{"id":3859,"date":"2013-06-25T16:01:28","date_gmt":"2013-06-25T21:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=3859"},"modified":"2013-07-01T08:51:59","modified_gmt":"2013-07-01T13:51:59","slug":"desperate-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/3859","title":{"rendered":"Desperate Measures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00539TLVM\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B00539TLVM&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=randomreading-20\">Desperate Measures<\/a><\/em> (2011) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/romance\/hern_candice.php\">Candice Hern<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00539TLVM\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00539TLVM&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=randomreading-20\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Desperate_Measures.jpg?resize=199%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Desperate_Measures\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Desperate_Measures.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Desperate_Measures.jpg?w=332&amp;ssl=1 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>Lydia Bettridge is in love with a gentleman who seems not the slightest bit interested in her. So her brother and his best friend, Philip Hartwell, cook up a plan to make this gentleman jealous.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for Lydia, not knowing who the gentleman in question is her brother and Philip end up pulling the very man she loves into the plot.<\/p>\n<p>So, okay. Well.<\/p>\n<p>Meh.<br \/>\n<strong>Rating: 5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Published by Candice Hern<br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/avg_rating_widget\/11544266\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Desperate Measures (2011) Candice Hern Lydia Bettridge is in love with a gentleman who seems not the slightest bit interested in her. So her brother and his best friend, Philip Hartwell, cook up a plan to make this gentleman jealous. Unfortunately for Lydia, not knowing who the gentleman in question is her brother and Philip [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[30,33,26,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-british","category-historical","category-romance","category-short-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-10f","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22217,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/22217","url_meta":{"origin":3859,"position":0},"title":"Murder Most Actual","author":"Michelle","date":"September 17, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Murder Most Actual (2021) Alexis Hall Clue, but with a married lesbian couple. 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