The Sum of All Kisses Author: | Language: English | ISBN:
B00EJQY60Q | Format: EPUB
The Sum of All Kisses Description
He thinks she's an annoying know-it-all...
Hugh Prentice has never had patience for dramatic females, and if Lady Sarah Pleinsworth has ever been acquainted with the words shy or retiring, she's long since tossed them out the window. Besides, even if Hugh did grow to enjoy her company, it wouldn't matter. A reckless duel has left this brilliant mathematician with a ruined leg, and now, unable to run, ride, or even waltz, he could never court a woman like Sarah, much less dream of marrying her.
She thinks he's just plain mad.
Sarah has never forgiven Hugh for the duel he fought three years earlier, the one that forced her cousin into exile, nearly destroying her family. But even if she could find a way to forgive him, it wouldn't matter. She doesn't care that his leg is less than perfect, it's his personality she can't abide. But when the pair is forced to spend a week in close company, they discover that first impressions are not always reliable. And when one kiss leads to two, three, and four, the mathematician may lose count, and the lady may, for the first time, find herself speechless.
- Audible Audio Edition
- Listening Length: 9 hours and 36 minutes
- Program Type: Audiobook
- Version: Unabridged
- Publisher: Harper Audio
- Audible.com Release Date: October 29, 2013
- Whispersync for Voice: Ready
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00EJQY60Q
There is something about Julia Quinn's writing that hits all the pleasure sensors in my brain. I laugh, cry, love and hurt with her books. She is probably my favorite living author and all I need is to see her name on the cover to grab it up. I could not wait to get my hands on THE SUM OF ALL KISSES and Ms. Quinn did not disappoint. Probably, because Julia Quinn never ever disappoints!
The story of Hugh Prentice and his duel with Daniel Smythe-Smith will never cease to bring pure drama to the pages. It will always be the dramatic, heartbreaking and defining moment of this series. A moment where two young men made a stupid mistake that will define them forever. More than define them they will always carry scars and it seems will keep paying for a youthful mistake.
Well, at least that's what life looks like for Hugh Prentice. Daniel suffered for a long time, but now he is home, back in the bosom of his family and about to get married to the love of his life. Hugh on the other hand is broken. He has a damaged leg and a reputation for being a bit too serious. More than that, Hugh can never dance, never carry a woman in his arms and never feel like he is a complete man.
I loved this book. THE SUM OF ALL KISSES starts with the most ridiculous, melodramatic and irrationally entertaining first meet I have ever read. When Lady Sarah meets Sir Hugh, fireworks fly, words are swung like knives and feelings are hurt. And yet, I laughed. I laughed, giggled and chuckled through most of this book, but that opening is gold. Sarah's hatred for Hugh is melodramatic, but also legitimate and it seems impossible that these two people will ever fall in love.
Then they do. They fall in love, slowly, realistically and oh so romantically. This relationship is similar to Mr.
I am fast becoming a fan of Julia Quinn, in this second of her titles I have read, the stories are easy and engaging: with enough angst that is resolved by the end to make them the perfect afternoon getaway. In this book, the third in the Smythe-Smith Quartet, we have an unusual hero for most romances of this era. Hugh has a brilliant maths mind, little patience for the niceties of courtship, and a limp sustained in a duel after a night of cards with his best friend.
While Hugh has known the Pleinsworth family for a long time, in fact, the duel in which his leg was maimed nearly resulted in the family’s downfall, and Lady Sarah missed her debut because of the fallout. Outspoken, matter of fact and actually quite clever, Sarah can’t stand Hugh: his personality and hers are oil to water.
When Hugh starts to see Sarah in a different light, he believes his disability will keep her at bay: his own self-esteem is shot to bits, he feels less than manly and cannot imagine his life full of laughter.
The first interactions between Hugh and Sarah are melodramatic, as befitting the females of the family: and while the barbs are sharp, the dialogue is clever and telling, and nothing short of pure entertainment. Of course, this being a romance and we must push the issues: they are in close company with preparations for a wedding, and they must learn to at least exist in the same space.
Slowly but surely their understanding in one another grows, as does their attraction. What Sarah often sees as Hugh being ‘too serious’ is his own lack of faith or belief in his own worthiness as a man. Even more interesting, Sarah barely acknowledges his disability: it wasn’t the reason she didn’t like him, or consider him a possible match.
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