Noble Destiny (Noble series Book 2) Kindle Edition

I inhaled the first in the "Noble" series (Noble Intentions) as Ms. Macalister's humor pulled me through the pages that could have easily slipped into tired cliche.So I immediately downloaded this second book with high expectations. The book itself is ok - not as good as the first, but still fun. I enjoyed Ms. Macalister taking the tired cliche of Earl trapped by desperate damsel and turning it on its ear. It was lovely to see a hero insisting on love in his marriage...not to mention a heroine who <gasps> actually grows and matures as the book progresses!The prose is fun as Lady Charlotte bungles the English language attempting to use words which she doesn't understands. Ms. Macalister's style is light and fun: she understands her audience and aims to please.The problem lies within the transfer from paper to Kindle. The scanning for this leaves a great to desire: lines break inexplicably in the middle of the line and there are additional characters scattered about. Plus, the spacing between lines is so uneven that some paragraphs are squished and others are far apart. It's as if someone sloppily scanned the written page, created a PDF and then uploaded that. It's very sloppy and amateurish and, at times, detracts from the reading experience.

This book started off where Noble Intentions left off, which I thought might be promising, as the former book had some good moments before it started devolving into total ridiculousness. I quickly realized the problem with Noble Destiny is that it never takes off on its own feet. MacAlister loves the long-winded banter and comebacks between characters -- the humor is forced and tedious after the 3rd or 4th go around between Dare and Batsfoam, and Charlotte's malapropisms are an overdone joke. I got the impression MacAlister had a deadline to meet in getting this book out, and this ended up being a pile of piffle I could no longer suffer through. Still in all MacAlister can write when she puts her mind to it; she just needs to stay focused on her characters and story line. Right now this story is just too silly and rangy to be even half funny or entertaining.

Okay, now I'm hooked! I enjoyed Nobel Destiny as much, if not more than Noble Intentions! Very, very funny, sweet, charming, and sexy! I have now added Katie to my list of authors who I will read pretty much anything they write! ;o) I really do look forward to reading more.Although Charlotte was a bit conceited in the beginning, I love how she evolved into a formidable woman! And Dare, was just sexy and charming and smart. I liked that he wanted her to love him first before he 'used his manly instrument"! ;o)Very well written, fun, engaging and exciting! I couldn't put it down.Suzan Tisdale

The beautiful - but knows it - Lady Charlotte Collins, like all women of the Ton during Regency period, were raised to be vain, shallow and think little past the fashions of the day. They were taught to be gorgeous, in style and with only a generally nattering of polite conversation, never showing any amount of intelligence lest they be called a bluestocking. This was a doubled-edged sword for Charlotte was both the epitome of the Regency debutant, but she also chafes under the restrictions. Cousin of the vivacious Gillian Leigh (Gillian�s story is told in Noble Intentions where she married Noble Britton), Charlotte shocked the proper and stuffy Ton and outraged her family, by eloping with a second son of Italian noble, just after Gillian married Noble. But now she is back. A window, penniless - thanks to the hatred of her mother-in-law - Charlotte is more than ready to embrace the shallowness and adoration of the Ton again. Only, she is shocked to find the door of the Ton slammed in her face. Her father was furious with his daughter for the elopement scandal, and though now dead, her brother Matthew is determined to pick up where daddy-dearest left off and see she is not received by any of the families of polite British Society. Charlotte rushes to Gillian for aid and support, but Gillian, now a mother, is off to the West Indies with Noble to inspect their plantation. She gives her sage advice: marry well and marry soon.Once Charlotte embraces the notion, one man comes to mind: Alistair Macgregor, known as Dare. He �looks well on her� - i.e. they make a beautiful couple - he is an Earl, and he is still unmarried. There were sparks five years ago, and Dare likely would have offered for Charlotte, but when he inherited the Earldom, he inherited a mountain of debts that would take three life times to pay off.In London, to see his sister Patricia married, and to find financing for his marine steam engine, he was thrilled to see Charlotte again, disappointed to know he feels the same, but still cannot offer for her because he has nothing to offer any woman. Especially, he has nothing to offer Charlotte, who will need to be supported in lavish style. To his surprise, she proposes married to him! He declines, which does not deter Charlotte. She sets up a situation to trap him into marriage�and what a situation! The plan works, but suddenly things are not going as Charlotte planned.A faulty codpiece, a circus for a wedding - literally! - and a husband who refuses to bed his wife because he is determined, she may have caught him and used his honorable ways to get him to marry her, but she cannot force him to be a husband, a lady just has to take matters into her own hands�such as shooting her husband�to cheer him up, mind you!!!In Macalister�s third novel - (Improper English and Noble Intentions her others - with Men In Kilts, A Girl�s Guide to Vampires and Heat Wave due out later this year) she shows she is a force her to stay.Dare is enchanting and Charlotte and her murdering the language is a howl. Maybe not quite as extra special as Improper English or Noble Intentions, this is still a winner that will have you howling. If you scored books 1- 100, her first two would rate 100s, this would be a 98. You cannot get much better than that!!Cannot wait for the rest of her works coming our soon. Fans that love Lynsay Sands or Amanda Quick, will love the second in the Noble line!!

I ALWAYS finish a book. Well, I can't claim that any longer. What made the author think that this main character was worth writing about....or reading about. She is selfish, ignorant, clueless, mean to what few friends she was, and unrepentant for her mistakes! Not my idea of a heroine! I have known some narsasistic people, but there was no redeeming qualities to this character. I enjoyed the previous book's humor, but found this book was just wasting my time. Skip it and go to the 3rd book in the series. That's my advise.

I have never laughed so much reading a book.....never. The other reviewers have clearly outlined the story and it's obvious this is one of those love it or hate it books.....and I can easily understand that. The characters and situations reminded me of one long "I Love Lucy" episode........so if you can imagine enjoying that (set in a different era), with smoldering sex thrown in, then I highly recommend this book for you.