Lady Sophia's Lover

はじめて英訳で読みました。とてもおもしろかったです。 リサのヒーローはとってもシニカルで世をすねた主人公がとてもかっこいいです。 ロス卿は聖人君子みたいな感じですが、ソフィアに関しててはとても情熱的。かっこいい ぜひとも、おすすめの一冊です。 原書房さん、ぜひともこの日本語版だしてください。

"Lady Sophia's Lover" is the first book I've read by Lisa Kleypas. I liked it so much that I intend to read her other novels as well. The author's writing style is great and it keeps you reading and reading until you finish. The story is set in early 19th century England mostly in London. The plot is very original and very interesting. The main characters are unusual and the approach to romance is original.The leading characters are Lady Sophia Sydney, daughter and orphan of an impoverished noble family.She works as a housekeeper in order to survive.She is very attractive and she seeks new employment at Sir Ross Cannon's Bow Street public office.The leading male character is Sir Ross, the Head of the famous Bow Street Runners and one of the most eligible widowers in London. He is a ruggedly handsome, hard-working and bitter man who has lived his life in celibacy after his wife's untimely death. He feels immediately attracted to Sophia and he cannot comprehend why does she want to work at his office. Sophia has her own serious reasons for seducing Sir Ross and to make him suffer publicly and privately. She thinks that her young brother died because of him and she wants to revenge him.She is a passionate woman and she cannot help to feel deep attraction and later love for Sir Ross. She fights her feelings but her love is stronger than her wish for vengeance. Sir Ross feels so attracted to Sophia that he cannot stay in a room with her without touching her. She is the first woman who makes him to forget his bitter mourning and to find happiness in her arms. The relationship of Ross and Sophia is very sensual, hot and full of passion. I was surperised by the tasteful love scenes and the passionate feelings which make the book exciting and hard to put down. Ms Kleypas has done a good research of the era and the Bow Street Runners. She describes her characters very well and makes them alive and approachable. The story is action-packed and you finish reading the book in record time. LADY SOPHIA'S LOVER is a fascinating story of love, passion, trust and understanding.It's interesting to follow how the main characters find the way to each other through their love. I've enjoyed this beautiful romance very much and I highly recommend it to all historical romance lovers.

I had a lot of fun reading Sophia and Cannon's story. Lady Sophia wants to take revenge on the magistrate who was responsible for the death of her younger brother many years ago, by sentencing him to a stint in a prison hulk. So she worms her way into Sir Ross Cannon's household and his Bow Street office, where she plans to make him fall in love with her and then break his heart. She wants to make him suffer like she did for all those years, living without her brother. But the man she encounters isn't at all what she expected. So what is a woman supposed to do when she finds herself falling in love with the man she swore to bring down at any cost? Sophia was a courageous woman. Infiltrating a household of a magistrate and planning her revenge for her brother's death surely takes quite some courage. It might not have been a good idea and I definitely didn't agree with her master plan, but that doesn't change the fact that I respected her for her determination and loyalty. But what I liked even more about her was the fact that as soon as she recognized what a good man Cannon truly was she immediately let go of her grudge. I also have to congratulate the author for not making her former plans of revenge this huge, overblown issue. Instead she used the conflict to bond Sophia and Ross even closer together. Cannon was an extremely frustrating and endearing hero at the same time. His inability to cut himself some slack touched and made me angry in even measures. But exactly those high standards made him such a great hero. He had a truly good heart and he didn't expect things of others that he wasn't prepared to do himself. Despite their bad history Sophia and Ross shared a wonderful relationship. There were high amounts of trust, true affection and mutual understanding. While Sophia brought some much needed lightness and warmth into Cannon's life, Ross made Sophia feel safe and loved. I really enjoyed reading about those two. The only thing I could possibly complain about was Sophia's habit of keeping secrets from Ross, but since the revelations of those secrets were always handled without too much drama it wasn't that big a deal. Another great part of this book was the character of Nick Gentry. He was such an interesting secondary character and I just wished he would have gotten more page time. Although I have to confess that I might be a bit predisposed since I already read his book "Worth Any Price", book #3 in the Bow Street Runner series, which has been my favorite Kleypas novel outside of the Wallflower series. "Lady Sophia's Lover" was a delightful book with endearing characters, a fascinating plotline and a wonderful love story. Not as good as Nick's book or the Wallflower series, but still one of Lisa Kleypas' best historical romances.

Loved the story and how the characters developed. I was a bit disappointed by the relationship between Sophia and the estrange brother but overall it's a good read

「Bow Street Trilogy」の第２話。「Someone to Watch over Me」で初めて登場し強い印象を読者に残した、有能で政界にも強い影響力をもつ治安判事・Sir Ross。妻を亡くした後、修道士のようにBow Streetで仕事一筋の生活を送っていた彼の元に、弟の復讐のためヒロインが突然やってくるところから物語が始まります。 あのSir Rossがこんなに情熱的になるなんてとほほえましく思いながら読ませていただきました。復讐もさることながら、貴族の息子との苦い恋愛経験を得て、愛に関してシニカルになっているヒロインの心をとかし、ストレートな愛情で彼女を包み込むSir Ross、とっても大人でした♪ただあまりに完璧すぎて、Bad Boy好きの私にはちょっと物足りないかなぁ・・この作品で初めて登場するNick Gentry派とファンが別れるところかも♪