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Book Review of The Greatest Lover in All England

The Greatest Lover in All England
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Synopsis

Since childhood, Rosie's life has been the stageâ"passing herself off as a boy playing women's roles in the somewhat disreputable theatrical troupe of actor Danny Plympton, Rosie's adoptive father. But when unanticipated danger confronts them, they must flee London, taking refuge at the estate of Sir Anthony Rycliffe. A handsome, devil-may-care rakehell, Tony quickly sees through Rosie's disguise.

But a lush, womanly form and eminently kissable lips are not the ravishing young beauty's only secretsâ"and the burning attraction Tony feels for her does not lessen the peril she has brought to his doorstep. The dashing rogue is determined to strip the irresistible lady of her mysteriesâ"and her masculine garbâ"using all of his fabled seductive powers. After all, Tony has a reputation to uphold, as . . .