True Colours (Historical Romance) [Import] [Paperback]

Nicola Cornick (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin Mills & Boon; New Ed edition (May 8, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0263807878
• ISBN-13: 978-0263807875
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

More About the Author

I started writing when I was about fourteen. I had read all the romance books in my local library and the librarians were growing tired of me asking when the new books would be coming in so they suggested I should write one of my own. I think they were only trying to get rid of me but I took their advice seriously.

Sixteen years later, True Colours was published. It took me that long because it wasn't very good to start with! I rewrote it three times, went to college, got married, moved house and changed my job several times in between trying to write!

These days I am a full time writer and spend lots of time on the creative process, which involves drinking coffee with my writing friend Sarah Morgan and scandalising the staff in the caf' where we meet because they think we are talking about real life not fiction.

In my spare time I work as a guide at Ashdown House, a fabulous and romantic seventeenth century hunting lodge just down the road from here. It has a fascinating history and one day I will get around to writing about it.

My writing inspirations are my grandmother, with whom I used to watch all the BBC costume dramas on a Sunday night ' Robin of Sherwood, Poldark, Pride and Prejudice (the 1970s version); my English teacher Mr Conway (I'm still worrying about correct grammar and punctuation); my husband because he is decidedly a hero, Jane Austen, Alice Chetwynd Ley and many, many romance authors who have given me so many hours of reading pleasure. Thank you!

Customer Reviews

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8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Traditional Regency, March 18, 2001

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John Whelan (Ottawa, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: True Colours (Reader'S Choice) (Harlequin Regency Romance) (Paperback)

Harlequin / Mills and Boon have some gems in their backlist and this is one of them.

From the back cover of the Mills and Boon large print edition:

They shared a past... The first person the Marquis of Mullineaux meets upon his return to England is the very last person he wants to see - Lady Carberry, the woman who scandalised the haute ton by breaking off their engagement. She is just as displeased to meet the man who sacrificed her reputation to save his pride. Thrown together by circumstance, Alicia and James find themselves constantly at war with one another. James is determined to discover the truth about their past and only then does he also discover that behind their anger lies a passion that has never died.

Glittering Seasons... country estates Matchmaking mamas...a Regency delight!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Debut Regency, December 10, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: True Colours (Reader'S Choice) (Harlequin Regency Romance) (Paperback)

This a stylish and enjoyable debut Regency. I have read all Ms. Cornick's books and what I like about them is their originality in such a popular genre. Perhaps TRUE COLOURS a little over-written in places - every noun seems to have at least one accompanying adjective - but this could be put down to the author's inexperience. The plot is exciting and the characters engaging. Ms Cornick is a fresh and welcome addition to the Regency writing scene.

5.0 out of 5 stars A superb Historical Romance., July 4, 2010

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Em Knowell (England, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: True Colours (Reader'S Choice) (Harlequin Regency Romance) (Paperback)

Is there a better romance than an old-flame story? If you love reading about a hero and heroine with a shared past, but unfinished business, then this is definitely the book for you. Almost the first person the Marquis of Mullineaux meets on his return to England, is the one person he hoped never to see again - Lady Carberry, the woman who cruelly broke off their engagement a few years earlier. She's not too happy about the encounter either. From that point onwards they are constantly thrown together by circumstance and constantly at war with each other. This is, of course, because of their unresolved issues and ambivalent feelings towards one another - love & hate - ingredients that make a poignant romance. It deserves every one of those 5 stars, without question.