An Affair of Interest [Mass Market Paperback]

Barbara Metzger (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 24, 1991

Sydney Lattimore was sure her beautiful sister could capture the interest of a wealthy parti if they could finance their way to London with their grandfather’s half-pay and Sydney’s clever management. Viscount Mainwaring could scarcely believe the courage this little copper-haired sprite showed—and the outrageousness of her schemes. But he knew he had to keep her out of trouble. Regency Romance by Barbara Metzger; originally published by Fawcett Crest

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Fawcett (November 24, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0449218740
• ISBN-13: 978-0449218747
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,183,103 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Metzger at her most endearing, August 4, 2004

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Susan Smith (A small rural village in the English Midlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: An Affair of Interest (Mass Market Paperback)

If you like the madcap minx that Heyer so cleverly placed on the Regency fiction stage, then you will adore Miss Sydney Lattimore and her hilarious adventures.

This is the story of two sisters of undeniably good breeding, living on a financial knife edge and facing a bleak future. In an attempt to sort out her family's woes, Sydney falls in with some notorious moneylenders and card cheats. All of this is to raise the necessary cash for a season for her beautiful elder sister, Winifred.

Viscount Mayne, heir to the Duke of Mayne, meets Sydney on the doorstep of said moneylenders on an errand of mercy to dig his younger brother out of gambling troubles. Following a misunderstanding, these two commence a series of adventures through the ensuing season as Mayne plucks Sydney out of one near scandal after another.

Add in the usual Metzger complement of servants, animals, villains and eccentric family members and her tried and tested formula scores a real hit.

I really enjoyed this old title - read in one sitting and much chuckled over. The chapter titles are alone worth the price of admission! Except for failing to get her ducal family correctly titled, this story is nearly perfect. If you like genuine farce told with a light hand, then this is highly recommended.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A classy and humorous Regency, October 14, 2010

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Karen (MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: An Affair of Interest (Kindle Edition)

If you like classic Regency, this is a great little taste of the humor and intriguing quality of the writing of Barbara Metzger. I have enjoyed reading her work over the years and am glad to see her earlier work is coming to the Kindle.

3.0 out of 5 stars keeps your interest allnthe way!, January 13, 2012

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Katherine G. Wilkins (New Orleans) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: An Affair of Interest (Kindle Edition)

If you've been lucky enough to read all of Georgette Heyer (available from Sourcebooks in paperback and kindle), you'll howl over Metzger's fond tribute to those intrepid heroines of Heyer, who save themselves while falling in love with the wrong man. This tale of a. Debt-gone-wrong will pass several happy hours.