Neden kolay kolay historical beenmediimi bu kitab 2. kez okuyunca hatrladm. Hiçbir kitap bunun yerini tutamyor benim için. Yazarn dier kitaplar bile bu kadar güzel gelmiyor.Calpurniaya am, hayranm. Gelmi geçmi en elenceli, cesur, gözü kara ve en romantik historical karakteri. Listesinde yazanlar yaparken çok elendim. Toplumun basksndan dolay kendini yalnz hissetmesi ve 10 yldr Gabrieli hayran hayran uzaktan izlemesi çok hüzünlü ve romantikti.Gabriel ise ufak tefek bocalamalaryla bile gönlümün efendisi Ak olduunu geç anlasa bile karsndakine çok deer verdiini, kaybetmek istemediini anlamas bana yetti. Hele Calpurniaya imparatoriçem demesi... Hzla maddenin kat halinden, sv haline dönütürüyor okuyan. Hem sahipleniyor, hem karsndakine verdii deeri anlatp Callieyi yüceltiyor.Ana karakterler dnda Benedick ve Nicholas da çok sevdim. kisinin de kardeleriyle diyaloglar çok elenceliydi. Herkesin gözünü korkutan Gabriele, Nickin korkusuzca cevap vermesi çok zevkliydi. Ayn zamanda ele avuca smayan Callienin en büyük destekçisi abisi Benedick oldu. Juliana ise bu kitapta sakl bir cevher. Esas muhteemlii kendi kitabnda anlatlyor.Kitabn en sevdiim yan her ey tozpembe olmasa da yaanan sorunlar çok uzatlmamt. Hem konuya hareket katm hem de ksa zamanda çözülmütü. Erkek karakterin gereksiz eziklii ya da akn kabullenmemek için kza yapt eziyetler, kz karakterin gereinden uzun inad ya da saçma sapan kskançlk oyunlar yoktu.Historical okumay seven herkesin kesin okumas gereken, sevmeyenlerin de bir ans vermesini tavsiye ettiim bir kitap. Benim için tek kötü yan, bundan sonra kitap beenmez oldum.Ah, Calliecik. Senin de beyaz atl prensin gelecek.Anne, bala beni ama geleceini sanmyorum.Ah, gelecek. Hiç beklemediin bir anda.Beklemekten yoruldum. Sanrm bu yüzden dikkatimi bir kara övalyeye çevirdim.Size bir tavsiyede bulunabilir miyim. On sekiz yamdayken, böyle bir adamla karlamtm. Dimitri cömertti, nazikti ve muhteem bir akt. Ona ak olmam kaçnlmazd. Bu bildiim her eyden öte bir akt... Efsaneviydi. Hayatm boyunca sevebileceim tek erkekti. Ama karlnda beni sevmedi. Sevemedi. Bu tür bir duygu besleyecek biri deildi. Bu yüzden kalbimi krd.Ne oldu?Yunanistan terk ettim. Ralston sizin Dimitriniz. Kalbinize sahip çkn.Yeniden ansnz olsa... Onu aksz kabul eder miydiniz?Hayr. Onu tek tarafl sürdüremeyecek kadar çok seviyordum.Ah Callie, alama. Benim için alama imparatoriçe. Buna demem.Senin için alamyorum. Aka inanmaya frsat olmam o küçük çocuk için alyorum. Ve belli ki ak hiç tatmam baban için. Çünkü onunki takntym, ak deil. Ak tek tarafl ya da bencil deildir. Büyüktür, cömerttir ve hayat en güzel ekillerde deitirir. Ak ykmaz Gabriel. na eder.Ona bir aptal olduumu söyle. Dün gece, onu kaybetmenin korkunç gerçeiyle yüzleince... Sahip olduum en deerli eyin o olduunu fark ettiimi... Küstahlm ve inadm yüzünden uzun zamandr kalbimde olan göremediimi... Ne yaptm ben?Ne olacak, gidip ak olmusun.**********************************************lk okuma:Ah Gabriel ah... bu adam yüzünden hayattan soudum. Gerçek olamayacak kadar mükemmel Okuduum en iyi historical romand kesinlikle. Kitab okurken çok elendim, Calpurnia ve Gabriel' e bayldm. kisi de zeki karakterlerdi, aralarndaki diyaloglar çok keyifliydi. Bitmesin diye yava yava okudum, baz yerlerini geri dönüp tekrar okumak istedim. Kesinlikle historical sevenlere, sevmeyenlere okumasn tavsiye ederim. Gerçi Gabriel'i kimse tanmasn, kimse sevmesin de isteyebilirim

This was absolutely enchanting, lovely, witty, funny, emotional, and a billion similar epithets :) I really loved it <3The style of writing is great, much to my liking, the dialogue is witty and funny, and the characters believable and loveable <3 I only wish Sarah MacLean had more books so I could enjoy her writing some more :)The first chapter had me giggling and squealing all over hahah Callie is trying to hide in the bushes during a ball because her mother forced her to wear the ugliest dress ever made in mankind XD and of course there she meets Ralston <3 It was lovely and funny :) The second chapter is 10 years after that (yes, 10!!). Callie is dissapointed in life, watching her younger sister get engaged, while she remains a spinster (oh that is such a dreadful word). Anyway, one night she decides to live her life, be free and do what she would like to do if she were not confined by society and the fact that she is a woman. So she goes to Ralston to do the first thing on her list - get kissed, passionately. And so it begins <3I just loved them, such a great couple, she did not dissolve into tears on every little thing, even that one time when I really though should do it, she was strong and got in his face hehehehe he deserved it XD Gabriel was *sigh* so lovely, their chemistry was incredible, every conversation filled with tension, and he's so freaking good at creating it <3 no wonder she went musshy all the time near him loooolA great book, and I highly recommend it for all the lovers of historicals, it is very well written :)Can't wait for Nick's story <3 <3 <3

Ive always said RULES ARE MEANT TO BE BROKENAnd Im sure Lady Calpurnia Hartwell would agree with me on that! As a twenty-eight year old self-proclaimed spinster, Callie is feeling pretty crappy about how her life turned out. Her younger sister is engaged to be married to a duke , no less, while shes been put away on the shelf, doomed to be alone and unloved forever.Tired of sitting around the perimeter edges at all the balls, Callie decides to take a more adventurous route in life. Her plan? Do all the things a proper English woman would never consider doing in her lifetime. The list includes some of these: To kiss someone--passionately I loved this scene! Callie reveals her fearlessness. And I loved Ralston comment about how, Kisses should leave you wanting. To smoke cheroot and drink scotch Another hilarious scene that makes me love Ralston and even her brother, Benny! To ride astride Of course, I didnt see this one coming! Though with a mind like mine, I should have guessed. Clever, MacLean! *winks* To gamble at a gentleman's clubPossibly one of my favourite scenes in the entire book! The chemistry between Callie and Ralston is fantastic!I thought Nine Rules to Break was such a brilliant book! The idea was completely original and Callie is such a sweetheart! I loved Ralston! Hes such a complicated character but this made me love him more. He has two sides to himself - the angry and arrogant marquess and the seductive and alluring Gabriel. Together, he makes the perfect hero for Callie.Already my fingers are itching for Nicks story! I know I wont be waiting long to grab his book! Bottom line? READ. IT.

5+ stars Historical RomanceWhat a wonderful, charming, sexy, entertaining, sweet, funny, emotional, steamy, and well-written regency romance with an utterly lovable, quirky, plump, Plain Jane, wallflower, spinster heroine and a sexy-as-sin, tarnished-heart-of-gold rogue hero to die for!Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake is a truly delightful read with everything I love in a historical romance: an engaging story, witty dialogue, humor, drama, emotion, smokin hot love scenes, an endearing heroine, and a deliciously sexy rake hero reformed by love.Sarah MacLean has earned a place on my author auto-buy list, and I cant wait for Nicks story, Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord, to come out! Big 5 stars!

A big fat 5 star rating! 5 shining stars!!!I think that I wasn't expecting to like this book as much as I did, but it is far and above my absolute favorite book this year. (even above Pride Mates which as you all know, is a huge favorite of mine!) I loved how Callie, one day tired of being nice, proper, boring Callie, just decided that was it! She had lived on the outskirts of the ballroom long enough. She may never be the belle of the ball, but she would not die an unkissed old spinster! She wrote out a list of things she wanted to do. For example, shoot a gun, or ride a horse astride, get a kiss...That kiss is what leads to rake Gabriel St. John. She's had a crush on him since she was 18. And she finds herself at his front door in the middle of the night. And as she bargains for her kiss, Gabriel bargains for her time as a sponsor to help his half-sister enter society.Gabriel is more than shocked to find Lady Calpurnia in his chambers in the middle of the night, but he is even more shocked at how much he enjoys kissing her. While Callie is busy trying to discover life, and who she is, (she tries whiskey in a public tavern!), Gabriel is trying to keep tabs on her so that his sister's entrance into the ton isn't compromised. And through this all, through Callie's adventures of sneaking into a men's club to fence, gambling, kissing- Gabriel is there. And he is falling madly in love with her. Wow, what emotion! I cried. I bawled like a baby over the heartbreak Callie felt, over the betrayal...and Gabriel was so wonderful. ::sigh::There was a duel at the end of this book. I'll leave it at that for everyone else to find out what the duel was about, who fought it and who got shot.I loved the ending of this book, I loved the beginning of this book. Every single word in this book. If I could rate it above 5 stars, I would.