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Rhonda Woodward

Auteur de A Spinster's Luck

6 oeuvres 99 utilisateurs 2 critiques

Œuvres de Rhonda Woodward

A Spinster's Luck (2002) 28 exemplaires
The Wagered Heart (2003) 19 exemplaires
Moonlight and Mischief (2004) 17 exemplaires
Lady Emma's Dilemma (2005) 15 exemplaires
A Hint of Scandal (2003) 15 exemplaires
White Roses and Starlight (2013) 5 exemplaires

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Celia Langston has had a run of bad luck. After her parents died she was left an orphan and had to turn to a job in the working class, as a governess to two small boys, to make her way in the world. She is resigned to remaining single and un-marriageable all the days of her life. After a run in with the Duke of Severly at a young age she finds him cold and heartless as he looks to have her new position taken away from her, so it’s no surprise that she is set against him from the start when he turns up again years later.

The Duke of Severly shows up in the neighborhood just in time to meet his sister's governess before her turn of fortune. Her plain dresses and spinster caps don't fool him and he soon finds himself showing a bit more attention to her than is appropriate only to be continually met with a cold shoulder. Then her luck changes and she goes from being his sister's spinster governess to being something much more. And now, she needs his help.

The plot was interesting through and through and I liked the intrigue of the ton and the feeling of impending scandal as the duke turned the ex-governess into the Season's latest and greatest Beauty. The whole thing was very Cinderella-esque and endearing for it.

I did find a lot of the reasons for the misunderstandings to be a bit fanficy, and the main character overly dramatic and emotional at times. The writing seemed to use the same cant phrases over and over again as if the author didn't know any other ways to say things during the regency, and that got old after a while. And, some of the more passionate scenes were a bit overdone and I thought some of their thoughts and words were a bit too racy for the regency period.

After reading so much tastefully done romance with actual tension between the characters to read this one with what seemed like forced tension at times and that were so crudely written at others was just a huge let down and I didn't end up enjoying the book as much as I felt like I might of if it had been written a different way. So I had to give this book a low two stars.
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exlibrisbitsy | Mar 31, 2010 |
It's really a good thing that "Stone", Lord Haverstone and Mariah Thorncroft are completely distinterested in each other--that way they can relax and just be friends. Or at least that's what they think.

It all starts when Mariah's well-intentioned brother sees the earl lose a small fortune at cards. Assuming this means he's in need of funds, and being a bit drunk, he approaches the lord and tells him about his sister's dowry. Stone, amused, offers him an offhand invitation to his house party, which he promptly forgets about.

Despite the lack of a written invitation, Mariah's mother insists that they attend the house party, seeing it as a perfect opportunity to further her ambition to see her daughter wed to someone with a title.

Mariah inadvertently interrupts Stone's liaison with a married woman, and thus begins their friendship, with the first of many candid conversations. Mariah is not interested in her mother's plans, and Stone is too much of a rogue to interest her anyway, and Stone thinks he's more interested in dalliances with experienced wives and widows, so a friendship is safe.

*sigh* I'm doing a terrible job of describing this story. It often happens when I really enjoy something. What I liked most about Moonlight and Mischief is the friendship that developed between Mariah and Stone, and their mistaken belief that they weren't at all interested in each other.

The secondary characters were also very entertaining--from the sweetly heartbreaking secondary romance of Mariah's brother, to the young man with a crush on her mother. Moonlight and Mischief is suprisingly rich and detailed for such a short book.
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Darla | Mar 23, 2007 |

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6
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