GUILTY PLEASURES by Laura Lee Guhrke

Part 1 of the seductions series.
Regency Romances never appealed to me, in the past i've tried to read Jane Austen and have been unable to lose myself in it, although i do love seeing it played out on the screen (Colin Firth coming out of the water all wet and.....) Hence I usually avoid regency romances like the plague.... however since I started reading more timetravel romances, I suddenly find myself liking the regency alpha male.... I'm an alpha male girl after all... tough strong and not afraid to tell you whats what ... yes maybe regency is worth a look... and phew was it worth a look!

Guilty pleasures official description "For prim and shy Daphne Wade, the sweetest guiltypleasure of all is secretly watching her employer, the Duke of Tremore, as he works the excavation site on his English estate. Anthony hired Daphne to restore the priceless treasures he has been digging up, but it's hard for a woman to keep her mind on her work when her devastatingly handsome employer keeps taking his shirt off. He doesn't know she's alive, but who could blame her for falling hopelessly in love with him anyway?
Anthony thinks that his capable employee knows all there is to know about antiquities, but when his sister decides to turn the plain young woman in gold-rimmed glasses into an enticing beauty, he declares the task to be impossible. Daphne is devastated when she overhears ... and determined to prove him wrong. Now a vibrant and delectable Daphne has emerged from her shell, and the tables are turned. Will Anthony see that the woman of his dreams has been right there all along?"

I loved this book - every single page just held me captivated... and thats not an easy feat... Both lead characters were likable - he in EVERY sense of the word --- as Daphne spies on him digging with no shirt on made me want to reach for diet coke an yell 'diet coke break' at the top of my voice.... hell this is one hot book.... first you start with her lusting after him, and he barely noticing her and then its tossed on its head as he slowly starts to lust after her... I was burning for them both... and phew the love scenes hell.... I've read some pretty hot stuff... but WOW!!!! and it wasnt romantica... it was just all that tension finally released and i swear i was so excited at that point I nearly blew a gasket! :-)

Ok so the sex is hot.... as it should be... but we are reading romantic fiction... it all as a reason... did I feel the love??? Oh baby yeah....
I so fell in love with Anthony... I could see why she could love him... could see them getting closer emotionally despite his protests... It takes him ages to realise, even as he goes out of his way to pursue her hand in marriage which he does with such tenderness and such romance, he is still unaware what, I, the reader could see that he does love her with all his heart... makes you want to cry....

The end, which i wont reveal... is a little like a certain part in Bridget Jones Diary 2 ....
Its all good...

Anyway much gushing aside... this book is fantastic!!! Read it peeps!