His Lordship's Desire (Super Historical Romance) (Super Historical Romance) [Import] [Paperback]

Joan Wolf (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin Mills & Boon (2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 026385535X
• ISBN-13: 978-0263855357
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,613,004 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joan Wolf is a USA TODAY bestselling American writer, whose acclaimed Regency romances have earned her national recognition as a master of the genre. Her many historical and contemporary romances, some of which have been chosen as Literary Guild selections, have been highly praised by reviewers and authors alike.

Joan was born in 1951 and she grew up in the Bronx, New York. A former English teacher, she obtained a Bachelor's degree in Mercy College and Master in English and Comparative Literature at Hunter College. An avid rider and horse owner, Joan lives in Connecticut with her husband Joe and two grown children, Jay and Pam.

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good & Bad, July 21, 2006

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This review is from: His Lordship's Desire (Mass Market Paperback)

Alexander Devize returns home from the war to take up his duties as the Earl of Standish. Everything has changed since he left. His oldest sister, Sally, is getting ready to make her debut, his mother is anxious to turn the estate reins over to him, his father has passed away, and his love & cousin since childhood, Diana Sherwood, has turned her back on him. Diana bitterly resents the fact that after Alex first makes love to her, he enlists and leaves for the war. Diana has extreme feelings of abandonment because her father was killed in the war while she was little, and in her mind, Alex leaving was her father all over again. In fact, she feels so betrayed she can barely look at Alex. The entire book is Alex trying to get Diana to forgive him. While the book was well written and did hold my interest, I was completely out of patience with Diana by the end of the book. Her character came off as being childishly immature and completely self-centered. Alex looked like an idiot for continuously feeling guilty and saddened over her. Come on! It's not as if he left her to join the circus. He left to fight Napolean, as all the young men of that time did. It was considered their duty. I actually found myself really captured by the side characters in the story. Alex's sister, Sally, found a love interest in the notorious Duke of Sinclair, and their secondary love story was more interesting and believable than the main characters' needless angst. Thank heavens Joan Wolf has returned to the world of Regency England. Nobody does this particular time period quite as well as her. That said, this particular book was not up to her great standards in this genre.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Heroine was impossibly idiotic, July 27, 2006

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

This review is from: His Lordship's Desire (Mass Market Paperback)

This book was terrible and very tedious. The ENTIRE store that revolves around Diana and Alex was ridiculous. Alex left her to fight in the war. Okay - so what is the huge deal with Diana - hello, he was fighting for his country? And Diana felt abandoned by him, as her Dad too left to fight. Grow up!!!! There are more important things in this world than you, Diana. Alex comes across as an idiot for practically spending the store on his knees begging for understanding and forgivness. Diana comes across as self-centered. Frankly, Alex deserves better!!!! While reading a romance, when the reader, in this case me, gets repelled by the heroine, it is not a good sign, especially since I wished he gave up and moved on. That is what any good therapist would have told him. It is NOT romance when a hero in the story is practically emotionally abused by the heroine. The sister's story, however, Sally and her Duke of Sinclair was more interesting. Too bad Ms. Wolf did not write a book about them instead!!!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Too many love stories to count, August 1, 2006

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Jane Shafer "Sarah" (kansas city, MO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: His Lordship's Desire (Mass Market Paperback)

At last count there were 3 love stories going on here, possibly more. I could have missed one in that mess. What is going on with JW? Just when I finally started connecting with one love story, she skipped to another couple. Sally and the Duke stood out, far more than our heroine "Dee" and Alex. I had no connection to Alex whatsoever. Based on the storyline, he was boring and needy. And, of course the reader knew all along that Diana was going to end her engagement to be with Alex. There were a lot of elements of JW's earlier book "The Guardian". Too many similarities. My suggestion is to skip this one and read "The Guardian" instead.