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Another jewel by Edith Layton,
This review is from: Red Jack's Daughter (Paperback)
If you liked The Duke's Wager by Edith Layton, you'll probably like this one as well. Here we have three men pursuing a young girl who may have been left a fortune by her father. The first suitor has known Jessica all her life. Tom may be poor and from the country but the ladies find him handsome. The second suitor is Jessica's Austrian cousin, Anton. He's a handsome dandy who always wanted to bed Jessica's mother. The third suitor didn't start out as a suitor. Lord Leith only wanted to get Jessica to conform the rules of the ton but found himself attracted to her despite his current mistress. For different reasons, all three want to marry her.
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A Charming Tale,
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This review is from: Red Jack's Daughter (Signet) (Paperback)
Our heroine is Jessica Eastwood, tomboyish daughter of "Red" Jack Eastwood and a mother who left. She has hidden her budding femininity - binding her breasts, wearing loose clothing and hiding her glorious red hair - since on one of his rare home visits, her army father seemed dismayed to find her changing from the lad he's happy to be with. After Jack's sudden death, and at the rumor of a treasure he's left her, Jessica is rescued from living with her snake of a cheapskate cousin and brought to London by Jack's good friend Sir Selby who has placed her in the care of his friend Lady Grantham. But the two of them are helpless at getting Jessica to change into someone attractive and female (she behaves like a good lad rather than a young lady). That all changes with the arrival on the scene by Lady Grantham's nephew, the charismatic Alex, Lord Leith. But at the ball where he first meets the dull, invisible Jessica, she rejects his invitation to dance with a brusque `no' and the annoyed Alex turns on his heel and leaves the house. The two have regrets about their behavior, so when Alex comes to his aunt's house the following day to apologize, he's charmed by Jessica's young man's straightforward apology and sees a way to get her to be made over: a new wardrobe reveals a luscious figure (naturally) and finally she reluctantly unveils her sensuous deep red hair, which causes Lady G. and Alex to gasp, she with surprise and he with lust. Now Jessica is a delightful, well-read, intelligent, if "laddish" companion, and Alex is committed to helping polish her and to find Red Jack's legacy. Enter Tom Preston, someone from back home whom Jessica had a crush on, who is paid by the slimy cousin to send him progress reports; Tom needs money, is willing to marry Jessica and take her off to America. An Austrian cousin, Anton, on Jessica's mother's side also has come to woo her and take her back to Austria [her recently (!) deceased mother has left money if Jessica marries and lives in Austria]. Jack's legacy, is a museum-piece comb encrusted with diamonds and emeralds, long divested of same and replaced with paste. But Alex takes it to a jeweler and has all the jewels replaced and gives it to Jessica as a wedding present, thinking she's accepted Tom, but guess what? Edith Layton's stories are well-written and off beat.
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