- Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Jove (MM) (Jan 29 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0515132500
- ISBN-13: 978-0515132502
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.7 x 2.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 154 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,701,414 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
The second installment in Lee's Victorian-era, Marquess of Templeston's Heirs trilogy (after Once a Mistress) features Princess Giana May, heir to the throne of Karolya. Forced to flee her country after her parents are murdered in a coup attempt by her cousin Victor, Giana poses as a chambermaid and hides out in an abandoned Scottish hunting lodge. American Adam McKendrick has recently won the lodge in a card game and plans to transform it into a gentleman's resort, but he finds himself inexplicably drawn to his regal servant. Adam soon uncovers Giana's secret, but before they can further their relationship, they must find a way to thwart Victor, as well as the rules of royal protocol, in order to follow their hearts. Lee moves her secondary characters frantically around the board, but the story's changing landscape fails to disguise its underdeveloped plot and far-fetched characterizations. In addition, the only attraction between the protagonists is physical, which is hardly a sufficient basis for the lasting bond Giana and Adam supposedly share. Although Lee includes a brief but enjoyable appearance by Drew (the hero from her previous installment), it's not significant enough to please fans hoping for more of the same.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Fleeing the traitors who killed her parents, the reigning king and queen of Saxe-Wallerstein-Karolya, Princess Georgiana Victoria Elizabeth May seeks refuge at a Scottish lodge with a few of her loyal retainers. Unbeknownst to her, the hunting lodge has just been won in a poker game by American Adam McKendrick, known by a series of dime novels as the "Bountiful Baron," who decides to visit his new property with the thought of turning it into a luxury resort. Georgiana and her retainers disguise themselves as the lodge's new servants, but it doesn't take Adam long to realize there is something distinctly odd about his new staff, including his quarrelsome but strangely appealing chambermaid. The battle of wits between a princess in disguise and a self-made American produces some spirited and entertaining results in Lee's latest historical, the second in her series involving the heirs of George Ramsey, and a delectable treat for those who enjoy witty historicals served up with a generous measure of danger. John Charles
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Unrealized potential,
By S. Reader "scibarfan" (Franklin, TN) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ever A Princess (Mass Market Paperback)
Some unbelieveable bits and some very confusing elements hurt this book. One problem is evident on the first page. The book is set in 1874, and it's the second book in the trilogy. If you choose to read this one, read it last so that the events are in chronological order. 1874 makes Drew (from Once a Mistress) 86 years old. He's still quite healthy and active (Kathryn is still alive too). Drew's brief but important appearance is too short. It seems implausible that he and Kathryn can travel so easily and at such short notice at these advanced ages. Kit is married; it's mentioned at the end of the book, but it happens in book 3 (hmmm).It's fun at times, and Adam is a pretty good hero, but Giana is often unbelieveable. Adam does seem easily deluded. You can read the other two without this one. Or read this one after the other two. But my advice is "don't buy it."
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing,
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This review is from: Ever A Princess (Mass Market Paperback)
Giana and Adam's story could have had so much potential but I had to suspend my beliefs so many times for so many things, that I found the book flighty and not enjoyable. If this was supposed to be a fairy tale type story it might have worked better, but it was not. The story takes a princess and puts her in situations both unrealistic and contrary even in its own writing style. A princess is sunk to the level of cleaning out fireplaces as a maid, but her lady's maid can't lift a finger except to fix the princesses hair, watch her dog and get her food. Or when Giana and Adam's second in a duel kill the opponent (they shoot him) because he was about to kill Adam. Woah! I thought that was considered cheating in a duel.Giana was so focused on being a princess that she does not know how to act "normal". How it takes Adam so long to figure out something was going on, or why he did not fire her the minute he walked in and found her sleeping in his bed (and unwilling to leave it for the night), I'll never understand. I never got the feeling that these two characters communicate or relate to one another. Where did the relationship come from? The villain's reasons for acting as he did, did not fully make sense either. Adam and his story fare a little better, though they stretch they realm of comfortable with me as well. All and all, the only aspect of the book I liked was the Marquess of Templeston's role in it. I enjoyed his story in Once a Mistress and was happy to see him again.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Exciting historical romance,
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This review is from: Ever A Princess (Mass Market Paperback)
In 1874, Prince Victor hires assassins to kill his uncle and aunt, the ruler and his wife of the Principality of Saxe-Wallerstein-Karolya. Victor's men also murder loyal supporters of His Highness and seek out his cousin Princess Georgiana to complete his coup. However, due to the efforts of trusted individuals, Princess Giana escapes. Though officially the new ruler of the small Baltic principality, Giana flees to Scotland where she hides in an isolated hunting lodge. Victor rules the nation with an iron fist while his hired killers seek to eradicate the last symbol of the opposition, Giana.In a card game, American business mogul and hero of dime novels Adam McKendrick wins the hunting lodge that conceals Giana. He arrives at his new property, but is shocked to see residents' residing in what he believed was an unoccupied lodge. The squatters including Giana pretend to be servants, but her royal bearing reveals her masquerade as a maid false. As Adam and Giana fall in love, he learns more about her past. He becomes determined to help her gain what is rightfully hers. The relationship between Adam and Giana turn Rebecca Hagan Lee's historical romance into a fun reading experience. Though the audience will crave Adam, he seems too perfect that is until Giana, EVER THE PRINCESS, rips his skin apart revealing his flaws. The story line is action packed, but clearly belongs to the intrepid heroine who makes a fairy tale come true for sub-genre fans. Harriet Klausner
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