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Leonie Noirot, owner of Maison Noirot, a dressmaker shop, stood at the British Institution staring at the Botticelli on display, while also keeping her eye on members of London's fashionable set. Leonie and her sisters, Marcelline and Sophy, co-owners of Maison Noirot, had to attract as many of the Beau Monde as possible to ensure the success of their business. But this painting held Leonie enthrall. Behind her Simon Blair, the Marquess of Lisburne, approached. He looked like a Greek god! But even he could not deflect Leonie from her goal of attracting new clients for Maison Noirot.

But Lisburne had only seduction of Miss Noirot in mind. Lisburne owned the painting, the Botticelli, and he saw how much Leonie admired it. He proposed a wager. Leonie had told him that she believed the clothes creations of Maison Noirot would turn his unfortunately plain cousin, Gladys Fairfax, into a vision that would attract suitors and even a marriage proposal. He bet Maison Noirot could not accomplish this. The stakes were, if she won, the Botticelli was hers. If he won, two weeks of her undivided attention was his.

This novel is the 3rd in the Dressmaker series by this author. The book is fair IMHO. The previous books had all three sisters interacting with a sisterly love and loyalty that kept one cheering for the business and the sisters' happiness. This book lacked that factor. Leonie was essentially on her own, and her accountant's sensibilities, did not allow for the fun and romantic banter and actions that usually engages this reader.

The plot began about the wager, but that was rarely mentioned as the story progressed. I believe the author missed this opportunity to build momentum. Also, the story was supposed to be about Leonie and Lisburne, but often switched to the problems of Cousin Gladys and Lisburne's best friend, a popular poet named Swanton. The story seemed to jolt from one problem to the other with not enough build. The plot was very disjointed. It did not allow the reader time to care about the problems.

Lisburne was a great hero. He was smart, fun, flirty, and confident. But Leonie was totally focused on the numbers of her business and seemed to pay him little attention. The romance was all on Lisburne's shoulders. It made one wonder what he saw in Leonie, and why he thought it was worth it. I guess it is the old trope, "I want what I can't have."

I really got tired of Leonie and her sisters' "I'm a Dreadful DeLucy and a Noirot totally lacking in morals," thread, also. I figured out that there must have been a previous book that explained this, but I do not know which one it is, and, at this point, do not care. I do know that the book that explains this is not part of the Dressmaker series.

The book was not bad, just not the sparkling, memorable romance for which this author is known. This book is the end of the Noirot sisters' story and the end tied up all the loose ends, but did not have the warm, fuzzy romance readers expect. Most of the book was just very matter of fact. IMHO, emotions were told to the reader, but the characters did not demonstrate those emotions for the reader. This was explained that Noirots do not show emotion, because of their tragic upbringing. But, in my experience, even stoic individuals have moments of humanity with people they love. And even if it could be argued that stoic people do not show emotion, every other rule of society is broken in these romances, so why not give the romance readers what they want: love and romance in spades!

Just a note to Chase fans: As mentioned before, this book is the end of the Noirot sisters' stories, but not the end of the Dressmaker series. Lady Clara Fairfax is a factor in each of the Noirot sisters' stories, and she finally gets her own story in "Duke's Prefer Blondes". I liked this book much better. You might want to check it out.


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Vixen in Velvet The Dressmakers Series Loretta Chase 9780062100320 Books Reviews

(4.5 stars) This is a real romance and it's HR writing par excellence. It's also a book with a lovely hero, not the usual jerk I've been finding lately in HRs. This is not, however, a 5-star book for me. I gave it 5 stars because it deserves more than 4, although it didn't give me that extra thrill that Chase's classic Lord of Scoundrels did long ago. But if I compare this to most other HRs I've read lately, it may deserve 6 stars.

Leonie is the third Noirot dressmaking sister to find her true love, after Marcelline in Silk Is For Seduction (Avon Historical Romance) and Sophy in Scandal Wears Satin (Avon Historical Romance). She's the businesswoman/number-cruncher of the dressmaking business, Marcelline being the creative genius and Sophy the marketer/promoter. Numbers and neat columns, credits and debits, weighing pros and cons of everything, that's Leonie's life.

But it's a lonely life now that Marcelline and Sophy are married and much less involved in their dressmaking business. Her sisters' husbands would prefer that the three sisters, including Leonie, leave the business and devote themselves to life in the peerage. But Leonie can't even consider that possibility. "It hurt, physically, to think of abandoning it. The shop was her link to Cousin Emma. She'd made them into a family and taught them to have a real life... How could Leonie give that up? It would be like giving up some part of her heart."

That's the main conflict of this romance. Can she give her heart to a man who may want her to give up that other important part of her heart? The lovely resolution of this dilemma at the story's end will please any romance reader.

To add a little bit more interest, there's a blackmail/scandal issue involving hero Lisburne's friend Lord Swanton, poet of questionable talent, whose immense popularity with young women has more to do with his looks and sensitivity than to his talent. And there's the problem of a certain Lady Gladys, needing a makeover in looks and personality. Leonie and Lisburne make a wager over the possibility of turning her into this season's success and the recipient of at least one marriage proposal before the season is over.

When you consider the plot, it's not "all that", but when you consider the writing, well, it's "all that" and more. One particular aspect of the romance that's written so well is Lisburne's attraction to Leonie's accountant's/mathematician's mind. Like when he says "When you talk in numbers, you drive me mad." Or "...when you speak of your ruthless ways with customers in arrears, my heart pounds." There's a lovely seduction scene which has Leonie reading a list of dressmaking product prices and quantities to Lisburne that is truly funny and romantic at the same time.

For me, this is class-act HR writing. As I said earlier, it didn't give me that total romantic thrill of LoS and it has minimal angst (something I love in HRs), but compared to most HRs available lately, it's excellent.

BTW, we still have Lady Clara's fate to worry about. She was informally engaged to the H of the first book, ran off with a fortune hunter in the second, and mostly just hangs around in this third book of the series. I assume Chase's next book will have her find true love.
For some reason when the Dressmaker series came out the description of each was unappealing to me. I never read them until now. I started with the 2nd in the series but after getting through several chapters & really enjoying them, I stopped and started with the first. I've truly enjoyed them all. I've enjoyed a majority of Ms Chase's stories - these were appealing with their strong females and heroes who couldn't resist them. I was surprised that in books 2 & 3 the gentlemen pursuing the sisters of a duke's sister-in-law didn't give a thought to planning to have the women as mistresses. That was far-fetched - especially considering how close the men were to the duke. It was a huge suspend belief issue. Otherwise, the stories were fast paced, the rhetoric entertaining, dress descriptions too difficult for me to visualize but interesting. Nice sex and seduction scenes & nice action ones too. The glimpse into the less privileged and how insulated the upper levels were was also interesting. Fun stories I will reread.
Leonie Noirot, owner of Maison Noirot, a dressmaker shop, stood at the British Institution staring at the Botticelli on display, while also keeping her eye on members of London's fashionable set. Leonie and her sisters, Marcelline and Sophy, co-owners of Maison Noirot, had to attract as many of the Beau Monde as possible to ensure the success of their business. But this painting held Leonie enthrall. Behind her Simon Blair, the Marquess of Lisburne, approached. He looked like a Greek god! But even he could not deflect Leonie from her goal of attracting new clients for Maison Noirot.

But Lisburne had only seduction of Miss Noirot in mind. Lisburne owned the painting, the Botticelli, and he saw how much Leonie admired it. He proposed a wager. Leonie had told him that she believed the clothes creations of Maison Noirot would turn his unfortunately plain cousin, Gladys Fairfax, into a vision that would attract suitors and even a marriage proposal. He bet Maison Noirot could not accomplish this. The stakes were, if she won, the Botticelli was hers. If he won, two weeks of her undivided attention was his.

This novel is the 3rd in the Dressmaker series by this author. The book is fair IMHO. The previous books had all three sisters interacting with a sisterly love and loyalty that kept one cheering for the business and the sisters' happiness. This book lacked that factor. Leonie was essentially on her own, and her accountant's sensibilities, did not allow for the fun and romantic banter and actions that usually engages this reader.

The plot began about the wager, but that was rarely mentioned as the story progressed. I believe the author missed this opportunity to build momentum. Also, the story was supposed to be about Leonie and Lisburne, but often switched to the problems of Cousin Gladys and Lisburne's best friend, a popular poet named Swanton. The story seemed to jolt from one problem to the other with not enough build. The plot was very disjointed. It did not allow the reader time to care about the problems.

Lisburne was a great hero. He was smart, fun, flirty, and confident. But Leonie was totally focused on the numbers of her business and seemed to pay him little attention. The romance was all on Lisburne's shoulders. It made one wonder what he saw in Leonie, and why he thought it was worth it. I guess it is the old trope, "I want what I can't have."

I really got tired of Leonie and her sisters' "I'm a Dreadful DeLucy and a Noirot totally lacking in morals," thread, also. I figured out that there must have been a previous book that explained this, but I do not know which one it is, and, at this point, do not care. I do know that the book that explains this is not part of the Dressmaker series.

The book was not bad, just not the sparkling, memorable romance for which this author is known. This book is the end of the Noirot sisters' story and the end tied up all the loose ends, but did not have the warm, fuzzy romance readers expect. Most of the book was just very matter of fact. IMHO, emotions were told to the reader, but the characters did not demonstrate those emotions for the reader. This was explained that Noirots do not show emotion, because of their tragic upbringing. But, in my experience, even stoic individuals have moments of humanity with people they love. And even if it could be argued that stoic people do not show emotion, every other rule of society is broken in these romances, so why not give the romance readers what they want love and romance in spades!

Just a note to Chase fans As mentioned before, this book is the end of the Noirot sisters' stories, but not the end of the Dressmaker series. Lady Clara Fairfax is a factor in each of the Noirot sisters' stories, and she finally gets her own story in "Duke's Prefer Blondes". I liked this book much better. You might want to check it out.