A Daring Arrangement
Written by Joanna Shupe
Narrated by Roxy Isles
3.5/5
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Lady Honora Parker must get engaged as soon as possible, and only a particular type of man will do. Nora seeks a mate so abhorrent, so completely unacceptable, that her father will reject the match-leaving her free to marry the artist she desires. Who then is the most appalling man in Manhattan? The wealthy, devilishly handsome financier Julius Hatcher, of course! Julius is intrigued by Nora's ruse and decides to play along. But, to Nora's horror, Julius transforms himself into the perfect fiance, charming the very people she hoped he would offend. It seems Julius has a secret plan of his own-one that will solve a dark mystery from his past and perhaps turn him into the kind of man Nora could truly love.
Joanna Shupe
Joanna Shupe has always loved history, ever since she saw her first Schoolhouse Rock cartoon. Her books have appeared on numerous yearly “best of” lists, including Publishers Weekly, The Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews, Kobo, and BookPage. She lives in New Jersey with her two spirited daughters and dashing husband.
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Reviews for A Daring Arrangement
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/52.5 stars
The basis for this is a fake engagement, which I can usually get behind but the heroine was in "luv" with another man for over half of story which is what I can't usually get behind. I had a really hard time feeling it between the hero and heroine. The hero felt a little same old, same old and his family relationship with his mother and sister had them feeling like caricature villains. The heroine had some incredible obtuse moments with not understanding how situations could be dangerous to her and why she might not want to fully blacken her reputation.
I really enjoyed the different Knickerbocker time period and the author did a great job describing the over-the-top grandeur. Relationships between characters felt forced or didn't flow well to me but there was something to the author's writing, I just need it to break free from the paint-by-numbers feel. - Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5A trope that usually doesn't bother me—character X falling in love with character Y while supposedly in love with/committed to character Z—really bothered me here. I also didn't understand why Poppy was introduced and played up and then just kind of disappeared. It almost felt like she was set up to be a villainess and then dropped in favor of someone else. And the hero's big vengeance storyline was rather easily and neatly wrapped up at the end in order to get to the HEA. In short, there were a lot of sub-plots that felt half-baked and it just left me underwhelmed.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The book was good, not fantastic. The plot different enough from my normal regency reads that I found the plot and the details of New York interesting enough to make up for anything I found wrong with it. I listened to the audio version and I will say I don’t care at all for the narrators men’s voices. But I got used to it so it didn’t grate as much as the story went on. I listen to a lot of books. And sometimes the narrator makes or breaks the book. I decided to stick with it and I am glad I did.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5WOW
Once again, Shupe delivers a delicious diversion. I adore this historical period, and she creates a fantastic love story within it that just kept me turning those pages.1 person found this helpful
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Story might be good, but once the narrator started doing the male character voices, I had to stop listening. Have to read this one in ebook.