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Shoots the funeral straight to hell.”. “Well, if that’s the case,” Hugh murmured. I really wish that I could give this book a higher rating. Although neither protagonist from Once Upon a Tower actually appears "on screen" in The Sum of All Kisses, both are mentioned, and Iris's frantic search for Edie leads to some rather significant self-reflection on the part of Sarah. Hugh was not too proud to admit that in this case, at least, he cared what society thought. He looked down at his leg. “What?” Hugh said to himself. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY SEP 9, 2013 The already well-worked Bridgerton universe (subject of eight books, including On the Way to the Wedding) is attenuated by this novel linking it to Quinn's Smythe-Smith stories. I commend Lord Chatteris on his kitchens.”, “Thank you very much. Sarah was sure that her parents were disappointed not to have a living son, but to their credit, they had never complained. And I’ve only ever seen you cast up your accounts once, and that was when we all had that bad fish in Brighton.”, “Hence the green,” Harriet said approvingly. Hugh screamed as he felt his leg tearing into pieces. Because they all knew that the marquess loved Ramsgate, Hugh, and Freddie in precisely that order. “Don’t you want to walk down the aisle?” She looked a bit like a concerned little sparrow, her head tilting to one side and then the other with sharp little birdlike movements. It will be why you feel so weak.”. His father gave him a disgusted look but otherwise ignored the sarcasm. Hugh Prentice has never had patience for dramatic females, and if Lady Sarah Pleinsworth has ever been acquainted with the words shy or retiring, she's long since tossed them out the window. “Will you send word to Lord Winstead’s family that he may safely return to Britain?”, “Of course not. The Patch of Green (where Daniel and Hugh fight their duel) is not a real location. He was quite certain he sounded better than he felt, but with the Marquess of Ramsgate, one must never show weakness. More than once he’d thought about getting married himself, but despite the fact that he seemed to be in working order, there was always the chance that the bullet had indeed done him some damage. Especially since you’re putting it up on a dais, aren’t you? Was this what weddings did to people? “Not as much as you have,” Marcus pointed out, but he hiccupped when he said it. “Nearly getting yourself killed. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 15, 2015. Father wasn’t having— well, you know Father.” Freddie swallowed and cleared his throat. He hadn’t been the one to call for the duel. Enjoyable ... but should have been better, Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2014. Hugh did not normally study the speech patterns of others, but when Lady Sarah spoke, it was difficult to ignore her. “With a hint of madness,” Elizabeth said. He literally spat on the floor, and said that even if Freddie took a bride, he would never manage to sire a son. Yet another reason he hadn’t wanted to attend this wedding. Review: Lord of Temptation by Lorraine H. Review: Josie Loves J. Valentine. Word for word. He would never have a grandson now, he fumed, and it was all the fault of the Earl of Winstead. You get to walk down the aisle.”. Sarah turned slowly in her direction. Hugh let out a long sigh. Lord Ramsgate was not the only nobleman who saw no reason to care for his children equally. Marcus, who suddenly looked far more sober than the rest of them. He didn’t understand it, but he accepted it. Why was there a ‘rest of the audience?’ Sarah never could figure that out. “Well.”. review 1: 3.5stars but I had to rate it up to four because of the hero. He shrugged. She has the most marvelous sense of humor.”, Honoria smiled grandly at him. Hugh had preferred his barmaid to Daniel’s —a little less fleshy; a little more lithe— but he just grinned when pressed for the details. Because he knew this. “And,” Honoria continued, “he and Sarah do not get on.”. Hugh didn’t bother to reply. We never have a cross word. Shop now. And if he did—if by some miracle he did—it wouldn’t be any child worthy of their name. And when one kiss leads to two, three, and four, the mathematician may lose count, and the lady may, for the first time, find herself speechless. That Freddie had come here, to their old home in St. James’s, was a testament of his love for Hugh. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. A game was struck, and wine was served, and everyone was having a grand time until—. He should be the one with the permanent repercussions. The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of 373 pages and is available in Mass Market Paperback format. EMBED. With tens of millions of copies in print, #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn has been called “Smart, funny,” by TIME Magazine. But of course he didn’t. “He found him.”. “Going to beat you this time, Prentice!” Daniel boasted. The sky had still been pink. We have new and used copies available, in 3 editions - starting at $1.01. No, he wasn’t drunk. “I know he can!”. Daniel had been forced to flee the country, and Hugh had spent a full year learning to walk again. He’d been the one to start it all. “I won,” Daniel said again, this time to Marcus, his longtime closest friend. The Sum of All Kisses | From Julia Quinn, the New York Times bestselling author of steamy historical romances, comes the third seductive installment of the Smythe-Smith Quartet, The Sum of All Kisses.Sarah Pleinsworth can't forgive Hugh Prentice for the duel he fought three years ago that nearly destroyed her family, sent her cousin fleeing, and left Hugh himself with a badly injured leg. I really enjoyed this book! He couldn’t remember the last time his brother had stepped foot in their father’s house. Surely there were plenty of women who would be thrilled to have their husbands out of their beds once the nursery was sufficiently populated. “I am delighted to be here.”. Romance. Their mother had lost three babies between Sarah and Harriet—two as miscarriages and one when Sarah’s younger brother, the only boy to have been born to Lord and Lady Pleinsworth, died in his cradle before he was three months old. It would probably take him fifteen more steps to reach them, sixteen if he was feeling ornery and wanted to butt up into their space. It had been an scandal of unimaginable proportions when the two men had dueled three and a half years earlier. Hugh looked up at Charles Dunwoody’s blurry face. Someone who’d found out about the duel and wanted bragging rights, most probably. “What is he talking about?” Marcus asked. “Hmmph,” she hmmphed. “You couldn’t,” Hugh shot back, stumbling for balance. What was Freddie doing here? That week, even. Elizabeth gave a little frown of disappointment and lowered the book. Why had he thought he’d hear the shot before he felt it? share. “Not particularly,” Sarah replied. Lord Hugh is struggling to just get through life after a very bad and drunken decision. He looked ill. “I believe he’s trying to make a joke,” Dunwoody said. But his mistake did not just cost him. Elizabeth grinned and joined in the singsong. “Oh, thank you, Lord Hugh,” Honoria said effusively. She doesn’t care that his leg is less than perfect, it’s his personality she can’t abide. And when one kiss leads to two, three, and four, the mathematician may lose count, and the lady may, for the first time, find herself speechless…. And even though she knew she was probably consigning herself to another year at the sacrificial pianoforte, she’d refused them both. And the whole time, throughout the entire excruciating recuperation, Hugh was confined to his father’s house, trapped in bed, and forced to endure daily ministrations from a nurse whose special brand of care brought to mind Attila the Hun. “And I certainly see that hint of madness now.”. She was a powerhouse and I loved 'listening' to the H's internal thoughts about her. You are doing me a tremendous favor.”. Ether is one of the oldest known anesthetics; it was first synthesized in 1540 by Valerius Cordus. Really. She has been fostering a hatred of Lord Hugh Prentice for ruining her life, but he is unaware of having done this. He much preferred when people said what they meant and left it at that. They didn’t have to learn to play instruments and sacrifice their dignity upon an altar of public humiliation. He clutched his shoulder, his rumpled white shirt already oozing with red. He blinked, trying to set his world back into focus. He’s just left England is all. But when the two are forced to spend a week together, they find that unexpected kisses, and mutual passion, may have the power to change both of their minds. “It’s not the heart.”. Sarah Pleinsworth was one of those dramatic females, given to hyperbole and grand announcements. He was the only person (aside from her sisters) who had managed to infuriate her so much that she’d had to literally hold her hands down to keep from smacking him. Az úr a hölgyről: tudálékos, bosszantó nőszemély. Was that so pathetic? I would actually be above all things.”, “Oh, Frances,” Honoria said, smiling warmly down at her, “I wish it could be so, but you know there are to be no children at the main table, and also, we need it to be a gentleman.”. Besides, a reckless duel has left this brilliant mathematician with a ruined leg, and now he could never court a woman like Sarah, much less dream of marrying her. Or at least she had a face that Hugh imagined would be at home on Attila. The Sum of All Kisses should have been a wonderful book but it was ultimately unequal to it’s premise. In front of actual people. Hugh always considered his words before he spoke, but even he wasn’t able to stop himself from blurting half of, “I don’t get on with Lady Sarah,” before clamping his mouth firmly shut. He just wished she’d learn to be quiet. 0062072927 (ISBN13: 9780062072924) languge. Unlike the lyrical reviews of others, this is last Smythe Smith for me but here's hoping Julia's next series reverts to the Bridgerton standard. “Even the gods of literature have despaired of me.”, “Oh, if only I could find a gentlemen,” she muttered to herself, “who will make me miserable and vex me to the end of my days.”. Part of a series, but can be read as a stand-alone. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 29, 2013. “Must we have this conversation?” Sarah wondered. But forced to spend a week in close company they discover that first impressions are not always reliable. At least he would not have to attend that wedding. “Then you definitely should play,” Daniel said. Sweet. Bleeding like a pig.”. “If you want to be rid of me, you know what you have to do,” Lord Ramsgate said. “Not too thin, not too fat.”, “Oh oh oh, I have one!” Frances exclaimed, practically bouncing along the sofa. Never. Hugh said nothing. “Winstead, you bloody cheat!” Hugh yelled, the words pouring unbidden from his throat. Surely one had to attend only once to realize that nothing good could ever come of a Smythe-Smith musicale. Freddie’s memory was almost as good as Hugh’s, and his tastes had always run toward the biological sciences. It isn’t enough that four years ago, Hugh’s alcohol-induced actions nearly ripped Honoria’s family apart. “He’s gone.”, “No, no, not dead gone,” Freddie quickly said. This is quite the largest event to be held at Fensmore for decades; the servants are quite frantic with apprehension. Carefully, he put a spoon to Hugh’s lips, dribbling the liquid into his mouth. Hugh gave his head a little shake. Hugh was supposed to have provided the Ramsgate heir, and now look at him. Written with Julia Quinn’s trademark style, The Sum of All Kisses is a witty and lighthearted Regency romance. Maybe he was cripple. Hugh Prentice has never had patience for dramatic females, and if Lady Sarah Pleinsworth has ever been acquainted with the words shy or retiring, she’s long since tossed them out the window. “You’re going to be stuck here for quite some time, I’m afraid. The Sum of all Kisses was a nice book and the Prologue captured my interest and made me want to keep reading. The problem was that this evening, Hugh had also drunk “enough.” It wasn’t a common occurrence; he’d never been comfortable with the loss of control that flowed from a bottle of wine. “Oh, Father,” Hugh called out, before he could leave. Lord Ramsgate vowed to hunt Daniel until one of them was dead. “But mostly apprehension.”. “Not that’s it not right,” she said hastily. “It was the king but then it was the seven, and I…”. Hugh hated when annoying people had valid points. Hugh did, too, at the Queen of Diamonds, madeira dripping from her neck like blood. And delight.” Honoria pressed her lips together sheepishly. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Smythe-Smith Quartet. Sarah had been tasked with the job of keeping her sisters out of trouble. “No,” Daniel said. Harriet and Elizabeth were busy with their own pursuits, which was just as well, because Sarah didn’t really need an audience beyond an eleven-year-old when she announced: “I have got to get married this year. He had turned from hot to cold in a blink of an eye. Why was it so hard to breathe? But his father just snorted and headed for the door. The Sum of All Kisses read online free from your Pc or Mobile. “His shoulder was injured, but he’ll be fine. The Sum of All Kisses (Paperback or Softback) $20.94. We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. “He’s not half as bad as Rupert.”, “Well, that part’s not the good news,” Honoria said quickly, with a nervous glance toward Hugh, lest he think them a completely bloodthirsty lot. But when the pair is forced to spend a week in close company, they discover that first impressions are not always reliable. But he would have thought it. Besides, I’m not your heir.”. Hugh had never been the sort to speak merely for the sake of making his voice heard. “A special little tidbit just for the three of us.”, “Oh, right. “It was wishful thinking.”, “If the unicorn is bleeding,” Elizabeth explained, “then the play has at least a chance of being interesting.”, Frances gasped. Two grand opportunities for Sarah to dance and frolic and be made painfully aware that she was not one of the brides. Frances stood and came over to her side, peering down over the sofa back. Every year, like clockwork, the four eldest unmarried Smythe-Smith cousins were forced to gather their nonexistent musical talents and play together in a quartet. “Don’t spend your energy,” Marcus said, taking his hand. Would I be wrong in surmising that the publisher needs a certain number of words so Julia pads out the story with pointless dialogue which doesn't advance the plot, such as it is. “Toward making everything right. Fancy that.”. God, but it was enjoyable to watch his father’s face bulge and turn red. If he’d been shot. Sarah looked at Hugh. That was something different. Hugh flipped through the cards in his mind again, ignoring the fact that the Jack of Clubs was wielding an actual club, and he was chasing after the ten, which was drinking wine out of a glass much like the one currently shattered at his feet…, Hugh started yelling. “I won. “I counted,” Daniel said triumphantly. She’d never forgotten that mad moment the year before when she’d first met Lord Hugh. She looked up. The Sum of all Kisses was a nice book and the Prologue captured my interest and made me want to keep reading. Always so very pleasant to be called a freak. His head hurt too much. Or perhaps more to the point, not that he’d been presented with an opportunity. Sadly I couldn’t stay there and very quickly felt the book fell into the trap so many modern authors do of mixing their life and times. “I see.” And that was the awful part. It would go a long way toward making everything, well…” She swallowed and her eyes flicked toward the ceiling for a moment as she tried to find the correct words. That seems to be something that Quinn does in all of her books. But at the same time, there weren’t many people he avoided, either. Not an inch of a chance. But if Lord Ramsgate could have chosen, they all knew he would have chosen Hugh. “You stupid, contrary… A joke. Performance 5 out of 5 stars. Daniel was hurt, perhaps even mortally, and he’d done it. “I will have satisfaction,” Hugh growled. As Hugh lacked the temperament for any of these pursuits, he would have to find some other means of support. “Don’t cry,” Hugh said, because it looked like he might. Dunwoody scratched his head and looked at the cards, counting out loud. She had never been so angry as she had that night…. This book is Lady Sarah Pleinworths’ story. “…and I know you never cheated at maths. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. Where his memory really came in handy, though, was cards. He had a feeling she had not flagged him down to inquire about his morning meal, but as it must be obvious that he had just partaken, he replied, “Very much so. If one were being made fun of, didn’t one have the right to know? There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Yet whilst Sarah thought she would never be able to forgive him, let alone ever come to like him; being forced into closer proximity with him can but cause her to view him in a rather different light. The wealthy usually had their newspapers ironed before they read them. But even Lord Chatteris’s grand home could not hold all of the guests who were coming up from London; quite a few had been forced to take rooms at the local inns. It was the one thing, the only thing he could count on. I say this with great confidence, because although I did read the preceding two books, I can’t remember anything about them. She looked like him, too. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! Related Posts; Review: Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynd. “Your leg.”. The Sum of All Kisses (Smythe-Smith Quartet #3) is a Romance novel by Julia Quinn. As Daniel was also an earl, it was going to be a huge affair. Buy a cheap copy of The Sum of All Kisses book by Julia Quinn. Her face lit up again, her happiness practically a beacon. At the outset of Chapter Two, Sarah and Honoria are talking about Gareth St. Clair, whom some of you might recognize as the hero of, Eloisa James fans will recognize the Duke of Kinross and Lady Edith Gilchrist, who are guests at Marcus and Honoria's wedding. Julius Caesar he could not do, but that was only because he had never taken the time to read it. Besides, even if Hugh did grow to enjoy her company, it wouldn't matter. It hurt to swallow. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. “I don’t see why that would be a problem,” he said tightly. He’d always been the charmer of the group. Please try again. Hugh!” came Dunwoody’s frantic voice. And gambling was so very easy when one had the ability to recall every card played —in order— for an entire evening. “It’s too late to change now. He was sitting up now, his splinted leg thrust forward like a log. He swallowed, trying to breathe. I’m a sucker for a grumpy, wounded man. Hive Waterstones WHSmith Wordery Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780349430485. The ace had been after the jack, which had been next to the ten…. His mathematical mind just adds to his appeal. “I know,” Sarah flopped back onto the sofa, the wail of her final syllable apparently too strong to remain upright. It’s a miracle you didn’t bleed to death. Hugh had always been a solitary soul, and there were very few people whose company he deliberately sought. The Girl With The Make-Believe Husband: A Bridgerton Prequel (Rokesbys), The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever, First Comes Scandal: A Bridgerton Prequel (A Bridgerton Prequel, 4), The Further Observations of Lady Whistledown, Dancing at Midnight (Avon Historical Romance), For her cousin Honoria Smythe-Smith’s sake, Sarah Pleinsworth will do her very best to hold her tongue, but asking her to be civil to Hugh Prentice really is asking the impossible. “The thigh. I’ll just tell Sarah.”, “She’s in the drawing room,” he said. Freddie was lying. It wasn’t that his heart was sinking; hearts didn’t sink so much as they did a tight panicky squeeze, and the truth was, his did neither. He couldn’t imagine why he had anything to smile about, but he felt it slinking along his face nonetheless. Hugh could hear it in his voice. On the bright side, all signs pointed toward his still being able to father a child. Even sober, Charles Dunwoody seemed to know a lot of things that were untrue. Who were not deaf. “Yes, well, you can take that up with Father,” Freddie said uncomfortably. Which was why, after Sarah had made her (admittedly ridiculous) statement about dying if she did not marry this year, she looked up to the doorway. They had to know that that they were subjecting themselves to what could only be termed auditory torture. The leg. “We both know your brother will never marry.”. Or was he merely repeating a word for emphasis? To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. “Daniel, shut up,” Marcus groaned. “I don’t care,” the marquess said. “How do you do that?”, Hugh gave him a flat stare. I’ve already got it fixed in my head. “Perhaps the next day, then.”. Was he still drunk? It was hell. The sum of all kisses Item Preview > remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. I can bloody well ruin his.”. The Sum Of All Kisses by Julia Quinn starts off with a flash back to the night that Hugh Prentice and Daniel Smythe-Smith dueled, a night that irrevocably changed their lives for the worse. Who probably couldn’t sire a son, either. Had his existence truly descended that far into melodrama? But even if she could find a way to forgive him, it wouldn’t matter. It had not bothered him when people thought him an eccentric, with more aptitude with cards than he had with people. Father tried to have him arrested, but you weren’t dead yet—”, “—and then, well, I don’t know what Father said to him. “My cousin Arthur has taken ill,” she said, “and he was to sit at the head table at the wedding breakfast.”, “—I was hoping it could be you. Sarah Pleinsworth can’t forgive Hugh Prentice for the duel he fought three years ago that nearly destroyed her family, sent her cousin fleeing, and left Hugh himself with a badly injured leg. “No one wants that, and I’m not just talking about the poor sod who’s taken the bullet. “Please don’t.”, “No, it will be great fun,” Harriet insisted. But a lady of one-and-twenty shouldn’t have to marry a man of sixty-three. Just that. The world was a better place when Freddie avoided their father. Choose from JQ's Subscribe Options →. “Oh, Christ,” the surgeon muttered, and he took off along the side of the field at a run. He was offering vivid descriptions of the maid he’d just tupped, Charles Dunwoody was vowing to go back to the tavern to improve upon Daniel’s performance, and even Marcus Holroyd —the young Earl of Chatteris who had always been a bit more serious than the others— was laughing so hard he nearly tipped his chair over. A reckless duel has left this brilliant mathematician with a ruined leg, and now, unable to run, ride, or even waltz, he could never court a woman like Sarah, much less dream of marrying her. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 9 SEP 2013 The already well-worked Bridgerton universe (subject of eight books, including On the Way to the Wedding) is attenuated by this novel linking it to Quinn's Smythe-Smith stories. The new character must look like Sarah. Was he mocking her? By the time they’d reached their club and pulled out a deck of cards, Daniel Smythe-Smith, who had recently come into his title as the Earl of Winstead, was well in his cups. He had been shot. “I think Lord Winstead went to France.”. Or perhaps more accurately, their mother was helping with the preparations. One corner of his lips would have twitched, and his right eyebrow might have arched—just the barest hint of a movement, but still, enough for a careful observer to think him smug. Sarah was a decent heroine although she started off a bit judgmental and unlikable. He could, if he wished, recite all of Romeo and Juliet, word for word. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. What was left of it. “All things being equal,” Hugh said with devastating calm, “I’d rather she not be a fool.”, His father shook with fury, and a full minute passed before he was able to speak. He deserved a Happily Ever After. Hugh was holding out hope that he might yet do so, but he knew there was no woman in the world who would catch Freddie’s eye. At eighteen, he’d only just started at Oxford, and he surely wasn’t going to marry within the next five years. Hugh nodded. “You’re trying to kill yourself just to vex me?”, “I would imagine I could vex you with significantly less effort than that. We have known of the Smythe-Smith Quartets from other Julia Quinn books. The doctor set it, but he said the bone was splintered.” Freddie cleared his throat. It did not matter when Hugh pointed out that Freddie was healthy and could still surprise them and get married. The Sum of All Kisses. Seller 99.6% positive. “I think it’s the maths,” Dunwoody went on, oblivious to Hugh’s sardonic expression. Hugh ran through the deck in his mind, ignoring the fact that some of the cards were uncharacteristically fuzzy. Spies and assassins. “I don’t cheat.”, But he had to have cheated. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 18, 2013. Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2019. But Daniel Smythe-Smith had insisted, and when Hugh had pointed out that this wasn’t even his wedding, Daniel had leaned back in his chair and said that this was his sister’s wedding, and if they were to convince the rest of society that they had put their differences behind them, Hugh had better bloody well show up with a smile on his face. Normally, the girls would have been watched over by their governess, allowing Sarah to attend to her duties as Honoria’s maid of honor, but as it happened, their (now former) governess was getting married the next fortnight. Not only has her best friend just been married, but only through marriage or death can she escape playing in the Smythe-Smith Quartet. He had been shot in the leg. And the same smile. “I really couldn’t say about the ones who are staying in the village.” Their cousin Honoria Smythe-Smith was marrying the Earl of Chatteris the following morning. No one should have to walk down a church aisle with a bouquet of flowers unless she was the bride, already had been the bride, or was too young to be the bride. Delighted was an overstatement, but Rupert had terrible breath, so at least she’d avoid that with Lord Hugh at her side. Hamlet, too. And damn it all, if he could do it, so could she.