![]() ![]() Appetites & Vices really just throws down a gauntlet merely by existing. “Sign me up.” Felicia Grossman’s debut novel brings exciting new possibilities to a genre full to the brim with dukes, wallflowers, and British imperialism. ![]() ![]() A broken engagement will give him the perfect excuse to run off to Europe and a life of indulgence.Ī historical romance novel about an autistic-coded (in my opinion) Jewish heroine and a reformed rogue, set in 1841 Philadelphia drawing rooms? “Oh yes,” I said to myself. ![]() Luckily, high society has little to do with being proper and everything to do with identifying your foe’s temptation-an art form Jay mastered long ago. Her Jewish heritage means she’s never quite been welcomed by society’s elite…and her quick temper has never helped, either.Ī faux engagement to the scion of the mid-Atlantic’s most storied family might work to repair her rumpled reputation and gain her entrée to the life she thinks she wants…if she can ignore the way her “betrothed” makes her feel warm all over and stay focused on her goal.įormer libertine John Thaddeus “Jay” Truitt is hardly the man to teach innocent women about propriety. Banking heiress Ursula Nunes has lived her life on the fringes of Philadelphia’s upper class. ![]()
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