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Review: His Lessons on Love (A Logical Man's Guide to Dangerous Women #3) by Cathy Maxwell
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Series: A Logical Man's Guide to Dangerous Women #3
Author: Cathy Maxwell
Published January 25th 2022 by Avon
Goodreads Synopsis
New York Times bestselling author Cathy Maxwell’s delicious Logical Man’s Guide to Dangerous Women series continues with this provocative romance between a reprobate earl and a sensible spinster who agree to marry under scandalous circumstances. Perfect for fans of Sophie Jordan and Sabrina Jeffries.
Lesson #1: A man, even titled and handsome, cannot be careless forever.
The Earl of Marsden—better known as Mars to all—has lived his life by his own rules... until he is presented with a very big problem in a very tiny package—a baby girl, his daughter, cast off by his ex-mistress. Mars won’t let his child be cast adrift, except he doesn’t know the first thing about babies.
Panicking, he turns to a woman for help. Not just any woman, but Clarissa Taylor, village spinster, matron-in-training, and Mars’s greatest critic. Still, who better to tend a motherless child than a woman who was abandoned as a babe herself?
Lesson #2: Life always plays the upper hand—especially when it comes to love.
Clarissa desperately wishes to not to be beholden to anyone. She has spent a lifetime being pitied by the village. Her plan is simple—to use what the intolerable earl will pay her to become her own woman. It all sounds so straightforward until the threat of scandal sends her and the one man she can’t abide toward... marriage?
Mars and Clarissa are about to learn the greatest lesson of all—that sparks always fly when the iron is hot.
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Review
The Earl of Marsden, or Mars as he's more commonly known, has lived life to the fullest, and has no intention of ever settling down. But when he's forced to take responsibility for his actions, namely the baby girl his ex-mistress dumps on his doorstep, he is way out of his depth. Even though he doesn't know what to do with a child, she is his daughter, and he does the last thing he ever expected - turn to the matrons of the village. And when the one person who is able to help, and willing to help, is revealed to be Clarissa Taylor, village spinster, and nemesis of Mars, they both have to get over all of their previous hangups to do what is right by baby, Dora.
When I read the first book in the series, I knew that Mars and Clarissa would one day get together. Even though Clarissa was engaged to Ned, there was no chemistry there, unlike with Mars, who seemed to hate her for some reason. I loved the humour in the scenes, particularly when Mars introduces Clarissa as his betrothed, rather than his nanny/governess. They already had enough chemistry to make it believable, but the interactions between them, and especially moments when with Dora too, were cute, and like a true little family. The road for happiness was not smooth for Clarissa and Mars, but it was well worth all the hardship, and this was the best ending to the series I could have asked for. His Lessons on Love is my favourite book of the series, and I'm really looking forward to reading what Cathy releases next.
Dates Read:
April 3-4, 2022
Rating
4 Stars
