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    Suddenly You
    Suddenly You
    Suddenly You
    Audiobook9 hours

    Suddenly You

    Written by Lisa Kleypas

    Narrated by Beverley A. Crick

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    About this audiobook

    She was unmarried, untouched, and almost thirty, but novelist Amanda Briars wasn't about to greet her next birthday without making love to a man. When he appeared at her door, she believed he was her gift to herself, hired for one night of passion. Unforgettably handsome, irresistibly virile, he tempted her in ways she never thought possible . . . but something stopped him from completely fulfilling her dream.

    Jack Delvin's determination to possess Amanda became greater when she discovered his true identity. But gently-bred Amanda craved respectability more than she admitted, while Jack, the cast-off son of a nobleman and London's most notorious businessman, refused to live by society's rules. Yet when fate conspired for them to marry, their worlds collided with a passionate force neither had expected . . . but both soon craved.

    Contains mature themes.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJun 30, 2018
    ISBN9781977384430
    Suddenly You
    Author

    Lisa Kleypas

    New York Times Lisa Kleypas graduated from Wellesley College with a political science degree. Her historical romance and contemporary women’s fiction novels are published in forty different languages, and are bestsellers all over the world. Currently she lives in Southern California with her husband Gregory.

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    • 4/5
      Its Amanda's thirtieth birthday, and since she doesn't want to spend it alone, she decides to hire someone to get rid of her virginity. Amanda has always craved passion in her life, but being a spinster has taken that away from her, but now she is determined to have it all. When Jack shows up, she is drawn to him in a way that mystifies her, but after he teaches her a thing or two that night, she knows she will never see him again. When she see's him again, and learns who he really is, and his plans for her, she is outraged at first, but when she realizes she has no choice but to work with him, the passion ignites more powerful than before, and Amanda knows that her life will never be the same. Suddenly You is a single title by Lisa Kleypas, and a book of her's that I hadn't read yet....but I am so glad I did. I don't think there is one book yet that I haven't fallen in love with. Every time I read one of her books its like a breath of fresh air. Her writing is pure magic, and I always fall under her spell LOL. Jack is the type of hero that you can't help but love even though he has many strong ALPHA traits, he has a very possessive nature toward Amanda, and you see it throughout the book, but you can't help but love him for it, since he has never known love in his life and it was a journey to see him change a bit because of Amanda's influence. Amanda has a very passionate and strong willed nature, has great talent, but also craves a loving relationship and is willing to take a risk on Jack. I loved many aspects of Suddenly You is an endearing love story where two people who are so different in many ways, have much as well in common, and find what they really need when they fall in love. A beautiful written story by one of the most talented romance authors!!
    • 4/5
      Deliciously decadent and an unexpected story for that time period.
    • 5/5
      This book has love scenes for grown people. I liked that. Kleypas gets into the underbelly of English life while still bop upping the power of love.
    • 3/5
      Someone recommended this book to me as an angsty romance. Once I started it, I realized I read it before but hadn't marked it on GR. Anyway, it's worth the reread though I skipped over the many, many sex scenes so it didn't take that long. The plot is interesting. Independent spinster/author Amanda wants to lose her virginity before she turns 30, so she hires a male prostitute. Through some machinations, publisher Jack shows up instead but is glad to 'make her acquaintance.' There are some obvious plot complications on their road to true love and I never really thought of them in love with each other, but the story is okay and hey, it's Liza Kleypas.
    • 4/5
      3 stars. I was hesitant to read this, the premise sounded so ridiculous and contrived. But Kleypas did a good job actually of pulling it off without it seeming completely farcical. I think it could have been 4 stars if the editing had been a little tighter. The last third or so seemed to just wander. I liked it overall though.

      2nd read- I decided to try this one again, and I'm glad I did, bumped up to 4 stars. I enjoyed it more this time, I liked the humor, and the hero's rascally charm. Plus I especially love heroines who are writers and heroes who are Irish. =D
    • 5/5
      I loved rereading this, and I wish that we could have seen Amanda and Jack show up in another Kleypas. I believe this holds up well for being twenty years old as many romances written around the same time can't say the same. I loved both Amanda's and Jack's need for independence, but I think their final getting and staying together reflected well on both of them. Content warning for miscarriage which I honestly didn't remember from my first read, but maybe I'm paying more attention to it now as I know how it affects so many.
    • 4/5
      Felled by what appears to be either a pinched nerve or an alien incubating in my upper back (we are waiting with baited breath to discover which) this audiobook was a lovely companion. It hit so many of my favorite tropes and dealt with some difficult and emotional subject matter beautifully while not getting too heavy. (Kleypas is a real master at this, and it is not easy.) Also, the book featured a chubby heroine with curly auburn hair (women of my general description don't pop up much in books or films.) I do wish Amanda had been a bit less priggish at the start, and that there was some explanation as to why this woman who had excited no romantic interest in her first 30 years was suddenly the object of interest for many men, but even with those dings this was a real joy to listen to, and super dreamy.
    • 4/5
      I reached half of chapter 4, the book is surprising... I usually like damsels in distress, and a brave hero who saves the day. But Amanda is a very unconventional character living in a world that a woman couldn't be independent alone, especially as a writer; Jack is not a hero coming to safe the lady, he is wicked, and could use anything to get what he wants. Ahhh, I love Lisa Kleypas.

      But still, it is not my favorite Kleypas... The sexual scenes are amazing but there is something missing for me. Though I liked that the heroine is full-figured and 30, it gave a nice twist to the book.
    • 3/5
      Characters and premise were decently interesting.
    • 5/5
      I liked this mature, independent woman. And I like the dark, handsome not-a-gentleman hero who wasn't afraid of a smart woman. Lots o' sexytimes in this one.
    • 4/5
      I am a big fan of Lisa Kleypas's writing, and Suddenly You is yet another worthy effort from her but not my favorite of her books. I have come to respect Ms. Kleypas as a writer who creates intelligent prose and unique sub-plots in her work. While Suddenly You begins with a unique premise for the hero and heroine's first meeting, I found much of the rest of the book to be standard soap opera plotting with a lot of repressed feelings and misunderstandings. I have also become a fan of the deep, dark emotions found in many of Ms. Kleypas's other books and which I feel she is masterful at writing. While this book certainly was emotional, it did not quite touch me to the core like some of her other works. I think part of the reason for this is the more sarcastic, sharp-tongued banter between the hero and heroine which sometimes worked for me and sometimes didn't. I also don't tend to be a fan of romances that begin as casual affairs. I like to feel that the characters are “in” love before they “make” love, and while one could tell that they cared for one another, I didn't actually sense real love until later in the book. It was also a little sad to see Charles Hartley get dumped, as he was such a lovable guy for a secondary character, but of course we know that Amanda isn't in love with him, and Jack has to win out in the end. While the book does have some weaknesses, in my opinion, it also has many strengths. Fans of progressive, independent heroines should really like Amanda. Sometimes, these types of heroines can become abrasive and annoying to me, but I found Amanda to be a good balance of nice and naughty, sensitive and independent. Underneath his hard exterior, Jack was a kind, loving hero. One scene from the book that I absolutely loved is when Jack tells Amanda all the things he “prefers” about her, with her intellect being at the top of his list. He eventually succeeds in convincing her that she is beautiful in spite of her imperfect body, a storyline that I think most women can definitely relate to. Being a very progressive thinker himself, Jack is ultimately very supportive of Amanda's ideas and treats her as his equal. There were also a couple of plot twists toward the end of the story that I enjoyed, one of which was rather humorous and the other, though sad and tragic, added much more depth to the characters' relationship. The pacing of the book was good, and as always, Ms. Kleypas does a wonderful job with descriptive details. The love scenes were positively scorching, so much so that I was surprised the book didn't catch fire while I was reading it.;-) Even though this book did not quite measure up to some of Ms. Kleypas's other works for me, it was still a very enjoyable read.
    • 4/5
      This novel has a readable style compared to most romance novels, but what makes it stand out are the plot and characterizations which are about as far away from the conventional historical romance as you can get--in good ways. The heroine, Amanda Briars, is a women of independent means in Victorian England who makes her living as a novelist. She arranges for a male prostitute to come to her on her 30th birthday because she's tired of being a spinster virgin. Except what the madame sends is a man she thinks might be Amanda's match--Jack Devlin, a young publisher. And that's about as much I can tell you without it being a spoiler, except this breaks other romance conventions--which is the reason this was among my favorite reads on a romance reading list I recently worked through. I also think I find Jack just about the most appealing hero among the romance books I've read--he's a real entrepreneur, an ambitious self-made man and I for one find that a thousand times more attractive than a title.
    • 2/5
      Did you ever read a book where the author seems to run out of plot and substitutes sex? Which is fine, if you're in the mood for repetetive sex, but not fine if you're in the mood for plot? Kleypas can and has done better. There is little character development and the plot goes nowhere.
    • 4/5
      Amanda Briars has achieved something very few other woman of the 1830s could boast of. She is a writer. A writer who is acknowledged by her peers for her provocative, progressive stories. But, unfortunately the realization of her vocational dream has also engineered the dilemma of being a virgin spinster at the age of 30. In an uncharacteristic move Amanda decides to request a "birthday present" for herself from the local madam. Jack Devlin has a reputation for being controlling and ruthless in his rise from nobody to one of the most powerful publishers in London, and he doesn't intend to stop there. Jack has dreams of becoming not only the largest publisher but the largest book seller as well. When he arrives at the home of Amanda Briars to woo her into turning her first, unpublished piece of work into a serial novel, the last thing he expects is to be mistaken for a male prostitute.I really enjoyed Suddenly You for many reasons. Although the story was certainly character driven I found the display of the prejudices and customs described of the 1830s London to be very interesting. Only recently have I learned that book lovers can be just as prejudicial about what they consider "great literature" as any religious or political sect can be. I found the different views of what kinds of books considered proper in the society depicted to be very comparable to current day attitudes. I really enjoyed the relationship between Amanda and Devlin and was surprised at just how steamy the scenes were. Before reading Lisa Kleypas' stories I had thought that steaminess was a more prevelent feature in paranormals and had never connected this kind of writing with historicals. I had always assumed would be more staid in content. Obviously I was wrong.All in all I really enjoyed this book and look forward to continuing to read more of Kleypas' work. She hasn't disappointed me yet!