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Lady Reluctant

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If you want to read a story that will have you laughing out loud then try as hard as you can to find Lady Reluctant! This was another first time author for me and I will be looking for more work by Ms. Osborne. Blu, the product of a union between pirate and a English lady is a hoot! She never thought what she was saying was wrong or improper, it was just the way she had been raised on Morgan's Mound with her father, pirates and whores. I loved it when she asked about what does a woman do if her privates itch in public. You will come to love all the characters in this book, they are all very well developed.

I loved this story and am sad to have just finished the last page. Maggie Osborne is a brilliant storyteller. Her heroines are unforgettable, strong, funny, and completely real. She paints such vivid portraits with her novels. Lady Reluctant has risen to the top of my favorites by Ms. Osborne. It's everything one wants a romance novel to be and more....I rarely laugh out loud while reading and this book did it to me! Get this book and enjoy...it's a great adventure that will have you longing for more.

This book is one I have kept to re-read and loan out to friends. The heroine is endearing and outrageously funny. I laughed out loud many times and have never found a book that amused me as much as this one does. It is also a beautiful love story and I enjoyed this book so much that I read all of Maggie Osborne's books to see if they all were as amusing. Her books are all enjoyable but Lady Reluctant is definitely my favorite.

IT HAS BEEN ALONG TIME SINCE I READ LADY RELUCTANT (5YRS.) I HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN THE NAME OF IT, YOU WILL UNDERSTAND IF YOU ARE ABLE TO FIND THE BOOK AND READ IT. I LOANED IT TO SOMEONE AND I DON'T KNOW WHO! I HAVE JUST ORDERED IT FROM AMAZON, I DO HOPE THEY CAN FIND. THIS BOOK IS SO FUNNY,THIS PARATE'S DAUGHTER WAS RAISED ON A PARATE'S ISLAND AMONGST PROTUTUTES! IF YOU HAVE READ THIS BOOK PLEASE WRITE A COMMENT ABOUT IT. MAGGIE OSBORNE IS SO UNDER RATED. I HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING HER BOOKS. THE PROMISE OF JENNY JONES, THE STRANGERS WIFE, ARE WITTY AND HARD TO PUT DOWN. THE BRIDES OF PRAIRIE GOLD TELLS OF THE HARDSHIPS OF MAILORDERED BRIDES IN THEIR TRAVEL ACROSS THE NORTHER U.S. IT'S NOT FUNNY LIKE HER OTHER BOOKS,BUT A REAL FILL OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE DURING THIS TIME

You could easily tell that this was early work for Maggie Osborne. The story got away from her and she seemed to have struggled with what she really wanted the story to be about. It never seemed to end. There wasn't any intimacy beyond kissing--which means that the hero/heroine never really built their relationship. Believe me the story was not about him and her. It was about her and her mother and her half-sister whom her father (the pirate) had sent her to live with in England. The hero of the story is almost non-existent for such a long period of time. The poignancy of the story was about this young girl fitting into London society and earning the love of her mother who walked out of her life at birth. Believe it or not, the book turns into an action thiller with the heroine being kidnapped. That is where Ms. Osborne shows her own confusion in where this plot is going.
I wouldn't recommend this one - but I would highly recommend another early Maggie Osborne novel called "Emerald Rain." It shines in comparison and truly shows Ms. Osborne's expertise.