Vixen in Velvet (Dressmakers Series #3)

by Loretta Chase

Overview

From the Diary of Leonie Noirot: The perfect corset should invite its undoing . . .

Lethally charming Simon Blair, Marquess of Lisburne, has reluctantly returned to London for one reason only: a family obligation. Still, he might make time for the seduction of a certain redheaded dressmaker—but Leonie Noirot hasn't time for him. She's obsessed with transforming his cousin, the dowdy Lady Gladys, into a swan.

Leonie's skills can coax curves—and profits—from thin air, but his criminally handsome lordship is too busy trying to seduce her to appreciate her genius. He badly needs to learn a lesson, and the wager she provokes ought to teach him, once and for all.

A great plan, in theory—but Lisburne's become a serious distraction and Leonie's usual logic is in danger of slipping away as easily as a silk chemise. Could the Season's greatest transformation be her own?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062098269
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	06/24/2014
Series:	Dressmakers Series , #3
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	124,894
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Loretta Chase has worked in academe, retail, and the visual arts, as well as on the streets—as a meter maid—and in video, as a scriptwriter. She might have developed an excitingly checkered career had her spouse not nagged her into writing fiction. Her bestselling historical romances, set in the Regency and Romantic eras of the early nineteenth century, have won a number of awards, including the Romance Writers of America’s RITA®. For more about her past, her books, and what she does and doesn’t do on social media, please visit her website. LorettaChase.com

Editorial Reviews

★ 06/15/2014
With a brilliant head for business and an unerring sense of style, pragmatic Leonie Noirot is determined to keep both her dressmaker establishment Maison Noirot and the charity she and her sisters founded in the black. When influential Simon Blair, Marquess of Lisburne, takes an interest, she is quick to take advantage, never thinking his attraction to her might end up being the real thing. A high-stakes, daring wager with an ugly-duckling-to-swan twist, a captivating Botticelli painting, a refreshing assortment of uncommon individuals, and a surfeit of malicious gossip, scandalous secrets, and abysmal poetry combine in a gratifying romance. VERDICT Sparkling dialog, insightful character development, exquisite designs, and a clever, well-spun plot result in a glorious laughter-infused tale that sees the last Noirot sister satisfactorily wed but hints of other matches to come. Another flawless story for the peerless Worcester, MA-based Chase (Scandal Wears Satin).

Library Journal

05/26/2014
Chase’s slightly offbeat third and final Dressmakers historical (after Scandal Wears Satin) follows Leonie Noirot, who’s left to run the dressmaking shop Maison Noirot after her sisters marry wealthy men. When Leonie agrees to act as a Pygmalion of sorts for the socially awkward Lady Gladys, she spends more time spatting with Gladys’s charming, handsome, and altogether too devilish cousin, Simon Blair, Marquess of Lisburne. The two are predictably thrown together in a variety of ways. Though not a typical Regency-era romance, this often overwrought tale falls just short of being truly interesting. Agent: Nancy Yost, Nancy Yost Literary Agency. (July)

Publishers Weekly

"One of the finest romance authors of all time." ---Julia Quinn

From the Publisher

A new release by Miss Chase is cause to celebrate and Vixen in Velvet has all of Loretta Chase’s trademark style--humor, witticism, delightful sexual chemistry, and fascinating characters.

Heroes and Heartbreakers

There’s something so enchanting about the story, the characters and their relationships that makes Vixen in Velvet more than a love story; it’s joyous.

Romantic Times BOOKclub