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About Adam

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In About Adam, Stella Cameron invites us to 1820's London for another visit to Mayfair Square. The late Sir Septimus Spivey is kind enough to bring both returning and new visitors up to date on the current inhabitants and former residents of #7.

Although she is only 20, Princess Desiree has been in love with Adam Chillworth for years. While Adam has similar feelings for Desiree, he has dismissed hers as the crush of a young girl. After all, not only is he several years her senior, they are also so far apart in social status that the chasm my be impossible to cross. Princess Desiree's brother, Jean-Marc, Count Etranger, plans to make a match for her that will be advantageous for the family. Although Adam is a successful painter, he is not at all what Jean-Marc has in mind for his sister. But Desiree knows her own mind and heart. She loves Adam, and she plans to get him. With the help of Spivey (the resident ghost with an agenda of his own) and a host of matchmaking friends, it should be no trouble at all. Unfortunately, someone doesn't want Adam and Princess Desiree together, and may stop at nothing to keep them apart. Desiree and Adam must band together to overcome danger.

Stella combines suspense, humor and emotion with a wonderful plot and characters. You won't want to leave #7 Mayfair Square!

What do you get when you mix a princess, an artist and a matchmaking ghost? You get the latest in Stella Cameron's immensely popular Mayfair Series,,,ABOUT ADAM. Spivey almost has his mission completed, to rid 7 Mayfair Square of its lodgers, he has one more match, Adam Chillworth the man who lives in the attic and Princess Desiree, both have had feelings or each other for a long time, but Adam continued to see Desiree as little more then a child.

It will take some strategic planning with Desiree and Adam's friends to get these two together. Will they be able to accomplish it? or are there forces out there that are determined to keep Adam and Desiree apart?

ABOUT ADAM is my favorite of the Mayfair series, it is funny, hot and has intrigue that will keep you guessing. You also get to revisit with past characters. Get About Adam so you don't wonder what you are missing.

Barb Hicks

I was a fan of the other Mayfair series, so I had expectations that this current book would be just as entertaining. Sad to say, however, it just was lackluster. The book is written in a very choppy way and everybody, even the characters we already knew, all just came across as shallow and not very well defined. I found myself often confused as to where exactly they were physically or what had happened and had to turn back a page or two to find the reference where someone had left a room or entered a room or similar things. It was just unfocused and disjointed. The story isn't horribly bad, but everything just seems trite and shallow. Sad to say, as I do like the other novels, but this one just isn't worth it.

About Adam is a wonderful story. When I started reading it, I kept saying to myself, poor, poor Adam. Adam Chillworth is a painter, a deep, brooding man who is in love with a woman that he can never have. Princess Desiree is a young woman who can never have the man she loves so very much. No worries, though. Just as there are forces trying to drive them apart, there are forces pushing them together. Adam is an honorable man, one who thinks to protect Desiree, if if from himself, as he feels he is not good enough for her. This is a story of drama, passion and intrigue, done in such a manner to keep the pages turning very quickly. Let's not forget about the humor! About Adam is the next in the Mayfair Square series. I'd say pick them all up, as you will not regret it. Robin Taylor

After reading the other books in the Mayfair 7 series, I expected this book the be good and edge-gripping. It turned out to be incredible boring. The characters didn't have a set personality and came off as shallow. I thought it was kind of like a movie with bad actors, you couldn't bring the characters to life. There was very little plot. They got together near the beginning, so there was no suspense. The writing was very choppy and made little sense. I wanted to stop reading the book and just burn it. I was very disappointed with her work.

This book is another in the series of Mayfair Square books. In this one Adam and Desiree FINALLY have their romance. It is not a book that will make you think but their love is true and I loved hearing their story after so much previous build-up in the previous Mayfair Square books. It was a sweet book with a lot of sub-plot. I definitely recommend it- but you might want to start with the earlier books so you can get the backstory.

Nothing would make codgerly old ghost Sir Septimus Spivey happier than for Adam Chillworth and Princess Desirree to admit their mutual love for one another, and hopefully move out of his house where they are borders. He just can not stand to have the living clunking around it.

However, several factors stand in the way. Adam is convinced that he is far too old and experienced to be a fit match for Desirree, not only that, but he is not royal, and the head of her family wants her match to be at least her equal. Then, there is the fact that there is a secret hidden in Adam's past that now poses a danger to the potential lovers. None of this matters to the Princess. She is determined to have the man she loves, and has a plan to reach her goal.

***** With a charming mix of elements that have been long perfected by Christina Skye and Diana Palmer, Ms. Cameron returns readers to what has surely become a beloved series. The main fault is that I would like to have the cantankerous ghost have a bit more of an active role. He is a treat in and of himself. *****

I enjoyed all the previous Mayfair Square books but this one was a big disappointment. I agree with other reviewers that the writing was choppy and difficult to follow. There were several errors: Jenny McBride turned into Jenny O'Brien; Evans the under-butler who aided the villain in the previous book, is back at 7 Mayfair Square - very unlikely!

I almost think that the previous five books written in this series were just an excuse to write this book. I do think that this book was written, or at least begun, before a couple of the others were completed because of some continuity errors. However, this is a fitting culmination to the series with all loose threads tied up and everyone living happily ever after, secondary characters included.
Adam Chillworth is a painter, estranged from his family, living in the attic of 7 Mayfair Square. Princess Desiree' of Mont Nuages has been in love with Adam since they met when her brother, Jean-Marc, met and married Number 7 resident Meg Smiles in the second book of this series. Adam has tried to keep himself away from her, believing he was not worthy of a Princess. However, in this book, the truth of Adam's parentage comes out and he is able to find happiness with the Princess. Unfortunately, there is also someone else who wants Desiree' for himself and will stop at nothing to get her.

A nice romance about a painter and a princess. The story is placed against the background of Mayfair Square in the first quarter of the 19 century. We have the standard 'princess oppressed by her station, in love with a commoner' story. Mayfair Square is also, apparently, the scene of more than one Stella Cameron novel. This is a story to read when you don't want to think too deeply and are looking for a feel-good read.

The painter, Adam Chillworth, is in love with Princess Desiree, who returns his passion. But the princess' station in life and the fact that Adam has been cut off from his family means that there are obstacles to a union of marriage. Marriage is accomplished in order to resolve the Princess' problems, but opens the couple to further complications. Of course, this is a romance, so the suspense resides in HOW the obstacles are overcome, not in whether or not they ARE overcome. A nice bonbon!