A Regency Valentine (A Regency Romance) [Mass Market Paperback]

Kitty Grey (Author), Ellen Fitzgerald (Author), Carola Dunn (Author), Jo Beverly (Author), Sheila Simonson (Author)

Book Description

Series: A Regency Romance | Publication Date: December 22, 1991

At the estate of widowed Cressida Trent, four vivacious young ladies--unworldly Juno; pretty, clever, and illegitimate Philo; poised and stylish Aquila; and self-doubting Katherine--look for love. Reprint. LJ.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

The success of a work of combined authorship rises and/or falls on the strengths and/or weaknesses of its authors. Several publishers have been successful when the authors involved have written novels that can stand alone as well. Here, four of Walker's Regency authors (Beverly, Carola Dunn, Ellen Fitzgerald, and Sheila Simonson) contribute novellas of varying lengths. Author Kitty Grey forges the links among the novellas by following the progress of Mrs. Cressida Trent. A young widow residing at Valentine Parva, Mrs. Trent has extended her hospitality (for unknown reasons) to four young ladies of marriageable age. Each author relates one of the girl's stories. Grey's is the most difficult assignment and the least successful, since she brings in Mrs. Trent first and last, betwixt and between. Overall, however, this is an enjoyable anthology in a genre sorely lacking them. It is recommended for most fiction collections.
- Paula M. Zieselman, Library Consultant, New York
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Fawcett (December 22, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0449220818
• ISBN-13: 978-0449220818
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 4.4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,380,656 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jo Beverley writes bestselling historical romance set in her native England. She was born and raised in the UK, and has a degree in history from Keele University in Staffordshire, but she lived in Canada for 30 years. Now she's returned to England she enjoys doing even more on-the-spot research.

Her 30+ novels have won her many awards, including 5 RITA awards, the top award in romance, and 2 career achievement awards from Romantic Times. She's a member of the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame and Honor Roll. Publishers Weekly declared her "arguably today's most skillful writer of intelligent historical romance."

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4.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely charming!, June 1, 2005

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This is an "anthology" unlike any I have ever read before. A total of five authors weave valentine romances about four young ladies and their "chaperone." All the stories take place in the same village of Valentine Parva, at the home of Cressida Trent. Cressida, a widow with a young son, is only thirty-four so there is valentine love in store for her also!

These lovely low-key romances all occur at the same time and each story mentions incidents that happen to other characters so be prepared to jump back and forth in time (just a little!) until you reach the conclusion of the book.

As each story is rather short, I will not synopsize each one - that would spoil it. I will tell you that "A Maid at Your Window" by Carola Dunn was my favorite simply because I identified the most with that heroine. But all the stories are delightful and hard to believe they were written by different authors! You will enjoy the young ladies, all with different circumstances and temperaments, Cressida's young son Toby, song-filled canaries and assorted beaus. The men are all diverse too! Highly recommend - one of the few anthologies that reads like a full book.