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KeiraSoleore
Moderator Princess Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 5707 Location: Seattle	Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:28 am    Post subject:   KalenHughes wrote: CjRH wrote: she's a bad girl without being a bad person. THIS! This is the hardest thing to pull off and LC did it perfectly in this novel. Very well said, Claudia!! That is what makes it all work superbly. We also get to see James being a bad boy (scene 1) but again not a bad person. What is also interesting is that both Francesca and James don't value themselves as people, they value the work personnae (courtesan and spy, respectively). That makes them eminently suited for each other. They help each other to become, to grow into loving and deserving of love people. _________________ Medieval & Regency Writer keirasoleore.blogspot.com
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Emily T
Poor Relation Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 73 Location: Texas	Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:41 pm    Post subject:   One of the things I loved about this book was the way both James and Francesca found themselves so uncharacteristically vulnerable to the other. Each of them lost professional detachment and cool control. James tended to forget what he was supposed to be doing, and Francesca found herself weeping a lot. I loved those parallels, how each of them was sort of a wreck whenever the other was around. Two jaded adults feeling like school kids in love. I'm a huge fan, Loretta, and this book is way up there with the best of them. _________________
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LorettaChase
Upstart Joined: 12 Jul 2008 Posts: 29 Location: Massachusetts	Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:53 pm    Post subject:   Emily T wrote: One of the things I loved about this book was the way both James and Francesca found themselves so uncharacteristically vulnerable to the other. Each of them lost professional detachment and cool control. James tended to forget what he was supposed to be doing, and Francesca found herself weeping a lot. I loved those parallels, how each of them was sort of a wreck whenever the other was around. Two jaded adults feeling like school kids in love. I'm a huge fan, Loretta, and this book is way up there with the best of them. Thank you, Emily. That's exactly how I felt about what was going on with them: "Two jaded adults feeling like school kids in love." What a great way to express it! _________________ "Oh that I had the art of easy writing/What should be easy reading." Lord Byron
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flip58
Upstart Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 11 Location: Victor, ID	Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:45 pm    Post subject: Your Scandalous Ways   I loved this book. Francesca refused to be humbled, degrade or humiliated. Her husband cheated on her. She had her own affair. He divorced her, citing adultery. She doesn't retire to the country in shame. She becomes a courtesan, who is very selective about her lovers. I hate stories when sex is a means to degrade and humiliate a woman. _________________ Forget my inner child, I am trying to embrace my outer crone.
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LorettaChase
Upstart Joined: 12 Jul 2008 Posts: 29 Location: Massachusetts	Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 9:54 am    Post subject: Re: Your Scandalous Ways   flip58 wrote: I loved this book. Francesca refused to be humbled, degrade or humiliated. Her husband cheated on her. She had her own affair. He divorced her, citing adultery. She doesn't retire to the country in shame. She becomes a courtesan, who is very selective about her lovers. I hate stories when sex is a means to degrade and humiliate a woman. Thank you, thank you! One of the things I loved about creating Francesca was giving her sexual confidence and power. _________________ "Oh that I had the art of easy writing/What should be easy reading." Lord Byron
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c082436
Upstart Joined: 13 Feb 2007 Posts: 42 Location: Houston	Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:30 pm    Post subject: Copy arrived!   The copy of YSW which I won in a recent auction has finally arrived! It has gone straight to the top of my TBR stack for reading as soon as I finish Susan Crandall's Promises To Keep!! Pat Cochran _________________ sop2
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LorettaChase
Upstart Joined: 12 Jul 2008 Posts: 29 Location: Massachusetts	Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:21 am    Post subject: Re: Copy arrived!   c082436 wrote: The copy of YSW which I won in a recent auction has finally arrived! It has gone straight to the top of my TBR stack for reading as soon as I finish Susan Crandall's Promises To Keep!! Pat Cochran Congratulations, Pat! I'm just going to hope it lives up to your expectations. _________________ "Oh that I had the art of easy writing/What should be easy reading." Lord Byron
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KeiraSoleore
Moderator Princess Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 5707 Location: Seattle	Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:41 pm    Post subject:   Your Scandalous Ways was chosen as one of the Best Books of 2008 by Library Journal. Congratulations, Loretta! _________________ Medieval & Regency Writer keirasoleore.blogspot.com
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LorettaChase
Upstart Joined: 12 Jul 2008 Posts: 29 Location: Massachusetts	Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:37 pm    Post subject: Good news from Library Journal   KeiraSoleore wrote: Your Scandalous Ways was chosen as one of the Best Books of 2008 by Library Journal. Congratulations, Loretta! Hey, I was just looking around for links to update my website, and ended up hanging around and look what I found! Thank you, Keira! _________________ "Oh that I had the art of easy writing/What should be easy reading." Lord Byron
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