Carole´s Monday: A week to be wicked

Monday, 19 August 2024

Carole´s Monday: A week to be wicked

Author: Tessa Dare

Narrator: Carolyn Morris

Title: A Week to be Wicked

Series: Spindle Cove #2

Genre: Historical Romance

Format: Audiobook

Published: March 27, 2012

Where I got It: Borrowed from library

Summary:

When a devilish lord and a bluestocking set off on the road to ruin... time is not on their side.

Minerva Highwood, one of Spindle Cove's confirmed spinsters, needs to be in Scotland.

Colin Sandhurst, Lord Payne, a rake of the first order, needs to be... anywhere but Spindle Cove.

These unlikely partners have one week to

• fake an elopement

• convince family and friends they're in "love"

• outrun armed robbers

• survive their worst nightmares

• travel four hundred miles without killing each other

All while sharing a very small carriage by day and an even smaller bed by night.

What they don't have time for is their growing attraction. Much less wild passion. And heaven forbid they spend precious hours baring their hearts and souls.

Suddenly one week seems like exactly enough time to find a world of trouble. And maybe... just maybe... love.

Review:

Yayy book 2. I've been curious to see how these two COMPLETELY different people would find each other!

Here we have Minerva and Colin. Minerva is a spinster and she needs to be in Scotland ASAP. Who can help her? Only Colin who is a rake of the first order. Maybe her reputation can finally be ruined and she can focus on her science and rocks. She convinces him to go along with her plan. She only needs a week of his time. Fake a runaway elopement...convince her family and friends they are in love....outrun armed robbers....survive....and travel 400 miles without killing each other. Easy peasy.

This was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed watching these two be forced to become allies to get Min to Scotland for a science thing to show off her discovery. Unlikely allies, to friends, to lovers. How fun.

My biggest gripe was that I wanted to see them pretend to be in love in Spindle Cove before they took off. I wanted to see people's shock. Everyone knows they hate each other so I wanted to see them try and convince everyone else. It would've been comedic gold. Alas, we only see them act for strangers.

This book was pretty light and funny, but there was a darker element here. Colin had a really bad traumatic incident when he was a lad and it can make the toughest sonagun want to cry. How scary. How traumatic. Colin needs a therapist. But I loved that there was more to Colin.

I am glad it took a while for them to realize that they love each other. There is lust...yes, obviously, but it took forever and a day for them to fall in love. Which felt right.

The ending was abrupt. I wanted to see them interact with people in Spindle Cove. I wanted to see the shock!

The narrator was pure perfection for this tale. The voices were great.

All-in-all, I enjoyed this. I would've liked more time in Spindle Cove seeing them have to pretend to be in love and then actually arrive IN love. Dang. Missed opportunity there I think. Maybe we'll see some of it in the next book. Besides that, I really liked this book. It was very fun. 3 stars from me.

ONE WORD SUMMARY: Fun