Tracy’s review of All For You (A de Piaget novel) by Lynn Kurland
FALLING THROUGH TIME IS DANGEROUS…
Peaches Alexander is thrilled to receive an unexpected invitation to a weekend party given by the handsome, eligible Duke of Kenneworth. The only problem: Stephen de Piaget, a stuffy medieval studies scholar who seems determined to get in the way. Peaches has absolutely no desire to get involved with Stephen, until a quirk of Fate sends her hurtling through time…
UNLESS THERE’S SOMEONE TO CATCH YOU.
Stephen de Piaget has been leading a double life: respectable professor by day, knight-in-training during holidays and summer terms. When Peaches goes missing, Stephen knows he’s the only one who can rescue her from medieval peril. Little do they know that the greatest danger they’ll face won’t be the business end of a sword, but their own unruly hearts….
Peaches is at a time in her life where she’s not sure what she’s doing. She has a degree in Organic Chemistry but she’s been a Life Coach/Organizer since she graduated. Unfortunately she recently lost all of her clients. She’s staying with her sister at her castle in England but she knows she can’t do nothing forever. When she gets an invitation to a Duke’s ball she’s pretty sure that she’s going to get the HEA and fairy tale life that she’s always wanted.
When she gets to the weekend party things start to go bad and they just seem to steamroll from there. She’s caught in sleet, given a room not fit for a maid and all of her clothes – including her wonderful ball gown – are ruined. She’s pretty sure she should just leave and forget getting together with the Duke.
Stephen de Piaget was invited to the same ball but didn’t plan on going. When 3 shades tell him that he needs to go in order to get together with Peaches Alexander. Stephen has been smitten with Peaches even before he met her just from the tales that he was told by her sister. When he met her he fell hard and hasn’t recovered – doesn’t want to recover. The problem is that when he gets around her he gets tongue-tied or says something that ends up being the absolute wrong thing to say. Peaches is not enamored with him because of it.
Stephen saves the day at the ball and when Peaches accidentally walks through a time gate Stephen is the one saves her. He finally is able to tell her how he feels and they start to get to know each other better and Stephen is truthful about his plans for the future that definitely includes Peaches. But the Duke of Kenneworth has some papers that prove that Artane – the castle that has been Stephen’s family seat for 800 years – is actually his property due to a gambling game way back when. Stephen knows what he has to do to save his family and Peaches is more than willing to help out – whether Stephen wants it or not.
This is another really good novel in the de Piaget family series. We met Stephen in a previous book and he was charming and confident. It really was a nice change to see him brought to his knees a bit by Peaches. He wanted nothing more than to be “good” in her eyes and he just constantly screwed up. He was a lovely man and really saved her hide during the weekend at the Duke of Kenneworth’s ball and figured out the Duke’s true colors. Stephen knew what he wanted and wasn’t afraid to stand up to anyone to get Peaches – including his very demanding and forceful grandmother.
Peaches was just not catching a break. First her business (that I can’t believe she didn’t ream her sister up one side and down another for ruining) and then the horrible events at the ball. I loved seeing her continually have the light bulb moments when it came to Stephen and his true colors came through. She really saw him in a new light and saw the wonderful person he was. She was a bit shocked when he came out and told her how he felt and what he wanted from their future together but she adjusted well.
The story was not a fast paced one but it was consistently good and I loved that. Kurland always comes through for me. Be warned – there is only kissing in this book, no sex. They insinuate that Stephen and Peaches have it but there’s is no description. I wanted to let you know so there’s no shock. Lol
This was a lovely romance that was quite entertaining and a great addition to the series.
Rating: 3.75 out of 5
The de Piaget series in chronological order:
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Holy hot damn that’s a lot of books in the series. I think my sister reads this series.
Rowena – And this is just the de Piaget portion of the series. There are interweaving time travel books in between. I think with her books you almost have to go in order of publication rather than series cuz you’d be really confused. lol