The Moonlight Wish (Zebra Regency Romance) [Paperback]

Janice Bennett (Author)

Book Description

Series: Zebra Regency Romance | Publication Date: June 1, 2000

Blush: This is a sweet romance (kisses only, no sexual content) Book three in the Wishing for Love series. When Lady Edwina Langston’s grandfather orders her to marry his heir or be cut off without a penny, she makes a heartfelt wish on the full moon to be her own mistress. Xanthe, her fun-loving fairy godmother, sweeps her off to Brighton’s summer season, where Eddie’s ability at piquet can lead her to wealth—or ruin. When her spurned groom, the dashing and dangerous Viscount Ashtead, aids her in her new career as a genteel gamestress, is it out of the growing love she longs for—or as a plot to win her grandfather’s fortune? Xanthe and Titus must spin a magical web of romance to entangle this mistrustful pair into the true freedom of love. Publisher’s Note: This story was previously published elsewhere.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Zebra (June 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821766279
• ISBN-13: 978-0821766279
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,945,541 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Moonlight Wish, July 6, 2000

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This review is from: The Moonlight Wish (Zebra Regency Romance) (Paperback)

Edwina Langston will be disinherited by her grandfather if she doesn't marry his heir Viscount Ashstead. Eddie wishes nothing more than independence, but without an inheritance, she has nothing. Enter Xanthe the fairy godmother, dispensing visions of dancing creatures--and wishes. Eddie wishes for an independence, and Xanthe helps her find a way to get that independence--and gives her a magical make over as well. Ashstead wants anything but to obey his great-uncle's will, but he also needs money, and his great-uncle threatened to give all the properties that aren't entailed to charity if Ashstead doesn't marry his granddaughter. So he says he'll marry her while in a drunken stupor and chased her away to her fairy godmother. So he goes after her to Brighton... and there the story begins! A rare and charming work by a veteran author.

4.0 out of 5 stars A lady seeks to earn her independence through gambling., May 27, 2000

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This review is from: The Moonlight Wish (Zebra Regency Romance) (Paperback)

Lady Edwina Langston has been under her grandfather's thumb all her life. When he informs her that she must marry his heir, The Viscount Ashtead, or forfeit her inheritance, she flees her home in a fit of anger.

Of course, she really doesn't have anywhere to go and is getting soaked in a rainstorm, but fortunately her fairy godmother, Lady Xanthe Simms, turns up and offers her the opportunity to gain her independence. She will stay in Lady Xanthe's magical home in Brighton and have eight weeks to find a way to earn the ten thousand pounds required to finance a small cottage and a companion, thereby avoiding the necessity of being under any man's thumb again.

The only way Edwina can think of to respectably earn ten thousand pounds in eight weeks is to win at cards. However, she needs someone to introduce her to the "right" gentlemen--those who have money to lose and who are willing to play for high stakes--and her rejected suitor, Lord Ashtead, comes to her aid.

As Edwina's pile of winnings grows, she and Lord Ashtead find themselves more and more attracted to each other. But it looks hopeless for them, because Edwina is too stubborn to give in to her grandfather's wishes, and Lord Ashtead knows she will never believe that his desire to marry her is motivated by anything other than the promise of a large inheritance from her grandfather.

My favorite Regency heroines are strong, independent women determined to make their own way in the world in spite of the odds against them. Lady Edwina is a wonderful Regency heroine and the Viscount Ashtead a dashing hero. I am not crazy about fairy godmothers and other magical elements in Regencies, but if that's not a problem with you, this one may well be worth five stars.