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My Lord Winter (Harlequin Regency Romance)

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If you love good historical romance, you will love this book! This is a great book, Carola Dunn is very knowledgable about the fashions, social graces, and manners of the eara. The story is good, and the characters are warm and unique, they aren't the cookie-cutter characters typical of so many historical books. I have read many historical love stories, and this is one of the best I have found. Dunn has a strong writing style which I really enjoy. Her writting reminds me alot of Jane Austin (Sense and Sensibility, Emma), very enjoyable and good-quality. If you like Austin's writtings, you will like Dunn. I have just finished reading "My Lord Winter" for the second time, and it was even more enjoyable this time around. This is one of my favorite books!

Lady Jane Brooke, 20, is on her way to London with her abigal Ella and governess Miss Gracechurch. She takes it upon herself to head there for her first season since her mother isnt very interested in her children. After her carriage mishap, they board the mail coach and again encounter another mishap. All of the occupants in the mail coach find themselves near Lord Wintringham's estate and decide to seek shelter there.

In order to protect her name is introduces herself as Miss Brooke and Miss Gracechurch whom everyone thinks is an impoverished

gentlewoman. The Earl of Wintringham is intrigued by Lady Brooke but she later learns her deceit might not be forgiven.

Fun quick read, true to Regency style of writing, clean romance

This book started out enjoyable and its' characters were likable, but the story lost its attraction in the last few chapters.

Barebones plot:

Hero and heroine meet under awkward circumstances and the heroine gives conceals her true identity. But they obviously like each other. Late, they meet again in Town, and the heroine is too scared to reveal her true self.

I wish the denouement had occurred 2 or 3 chapters earlier, so that we'd be spared repeated example of Lady Jane hiding herself from Wintringham. The ruse went on for far too long. And then, in the end, the Earl got over the deception so easily that it made me want to throw my kindle against a wall. (I didn't).

Clearly, the hero's understanding of the heroine was completely false I wish the author had devoted at least two of the misspent chapters on re-establishing a new relationship for them.

Otherwise, the book was rather well-written.