A Father For Christmas (A Zebra Holiday Regency Romance) [Paperback]

Paula Tanner Girard (Author)

Book Description

Series: A Zebra Holiday Regency Romance | Publication Date: December 1, 1996

Spending the holidays at the Copleys' Devonshire estate in the hopes of keeping her six-year-old son occupied, widowed Lady Millicent is accompanied by a fellow guest, the Marquis of Wetherby, and the pair is brought together by the mischievous young boy. Original.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Charged with the responsibility of seeing his friend's widowed sister-in-law and young son safely to a holiday gathering at a remote estate on the Devonshire moors, the rather disreputable Marquis of Wetherby finds himself idolized by a child, pursued by a flirt, kidnapped by a highwayman, dumped in the snow, taken for a simpleton, and head over heels in love for the first time in his profligate life. Although the "other woman" is a bit much and the heroine unbelievably naive, most of the characters in this holiday Regency are beautifully rendered. Fans of Girard's previous novels (Charade of Hearts, Zebra, 1996) will find this one rewarding reading. Girard lives in Maitland, Florida.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 254 pages
• Publisher: Zebra (December 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821755242
• ISBN-13: 978-0821755242
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,328,888 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PLEASE READ THIS BOOK!, September 19, 2001

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marmaladegirl - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Father For Christmas (A Zebra Holiday Regency Romance) (Paperback)

I read this book and was so taken by it. It made me laugh out loud (which books rarely do) and made me cry. It is very well written, with a real ear for dialogue. Also, it was good, CLEAN (very important) fun. It's a story about a widow and her six-year-old son (who is a real scene-stealer, and just simply adorable and HILARIOUS), who must catch a ride with a nobleman to a christmas gala. This ride takes two weeks (as travel was slow back then) and much mayhem, and of course, romance, ensues. It is very sweet and nice. I highly recommend it.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Excellent idea for the plot but .........., April 7, 2003

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

This review is from: A Father For Christmas (A Zebra Holiday Regency Romance) (Paperback)

And here is the last of the troika of Christmas regencies I bought at my favourite UBS in Southern California recently. It was the best of the lot but I don't think I will be seeking out the author's backlist. The plot was clever and I thought it was good but I could not warm to the H/H although the little boy was not too terribly obnoxious. Getting the ankle-biters right in romance (both contemporary and modern) is difficult. It is interesting to note that the owner of the UBS was contacted by one of the major US romance publishers and asked her what annoyed her customers most about current romance publishing. She told them that overwhelmingly, readers are fed up by "baby" books. Well, damn right!

Anyway, getting back to the book, the problem here for me was that the heroine acted with immaturity and silliness when she should have behaved like an adult. Unfortunately, the hero was unable to provide for me, as the reader, that spark of attraction that is so necessary. If the reader can't find something to admire, lust after or just simply sympathise with in the hero, a romantic novel becomes a bit of a chore.

An OK read but not anywhere near a keeper.