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by Loretta Chase (Author) "THANKS TO HIS MOTHER, RUPERT CARSINGTON had hair and eyes as dark as any Egyptian's ..." (more)
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Set in Egypt in 1821, Chase's romp of a romance possesses a fine sense of time and place. Solving the mystery of Egyptian hieroglyphics has been Daphne Pembroke's lifelong passion, one she has kept secret from everyone except her brother, Miles, who fronts as the hieroglyphics expert of the family. (Daphne's disapproving late husband believed that "intellectual endeavors put too great a strain on the inferior female brain.") When robbers steal a papyrus from her Cairo home that may lead to a vast fortune and kidnap Miles as well, Daphne knows the crooks have taken her brother so he can decipher the hieroglyphics. To find Miles before his captors realize he's clueless, she needs muscle in the form of hunky Rupert Carsington (a secondary character from Miss Wonderful, the previous book in the series), whom she springs from a local jail. Tracking the kidnappers takes Daphne, Rupert and their entourage down the Nile, where they face sandstorms, snakes and other perils. Comic relief comes in the form of a mongoose named Marigold. Though the book offers a fascinating glimpse into the workings of ancient Egypt, Rupert and Daphne's relationship, and the trials and errors thereof, remain the heart of the story.
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Egypt in 1821 is not a safe place for foreigners. So when her brother, Miles, disappears, Daphne Pembroke immediately goes to the British Consulate for help. What Daphne gets is Rupert Carsington. At first Daphne is quite vexed with the idea of being saddled with this cheerful blockhead, but she soon realizes that since she is clever, all she really needs is a big, strong man who will follow orders. As Daphne and Rupert set out in search of Miles, and a missing papyrus that may hold the key to a pharaoh's long-lost tomb, Daphne begins to suspect that she may have underestimated not only Rupert's intelligence but also her own susceptibility to his devilish charms. A bookish, sharp-tongued heroine with a passion for hieroglyphics discovers an all-together different kind of passion in this supremely satisfying and thoroughly romantic tale. Chase's subtly nuanced characters and deftly plotted story come together brilliantly, and her polished writing is imbued with a wicked wit. John Charles
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2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing!, May 1 2008
By Lucy Loo "Lucybear05" (Alberta, Canada) - See all my reviews
I read Lord of Scoundrels, and thoroughly enjoyed it. But this one was disappointing. If you like buffoonish, silly, shallow heroes, then maybe you'll like this one. The heroine wasn't much more interesting. And I just couldn't seem to care too much about the back story 'adventure'. The emotional development of the relationship wasn't there either. On the up side, the writing and detail was very well done.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous & Fun, July 3 2005
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Like all Loretta Chase novels the hero and heroine of the story are slightly out of the norm. Daphne Pembroke is a woman gifted with a brain in a time that doesn't accept intellectual women. Now a young widow, rather than bury her interests she pursues it with the assistance of her brother who acts as a frontman to his sister so she can fullfill her interests as Egyptology scholar. When her brother is kidnapped, she finds she needs the assistance of some brawn to accompany her brain and bails ne'er-do-well younger son Rupert Carsington from jail to fill the need. The story is an exciting and fun journey through Egypt as they try to save her brother from not one but 2 bands of kidnappers.

I loved Daphne and Rupert. Both were able to see past the outward personna each presented to society to the hidden depths beneath. She was outwardly a bluestocking, but he was open to and appreciated her intelligence and passionate soul. He was outwardly a big lummox, but she was able to see and appreciate his sense of justice and untrumpeted wisdom. The chemistry between them was wonderful. (Rupert is brother to Alistair who was the hero in Ms Wonderful).
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