a far more suitable bride.

But when he learns of Lavinia’s desperate circumstances, he offers to find her a husband. Even better, he’ll find her a prince.

As usual, there’s no problem Parth can’t fix. But the more time he spends with the beguiling Lavinia, the more he finds himself wondering…

Why does the woman who’s completely wrong feel so right in his arms?

Gentlemen didn’t kiss like this. And yet he couldn’t stop . . . 

She tasted better than anything—anyone. She tasted like honey and spice, like brandy and excitement. 

Dimly, he was aware that blood was thundering through his veins . . . from a mere kiss.
The reality of it shocked him back into sense and he pulled back, ending the kiss. Lavinia opened her eyes. Annoyed. She was annoyed. Years of reading her face told him exactly how she was feeling. 

“Kiss me again, Mr. Sterling,” she ordered, her voice husky. For a moment he just felt a flare of anger at that formal address, but she tugged at his hair.

He dove back into the kiss as if it had never ended.

Parth may not be a Wilde by birth but in every other way he is, he's a self made man and one of the richest in the country. Lavinia is beautiful and intelligent and is one of the most sot after heiress in London and Paris. After Lavinia discovers her what her mother has done to prevent the ruination of the family Lavinia asks Parth to marry her, unfortunately after she's given him some nicknames like Perfect Parth and Appalling Parth he wasn't very inclined to marry her. Even after Lavinia broke down and explained why Parth merely agreed to help her find a suitable gentleman. Parth has another woman he has his sights set on to be his wife a widowed contessa from Italy. But after what transpired between Lavinia and Parth he can't seem to get Lavinia off his mind and matchmaking, sheesh, it wasn't as easy as he thought it would be, in his mind not even a Norwegian Prince is good enough for her.

The antics of Parth and Lavinia as the circle each other both having feelings for the other but to scared to admit it was quite amusing. As always Eloisa James' active setting is outstanding, from the scenery of the bog to the streets of London she transports you back in time especially with her descriptions of the dresses and such, it's just wow, it feeds the imagination. I love all the quirky characters, Lady Knowe is probably my favorite. Parth and Lavinia I knew as soon as I read their introduction to each other in Wilde in Love, I knew they were perfect for each other I was right they are and this book was their perfect HEA. 

Tour Wide Giveaway

To celebrate the release of BORN TO BE WILDE by Eloisa James, we’re giving away one hardcover set of THE WILDES OF LINDOW CASTLE series!

GIVEAWAY TERMS & CONDITIONS:  Open to US shipping addresses only. One winner will receive a hardcover set of The Wildes of Lindow Castle series by Eloisa James. This giveaway is administered by Pure Textuality PR on behalf of Avon Romance.  Giveaway ends 8/10/2018 @ 11:59pm EST. Avon Romance will send the winning copies out to the winner directly. Limit one entry per reader and mailing address. Duplicates will be deleted.  CLICK HERE TO ENTER!

About the Author

ELOISA JAMES is a New York Times best-selling author and professor of English literature who lives with her family in New York, but can sometimes be found in Paris or Italy. She is the mother of two and, in a particularly delicious irony for a romance writer, is married to a genuine Italian knight. Visit her at http://www.eloisajames.com.

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BLOG TOUR Too Wilde to Wed by Eloisa James

About the Book

Too Wilde to Wed
by Eloisa James

Series
The Wildes of Lindow Castle Series

Genre

Adult

Historical Romance

Publisher

Avon Books

Publication Date

May 29, 2018

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No one is more surprised than Lord North when he returns from war to find his ex-fiancee in his ancestral home…working as a governess in a sexy, fiery new Wildes of Lindow Castle romance by New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James…

The handsome, rakish heir to a dukedom, Lord Roland Northbridge Wilde—known to his friends as North—left England two years ago, after being jilted by Miss Diana Belgrave. He returns from war to find that he’s notorious: polite society has ruled him “too wild to wed.”

Diana never meant to tarnish North’s reputation, or his heart, but in her rush to save a helpless child, there was no time to consider the consequences of working as a governess in Lindow Castle. Now everyone has drawn the worst conclusions about the child’s father, and Diana is left with bittersweet regret.

When North makes it clear that he still wants her for his own, scandal or no, Diana has to fight to keep from losing her heart to the man whom she still has no intention of marrying.

Yet North is returning a hardened warrior—and this is one battle he’s determined to win.

He wants Diana, and he’ll risk everything to call her his own.

If you've read the first book you know it left off with a bit of a teaser for this book. If you haven't read it while it has North and Diana in it and shows a little bit about their engagement it's not imperative that you read it to fully enjoy this one, but it's a damn good book you should read it anyways. North and Diana are quite the couple, in the two years North was gone quite a bit changed about him and about Diana but once they are back together not hiding behind the makeup and wigs of high fashion and not pretending to be someone they are not they realize they do make a striking couple. North notices first but Diana has a hard letting go of what happened and believing North could love her for who she is now and not what she was back then. 

Not to sound cliche but this really is a delightfully witty book, but than again that what Eloisa James is best at, and her romance but really that goes without saying. Diana is probably the worst governess ever but she loves her charges and she tries her best. The Wilde family welcomed her with open arms even after she jilted North. In North's absence he became a notorious rogue and seducer of innocents. The same caricatures that depicted  North's brother's adventures around the world as Too Wilde to Love  dubbed North as Too Wilde to Wed. That's fine with North if the ton momma's don't focus on him he only has eyes for Diana. What bugs him is the blown out of proportion events that dubbed him Too Wilde to Wed and how it affected Diana. Even before North finds out the truth about what happened two years ago he knows without a doubt that he still wants Diana and he spend almost the whole book proving to her that they were meant to be together.           

Overall, between the wit and the romance it had me laughing and awwing the whole book. Diana gets a little annoying every now and then but North more than make up for it. The kids are adorable and if you didn't have a thing for peacocks before you might have one after reading this. Once again Eloisa astounds me with amazing writing, fantastic characters, drool worthy heroes, and a beautiful romance. I look forward to the future books with the rest of the Wilde kids.  

She giggled, and her arms wound around his neck. “I don’t want to hurt your feelings, but I am relishing my freedom.”

“I know you don’t love me,” he said, keeping his voice even. “Just so you know, I do love you. I think it is a lifelong condition.”

Her eyes filled with remorse, but he shook his head. “Love should never be regretted. But what might be regretted by you is this evening, Diana. You wish to marry for love. Won’t the man you choose expect you to come to him without knowledge of men?”

Never mind the fact that he had every intention of being the man she chose. Look what happened to Godfrey’s father. What happened to the men in his regiment. Life should never be taken for granted.

“Whoever marries me will already know that I jilted a ravishing future duke,” she said firmly, and then, with a twinkle, “You can take ‘ravishing’ in two ways.”

Who would have guessed that his melancholy fiancée could have such a naughty grin?

“My husband will love me enough not to care,” Diana said, her eyes shining with faith.

Everything in North chilled at the idea of Diana being loved by another man. Loving another man.

He cleared his throat, because he had the feeling she wouldn’t approve of her romantic ambitions making him homicidal.

“Miss Belgrave, are you giving me permission to ravish you?”

She dimpled at him. “Yes! I requested just that, Lord Roland.”

A gentleman wouldn’t agree. But that perfect gentleman likely wasn’t as focused on winning as North was. Sometimes winning involved breaking some rules. Taking risks. Thinking creatively.

Diana kept stealing glances at his lips.

“A gentleman never refuses a lady,” he said, making up his mind. He rose onto his knees, pulled off his shirt, and threw it over the side of the bed.

Tour Wide Giveaway

To celebrate the release of TOO WILDE TO WED by Eloisa James, we’re giving away one hardcover copy of WILDE IN LOVE and a peacock keychain!

GIVEAWAY TERMS & CONDITIONS:  Open to US shipping addresses only. One winner will receive a hardcover copy of WILDE IN LOVE by Eloisa James and a peacock keychain. This giveaway is administered by Pure Textuality PR on behalf of Avon Romance.  Giveaway ends 6/10/2018 @ 11:59pm EST. Avon Romance will send the winning copies out to the winner directly. Limit one entry per reader and mailing address. Duplicates will be deleted. CLICK HERE TO ENTER!

About the Author

ELOISA JAMES is a New York Times best-selling author and professor of English literature who lives with her family in New York, but can sometimes be found in Paris or Italy. She is the mother of two and, in a particularly delicious irony for a romance writer, is married to a genuine Italian knight. Visit her at http://www.eloisajames.com.

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ARC REVIEW Wilde in Love by Eloisa james

Wilde in Love the first in a new series by the very talented Eloisa James. The Wilde’s of Lindlow Castle is a large family so hopefully it’s going to be a semi long series. It takes place during the Georgian era so we get the magnificent details of the wigs and the powder and the fancy dress topped off with EJ’s trademark wit and charm, her romance always contains that kind of wit for me that really just complements the active setting.

Willa Ffynche is a little hard to like at first because she is kind of prejudice against Alaric at first and it seems unjustified she’s never met him and never read any of his books she’s only going on assumptions to what his character is really like and it’s not flattering. Alaric Wilde left his home in pursuit of adventure he wrote books about his adventures and now years later he is finally returning home only to find himself the object of desire for many of the young ladies in London. Not only did his books make him famous but a silly play written about him made him a celebrity, even if the whole thing was poppycock. What infuriates Alaric the most is that they actually think the portrayal of him in the play is correct, it couldn’t be further from the truth. His whole family thinks it’s amusing and keep poking fun at him with it.

Willa and Alaric start off kind of rocky, she was all prepared to dislike him but instead she not only found him more attractive than the engravings sold of him. Alaric is amused by Willa for her obvious dislike of him and the fact she’s never read his book when it seems like the rest of the female population has, and she’s the prettiest woman he’s ever met. He’s determined to win her over as soon as she stops trying to talk herself out of falling in love with him. But when the delusional writer of the play shows up Willa agrees to pretend to be engaged to Alaric until they can figure out what they can do with the girl.

Overall, this was a great read. The puns and the bad jokes not the mention the absolutely adorable baby skunk and the ill-tempered cat. And I loved the tease for the next book at the end.