Review: A hot look at high fashion
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 2, 2012
Slave to Fashion pits hot London seamstress Georgiana Talbot against Blane MacLaren, Lord Lockerbie, a Scottish linen merchant interested in convincing Georgiana to purchase his linen for her designs. Georgiana however has her sights on procuring a marriage proposals for her unmarried sisters, specifically a proposal from Blane's rival linen merchant, Lord Griffin.Blane makes a snap proposal of his own, and while Georgiana is shocked, she can't help but be intrigued with the brave, handsome, brash Scot. The trouble is, the rival merchant, whom she wants for her sister, has eyes for Georgiana.So Blane offers to help Georgiana in her scheme, if she'll agree to spend one month with him in Scotland--doing anything and everything he wishes, however taboo, without complaint. A little hard to swallow, since, well, Blane makes her insane with rage half the time.Ms. Glass' depiction of the era, the mores and taboos of the time vivid, if (and she acknowledges this in the opening pages of the story) idea of a female fashion mogul proves she skewed the history just a bit. It works, and very well, for the book. This time out, she surprised me, there was some humor here I never expected, but it worked, especially to break the ice between these two hard-headed characters!Will she and Blane be able to keep their agreement from becoming something more than just carnal? Or will passion overwhelm Georgiana's usual cold, calculating business sense? Want to find out what happens? You have to read it to find out!