Name: Slightly Wicked
ISBN: 9780440241058

Mary Balogh

Judith allows herself one night of reckless passion with a heroic stranger before settling into a dreary life as her aunt's companion, but she is shocked when the stranger arrives at her aunt's home, Harewood Grange, to woo her cousin.

Slightly Wicked

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This review was originally posted on Addicted To Romance
  


In Slightly Wicked, we have our two main characters who by chance, meet on the road. They join forces and spend a passionate night together. A night neither of them forget. Our heroine is having little choice but to go to her Aunt's home, and become her and her grandmother's companion. She knows that due to the debts her brother has accumulated, that her family is on financial ruin. So she has no choice but to become a unpaid servant of her distant relatives. While hosting a house party, one of the eligible bachelors, that her cousin is hoping to win over, is none other Rannulf, the one man she spent a wild night with. Now this story definitely adds a certain dilemma and conflict. I do like the whole theme here, which is a bit cinderella but not fully. The relationship between these two, is pretty passionate. But there is many misunderstandings, and has a bit of a forbidden tone to it. Since Rannulf has promised his grandmother to marry the lady ( Judith's cousin) and then we have the fact that Judith is no more than a servant. This isn't an easy road for either of them to travel, and there are certain hurdles they must overcome in order to find their own happiness. What I adored most about this story was seeing the way that it unwinds. And Man does Mary Balogh do a brilliant job with this book. Once I got into it, I just couldn't put it down---so good. Her writing is very engaging, so no hardship in getting involved in this romance. But we also have some interaction with this boisterous Bedwyn family and the more I read of them, the more I love even more. I have only read three books of the saga but man these siblings----they are so full of live and energy yet very VERY unique in their own way. A bright and colorful family I am eager to get to know more of.

 


  


 

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Genny Santellan

3.5 stars. I enjoyed this one but not as much as the first. This fell short a little bit because I just didn’t connect with the hero and I didn’t like how the heroine was sexualized and constantly made to feel like it was her fault that men are trash.