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A Merry Escapade (Zebra Regency Romance)

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I loooved Tia's Valentine, and so it makes sense that I loved this book too!
It's one of the best regency romances I have ever read, and I have read a lot! Wonderful chemistry between the characters, with some very heartwarming romantic situations between Lady Mirthton and Clairmont.
And a great mystery too! It's actually NOT predictable!
Not to mention the author's wonderful sense of humor! I couldn't put this one down. I wish the author wrote a 100 books.
Very highly recommended!

I love this book.

Clean, traditional Regency with a dashing hero in determined pursuit of an oddball heroine, who is a self-proclaimed non-beauty with a "ball on the end of her nose" and two front teeth that look like "drunken prizefighters." ***possible spoiler*** When they kiss for the first time *swoon*, she even asks him if he's afraid he'll get "stuck." As in...stuck in her two front teeth. *grins* ***end spoiler***

Basically, I love the two main characters. The heroine is sweet and spunky, and the hero sees her worth where others do not.

There is a mystery subplot that is well done. Heroine is trying to figure out what her father was saying about some sort of list while he was on his deathbed, on which he also confessed to being a spy for the French. Of course, madcap heroine feels there's nowhere left to turn, so she boldly approaches the hero (whom she doesn't necessarily think will agree, but honestly...where else will she go?). Shockingly enough, war hero earl agrees to what promises to be a lively diversion from the dull Season and its matchmaking mamas.

Love love love this book! I cannot recommend it more highly to those who enjoy traditional Regencies.

The blurb: An Impossible Mission...
In spite of her name, Lady Mirthton has the megrims. It is humiliating enough that her father has confessed to being a spy for the French--and a not very successful one at that. But his dying words to her are deucedly cryptic: something about a list, which is hidden at "the sign of the sabot". Now, with someone threatening her life, Lady Mirthton must embark on a hunt for this mysterious wooden shoe. But who on earth will help her to find it?
...Leads to Love!
Enter war hero Marcus Forester, the Earl of Clairmont--and the most uncatchable catch of the Season. But one glance into Lady Mirthton's emerald eyes, and accept her proposal he does...only to find himself shot at, stabbed and almost sent to his reward in a furious search that extends the very length and breadth of England. What a difficult way to woo a lady! Yet deliver Lady Mirthton from danger Clairmont will. And from there, it's straight to the altar!

Unfortunately, I couldn't find myself giving any higher than two stars. To be honest, I had only gone as far as the third chapter before I started to skip. Mostly was due to Ms. Jones' writing style: Too wordy, not concise enough--it took a whole chapter to accomplish a task where it could easily be done in few paragraphs. A heroine was a bit scatter brained--a nice person but not an intelligent character I would like to see (The hero was fine and normal though). Also, the tone of the writing was too contemporary for me, and no wonder, this was published in 1995, and I am used to read Regency romance novels that were published 1980's or earlier. So my advice is that if you prefer more classic of Regency Romance, then this is not for you. However, I do like the front cover a lot, it captured the spirit of the story very well (Thus, one star for the story, one star for the cover).