A Proper Match (Zebra Regency Romance) [Paperback]

Dorothea Donley (Author)

Book Description

Series: Zebra Regency Romance | Publication Date: January 1, 1998

With her parents long-dead, Lady Charlotte had devoted herself to raising her only sibling, Sydney, the Duke of Audley. But when the callow youth developed a "tendre" for a most unsuitable young woman, Charlotte turned to her worldly-wise neighbor, Sir Roland March, for help. But Charlotte had given no thought to her own heart and her unexpected, ardent response to Sir Roland. A Regency romance original.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Zebra (January 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821758276
• ISBN-13: 978-0821758274
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,190,902 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Boring, April 17, 2000

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This review is from: A Proper Match (Zebra Regency Romance) (Paperback)

Lady Charlotte has spent too much of her time mothering her younger brother, the new duke, to take time for herself. Fortunately, she has the counsel of Sir Roland, her father's friend, to steer her through the hard times. Sir Roland decides that since the young duke is 19, it is time for him to go to Oxford to get an education and time for Charlotte to pamper herself. But first, a calculating school miss's schemes must be thwarted and a newcomer's gentle presence cultivated.

This book is simply boring. Though Charlotte and Roland are supposed to be the main characters, Ms. Donley spends no time on them and all of her time on the secondary characters, including the brother, his flirts, Roland's sister, and her flirt. There is absolutely NO developing romance between the main characters, though we are supposed to believe so by the end. In addition, none of the characters are very compelling and the plot adds no additional excitement to the mess (the main conflicts are wading in a pond unchaperoned and stealing/borrowing a bonnet--all done by secondary characters). Charlotte, especially, comes off bad in the beginning as she is perceived as a managing, whining woman (though her image improves as the book progresses). The 19-year-old duke acts like a confused 13-year-old going through puberty and not like any a normal young man I've ever encountered. The dialogue is stilted, and I only recognized the "funny" parts when the characters laughed at their own jokes.

I think that this book deserves 2 stars and not one simply because the writing style is not so bad.

When it was all over, I simply didn't care what happened to the characters or the plot. I finished it today, and I hope that this book remains only in my short term memory and then fades completely from my consciousness.