{"id":27708,"date":"2021-10-07T07:36:02","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T11:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=27708"},"modified":"2022-10-16T13:12:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T13:12:21","slug":"review-along-came-a-lady-by-christie-caldwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/07\/review-along-came-a-lady-by-christie-caldwell\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f Along Came a Lady by Christie Caldwell"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-27708\" data-postid=\"27708\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-27708 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_bbbcac8 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner gutter-narrow col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_49667e8 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_7036296 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/along-came-a-lady-christi-caldwell.jpg?resize=310%2C500\" width=\"310\" height=\"500\" title=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f Along Came a Lady by Christie Caldwell\" alt=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f Along Came a Lady by Christie Caldwell\">\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_a1982ef customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Rafe Audley lives to thwart his father, the Duke of Bentley. The ne\u2019er do well who abandoned his children claims he wants to make up for his failures, but Rafe only cares about protecting the people of his mining community and providing for his three siblings, who&#8217;ve been his sole responsibility\u00a0since childhood. So far, Rafe has turned away the duke&#8217;s man of affairs, solicitor, and other interlopers, until the clever duke sends the unlikeliest of people to convince Rafe to join English High Society\u2014a bold and intriguing woman.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Edwina Dalrymple has never failed a charge. She&#8217;s quite\u00a0adept at successfully transforming young women of the gentry and daughters of newly minted lords to take their place in society. Taming a bastard son of a duke will be child&#8217;s play, plus this job promises to enhance her reputation within the\u00a0<i>ton<\/i>. All\u00a0she has to do is fetch the wayward Rafe and groom him to be presentable to Polite Society.\u00a0<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">As the tenacious teacher and her domineering, stubborn, refuses-to-be-taught pupil engage in a fiery battle of wills, their chemistry ignites and the true lesson becomes clear: opposites attract and hearts must be heard.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_23787e9 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_2d1ea91  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25880 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-diamond-banner-1.png?resize=296%2C72\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong><br \/>Release Date:<\/strong> Aug 24, 2021<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>All the Duke&#8217;s Sin<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>1<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $5.99<\/p><hr \/><p><br \/><br \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Rafe Audley<\/strong> is the illegitimate son of the Duke of Bentley.\u00a0 Rafe has never had contact with his father.\u00a0 His mother had four children by the duke and not once did he visit his children.\u00a0 When Rafe was thirteen his mother died while giving birth.\u00a0 Rafe was left to take care of his newborn sister and his two younger brothers.\u00a0 Rafe began working in the coalmines as a child and worked his way up to head foreman.\u00a0 Eighteen years after his mother died, the duke sends solicitors to make contact with Rafe, who shuns all their attempts.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Miss Edwina Dalrymple<\/strong> is an instructor in etiquette to the daughters of wealthy merchants and powerful families of gentry.\u00a0 Unexpectedly, she is approached by the Duke of Bentley to bring his long-lost son to London.\u00a0 Edwina is offered a great deal of money and, more importantly, a chance to work in the elite circles of society.\u00a0 A good reference could ensure her a successful career.\u00a0 She is tasked with convincing Rafe Audley to accompany her to London and agree to lessons on behavior in polite society in preparation for him attending a season with his father, the duke, in London.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I loved this story.\u00a0 <em><strong>Christi Caldwell<\/strong> <\/em>has written about Regency England high society from the perspective of illegitimate children.\u00a0 We are taken on a journey through the eyes of these children who have varying feelings of hatred, jealousy, and curiosity about their parents and the society that they are not a part of due to the circumstances of their births.\u00a0 She shows us what life might have been like for these offspring.\u00a0 She creates characters that are compelling in their beliefs but also in their ability to see reason when presented with new, unknown, information.\u00a0 The author brings us into places with vivid details that make us feel we are truly present, from coal mines to country inns and to great ducal estates.\u00a0 While the author did not use entirely period appropriate language, terms are modernized, it did not bother me.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most of the couple\u2019s encounters are passionate and full of emotion but there is some graphic sex. \u00a0I loved this book. 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The ne\u2019er do well who abandoned his children claims he wants to make up for his failures, but Rafe only cares about protecting the people of his mining community and providing for his three siblings, who've been his sole responsibility\u00a0since childhood. So far, Rafe has turned away the duke's man of affairs, solicitor, and other interlopers, until the clever duke sends the unlikeliest of people to convince Rafe to join English High Society\u2014a bold and intriguing woman.<br \/><br \/>Edwina Dalrymple has never failed a charge. She's quite\u00a0adept at successfully transforming young women of the gentry and daughters of newly minted lords to take their place in society. Taming a bastard son of a duke will be child's play, plus this job promises to enhance her reputation within the\u00a0<i>ton<\/i>. All\u00a0she has to do is fetch the wayward Rafe and groom him to be presentable to Polite Society.\u00a0<br \/><br \/>As the tenacious teacher and her domineering, stubborn, refuses-to-be-taught pupil engage in a fiery battle of wills, their chemistry ignites and the true lesson becomes clear: opposites attract and hearts must be heard.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-diamond-banner-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong><br \/>Release Date:<\/strong> Aug 24, 2021<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>All the Duke's Sin<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>1<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $5.99<\/p><hr \/><p><br \/><br \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Rafe Audley<\/strong> is the illegitimate son of the Duke of Bentley.\u00a0 Rafe has never had contact with his father.\u00a0 His mother had four children by the duke and not once did he visit his children.\u00a0 When Rafe was thirteen his mother died while giving birth.\u00a0 Rafe was left to take care of his newborn sister and his two younger brothers.\u00a0 Rafe began working in the coalmines as a child and worked his way up to head foreman.\u00a0 Eighteen years after his mother died, the duke sends solicitors to make contact with Rafe, who shuns all their attempts.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Miss Edwina Dalrymple<\/strong> is an instructor in etiquette to the daughters of wealthy merchants and powerful families of gentry.\u00a0 Unexpectedly, she is approached by the Duke of Bentley to bring his long-lost son to London.\u00a0 Edwina is offered a great deal of money and, more importantly, a chance to work in the elite circles of society.\u00a0 A good reference could ensure her a successful career.\u00a0 She is tasked with convincing Rafe Audley to accompany her to London and agree to lessons on behavior in polite society in preparation for him attending a season with his father, the duke, in London.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I loved this story.\u00a0 <em><strong>Christi Caldwell<\/strong> <\/em>has written about Regency England high society from the perspective of illegitimate children.\u00a0 We are taken on a journey through the eyes of these children who have varying feelings of hatred, jealousy, and curiosity about their parents and the society that they are not a part of due to the circumstances of their births.\u00a0 She shows us what life might have been like for these offspring.\u00a0 She creates characters that are compelling in their beliefs but also in their ability to see reason when presented with new, unknown, information.\u00a0 The author brings us into places with vivid details that make us feel we are truly present, from coal mines to country inns and to great ducal estates.\u00a0 While the author did not use entirely period appropriate language, terms are modernized, it did not bother me.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most of the couple\u2019s encounters are passionate and full of emotion but there is some graphic sex. \u00a0I loved this book. I will reread it in the future and I hope there are sequels involving the Rafe\u2019s siblings.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Andrea<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3avAPQN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/book\/along-came-a-lady\/id1550483758?itsct=books_box_link&amp;itscg=30200&amp;ls=1&amp;at=11l88k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/along-came-a-lady-christi-caldwell\/1138668537?ean=9780593334928\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/along-came-a-lady\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Christi_Caldwell_Along_Came_a_Lady?id=8bMWEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27708"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29168,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27708\/revisions\/29168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}