{"id":9883,"date":"2012-11-02T10:06:35","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T14:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/?p=9883"},"modified":"2012-11-02T10:06:35","modified_gmt":"2012-11-02T14:06:35","slug":"book-club-discussion-what-i-did-for-a-duke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/book-club-discussion-what-i-did-for-a-duke\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Club Discussion: What I Did For a Duke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~*~*~<\/p>\n<p>I have been completely unabashed in my love for this book since I first read it last year. Completely unabashed. I&#8217;ve read it countless times since then and my appreciation for it hasn&#8217;t waned a bit.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, enough of my gushing&#8211;and please don&#8217;t let that sway or influence your impression of the book&#8211;let&#8217;s discuss the book already. To get us started, I&#8217;ve listed some talking points below more as a guideline than anything else.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/2012\/historical\/nov-a-notorious-countess-confesses-julie-anne-long.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9896\" title=\"anotoriouscountess\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/anotoriouscountess.jpg?resize=170%2C273\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"273\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Opening scene of the book, did it suck you in or not?<\/li>\n<li>What did you think of Alex&#8217;s way of exacting revenge against Ian Eversea?<\/li>\n<li>Was there a twist in the plot you didn&#8217;t see coming?<\/li>\n<li>Alex, what did you think of him as a hero?<\/li>\n<li>Genevieve, what did you think of her?<\/li>\n<li>Favourite scene in the book?<\/li>\n<li>Funniest scene in the book?<\/li>\n<li>Sexiest scene in the book?<\/li>\n<li>A part in the book that drove you nuts?<\/li>\n<li>Most heartwrenching scene in the book?<\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s your impression of Harry? Do you think he&#8217;ll get his own book?<\/li>\n<li>At the end, whose story are you dying to read next?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ll go ahead and start by addressing two of my talking points. Hands down for me, my favourite <strong><em>and<\/em> <\/strong>sexiest scene in the book is the scene when Genevieve is searching the house for Alex. \u00a0After an initial tour, she opens the door to her bedroom to go<em> back<\/em> out to look for him and he&#8217;s standing right there. In the ensuing exchange, Genevieve discovers Alex was watching her as she was searching for him.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;I see. It&#8217;s not because you darted to peer out into the garden. And then took a circuitous lap about the library while you were at it. And from there, toured the green parlor, and the gray parlor, though you didn&#8217;t take a peek behind the settee. And then all but bolted outside my chamber door and hovered an instant before stalking back to your own bedchamber. Nothing at all like that.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">With every sentence her temper increased ten degrees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;You spied on me?&#8221; she hissed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;I simply wondered what you were doing, dashing all over the house like that. Since you weren&#8217;t&#8230;looking&#8230;for me.&#8221; He was diabolically amused. &#8220;Perhaps you&#8217;d left something in one of the rooms? A book of some sort? Although I did wonder why&#8230;you called my name.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Love, love, love this scene.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>I&#8217;ll be posting interesting comments as they come in throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, let the discussion begin. <strong>Three (3) commenters will each win 2 books a piece from<\/strong> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/historical-stash.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Stash<\/strong><\/a>&#8220;. Also, one of the winners will receive a digital copy of <a href=\"http:\/\/julieannelong.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Julie Anne Long&#8217;s<\/strong><\/em><\/a> brand new release, <strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">A NOTORIOUS COUNTESS CONFESSES<\/span>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~*~*~<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 18px;\"><strong>What Readers Are Saying<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>LSUREADER<\/strong> <em>says<\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I loved this book. A big reason for that is the characters. Harry isn\u2019t a bad guy, he\u2019s just the wrong guy. Genevieve is wonderful. She\u2019s a good sister, daughter, and friend, but she\u2019s so real. When she hurts, we hurt. Alex, though, is the scene stealer. His plan for revenge against Ian is just like how Alex is at the beginning of the book\u2013straightforward, cold and exacting. But as his plan must change, so does he.<\/p>\n<p>My favorite scene in the book, also the one I\u2019d call the most heart wrenching, comes in Chapter 26. Shortly after the engagement is announced, Genevieve gets the painting and realizes how Harry has come to win Rosemont. And she knows she has to go to Alex.<\/p>\n<p>The humor is great\u2026Ian jumping at everything Alex does, the wordplay between Alex and Gen. It adds to the specialness of a very special book.<\/p>\n<p>I am very interested in reading Ian\u2019s story. He seems to have a lot to answer for!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0LAURA HELMS<\/strong> <em>says&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Gosh, how I loved this book. I love Alex &amp; Genevieve, but I\u2019m going to start with the sexiest scene in the book. It had to be the first kiss, I swear I could feel it in my bones. Don\u2019t we all want our first kiss to be like this, like Alex had previously described. \u201cA Kiss to nearly destroy the memory of all other kisses, and become the benchmark against which all future kisses would be measured?\u201d I think that is one of the best lines every written in a historical romance novel. Their chemistry jumped off the page in this scene. *sigh* So sexy and romantic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0ANASTASIA CARTER<\/strong>\u00a0<em>says&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I may not have been sucked in from the opening scene but Ian climbing out of the window naked is definitely entertaining. I was completely hooked by time Ian came face to face with the Duke with his missing boot in hand. I think Alex\u2019s plan for revenge may have been harsh and I did not think that the punishment fit the crime as he had told Ian, because Genevieve was innocent and had nothing to do with the crime but it did make an excellent story in the end because I thought I had the book figured out from there. I was sure that Alex would follow through on his scheme for revenge and Genevieve would fall for him and then be devastated after she found out what his intentions were. So, I was pleasantly surprised when Genevieve called Alex out on his plot and decided to help him torment Ian. I liked both Alex and Genevieve, they were both strong characters and both were funny, witty, and mischievous. I loved the dialogue between them and was very happy that Genevieve was not a shy blushing miss and that she gave as good as she got in their verbal sparring.<\/p>\n<p>My top five favorite scenes were; Ian climbing naked out the window, Ian coming face to face with the Duke with his missing boot in hand, when the flowers were delivered at breakfast and everyone was speculating on who had sent them, their first kiss (which also happens to be one of the sexiest moments of the book), the visit to Rosemont where Alex taunts Harry with the Titian painting and a visit to the greenhouse.<\/p>\n<p>The funniest parts of the book was Alex and Genevieve\u2019s\u2019 verbal sparring, her pawning him off on the other ladies, and their tormenting Ian.<\/p>\n<p>The top three sexiest moments were; the meeting in the garden after the visit to Rosemont, their first time making love, and the sex scene after her frantic search for him.<\/p>\n<p>The most heart wrenching scene was learning about Alex\u2019s wife and son.<\/p>\n<p>The part that drove me crazy about this book was her continuing to be hung up on Henry even after her and Alex made love. I did not like Henry much at all; he was weak and petulant and scared. I hope if he does get his own book that he has learned his lesson and is honest and has more backbone! I don\u2019t think I would actually be interested in a book about Henry unless he had changed\u2026from the beginning though I wanted to know what happens to Ian.<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t wait to read Julie Anne Long\u2019s newest book!!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~<\/p>\n<p><strong>LANDRA GRAF<\/strong>\u00a0<em>says&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Alex was my hero! He was more mature and wiser. Alex has an eloquent way of speaking and he\u2019s patient when it comes to getting what he wants. I loved how Genevieve made him feel young again. His revenge against Ian seemed fair enough, but even better was the fact Alex was present in his house and putting Ian on edge.<\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite scenes is when Alex and Harry talk and Harry is miserable about losing Genvieve. I love Alex\u2019s heartfelt musings and you can tell then and there he loves Genevieve beyond desperation. Yet, he\u2019s willing to give her up. I didn\u2019t really think he would, a plot twist I didn\u2019t see coming, and I don\u2019t believe he thought he would lose at his gamble.<\/p>\n<p>My other favorite scene was the very end when Genevieve shows up at Rosemont. OMG! I still remember the goosebumps that broke out on my arms when she walked into the study all indignant anger at Alex for tempting fate and giving her up. It was marvelous! One of the most romantic finales, next to Pride and the Prejudice, I\u2019ve ever read.<\/p>\n<p>This was my favorite book of 2011. That finale sticks out in my mind even to this day and I\u2019m constantly trying to convince my other romance reading buddies to read this book. Plus, this was my first Julie Anne Long book. I was amazed and delighted. I also haven\u2019t missed a release yet. She\u2019s an author I\u2019m always willing to review for.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~<\/p>\n<p><strong>LORI MEEHAN<\/strong>\u00a0<em>says&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed this book. I wanted to love it though.<br \/>\nI was very sucked in by the opening screen of this book. The way Alex acted and what he did to Ian and Abigail. Was fabulous. I thought oh this is going to be a great book\u2026but it got slow for me. If it hadn\u2019t gotten slow my 3* would of been a 4*.<br \/>\nI loved that the best lid plan can back fire on you. Alex didn\u2019t know what he was getting into with Genevieve. I have to say I really loved the main characters. Alex and Genevieve.<br \/>\nI totally enjoyed Alex\u2019s torment of Ian. It\u2019s was fabulous to see how just a look could make him sweat.<br \/>\nFavorite twist: I guess that Genevieve saw through Alex\u2019s walls he had built around himself and knew he was up to something. It was because she was far smarter then anyone gave her credit for.<br \/>\nI loved both Alex and Genevieve\u2019s characters. They both were so different then people thought they were. What surprised me the most was how wrong Genevieve\u2019s family was about her. They were both great.<br \/>\nFavorite scene: was when Genevieve realized that she loved Alex, what he did for Harry and that Alex loved her. The painting said it all.<br \/>\nFunniest scene: the swan and Millicent.<br \/>\nSexiest scene: I agree with Beverly. I loved that scene.<br \/>\nWhat drove me nuts the most was how slow the book was for me.<br \/>\nThe most heart wrenching scene was what Harry did to Genevieve in the beginning but even more was when I found out that it was part of his grand plan to woe her. I wanted to shoot him myself. So this also goes for liking him NOT!!! At this point I\u2019m still angry with him so I don\u2019t think he should find love right now so no book for him.<br \/>\nI\u2019m looking for Millicent or Ian\u2019s book. I liked Millicent\u2019s character and Ian needs to find out what one might do for love.<br \/>\nI very much enjoyed being in the book club and I can\u2019t wit for the next book. Thank you for allowing me to participate.<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-9883\" data-postid=\"9883\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-9883 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>~*~*~ I have been completely unabashed in my love for this book since I first read it last year. Completely unabashed. 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