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Marcelline Noirot owns a dress shop with her two younger sisters. Upon hearing that Gervaise Angier, the seventh Duke of Clevedon, was returning to London from his Grand Tour to claim his intended fiancé, Marcelline formulated a brilliant plan. Clevedon had been the ward of the Marquess of Warford. Clevedon and Lady Clara Fairfax, the eldest of Warford's three daughters, had been intended for each other since birth. Clevedon had doted on her since they were children. He’d never shown any inclination to court another. Marcelline saw a great opportunity for the success of the shop in this engagement. She must procure the patronage of this Duchess-to-be for the shop. Clevedon was still in Paris so Marcelline promptly traveled there to secure the Duke's choice of modiste for his Duchess. The choice simply must be Marcelline's shop.

The plot of this novel is very unique. To provide this uniqueness, a departure from most Regency mores and rules seems necessary. I thought from the beginning that if one would want to secure a Duchess' clothing trade approaching the Duchess would be the most logical choice. However, one would not be alone with the Duke in Paris, causing a romantic tangle. Right? One must suspend logic in most of this book. That aspect took one star off for me.

The fact that the reader immediately knows that this romance is a triangle where one party has to be the loser was disappointing to me, also. The plot is interesting. The point of view is interesting. The characters are likable and make one want to know more. The author's style is captivating. The premise and the ending just did not leave me with that warm, fuzzy satisfaction that most romance invokes in me. I felt that this couple tended to steal their happiness at the expense of others. Not a good feeling for me. All in all, they probably deserve each other. Some readers would probably not be bothered by these concerns and would more readily appreciate the story. It is mostly a personal preference that diluted my enjoyment.

I like this author and I bought the second book in this Dressmaker series at the same time as Silk is for Seduction, but two years have passed, and I just never was drawn to the second book based on this story. Usually, I devour a series immediately. This book makes you choose between two worthy opponents. Dividing my loyalties, for me, takes some of the pleasure away. I did, however, recently stumble upon another Loretta Chase book that revisits some of these characters which is quite good, so I just might go ahead and read that second book.


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Silk Is For Seduction The Dressmakers Series Loretta Chase 9780061632686 Books Reviews

In some series if you read the books through you begin to tire of the author's voice or certain quirks she has. Not so for this series. Though not a full five stars, I enjoyed it. The characters are bright, the plots inventive, and the humor is there. Each sister (and their fourth friend who got a book) is differentiated in an original fashion.

Speaking of fashion, the attention to fashion detail is the only thing that gets tiresome, but by the second book it becomes a bit of a joke shared with the reader. Even so, it's sometimes best to zip through the recounting of the various fabrics so you can get on to the good parts the characters, the plot, and the romance.

You're thinking of getting the first book. Go ahead buy them all now. Enjoy!
Three penniless sisters who have survived the terrors in France, grow up and learn the family modiste business of dressing wealthy ladies, beautifully. Having escaped France to England, they have set up their shop, but they are finding it difficult to attract the patronage of the ladies of the ton.

Marcelline, the oldest of the sisters, is determined to succeed. The pragmatic and creative result of many generations of scandalous forebearers, she has an idea, and sets her sights on winning the business of the lady betrothed to the Duke of Clevedon. A rather badly dressed lady, who could really use her help, but how to achieve an introduction?

Clevedon has famously lived in Paris for years, though he is expected to return to England for his wedding quite soon. Marceline decides to bet everything being introduced to the man, hoping to thereby gain an introduction to his fiance. For the plan to work, it requires that she go to Paris and arrange to meet him by chance. Fortunately, nothing works out as she expects, because although she meets the Duke, now she can't get rid of him!

I really like this series, and often relisten to it. Largely because it's read so beautifully by Kate Reading.

Highly Recommended!
For some reason when the Dressmaker series came out the description of each was unappealing to me. I never read them until now. I started with the 2nd in the series but after getting through several chapters & really enjoying them, I stopped and started with the first. I've truly enjoyed them all. I've enjoyed a majority of Ms Chase's stories - these were appealing with their strong females and heroes who couldn't resist them. I was surprised that in books 2 & 3 the gentlemen pursuing the sisters of a duke's sister-in-law didn't give a thought to planning to have the women as mistresses. That was far-fetched - especially considering how close the men were to the duke. It was a huge suspend belief issue. Otherwise, the stories were fast paced, the rhetoric entertaining, dress descriptions too difficult for me to visualize but interesting. Nice sex and seduction scenes & nice action ones too. The glimpse into the less privileged and how insulated the upper levels were was also interesting. Fun stories I will reread.
Marcelline Noirot owns a dress shop with her two younger sisters. Upon hearing that Gervaise Angier, the seventh Duke of Clevedon, was returning to London from his Grand Tour to claim his intended fiancé, Marcelline formulated a brilliant plan. Clevedon had been the ward of the Marquess of Warford. Clevedon and Lady Clara Fairfax, the eldest of Warford's three daughters, had been intended for each other since birth. Clevedon had doted on her since they were children. He’d never shown any inclination to court another. Marcelline saw a great opportunity for the success of the shop in this engagement. She must procure the patronage of this Duchess-to-be for the shop. Clevedon was still in Paris so Marcelline promptly traveled there to secure the Duke's choice of modiste for his Duchess. The choice simply must be Marcelline's shop.

The plot of this novel is very unique. To provide this uniqueness, a departure from most Regency mores and rules seems necessary. I thought from the beginning that if one would want to secure a Duchess' clothing trade approaching the Duchess would be the most logical choice. However, one would not be alone with the Duke in Paris, causing a romantic tangle. Right? One must suspend logic in most of this book. That aspect took one star off for me.

The fact that the reader immediately knows that this romance is a triangle where one party has to be the loser was disappointing to me, also. The plot is interesting. The point of view is interesting. The characters are likable and make one want to know more. The author's style is captivating. The premise and the ending just did not leave me with that warm, fuzzy satisfaction that most romance invokes in me. I felt that this couple tended to steal their happiness at the expense of others. Not a good feeling for me. All in all, they probably deserve each other. Some readers would probably not be bothered by these concerns and would more readily appreciate the story. It is mostly a personal preference that diluted my enjoyment.

I like this author and I bought the second book in this Dressmaker series at the same time as Silk is for Seduction, but two years have passed, and I just never was drawn to the second book based on this story. Usually, I devour a series immediately. This book makes you choose between two worthy opponents. Dividing my loyalties, for me, takes some of the pleasure away. I did, however, recently stumble upon another Loretta Chase book that revisits some of these characters which is quite good, so I just might go ahead and read that second book.