Sherry Thomas - His at Night

Not Quite a Husband

Exquisitely craftedbeguiling mix of complex characters and realistically complicated romance.

Chicago Tribune

Thomas, who has made a name for herself with her exquisite use of language, deftly switches between past and present in this lyrically written, emotionally captivating story graced by beautifully developed, realistically flawed characters, clear motivation, and descriptions that make late Victorian India spring to life.

Library Journal

Thomas has quickly become a fan favorite thanks to her wonderful storytelling and her unique ability to get into her characters minds and our hearts. Her prose has a musical quality that flows effortlessly and lures the reader into the beauty of her words as well as her story. Then add diverse plotlines, engaging characters, depth of emotion, and a sweeping romancewhat more could you desire?

Romantic Times

Not Quite a Husband has everything I want from a romancedelightful but flawed characters I love and can identify with, luscious prose, an interesting setting, and a romance that touches my heart. I cant recommend it enough, and am looking forward very much to Sherry Thomass next book. Grade: A.

All About Romance

Not Quite a Husband treats the reader to the same rich and evocative prose that filled the pages of [her] previous two works. In mentioning new historical authors to be excited about, [Sherry Thomass] name should always be mentioned.

Jane Litte, DearAuthor.com

[Sherry Thomass] books have vaulted to the top of my most anticipated list. [Her] prose and storytelling are reminiscent of Laura Kinsale (in my eyes, there is hardly a higher compliment). In Not Quite a Husband I found echoes of the best of Mary Balogh, as well. I am going to give it an A; it earned that grade with the emotion it evoked from me.

Jennie, DearAuthor.com

Both of these bright and complex characters will captivate the more their layers are peeled back. The time and place of the setting is unusual, Bryony and Leo are unique, their relationship is thought-provoking, and the whole is highly original.

Romance Reviews Today

Delicious

This seductive, magical historical rewards readers with exquisite language, nearly erotic culinary descriptions, and a fairy-tale ending. A delectable treat.

Library Journal, Best Romances of 2008

A Cinderella story with a compelling culinary twist, Thomass scrumptious Victorian confection proves impossible to resist.

Publishers Weekly

Packed with engaging characters, gripping dialogue, a devious plot, steamy sex, and smart writing. This is definitely an author on the rise. Another keeper! Get it!

Reader to Reader

Delicious, delectable, and a mouthwatering blend of Cinderella, Top Chef and Like Water for Chocolate, not to mention Chocolat. [Sherry Thomas] dazzles with her intelligent, compelling story and memorable characters. This well-crafted romance places her among the very finest of the next generation of authors.

Romantic Times, Top Pick!

Entertaining and thoroughly absorbing.

Romance Reviews Today

Delicious just about says it all: Sherry Thomass second novel is a multicourse banquet of delectable storytelling, scrumptious characters, and delightful verbal treats.

The Romance Reader

Private Arrangements

2008 Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award
for Best First Historical Romance
Double-nominated for the prestigious Rita Award
for Best First Book and Best Historical
Chosen as one of Publishers Weeklys Best Books of
the Year

A love story of remarkable depthEntrancing from start to finish.

Mary Balogh, New York Times bestselling author

Exquisite, enchantingAn extraordinary, unputdownable love story.

Jane Feather, New York Times bestselling author

Lively banter, electric sexual tension, and an unusual premise make this stunning debut all the more refreshing. Thomas is a writer worth watching.

Library Journal, starred review

Thomas makes a dazzling debut with a beautifully written, sizzling, captivating love story. Her compelling tale of love betrayed and then reborn will make you sigh with pleasure.

Romantic Times

So if youve worried (as I have) about the future of historical romance, just remember two words: Sherry Thomas. Readers, dont miss this one. Its a keeper and be very thankful that historical romance has a new, shining star.

TheRomanceReader.com

[A] superb debut, Private Arrangementswill win readers over with its elegant writing, exceptional characterization, expertly detailed late Victorian setting and exquisitely romantic love story.

Chicago Tribune

A deeply involving storyI loved the complicated plot and the subplot of Gigis mother and the Duke of Perrin. The author does a wonderful job of re-creating the late Victorian era and her characters are vividly real. This author is definitely one to look for.

Coffee Time Romance

Also By Sherry Thomas

PRIVATE ARRANGEMENTS

DELICIOUS

NOT QUITE A HUSBAND

To my dear friend Janine Ballard,
who is my story guide, my common sense,
and the wind beneath my wings.
May 15, 2003, has been and will always be
one of the luckiest days of my life.

T he Marquess of Vere was a man of few words.

This fact, however, would astonish all but a select few of his numerous friends and acquaintances. The general consensus was that Lord Vere talked. And talked. And talked. There was no subject under the sun, however remote or abstruse, upon which he did not eagerly venture an opinion or ten. Indeed, there were times when one could not stop him from pontificating on that newly discovered class of chemical substance known as the Pre-Raphaelites, or the curious culinary habits of the Pygmy tribes of central Sweden.

Lord Vere was also a man who held his secrets close.

But anyone so deluded as to voice such a pronouncement would find himself surrounded by ladies and gentlemen on the floor, screaming in laughter. For Lord Vere, according to public opinion, could not distinguish a secret from a hedgehog. Not only was he garrulous, he volunteered the most intimate, most inappropriate personal knowledge at the drop of a hator even without a stitch of haberdashery anywhere in sight.

He gladly related his difficulties with the courting of young ladies: He was rejected early and rejected often, despite his stature as a peer of the realm. He gave up without hesitation the state of his financesthough it had been discovered that he was quite without a notion as to how much funds were at his disposal, current and future, thereby rendering his conjectures largely moot. He even venturednot in mixed company, of courseto comment on the size and girth of his masculine endowment: enviable on both counts, the measurements verified by the experiences of the merry widows who looked to him for an occasional tumble in the sheets.