Finally we get Lady Lara's story!It was fun and really endearing to see which man Clara has chosen! Hahaha!I liked Oliver and how his mind worked! I also liked how he treated Clara and how he made his proposal to her parents! LOLA sweet and nice story!

Thank you, Loretta Chase, for listening to your fans and giving Lady Clara Fairfax her own happily ever after. We first met Lady Clara, daughter of the Marquess of Warford, in Silk Is for Seduction, when she was unofficially betrothed to her childhood friend, the Duke of Clevedon. She was perfectly beautiful and beautifully perfect – except for one thing. Clara's wardrobe was dreadful, and the French-English Noirot sisters were determined to get her as a client for their dressmaker shop. They di...

She burst into tears--and not mere weeping, but great, racking sobs, as of a long pent-up grief.He started to reach for her and caught himself in time. "Stop it," he said, clenching his hands. "Stop it.""No! You're such an idiot!""You're hysterical," he said calmly, while his heart pounded. "Don't make me pour a bucket of water on your head."She stamped her foot again. "I'm already w-wet, you m-moron!""Oh good. What I always wanted. An irrational female bawling and stamping her foot, because

3.5 stars****Full Review****I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Lady Clara comes from a loving, titled, and rich family, she also happens to be stunningly beautiful. Even with all these advantages, Clara is still denied the one thing she truly craves, freedom. The early 1800s are not a forgiving time for women and the naturally intelligent and commanding Clara has been forced into a silent pretty

“Your obnoxiousness knows no bounds.”“You knew I was obnoxious when you married me. All the world knows it. My picture is in the dictionary next to the word.”“You’re not even trying,” she said.“I don’t actually have to try to be obnoxious,” he said. “It comes quite naturally.” Lady Clara Fairfax is considered one of the most beautiful ladies of society. She is used to receiving marriage proposals from men who are only interested in her looks and cares nothing for her as person. Because she w

4 1/2 stars

4.5 stars. Recommended if you like kind of steamy historic romance novels, though it's mild compared to some of Loretta Chase's other novels. It's also a better read than the title might lead you to think. :)Set in England in the mid-1830s, the romance is between Oliver Radford, a successful and alarmingly intelligent barrister *fistpump for a lawyer hero*, and Lady Clara Fairfax, a lovely and equally intelligent young woman who's tired of being valued only for her looks, and of not having the

This, the final book in Loretta Chase’s The Dressmakers series, is Lady Clara Fairfax’s story. Lady Clara has been a popular secondary character throughout the series and I am delighted that she finally gets her well-deserved Happy Ever After. Although this book can easily be read as a standalone, I would urge you not to miss out on the other delightful books in the series.Being considered the most beautiful and sought after girl in London might seem every girl’s ultimate wish, but for Lady Clar...

i think i have a new fav historical romance author!while i adore the popular historical romance authors of the moment (tessa dare etc), i really have to say how much i appreciate some of the older authors. they really take the time to set up place, plot, and characters in a way that makes me fall even more deeply in love with character relationships.i really don't think loretta chase has an equal in writing banter between heroine & hero. i always find myself grinning like a big idiot at the jabs...

Review written October 14, 2016 4.8 Stars - Terrific!! Perfectly sweet romantic, subtle ironic funny with a delightfully teasing tone, and so very well narrated, etc etc. Ahhh!! This was great. Happydancing great. Dukes Prefers Blondes is the young very beautiful Lady Clara Fairfax and the clever barrister Oliver Radford's lovely enjoying love-journey. Dukes Prefers Blondes had it all I want in a audiobook HR... We gets a good enough storyline and plot. There is a fantastic narrat...

A couple of things. Firstly, I really struggled to finish this book. I was so bored that I finished 6 loads of laundry while reading. This means that I chose laundry over reading - 6 loads of hauling, washing, drying, folding - over reading. (Maybe you are one of those people that are always on top of laundry and it never morphs into a man-eating mountain, well, I'm happy for you. In my house, laundry is done when we are down to the mismatched socks with holes in the toes). The problem is that t...

It's rare for me to rate a book one star. If it is dislikable enough to rate 1 star then I usually end up DNFing it. For some unknown reason, I had read this one to the very end but there is a large part of me that wonders why.This series is hit or miss for me as a whole and I found this one to be a huge miss. It was extremely hard to maintain any interest. Uneven pacing, choppy writing, and a unlikable hero whose insults are framed as foreplay left me feeling rather antagonistic towards the rom...

Oh, how I loved this book. It is like a lemon tart. Biting, sweet, unusual and so delicious. The banter is to die for. The hero and heroine book have such sexy, sexy brains. I had not read any of the other books in the series and that didn't dampen my enjoyment one bit. They are a complex couple. Chase does such a wonderful job with the mixed emotions and falling in love. The romance is in perfect balance with the action of the story. I can't wait to reread my favorite parts. This is a book I wi...

See, it's books like this that made me fall in love with Loretta Chase's stories years ago when I read Lord of Scoundrels and was swept off my feet. She knows how to write characters so wonderfully that they become living, breathing people who I want to know better. And the story plots are intriguing, compelling, and always leave me wanting more. She is, without a doubt, one of the very best historical romance authors out there.Clara is a force to be reckoned with which is one of the things I lo...

I've given this an A- at AAR, so 4.5 stars rounded up. (I thought the first half deserved 5, the second 4, so I averaged it out!)This fourth book in Loretta Chase’s Dressmaker series takes up the story of Lady Clara Fairfax, who has been a recurring secondary character since the first book, Silk Is for Seduction. Clara is the most sought-after young lady in London – possibly in the whole of England. She’s beautiful, of excellent lineage and well-dowered, but is suffocating in her life of see...

All I can say after finishing Dukes Prefer Blondes is: well, that wasn’t what I was expecting. And I mean that in the best possible way. I will admit that I judged this book on it’s cover and title, assuming that it would be delightfully frivolous. However, I was blown away by the writing, detailed historical facts, and by the author’s examination of what it means to be a woman of the upper class. This, my friends, is exactly what I love about the romance genre. For all that it gets a bad rap fo...

What a terrific HR this is.Our heroine, Clara, is a familiar character from Chase's Dressmakers series, where she quickly became their favourite client (she was very beautiful and well-connected, as well as being a thoroughly lovely person). (view spoiler)[ Her brother ends up marrying one of the modistes (hide spoiler)]But she is an intelligent woman who, because of her beauty and the fact that she is an aristocratic lady, is never taken seriously. Potential suitors only see her looks, her titl...

Loved Lady Clara, and her man Radford, aka Ravine!Lady Clara is courted by multiple men, but she has turned them all down with the hopes of becoming a spinster. When Ravine steals her heart, her parents are completely against the match. He isn't fashionable or social, but he is the grandson of a Duke.Radford was very skillful in fighting to win Clara...in court! And I loved it!