- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Mira Books (May 15 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0778302059
- ISBN-13: 978-0778302056
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 240 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #148,966 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From the sparkling ballrooms of Regency London to the wealthy glamour of the country house - let Stephanie Laurens be your guide! Content with her humdrum country life, Miss Dorothea Darent had no intention of marrying. She knew that her unfashionable curves and her outspoken ways made her a disastrous match for any gentleman of the ton. But one kiss from a dashing stranger changed everything. Gossips said that the scandalous Marquis of Hazelmere would never choose a bride. But when he encountered Dorothea, he was entranced by her innocence. He didn't expect Dorothea's unconventional sweetness and charm to take the glittering world of the Regency by storm. The lady was surrounded by suitors - and now the confirmed rake must fight for his beautiful prize!
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EXCELLENT - A KEEPER, Nov 14 2001
By M. Hartmann "abayyan" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Tangled reins (Paperback)
Miss Dorothea Darent has no intentions of ever getting married -- she considers herself not comely enough and definitely past marriage age. Then she is kissed [most improperly] by the Marquis of Hazelmere, a notorious scoundrel.Dorothea will go to London because her grandmother Lady Merion is to present her and her sister Cicely. In London she meets up again with Marc Henry, the Marquis of Hazelmere and his friends -- Lord Fanshawe [who promptly falls for Cecily] and Hazelmere's cousin Ferdie.
Lord Hazelmere helps foil two abduction attempts of Dorothea and enlists his numerous friends to watch over Dorothea when he is called away from London.
Their tangled communications are definitely made more so when it is hinted to Dorothea that Hazelmere is keeping Lady Helen Walford as his mistress. Oh horrors, and she gives him the cut direct.
This is a story you will enjoy reading and don't forget to read the follow up, "Fair Juno" --- both books are HIGHLY RECOMMENDED -- and just a note - that both stories are reprinted in "A SEASON for SCANDAL".
1.0 out of 5 stars
Dreadful dreadful reading, Mar 11 2012
By bookworm - Published on Amazon.com
I beg Gayle Hendrix to read her next book in her own American accent - or take lessons from Barbara Rosenblat for english pronunciation lessons (an American who speaks the Queen's English better than most of us who actually live here). Hendrix got herself totally in a knot trying to use the upper class english ah sound instead of ay or a. Add that to a whole host of other mispronunciations and it was badly distracting. She was also very hesitant, the words never flowed and she accented the ends of words as if she had a choirmaster conducting her. The story itself isn't one of Stephanie Laurens best, although pleasant enough, but it would have been greatly improved by a competent reading. I will avoid Hendrix in future.
2.0 out of 5 stars
The editing ruined this story, Sep 22 2011
By Jinny Chieu - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Tangled Reins (Hardcover)
The version I read was a reprint 2011, so I don't know if there were changes to the original, but whoever edited this cut out at least two scenes which would have made much more sense if left in the story, because towards the end, there's a conversation the couple has referencing the missing events. This also lacks Laurens' signature rich descriptions. Very disappointed.
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