A Chance Encounter [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Gayle Buck (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2003

Lord Humphrey Dewesbury did not wish to marry Augusta Ratcliffe, but their families had made the alliance when they were children. Distracted by his approaching need to offer for the annoying Augusta, he nearly ran down Joan Chadwick, an orphaned vicar’s daughter who faced the life of a governess. What could be more logical than for the two of them to marry? Regency Romance by Gayle Buck; originally published by Signet

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 334 pages
• Publisher: Thorndike Press (November 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786256230
• ISBN-13: 978-0786256235
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,668,490 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining Cast, Fun Read, April 23, 2011

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This review is from: A Chance Encounter (Hardcover)

Lord Humphrey Dewesbury's parents and godparents made an alliance when his godparents bore a girl. Lord Humphrey was to marry her when he turned 25. He saw no way out of his furture betrothal to the demanding and irritating Augusta Ratcliffe until he sent Miss Joan Chadwick into a ditch. He finds a way to escape Miss Ratchiffe and she accepts considering her futrure prospects of supporting herself when her father died, leaving her an orphan.

His parents are hosting a house party for the future couple, for Lord Humphrey and Augusta Ratcliffe, but only to read that their son has chosen a different bride.
The cast is delightful, everyone is enraged with Lord Humphrey and Miss Chadwick. There were some funny scenes, like their first dining experience with all the house guests.

Its pretty clean romance but I felt the end was a little rushed.
Buck knows the Regency period quite well.