Love in a Dress Shop

As I have previously mentioned I love a good Regency era, historical romance. I read them more than any other genre and thus my current review is about one.

Book: "Vixen in Velvet" by Loretta Chase

 This is book three of the Dressmakers series. Our heroine is Leonie Noirot. Who along with her two sisters own one of London's most successful dress shops. Currently, Leonie is having to run the shop single-handily, while both of her sisters are attending to other matters. Leonie has always taken care of the business side of things, both in the shop and in life. The shop is her very world and as a good business woman she likes things tidy. That tidiness becomes disrupted, not always in an unpleasant way, when she meets Lord Lisburne.

From their first meeting Lisburne has a way of getting under Leonie's skin. Lord Lisburne too, finds himself in an upheaval. He cannot get the shop owner out of his thoughts and finds himself seeking her out. Between their game of cat and mouse, throw in a wager. Leonie will make the most unlikely of candidates the belle of the season and Lisburne will relinquish his most prized piece of art, but if Leonie should lose she  must give the Lord two weeks of her undivided attention and so the games begin. Chase gives us a fun, flirtatious story that is well paced. An easy enjoyable read.

Tunes: Barton Hollow by The Civil Wars

 Like so much of the music I have come to love , finding this album was a happy accident. I don't remember where I heard the song, but I remember that I liked it enough, to use my song recognition app to learn what it was and have since gotten the album. As a side note if you do not have a song recognition app, I highly recommend Soundhound. I have an Android phone and was able to download it for free from Google Playstore. I don't know if it is offered on Iphones. If you find yourself out and about and a song comes on that you would like to know the name of, as well as the artist performing it, simply open the app and hit listen. It will identify the song for you. It is fabulous.

Barton Hollow actually came out in 2011. This is ( to me anyway) a relaxing album. One to put on and listen to from beginning to end. It is very rare for me to find an album where I don't like at least one of the songs, but that is the case with this one. The songs are well written and the harmony of this duo's voices is simply beautiful. They have put out a few other cd's that I am looking forward to checking out. Unfortunately, this 4 time Grammy winning duo officially called it quits in August of this year. The music world mourns.

Thanks for stopping by and as always you can click on the images to be taken to Amazon where you can purchase or download them if you so choose. Next time I will be reviewing a non fiction book. Hope to see you then.