She is resistant to Mayne’s attempts at intimacy, but he writes that off as simply the proper behavior of a gently raised lady and one’s future wife. His fiancée Sylvie is a beautiful, poised, and charming young Frenchwoman who seems to be perfect wife material. Mayne is newly engaged, having finally outgrown the numerous exploits of his younger days, which mainly involved married women. Miserable and uncomfortable, Josie is about to resort to desperate measures – maneuvering herself into a compromising position with a random gentleman – when her popularity begins to dramatically increase, thanks in part to the Earl of Mayne, a long-time friend of Josie’s family. She is ignored at every ball she attends except by the dance partners her brothers-in-law force upon her. Despite the strong support of her family, her season is turning out to be an unqualified disaster, as a popular gentleman of the ton dubbed Josie the “Scottish Sausage.” While it’s true that Josie’s figure is much more generous than she would prefer, she has unintentionally made the situation worse by attempting to stuff her curves into an unflattering corset that only hides the best parts of her body. Josephine Essex is the youngest of the sisters, and has recently begun her first season. Pleasure for Pleasure is an adorable Regency-era story, charmingly written, and although it’s the final in a series about four sisters, the reader new to Eloisa James (such as I) will have no trouble following the characters or plot.
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