Milady in Love [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Marion Chesney (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2002

The current ward was far and away the worst. Cheeky as only a French girl could be, Yvonne de la Falaise had surely sent her papa to an early grave with her melodramatics and mischief. Thank goodness for her governess, Patricia Cottingham, so calm, so competent.

But all was not as it seemed, or so Anselm learned, and very nearly too late….

ABOUT THE SERIES

Countesses, Marquises, Lords and Ladies, Viscounts and Princesses all meet in the Royal series where they at once both live and try to avoid lives of scandal and sin, where love - we pray - trumps all but revenge is sometimes the name of the game, especially if inheritance, notoriety and fortune are part of the hand. Here, many threads are skillfully interwoven in a highly entertaining series that never fails to please or fall short of its mark.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

From 1977 to the early 1990s, Marion Chesney wrote over one hundred romance novels. Now writing as M. C. Beaton, she is the bestselling award-winning author of two internationally successful mystery series - HAMISH MACBETH and AGATHA RAISIN. She lives in the United Kingdom.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 205 pages
• Publisher: Thorndike Press (January 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0783896131
• ISBN-13: 978-0783896137
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,887,810 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Light Regency Fairytale, April 9, 2005

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Ellie "mittbooks" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Milady in Love (Mass Market Paperback)

Just When He'd Fobbed Off the Last Brat, Another Appeared to Take her Place!

Poor Lord Anselm! The dashing bachelor was forever plagued with dying relatives leaving their female children to his care. Indeed, he had squired so many a silly miss from schoolroom to marriage mart that he had sworn off women altogether.

The current ward was far and away the worst. Cheeky as only a French girl could be, Yvonne de la Falaise had surely sent her papa to an early grave with her melodramatics and mischief. Thank goodness for her governess, Patricia Cottingham. So calm, so competent!

But all was not as it seemed, or so Anselm learned and very nearly too late...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From the Back Cover, October 31, 2004

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Debbie P. Moore "Got 2 Have It Collectibles" (Louisiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Milady in Love (Mass Market Paperback)

Just when he'd fobbed off the last brat, another appeared to take her place! Poor Lord Anselm. The dashing bachelor was forever plagued with dying relatives leaving their female children to his care. Indeed, he had squire so many a silly miss from schoolroom to marriage mart that he had sworn off women altogether.

3.0 out of 5 stars Ms. Chesney, not in her best form, July 12, 2008

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Roger Long "longrush" (Port Clinton, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Milady in Love (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is quite a step down from the usual tales by Marion Chesney. Missing completely is the touch of wry humor I've come to expect. Instead, there is the straight romance novel with a most illogical ending.

Set in an ugly castle on the coast of Cornwall, Viscount Anselm has taken on what he hopes is his last female ward, a pretty Frence girl with a mind of her own--intelligence not being a female asset in Regency society. To tame her, Anselm has hired a governess/companion named Patricia Cottingham. Things go awry from the start and the plot never quite comes up to the Chesney standard of excellence.

The writing style is excellent, as usual, save for the lack of the expected wry humor in a Chesney work. The characters feel a bit drab, especially the viscount, who is cruel, almost sadistic at times. The atmosphere of the castle, honeycombed with secret passages, dungeons, and hidden stairways that are revealed by mechanisms in the fireplace curlycues--it's just a little too farfetched.

The exact year is a bit vague. England is at war with France (it was, off and on), so there is a pervasive xenophobia, but what is the year? The Regency, an inexact era in time, but it would be better if the reader knew more precisely the background.

This is just not up to the Poor Relations series. It's not a complete disappointment, but it's closer to one.