In an effort to get her high-born parents to approve her match with a handsome but penniless man, Georgiana Morely tries to convince them she is really after the libidinous Earl of Dunraven, with surprising results.
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Ok; not as good as her other regencies,
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This review is from: The Infamous Earl (Signet Regency Romance) (Paperback)
I love Summerville regencies. They are normally fresh, funny and filled with animals. Although this one contained a delightful terrier named Macduff, the fresh and funny was missing from this book.
Georgiana, in an attempt to manipulate her parents into approving a marriage with Thomas Jeffreys, invents a tale about being in love with the notorious Earl of Dunraven. She had met him very casually in London when his little dog ran off with her hat. In horror, her parents whisk her back to their country estate in Suffolk where (by coincidence) Dunraven has just purchased a house and decides to spend some time there. The invented tale of unrequited love makes it way through the gossip mill since Georgiana's sister has spread it to her friend. By chance, Dunraven meets her again and they are forced to spend some time together while she is trapped at his house by rain and flooding. He has heard the gossip and she confesses the deception she perpetrated. For some strange reason, Dunraven decides to pursue Georgiana and the hunt is on. The storyline is tangled with fortune hunter Thomas Jeffreys, ex-mistresses, current mistresses, pack of hounds, possible illegitimate children and a rather obnoxious friend of Dunraven's named Buckthorne. (Buckthorne is a user, adulterer and all-in-all horrible friend to have "stick by you" during a crisis - I disliked him intensely!). The story winds its way to the normal happy conclusion. It was ok - worth reading if you desire to read all Summerville works but not her best.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Trite,
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This review is from: The Infamous Earl (Signet Regency Romance) (Paperback)
What a lot of unbelievable nonsense! Georgiana wants to marry her chosen man - of whom her parents disapprove, so naturally she decides to pretend to have fallen in love with the disreputable Earl of Dunraven. Not too incredible so far, when we bear in mind that Georgiana is barely out of the schoolroom and therefore pretty silly and naive. But Summerville expects us to believe that someone of Dunraven's age and standing would go along with it?The remainder of the book contains cliched plot device after cliched plot device, and the most unbelievable element of the entire book is the romance between Georgiana and Dunraven. What someone like him could see in a spoilt, silly child I have absolutely no idea. Basically, read something else.
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