A London Flirtation (Zebra Regency Romance) [Paperback]

Valerie King (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 255 pages
• Publisher: Zebra (March 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821765353
• ISBN-13: 978-0821765357
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,441,592 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It's hard to cheer for the heroine when you don't like her., June 7, 2000

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J. Miller "book lover in CA" (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A London Flirtation (Zebra Regency Romance) (Paperback)

A London Flirtation is about a young lady, Marianne Pemberley, who travels to London intent on marrying well. But Sir Jasper Vernham has been in love with her for quite some time and wants nothing more than to marry her. Marianne, determined to marry better than her sister and to take London by storm, denys Jasper's love and takes off for the glittering balls and sparkling society.

Marianne is instantly a success and thinks she is in love with Lord Crowthorne. However, Jasper has followed Marianne to London and does everything he can, including kissing Marianne silly, to convince her to marry him. Marianne cannot make up her mind and along the way hurts many people with her indecision.

Unfortunately, Valerie King's book was hard to read. In order to cheer for the heroine and the hero, you have to like both of them. Sir Jasper was delectable. There were times I really hoped someone would throw Marianne into the Thames. Her spoiled selfishness bothered me so many times, that I almost took the book back to the store about page 49. Ms. King tried to color Marianne in a positive light, making her feel contrition for her abominable behavior toward her cousin, Miss Theale, and being generous and kind to a group of children. Quite frankly, it was too late. By that point, Marianne simply appeared as a petulant, selfish child. I started to cheer for Miss Theale, hoping that Sir Jasper would fall in love with her.

It appears that Ms. King wanted to write a romance that was different from the many others on the market and perhaps she was telling a story of a young lady different from the many romance novels out there. I am all for being unique. It just did not work here. I did not like the heroine and that ruined the book for me.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Thow the book in the Thames, June 15, 2000

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Annie (Pearl River, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A London Flirtation (Zebra Regency Romance) (Paperback)

Let's see, our "heroine", Marianne Pamberley, is so beautiful that her shallow character, her incredibly self-centeredness and meanness, is overlooked because she is beautiful. Sir Jasper, who appeared so well in Ms. King's previous book about Constance, appears as a wimp in this one. Marianne is determined to take London by storm. She is beautiful and well-dressed. She now has her sister's connections to be a success. However, she loves to kiss Sir Jasper. Sir Jasper follows her to London. Why? Marianne tells him time and again that she will not marry him. Real people do not behave in his manner and yes, I realize it is a romance but still...Does he not have any pride, intelligence? Respect for himself? He should have fallen in love with Annabelle, who was both pretty and nice, and have give up his almost stalking behavior of Marianne. It was creepy. Another ridiculous plot in this book has Marianne's fiancee, Lord Crowthorne, so distraught that he is not part of Lord Ramsdell's (Marianne's brother-in-law)inner circle, that he decides to marry Marianne in the hopes that by being related by marriage to Ramsdell, he will gain entrace to this inner circle. However, it appears that his ticket in was the fact that he shots Sir Jasper in a duel, in which Sir Jasper delopes, then confeses to Ramsdell his misery at not being part of this circle and that gains Ramsdell's respect and welcomes him. Well, hello...he practically killed someone! This book was awful. I did not end up liking anyone in the story. I wish I could have returned it back to back to the book store. There was not one redeeming page of the book. Don't waste your time. It is because of regencies like this book that the hey day of regencies is fast fading...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What an idiot, March 28, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: A London Flirtation (Zebra Regency Romance) (Paperback)

The heroine is an idiot, pure and simple. If you accidently get this book, you only need to read about 1 in 50 pages. NOTHING OF VALUE HAPPENS! I cannot read or recommend books where the heroine is a silly nitwit. The story would have been better with the cousin as the heroine. Marianne is just boring.