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I'm surprised this book doesn't have more reviews! I love Victoria Dahl books, but this one is a special favorite of mine. I've read it cover to cover 3 times now.

Dahl writes romances in my favorite way, with complete respect for the female characters. Her contemporaries are fantastic but she has done something exceptional in her historicals. She gives us lovable female characters with libidos! Her lead ladies are sexual in a society that disapproves and Dahl brings us into stories where the women are strong and confident in themselves and the secondary characters are often working to learn to accept this about them.

I really enjoyed Dahl's "To Temp a Scotsman" because we watch as the man grows and learns to accept her sensuality. He goes from slut shaming to feeling guilty about it and understanding, he learns to appreciate her as his equal. In this story, "A Little Bit Wild," the male is the opposite, in that he would never slut shame her, quite the opposite! The lead male is a really great character.

I truly appreciate Victoria Dahl's style and that she doesn't repeat the same story or use the same template in all of her books. She may explore the same idea, but in many different ways. <3


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A Little Bit Wild The York Family Victoria Dahl 9781420104837 Books Reviews

I selected this book because Victoria Dahl is one of my favorite authors, complete with her own folder on my . I once one a copy of one of her books and still bought a copy for my . What this means is that I'm going to be more inclined to like her books, because it's clear her voice appeals to me.

This is, however, my first historical. I'd actually started it a few times and got distracted. I knew I loved her contemporaries, but I was worried that, I dunno, I was worried.

Ended up really loving this after the very beginning. I was concerned after the opening scene that the characters were going to be cardboard. Fast forward to the end when I am sleep-deprived and cannot stop reading it!

What I like about Victoria Dahl is she's not afraid to give her heroines libidos and "pasts" to varying degrees. A lot of romance novels make the heroines virgins with never a tingle down below, until he walks in. Victoria Dahl's women are spirited and fun, and that makes a huge difference. For the edification of people who seek out or avoid these things, there are always at least couple scenes of that spirited fun which are funny, explicit-ish, and pretty steamy.

What was great her is the hero looked at Marissa, saw her inner vixen, and accepted it all kit and kaboodle. When someone seeks to blackmail her, using knowledge of a birthmark as collateral, the heroine has a small -- but scandalous for the time -- list of suspects. The hero takes it in stride, knows she's curious and high-spirited, and hopes to see the birthmark too some day. Oh, there might have been some jealousy, but he never treated her like she was damaged good for what amounted to playing doctor. There is a pivotal scene where Marissa realized that -- that all the men she'd been smitten with took whatever she was willing to give, all the while telling her she really shouldn't allow improprieties, or was -- in one case -- a notorious ladies man. Jude was the guy to encourage her passion and exploration, the person she knew she could try anything and everything with.

Marissa starts the book as very shallow and unkind to Jude, who in a practical sense is doing her a favor and is steadfastly kind and supportive toward her. A trope a lot of people like is a hero or heroine going into a good grovel when they realize how mistaken and stupid they've been and Marissa provides that.

The is always genuine heat in a Victoria Dahl love story, and this is no exception, but what made the book over-the-top good is the heart there. Marissa grew and learned and had to deal with the possibility it was too little, too late. The author did a terrific job of making me fall in love with Jude and then ache for him when Marissa behaved like a mean little girl instead of a woman. Then, I applauded when she pulled her head out of her rear.
Wonderfully written! ! I love every book she writes. A real page turner. Couldn't put it down once I started.
Last night I was reading A Little Bit Wild, a historical romance/erotic novel by one of my favorite authors, Victoria Dahl. In reading Dahl's book, I was struck how unlikely a character Jude Bertram was as a hero and how much I liked him the way that Dahl had cast him. I didn't see A Little Bit Wild as a Beauty and Beast re-telling, but rather a challenge to the historical romance stereotype of hero and heroine.

In my quest for the unlikely gentleman, the one that lives and breathes outside the stereotype that authors fall prey too, A Little Bit Wild holds a secret place in my heart. Its plot in a way parallels the dilemma that I had been musing on earlier. It got me to thinking, do we as readers set the template for our hero and heroine? Do we demand it? Are our desires dictating that authors conjure up the most improbable of fantasies?

In A Little Bit Wild, Dahl's male lead Jude Bertram is very much an outside-of-the-box hero, and better yet, his character knows it. It's what makes him so endearing to readers. As the acknowledged illegitimate son of a Duke, Jude is a self-made man who has carved his life and his body by sheer mind-numbing work. He is not a fop and he's definitely not pretty. He has none of the soft features that society favors but one that is full of character and sharp edges. He doesn't cavort around with a holier-than-thou attitude a `la Fitzwilliam Darcy, but is rather the anti-stereotype.

Dahl has infused Jude's character with a vulnerable side that is directly linked to his self-perception. Jude knows that he does not fit in with the model template of society. He more resembles a groundskeeper than a polite gentleman. But there is a sense of self-acceptance and earthy sensuality to him that I find rather appealing. He knows exactly who he is and who he wants. His vulnerability to his looks is brought to the fore when he desires the one thing he thinks he cannot have Marissa York.

For Marissa, being a "bit wild" or that that innate curiosity into the affairs between men and women has been a mystery that she has been desperate to solve. It also challenges the stereotype of feminine "purity" so common in historical romance heroines. Her past minor dalliances have left her mostly unscathed and relegated to youthful fumblings. That is, until her latest fiasco with Peter White which has left her compromised and at the mercy of her family and society.

Jude offers to court Marissa to stave off any impending scandal and protect her and her family. But all the wiles he possesses will not dispel the fact that Marissa has an "ideal" in mind, and painfully Jude knows that he does not fit into it. Marissa has always been attracted to fops, to the tons "pretty" boys- fair-of-face and body. But can Jude convince her? Possess her? Can he woo her into seeing who he really is?

A Little Bit Wild is a great romance, a grand romance. Its unlikely love affair wound itself delicately into my heart and did not let go. Readers will be rooting for Jude all the way, as he demands nothing more than the truest, deepest form of love from Marissa-one that transcends looks and class status. It touched on the most vulnerable facets of love...our self-perceptions and worthiness to love and allowed to be loved. It was absolutely refreshing to have a character aware of their shortcomings and it dually provided a challenge to the author to craft them in a way that is appealing and went beyond superficial artifice.

I cannot recommend A Little Bit Wild highly enough as well as any of Dahl's numerous accomplished novels all of which I adore.

A Fiendishly Bookish Review (and one grumpy cat)
I'm surprised this book doesn't have more reviews! I love Victoria Dahl books, but this one is a special favorite of mine. I've read it cover to cover 3 times now.

Dahl writes romances in my favorite way, with complete respect for the female characters. Her contemporaries are fantastic but she has done something exceptional in her historicals. She gives us lovable female characters with libidos! Her lead ladies are sexual in a society that disapproves and Dahl brings us into stories where the women are strong and confident in themselves and the secondary characters are often working to learn to accept this about them.

I really enjoyed Dahl's "To Temp a Scotsman" because we watch as the man grows and learns to accept her sensuality. He goes from slut shaming to feeling guilty about it and understanding, he learns to appreciate her as his equal. In this story, "A Little Bit Wild," the male is the opposite, in that he would never slut shame her, quite the opposite! The lead male is a really great character.

I truly appreciate Victoria Dahl's style and that she doesn't repeat the same story or use the same template in all of her books. She may explore the same idea, but in many different ways. <3