When He Was Wicked (Bridgertons #6) -

Julia Quinn

Piatkus Books

2006

320 páginas

10h 40m

ISBN-10: 0749936622

'If God ever wanted to smite a sinner, he couldn't do better than Michael Stirling. Michael Stirling, Sinner. He could see it on a calling card. He'd have had it printed up, even - his was just that sort of black sense of humour - if he weren't convinced it would kill his mother on the spot. Rake he might be, but there was no need to torture the woman who'd borne him.' In every life there is a turning point. A moment so tremendous, so sharp and breathtaking, that one knows one's life will never be the same. For Michael Stirling, London's most infamous bachelor, that moment came the first time he laid eyes on Francesca Bridgerton. After a lifetime of chasing women, of smiling slyly as they chased him, of allowing himself to be caught but never permitting his heart to become engaged, he took one look at Francesca Bridgerton and fell so fast and hard into love it was a wonder he managed to remain standing. Unfortunately for Michael, however, Francesca's surname was to remain Bridgerton for only a mere thirty-six hours longer - the occasion of their meeting was, lamentably, a supper celebrating her imminent wedding to his cousin

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Sexto volume da série Bridgertons.

Francesca teve o mesmo fim que os pais - perdeu seu marido ainda jovem, mas diferente da mãe, não tinha a fieira de filhos para lhe fazer companhia. É nesse cenário que Michael, primo do falecido, surge.

Suponho que a ideia original do livro era um jogo de sedução decadente entre o casal, mas Julia Quinn é uma romântica de carteirinha e logo a narrativa descamba para a cura emocional e o casamento.

É uma boa leitura, porém me deixou com a estranha sensação que esse livro foi feito para dar a Francesca a oportunidade que foi negada a Violet: a felicidade de um novo amor.