The Captain's Dilemma (Signet Regency Romances) [Paperback]

Gail Eastwood (Author)

Book Description

Series: Signet Regency Romances | Publication Date: November 1, 1995

Offering refuge to French prisoner-of-war Captain Alexandre Valmont, Merissa Pritchard fears the chance she is taking with her secure-but-boring country life but realizes that she cannot deny her heart.

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Although she knows the sensible and expected thing to do would be to marry the quite eligible but increasingly irritating and proprietary Harlan Gatesby, free-spirited Merissa Pritchard resists. When the intriguing Captain Alexandre Valmont, an escaped French prisoner-of-war, unexpectedly complicates her life, she suddenly realizes what and who she has been waiting for. A hero and heroine who make you care, a number of well-done secondary characters (including an obnoxious rejected suitor and a younger sister who begs to have a story of her own), and a plot that is both simple and unique characterize this well-researched country Regency. Little-known historical details and a high degree of sexual tension add to the mix. Eastwood (The Persistent Earl, LJ 11/15/94) lives in Rhode Island.
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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Signet (November 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451181921
• ISBN-13: 978-0451181923
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,315,786 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dare she love an enemy of her country?, June 19, 1999

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Jo Manning (Miami Beach, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Captain's Dilemma (Signet Regency Romances) (Paperback)

Gail Eastwood writes polished Regency fiction. This story of love between enemies---the French prisoner and the English lady---is beautifully done, and explores a subject not much written about. (The only other story on love between enemies during the Napoleonic era that I am aware of--and please correct me if I'm wrong--is the long-out-of-print Robert Louis Stevenson's last novel, St. Ives.) There is a perfectly horrendous villain! You will root for his downfall --- appropriately enough, at the hands of the heroic French captain. A good, romantic read and a good look at the historical treatment of French prisoners of war in England.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Sweet - 2.75 stars really, April 22, 2004

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This review is from: The Captain's Dilemma (Signet Regency Romances) (Paperback)

This is a fairly good story. If I used a grading system like school, I'd probably give it a "C+". The only way to describe it is sweet, or nice. There's no real "tension" between the hero & heroine. It is a different Regency in that the hero is a French prisoner of war, instead of a down-on-his-luck Duke or something like that. The characters are well developed, the plot is interesting, but still...it's lacking that tension between the hero & heroine. A just-good-enough read, but not a keeper.