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19世紀の英国。アメリカ人新興実業家ボウマン家の長女、リリアンは、家族と一緒に、数週間におよぶウェストクリフ伯爵のハウスパーティに招待されていた。香りに強い感受性をもつリリアンは、出発前に、香水商で、理想の恋人と出会えるという「秘密の香水」を手渡される。パーティーの主催者は、広大な地所、館の主、ウェストクリフ伯爵。美貌の青年貴族だが、高慢で、堅苦しく、どうにもリリアンの気にさわる。それはウェストクリフ伯爵も同様で、不作法なリリアンが不快だった。ところがある日、ウェストクリフは、ものかげでリリアンとふたりきりになったとき、リリアンを抱きしめキスしてしまう。戸惑うふたり。これは、「魔法の香水」のせい?それとも…?「壁の花シリーズ」第2弾、待望の刊行です。
From Publishers Weekly
Though this historical romance kicks off on a corny note—with the heroine, who has a supersensitive sense of smell, buying a seemingly magical perfume—the story quickly evolves into the kind of engrossing, dynamic romance that readers have come to expect from Kleypas. The setup is familiar: strong-willed American heiress Lillian Bowman gets under the skin of straitlaced earl Marcus Westcliff, and soon finds herself sharing the sheets with him. But what distinguishes this book from a multitude of similar stories are Kleypas's characters. One can imagine the mouthy Lillian as a regular on
Sex and the City and, with his contemporary sensibilities and hunky good looks, Marcus could easily win the heart of a modern woman. Indeed, while the protagonists are both hardheaded in a typical way and their path toward love is peppered with few surprises, it's no chore to sit back and be amused by their antics and engrossed in their struggles. Even if this romance isn't as fresh as the first book in Kleypas's Wallflowers series,
Secrets of a Summer Night, the charismatic characters—including Lillian's pert sister and chatty, mischievous friends—ensure that it's never boring.
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