I love Henry. When we first meet him he is so stuffy! Unexpectedly everything changes! He is almost killed and a beautiful angel comes into his life. But this angel is a spitfire! Clara has lived a tough life. She has been hurt, stolen from, and abused - but she refuses to stop trying to make her life better. She is such a wonderful young woman. She saves Henry, and in doing so changes her own life. I don't want to tell you the story, I want you to read it yourself. I want you to experience the sadness and the joy that these characters experience. Once again Christi Caldwell has opened the doors into the lives of Henry and Clara you can't help but cheer them on to find their happily ever after!

Regarding a secondary character I'm really hoping Henry's sister gets her happily ever after as I find her so intriguing

I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I honestly loved this story.

What a wonderful story. This opposite side of the tracks love story was full of romance, intrigue, and suspense. Henry and Clara were as opposite as they come. Henry an Earl, Clara a former courtesan thrown together after Clara finds Henry after being attacked and nurses him back to health. Little did they know that one chance meeting would irrevocably change their lives.

I liked watching Henry change, I felt that of all the characters his was the one that went through the most significant growth. Clara was more stubborn to change, but when she finally opened her heart...Henry was there to slide in. This was definitely a different take on historical romances that I have read, never before have I had the courtesan and the Earl come together so well. My only issue was there was no epilogue. I would have liked to have a few more answers. This was a great read that once I picked it up I couldn't put it down. I definitely recommend reading Henry and Clara's story!

This is the 5th and final book in the Wicked Wallflower series. It can be read as a stand alone but if you haven't read the series, I strongly recommend it. Each book is better than the next.
There were several things I liked about this book. One was the fact that these were 2 people who were older and had experienced life.
You also have 2 people from different sides of the track, so to speak. Clara was a courtesan and Henry is a very proper and stuffy Earl.
You see this friendship-relationship begin to form. Clara learns to value herself more and Henry learns to loosen up, to jest, ha ha.
There are things that will bring them together and pull them apart. Which way will their relationship grow?
I think my only criticism is the same as another reader. I felt when the book ended, I wanted just a little bit more, an epilogue.
Read and enjoy!. You will not regret it!

4.5 stars
Absolutely loved the book. I have been a fan of the author’s books for a few years now and never thought strait-laced Henry would be paired with Spitfire Clara. Though they seemed like oil and water, Christi was able to bring them together in such a way that they seemed more like jigsaw pieces falling in place.
The love story was sweet and sensual but what I liked the most was their unlikely friendship. The only thing missing for me was an epilogue. But all in all, a definite read for historical regency lovers.

“Lord Proper comes undone,”

Can two persons from both sides of the fences find a love together when forces are at stake to trash them.

First I would say I preordered this book because of the cover, the gaze of the model was scorchingly calling, one to not cower.
After I had my doubts about the heroine, I might be prudish but in too many books prostitutes are painted as being beyond redemption, with their jaded soul so shattered it is impossible to mend the pieces back together, or they turned resentful harpies, filled by venom.
I have only read the Bluestocking in this series as I am a newbies to Mrs Christi Caldwell work, so I did know nothing about Clara and how she appeared first.
But I might say Mrs Caldwell got me wrong, by crafting a searing masterpiece of salvation, with the redeeming of the too prim and proper hero while the heroine keeps her head held high.

Clara has always wanted to rely only on herself and always herself, why she is so adamant against accepting help.
She has a past and at time she was robbed of her future by a cunning man. And now she has a way out of her former profession, she is devoted to it as who’s better to understand why these women called fallen need protection and a goal than a woman who lived among them.

« Everything in the world came down to survival, and where women were given little power and even less influence, she’d employ whatever tactics she could to survive. »

Henry has taken the mantle left by her father and became the ruthless peer and very involved MP expected for a man of his position. Driven by guilt, he will do anything to ensure his project receives the right audience.
But when found a breath away from death by a very secret woman, his view of the world in her short contact begins to move on.
During the few days she nursed him back to life, she left a deep imprint in his soul.
But when they meet again, will their society’s station make a difference?
It was such a moving tale, about a woman finding a love that sees past her scars and values her for whom she is really from the inside and a man who really began to live once he meets the one who shatters everything he thought the norm.

« you speak of yourself as if you’re somehow second to anyone, when not even the damned sun could compare with you in brightness. »

The fact the heroes were older added to the thoroughness of this magnificent story of second chance, Henry always so organized and predictable while Clara is figurative boldness. I do fell in love with Henry as never at any moment did he thought of Clara as deserving any less than him. He made mistakes and lied to her but never did he saw her for her former profession, only for the strong woman life has shaped her.

« “Loving someone isn’t about controlling them. It is about loving them and supporting them.” »

A big fat 5 stars for this emotional story which immersed me in some unknown historical events from me and the way of the political world.

I was granted an advance copy through Netgalley by the author but also ordered my own copy. Here is my true and unbiased opinion.

Where does one begin?! Clara is a former courtesan who is opening a music hall. Henry is
Lord Waterson, an MP in Parlaiment, stodgy and stuffy. Clara rescues Henry when he is beaten and about to be killed. She nurses him back,all the while showing him another side to humanity. Henry’s main focus is establishing a police force in England after his sister was injured in an uprising. But through Clara, Henry discovers that Love, and teasing, and listening are more important than control. Watching Henry’s transformation from stuffy to passionate is truly a wonder. Once again, Christi Caldwell writes a tale of imperfect characters finding their way to love. Highly recommend.
I received an ARC of this book.