?In Want of a Sexually Charged Foot Massage in the Middle of a Ballroom?

In Want of a Viscount was a classicly charming, effortlessly well-written Lorraine Heath novel, and my favorite in the Chessmen Series. (The Duchess Hunt is obviously tied, but it remains on its pedestal in another trilogy.) It was a softer romance than I was expecting, but that was exactly what I wanted.

I was a bit scared about the “torn between duty and desire” portion of the summary—I think I’m just very selfish and am always surprised (and annoyed) that duty is even an option. However! I d it here, full stop. I only wish someone would’ve really let her mother have it, but I thought she got what she deserved by the end.

I’m truly at a loss for how to write this next part of the review without spoiling the book, because the spoilers could also be a huge selling point?? So I think I’ll hold off until after pub day, as I had such a fun time being “IS this what I think it is????” for about ninety percent of the book. It may not be a *huge* thing for others, but for me it was my Roman Empire.

In the meantime, I’ll leave you with some of my favorite things about the book:

?I LOVE me a hero who has repressed his *urges* for so long because his father was a rutting bastard. When he’s a real “the line ends with me!” type of guy. There’s just something so satisfying about watching them slowly come undone around the heroine. Especially when his friends and family tease him about it and he’s “ME???? MOI??? In LUST? Couldn’t be.” And they all just laugh right in his face and he pouts about it a little kid.

?We also got the classic “oh so you’re NOT a prostitute???” trope—one of the best and most delicious if I do say so myself. See: Suddenly You by Lisa Kleypas and Seducing a Stranger by Kerrigan Byrne for further scientific research.

?A signature Lorraine Heath “Her delicate toes, oh Christ!” foot worship moment was found in the middle of a ballroom!!! And I was found slayed. My kingdom for a thinly-veiled, sexually-charged foot massage with intense eye contact that made innocent bystanders very uncomfortable.

?Stripped of everything, the book is really about two incredibly lonely people finding love, one stolen kiss at a time. I just love a lonely character because the moment they realize they’re not alone anymore is clinically proven to be good for my health.

?And of course—[redacted]—because Lorraine wrote this for me. The end was perfectly dramatic, that’s all I’ll say.

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