The Magic Jack O'lantern (Signet Regency Romance) [Paperback]

Sandra Heath (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 1 and up | Series: Signet Regency Romance

A heartbroken--and invisible--brownie hitches a ride with an angelic heiress...and brings his mischievous brand of Halloween chaos to high society. The problem is, the pompous Sir Dominic Fortune doesn't believe in such superstitions...until the magic of love makes his heart glow brighter than a jack-o-lantern.

By the author of The Halloween Husband and Halloween Magic

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 1 and up
  
• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Signet; First Edition edition (October 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451198409
• ISBN-13: 978-0451198402
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,318,302 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Have you ever read a book and wished you could write one too? Have you ever followed someone else's characters and thought you would have them behave differently? Well, that's how I was. I read and read and read, especially historical fiction, but I secretly yearned to write a title of my own. Strangely, it took my three-year-old daughter's urgent admission to hospital with meningitis to finally get me going. She was so ill and I was so distracted, that after a while my father gave me a little portable typewriter 'to help take my mind off things'. By the time my daughter Sarah came out of hospital, well on the road to recovery, my first book was also well on the road.

I wrote and wrote and wrote, standing in the kitchen on one leg like a stork, with the typewriter on a work surface while my daughter played around my feet. My first ten books were medieval historicals set in England, and since then I have mostly written in the English Regency period - for which living in Britain is a definite advantage! I love romantic stories, and if I can weave history, traditions, myths, legends and sometimes Gothic elements into them, I'm happiest of all. These were the sorts of story I couldn't get enough of before I became a writer, and I'm glad to say my readers like them too.

Sandra Heath isn't my only pen name, for you'll also find me as Sandra Wilson, Jeannie Machin and Sarah Stanley. Some of these titles you'll recognize from before, but some you won't. Most of my medievals were written as Sandra Wilson, and as Sarah Stanley I've produced two new sensuous Regencies, STAR-CROSSED SUMMER and MIDWINTER MARRIAGE, which follow the same characters and should be read in the order of the titles. I hope to follow them with two more in the same series, but at the moment I have so much else to write that it may be a little while.

Sooo, over sixty-five books after my first ever title, I'm still wearing out keyboards, and loving every minute of it.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yes, yes, yes!, August 26, 2003

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Miss Polly Peach lived with her uncle and the resident "brownie" (which is sort of like a big fairy) named Bodkin. Brownies are the invisible little creatures that reside in many homes of England whose task is to take care of the little things humans forget to tend. Brownies often supervise the work of bees and have quite a sweet tooth. Bodkin was in love with another brownie named Nutmeg. One night Nutmeg went home promising to see Bodkin the next day, only to suddenly disappear. Now the only reason Bodkin remained was due to Polly. Polly was the only one that Bodkin allowed to see him. They were close friends. That is, until the day Bodkin found out her Uncle Hordwell might have had a hand in Nutmeg's disappearance!

Sir Dominic Fortune had been tossed aside by a scheming mistress. He went to Bath to lick his wounds but the mistress follows. Every time Dominic saw angelic Polly, she was in the middle of chaos! It was if bad luck followed her steps. (He had no way of knowing that Bodkin was causing all the trouble.) Yet as Halloween approaches, Dominic begins to change his mind. Perhaps anything CAN happen, even love.

***** I have always loved the holiday of Halloween, so I could not help but find this story to be absolutely delicious! It is full of action, romance, and magic galore. I loved it! *****

Reviewed by Detra Fitch

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful fantasy, October 12, 1999

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This review is from: The Magic Jack O'lantern (Signet Regency Romance) (Paperback)

I loved every page of this amazing confection of laughter, magic, brownies, Halloween and - above all - Regency Romance! From the first to last page it's an enthralling escape and comes top of my feel-better rating. A great read, and will be again and again, I'm sure!

5.0 out of 5 stars Full of magic and mayhem!, August 19, 2003

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Detra Fitch (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Magic Jack O'lantern (Signet Regency Romance) (Paperback)

Miss Polly Peach lived with her uncle and the resident "brownie" (which is sort of like a big fairy) named Bodkin. Brownies are the invisible little creatures that reside in many homes of England whose task is to take care of the little things humans forget to tend. Brownies often supervise the work of bees and have quite a sweet tooth. Bodkin was in love with another brownie named Nutmeg. One night Nutmeg went home promising to see Bodkin the next day, only to suddenly disappear. Now the only reason Bodkin remained was due to Polly. Polly was the only one that Bodkin allowed to see him. They were close friends. That is, until the day Bodkin found out her Uncle Hordwell might have had a hand in Nutmeg's disappearance!

Sir Dominic Fortune had been tossed aside by a scheming mistress. He went to Bath to lick his wounds but the mistress follows. Every time Dominic saw angelic Polly, she was in the middle of chaos! It was if bad luck followed her steps. (He had no way of knowing that Bodkin was causing all the trouble.) Yet as Halloween approaches, Dominic begins to change his mind. Perhaps anything CAN happen, even love.

***** I have always loved the holiday of Halloween, so I could not help but find this story to be absolutely delicious! It is full of action, romance, and magic galore. I loved it! *****
Reviewed by Detra Fitch.