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Amelia Grey

Auteur de Never a Bride

41 oeuvres 1,391 utilisateurs 143 critiques

A propos de l'auteur

Amelia Grey is a pseudonym for Gloria Dale Skinner, the author of more than twenty books and winner of the Booksellers Best Award and Aspen Gold Award for writing as Amelia Grey. Writing as Gloria Dale Skinner, she has won the Romantic Times Award for Love and Laughter, the Maggie Award, and the afficher plus Affaire de Coeur Award for best historicals. She grew up in a small town in the Florida Panhandle and has been happily married to her high-school sweetheart for more than thirty-five years. Visit her at www.ameliagrey.com. afficher moins
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(eng) Amelia Grey also writes under the pseudonyms of Charla Cameron and Gloria Dale Skinner

Séries

Œuvres de Amelia Grey

Never a Bride (2001) 158 exemplaires
A Duke to Die For (2009) — Auteur — 106 exemplaires
A Gentleman Never Tells (2011) 70 exemplaires
Only a Duchess Would Dare (2009) 67 exemplaires
The Duke in My Bed (2014) 64 exemplaires
A Dash of Scandal (2002) 63 exemplaires
Last Night with the Duke (2017) 60 exemplaires
An Earl to Enchant (2010) — Auteur — 59 exemplaires
A Gentleman Says "I Do" (2012) 56 exemplaires
The Earl Next Door (2019) 55 exemplaires
A Hint of Seduction (2004) — Auteur — 52 exemplaires
To the Duke, With Love (2017) 52 exemplaires
A Taste of Temptation (2005) 50 exemplaires
The Earl Claims a Bride (2015) 46 exemplaires
It's All About the Duke (2018) 41 exemplaires
Wedding Night with the Earl (2016) 38 exemplaires
The Rogue Steals a Bride (2013) — Auteur — 35 exemplaires
Kissing Under the Mistletoe (2021) — Auteur — 33 exemplaires
Gone with the Rogue (2020) 29 exemplaires
The Duke and Miss Christmas (2015) 25 exemplaires
Yours Truly, the Duke (2023) 23 exemplaires
Juliana (1997) 20 exemplaires
Hellion (1998) 19 exemplaires
Bewitching (1995) 13 exemplaires
Tender Trust (1993) 9 exemplaires
Passion's Choice (Lovestruck) (1990) 6 exemplaires
Starlight (Heartfire Romance) (1750) 5 exemplaires
Glory Nights (Magnolia Road) (1993) 5 exemplaires
Diamond Days (1991) 4 exemplaires
Faeted Mates (2022) — Auteur — 4 exemplaires
Sincerely, the Duke 4 exemplaires
Ransom (1996) 4 exemplaires
Cassandra (1997) 4 exemplaires
Georgia Fever (Heartfire Romance) (1992) 3 exemplaires

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Autres noms
Skinner, Gloria Dale
Sexe
female
Nationalité
USA
Pays (pour la carte)
USA
Lieux de résidence
Alabama, USA
Connecticut, USA
New Hampshire, USA
Florida, USA
Notice de désambigüisation
Amelia Grey also writes under the pseudonyms of Charla Cameron and Gloria Dale Skinner

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I love historical romance stories, and trilogies are a special favorite. Author Amelia Grey writes some of the best, and Sincerely, The Duke is a shining example. In Book 2 of the author’s Say I Do series, we have another duke who needs to save his title or wealth or property or produce an heir, and a delightfully unusual and independent woman who will keep him on his toes. In this case Rick, Duke of Stonerick and Miss Edwina Fine are that couple.

Rick has no interest whatsoever in being married, but his mother is very, very insistent and he’s been plagued recently by a recurring illness and finally acknowledges to himself that maybe he better go ahead and secure that heir He keeps his illness a secret but does rather cavalierly – and not at all sincerely - dash off a letter that basically says, “Will you marry me? Sincerely, The Duke of Stonerick” and tells his mother she can send it to the woman he random picked off her list of eligible candidates.

Edwina made a promise to her father on his deathbed: she would do whatever it took to ensure she and her two sisters are married before the end of the Season, whether her sisters wish to be married or not. You might think sounds simple or what’s the big deal, but Edwina and her sisters are triplets, with red hair and green eyes – oh no! Bad luck, spells, not welcome in society. After their mother died their father kept them effectively hidden. Edwina takes her promise very seriously, even if the red hair/green eyes thing sounds a bit wacky to us.

Well, wouldn’t you know that Rick’s letter somehow does get mailed – to Edwina – who promptly shows up on his doorstep to accept in person. He did in fact sign his name to that letter so being a gentleman means he needs to honor it. Funny thing (that gets funnier and funnier in this charming story) is that this duke who doesn’t see the point in marriage is immediately smitten with this woman. And Edwina – opinionated but inexperienced and unassuming – is smitten right back.

Rick and Edwina are hilarious together. He’s forceful yet tender, but secretive. She doesn’t “exactly” lie but doesn’t “exactly” tell him she’s a triplet because there are so many superstitious people out there, including his mother, and she really needs this marriage to happen. And wants it, too. They spar and argue, wonder about the undeniable attraction and heat, and are drawn to each other as if in a magnetic field.

Sincerely, The Duke is sweet, steamy, silly and extremely satisfying. Everything you want in an historical romance, everything you’ve come to expect from author Grey, and every bit as good as the first book in the series. I can’t wait for the third book in the trilogy.

Thanks to St. Martin’s Press for providing an advance copy of Sincerely, The Duke via NetGalley. I recommend it without hesitation and voluntarily leave this review; all opinions are my own.
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GrandmaCootie | 1 autre critique | Mar 27, 2024 |
Red headed triplets! Shall the ton be shocked?

An interesting plot. Three sisters, triplets, all with red hair and green eyes. The eldest, Edwin, had promised her dying her father to have her sisters introduced to society and married.
Meanwhile up in London, Roderick Cosworth, the Duke of Stonerick, (Rick to his friends) promises his mother to finally marry and beget an heir. He chooses a name from his mother’s list of eligible parties. Yes, one Edwina Fine. The duke who’s nearly insensible with a fever on this occasion totters off and forgets all about that decision.
That is, until his peace and quiet is shattered by a disturbance in the entryway between a feisty red headed lady and his butler.
It’s his intended Fiona, paying a call to see if the offer is a hoax or true.
Rick as you can imagine has forgotten all about what happened with his mother. What with having been struck down by this mysterious recurring fever for a time. Looking at the note Edwina produces he recognizes his writing, and after some thought, declares it’s all above board.
Edwina informs him of her stipulations for the marriage. She wants her two sisters to attend the coming London season. She neglects to say they are triplets. (Due to fears about superstitions and rumours that infect society’s thinking)
The Dowager Duchess has been reading about the veracity of superstitions (all very negative) at her ladies meeting. She’s perturbed enough about the red hair and green eyes. Triplets might be a step too far. That point is not mentioned.
It just seemed to me that what might have been an intriguing plot was sidetracked by inanities, Edwina’s over bearing stubbornness, and a disappointing chemistry between the two main characters. The zing just wasn’t there.
I actually like the Duke better than Edwina. I appreciated how he handled her sister Eileen, even though he was suffering the dratted fever that persisted, and Edwina thought he’d drunk too much brandy. I shake my head!!
Still Edwina and Rick resolve the challenges between them and move on to have their HEA.

A St. Martin’s Press ARC via NetGalley.
Many thanks to the author and publisher.
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eyes.2c | 1 autre critique | Mar 25, 2024 |
A DUKE TO DIE FOR is the first in Amelia Grey’s Rogues’ Dynasty books. A DUKE TO DIE FOR is about Duke Blakewell and Henrietta Tweed, while the next two will be about Blackwell’s two cousins (Lord Raceworth and Lord Morgangale).

Great fun sums up this story quite well. Despite his initial bluster, Blakewell isn’t quite as bad as his reputation makes him out to be. At least he takes his role as Duke quite seriously (even if he is a tad absentminded), so maybe it's more he hasn’t had time to keep up his reputation as the Devilish Duke. Henrietta, for all her superstitions, is rather level-headed and mature. She’s only nineteen, but shows more sense then many of the older people of the story.

As for the curse, it truly was a self-fulfilling prophecy, I think. Sure enough, if you go looking for trouble, you can subscribe just about any ordinary event to it. What I was really pleased by was Blakewell and how quickly he understood Henrietta. There wasn’t any misunderstandings between them, and even if he didn’t always believe what Henrietta said (who would believe a curse was put upon a seven year old girl?), he didn’t condescend or make light of it.

I look forward, eagerly, to the next two books although I have a feeling Blakewell might keep my heart.
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lexilewords | 6 autres critiques | Dec 28, 2023 |
I remember clearly thinking at the end of A Duke to Die For that I couldn't wait to read about his cousin Race's romantic exploits. I didn't expect for him to fall for a widowed young Duchess who accused his family of stealing precious pearls!

Our first introduction to Susannah speaks a lot in her favor. She's not offended that Race didn't rush to her side during his party--she admits she arrived without first alerting him to her arrival and was content to let him come to her when he could get away from his guests. Then also she goes on to admit that they had not been formally introduced, she understood his surprise that she is so young and oh yes by the way she wants the pearls that were stolen from her grandmother please. The conversation is actually fairly civil as all things go, but both parties are left frustrated.

What proceeds is a lot of misunderstandings, miscommunications, sneaky relatives and shady going-ons in both of their families' pasts. Unlike in A Duke to Die For no one is out to kill anyone else. Everybody wants the Pearls however--included the Prince Regent--and some...deplorable means are used to obtain those goals. I applaud the fact that neither Race nor Susannah acts badly during the course of the investigation. Race still acts the gentleman, despite his misgivings about Susannah's claims and Susannah acts the Duchess she (albeit briefly) is.

Unfortunately its after the Pearls are stolen that I grew uneasy with Race and Susannah. They are on intimate terms at this point, quite taken with each other and have shared quite a bit of themselves, but that seems almost erased when Race finds the Pearls missing. His first thought is that Susannah stole them! Their behavior becomes quite atrocious at this point as they both want to nurse their injured hearts and then...'Oh well I knew you couldn't have done it!' and they are made up again! Only to have things torn asunder, briefly, near the end because of another misunderstanding.

The solution Race finally lands upon is the one I was thinking they should have done since their first time in bed. It seemed so patently clear that that's what should have happened. Then again we wouldn't have had a novel if the solution was found that quickly.

The appearance of Race's cousin Blake and his wife Henrietta (from A Duke to Die For) is a nice addition and certainly made me smile. We also learned more about the other cousin, Morgan, who's book An Earl to Enchant is due out in April of this year. All in all this was a good second book in the trilogy, only with less suspense and more romance.
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lexilewords | 6 autres critiques | Dec 28, 2023 |

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