Improper English

By Katie MacAlister

Book Overview

American versus Englishman--will it be a war of wits, or a battle to find their hearts? Alix hasn't had much luck in her life, but a trip to London, a matchmaking landlady, and the handsome Scotland Yard detective living above her indicate her luck is about to change. Has she truly found her perfect man, or will the disasters that dog her steps destroy everything she's hoped for?

Alexandra Freemar should be in heaven--she's just been handed everything she's ever wanted on a silver plate: a three month stay in London, the time to write the book of her heart, and the chance to finally prove to her mother that she's not the miserable failure her past indicates.

Alexander Black is a man with a mission, and no one is going to distract him from that, not even the uninhibited, carefree American who personifies everything he dislikes in a woman. But underneath that sassy mouth and devil-may-care exterior, he senses a wounded woman who's calling out to him, and try as he might, he just can't refuse answering.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1945961317
• ISBN13: 9781945961311
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Keeper Shelf Books
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

A fun, fun, fun read!

Alix is a high-spirited American spending two months in London on her mother's dime with the caveat that she must prove herself as a writer. Alex is a smoldering detective in the flat upstairs, who can't help but notice the cheeky new American in his building.From the first few moments of this delightful book, MacAlister makes great work of taking an unbelievably flawed heroine and making her utterly lovable. She's self-centered, stubborn, and sometimes just silly, but Alix is the kind of heroine you can cheer for - because haven't we all been there? Alex is as anchored to the ground as any man can be, and the chemistry between him and the flighty Alix is about as intense as I've ever seen on a printed page. Cheers to MacAlister for writing a fantastic, unusual, and highly improper book... and let's just hope that Colin Firth is available to play Alex when they make the movie!

Noble Effort !!!

If you read the reviews of Katie Macalister's Noble Intentions, you will see it said time and again that everyone adored her very tall, klutzy, redheaded heroine, that was not at all like all the typical historical heroine. She could not waltz, set the Duchess' curtains on fire and drove her husband to distraction with her unpredictability and slightly self-centred determination to make the world bend to her.Well, Katie Macalister has done it again. If you can read the dinner scene and not laugh, then you likely need a sense of humour tune-up. I loved the dancing on the landing. And her Book!! Oh, that hurts it's so hilarious!Alix is a pill at times, but she is a very down to earth, neurotic, klutz that I am certain is patterned on at least one of my sisters!!I feared they would call for the men in white jackets for me, because I could not shut up making snorting noises or laughing so hard my sides hurt.Gee, you get a tummy workout while you read!! Hum...neat trick!!I cannot wait for Noble Destiny! Keep 'em coming, Ms. M!!

Charming, delightful, fresh, best read in ages!!

My first review, so taking the plunge, you know it is a book that really moved me. My sister-in-law loved this book and gave me copy for a present and OHHHH I thank her!!Hats off to the brilliant Katie MacAlister for giving us a wonderful charming, quirky female who is not perfect!! It's SOOOOO nice to have a 'human' person with faults - LIKE THE REST OF US!!I don't think any book has ever warmed my heart or charmed me more. That said, think the Yanks will not get the humour and that is a shame.This book is like the last couple for Katherine Deauxville, that I happened to adore. Fear a few just won't catch the fun!I simply LOVED this book and cannot wait to read more from this author.

Absolutely a gem!

Well, I get books shoved in to my hands and told to read. And I have to admit I rarely dislike what is handed to me. But being it's a female doing the shoving, I a male sometimes see things a shade different. In this book, we are in total agreement.This is one dynamite book. A celebrating of Brit quirkiness, for wow-pow instantaneous attraction, of interesting well-drawn characters. I fear, however, maybe the Yanks will miss the boat, as they often do on British humour. I am hoping I am wrong on that assumption. MacAlister captures the Brit reserve and all the steaminess beneath, she fleshes out so well the almost proud indulging in off-beat behaviour the Brits adore. It's wickedly funny, I pulled a stitch in my side laughing. It's fresh and charming. Alix is a pain, but she is a pain I 'know' in real life, adore and love, so it was a howl to see someone else understand a writer crippled with insecurities, someone who jumps at feeble excuses to hide their pain and vulnerability. I especially loved the purple prose, shame we could not have a WHOLE Alix book. And I KNOW Alex is my brother....he even has green eyes!

A modern romp celebrating classic themes!

"I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like," Jane Austen declared, before sitting down in her parlor to write a novel centered upon one of her most singular and enchanting heroines--Emma Woodhouse. Two hundred years later, author Katie Macalister has updated the classic theme of a young woman realizing her naivete, learning the realities of love and sex, and achieving true independence. Like Austen's heroine, Alix Freemar has a high opinion of herself and of her own abilities; Alix's attempts at writing romantic fiction are as hilariously horrid as they are outrageously audacious. Like Emma, Alix refuses to contemplate correction, even when it comes in the darkly handsome and stubborn form of Scotland Yard inspector Alexander Black. The irresistible force between these two immovable objects, they both realize, is too strong to be denied. The whirlwind courtship between Alix and Alex that drives the delightful IMPROPER ENGLISH; is potent enough to be bottled and sold as a love charm. The love scenes between the pair simply sizzle! And tying it all together is the Macalister trademark sense of sometimes raucous, sometimes tender humor that made NOBLE INTENTIONS one of the top romance novels of 2001. Like Emma Woodhouse, her spiritual great-great-grandmother, Alix's redemption and eventual mastery of her perceptions and emotions are never in doubt, under Macalister's skilled hands. May this classic and freshly comic tale of romance blooming into true love delight as many generations of readers!