The Irredeemable Miss Renfield (Zebra Regency Romance) [Paperback]

Regina Scott (Author)

Book Description

Series: Zebra Regency Romance | Publication Date: December 1, 2001

With her sisters miserable in arranged marriages, Cleopatra Renfield vows to wed only for love. Her family wants to arrange her marriage to old friend Leslie Petersborough, Marquis of Hastings, but the mischievous miss has a daring plan to convince them that Leslie is really a rogue. Too bad she can’t convince her heart. Regency Romance by Regina Scott; originally published by Zebra

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

The last thing independent, unconventional Cleo Renfield wants to do is get married. However, when her two older married half-sisters and Lady Agnes, her godmother and chaperone for the season, choose her childhood friend, Leslie Petersborough, Marquis of Hastings, as their intended victim, Cleo takes action. Her simple plan: she and Leslie will pretend to fall in love and behave so scandalously that her sisters and Lady Agnes will give up on the match. Of course, it doesn't work out that way, and when Cleo and Leslie actually do fall in love, no one is more surprised than they are. Despite the questionable logic of Cleo's initial plan, this lively romp featuring an appealing but woefully nave heroine, an honorable but fun-loving hero, and a plot that begins lightly but quickly takes on a more troubling dimension will delight fans of London-set Regencies dealing with scandal and the rigid rules of the ton. Regency author Scott (The Incomparable Miss Compton) lives in Kennewick, WA.
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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Zebra (December 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821769928
• ISBN-13: 978-0821769928
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,283,614 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I started writing novels in the third grade. Thankfully for literature as we know it, I didn't actually sell my first novel until I'd learned a bit more about writing such as vocabulary, sentence structure, and plot. After numerous short stories and articles in magazines and trade journals, and a good kick in the backside from my husband, I got serious about writing, published 17 historical romances for adults, and then finally realized it would be a lot more interesting to write for young adults too! I make my home in the Tri-Cities of southeast Washington State with my beloved husband, a teenage son, and a hyperactive Irish terrier named Fergus.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT romance!, March 25, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Irredeemable Miss Renfield (Zebra Regency Romance) (Paperback)

If you are a fan of Regina Scott's books, you must have this one!! Cleo Renfield is a truly delightful character, full of energy and mischief. However, it is Ms. Scott's hero, Leslie Petersborough, that steals the show. He cuts a dashing figure, dabbles in the world of spies, and would stop to save an injured puppy on his way to a dance, even if it meant getting mud on his best clothes. With characters like this and a delightful plot that blends romance with fine storytelling, you just can't go wrong!

3.0 out of 5 stars Mildly entertaining, but not one of Scott's best, February 13, 2003

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Cilla (upstate NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Irredeemable Miss Renfield (Zebra Regency Romance) (Paperback)

I usually devour one of Regina Scott's books, but this one bogged down so much I read it over a couple of days. My biggest "beef" was with the aspect of the plot where the heroine, Cleo, was going to create some sort of uproar with the hero to make her sisters stop matchmaking. It wasn't a logical plan, and it just didn't work for the plot. The introduction of "bad girl Eloise," who apparently is going to be redeemed in another book, was pretty confusing. It was unclear exactly what happened to her when she was caught in a compromising position in the stables by the heroine before the book started, and although I am sure this will all be explained in the other book, it still was disturbing to have such a loose end. I really didn't think Eloise added much to the plot, and her trying to compromise the hero and then dropping the matter didn't make sense to me. Cleo was not a very interesting heroine. If she wasn't concocting crazy plans, she didn't have much of a personality. Leslie, the hero, also was pretty boring. I thought that he would be more of a man of mystery, like his father the secret agent had been in some of the other books. He should have been smart enough to tell Cleo her plan wasn't going to work. Then, when he is somewhat crushed by being ostracized by the ton, it seemed ridiculous to me. I wanted him to have more guts, and not care about the silly ways of the ton. It seemed like it took him forever to figure out that he was in love with Cleo, and while I was waiting for him, I got bored. I will keep this book only because I am collecting Regina Scott's books, but it won't be one that I would re-read unless I was really desperate. She has some much better ones.

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Romance, April 18, 2002

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Yazzy (Hartford, CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Irredeemable Miss Renfield (Zebra Regency Romance) (Paperback)

This is the first time I ever read a book from Regina Scott and to be honest, I was hooked. This was not a romance of two people who were strangers, but of two people who knew each other and with their tactics to fight of being married to each other they realized that love was in the air.