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The Ring on Her Finger

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I have enjoyed Ms. Bevarly's other books, but this one seemed to fall a little short. While her other books had the characters interacting, this endeavor failed in that area. We were constantly reading what the characters were thinking and at times it got very repetative. I like to see the main characters do some verbal sparing. I think that reveals more about the character. The ending was a bit too contrived too. Everyone was mad one second and then hunky dory the next. I hope Ms. Bevarly's next offering raises the bar.

This was a very enjoyable book -- it was lighthearted, funny, and romantic too. The writing was quick-witted and the characters were fully developed and fun to read about. There is the main storyline, between heiress-on-the-run Lucinda, and a chauffeur, Max, and there is an equally involving sub-story between Rosemary, a nanny, and Nathaniel, a wealthy cad. The story takes place at the estate of a wealthy couple (the Coves) in Kentucky over a period of three months. The writing was repetitive at times, but only because it followed the characters' random thoughts and allowed us to see just how silly/confused they were. The plot was totally unbelievable, but the characters themselves were quite charming and made the book a worthwhile read. I thought the story started slow, but it picked up in the ssecond chapter, and was a truly a modern-day romance with freethinking, personally flawed characters. I had never read a book by this author before, but would look for more by her.

After learning she is being arrested as an accomplice to murder, Heiress Lucinda Hollander goes into hiding. Assuming a new identity, she gets a job as a housekeeper on a large private estate. There she meets Max Hogan, mechanic and chauffeur.

But Max has a secret in his past. As penance for the pain he's caused another, Max disallows himself all the comforts of life: a house, a car, a good cold beer, air conditioning, leisure time, sex... But Lucinda discovers Max has also assumed a false identity. When she interferes, Max's carefully constructed walls start to crumble.

Enhancing the story is a romance between the 'plain-jane' nanny and the estate owner's best friend. As the relationship started out on a bet-to-bed-the-nanny premise, this secondary plot made for some entertaining friction - and was vitally interesting to the whole plot.

While using the characters inner thoughts to convey their anxiety at times was actually refreshing, I did get annoyed in 4-5 instances with the repetitiveness. And though the first five or so pages were a little too quirky, I really did enjoy this book.

Heiress Lucy can't get her boyfriend's tacky ginormous ring off her finger - he placed it on there when he fled from a murder rap - leaving her to take the fall. But she was too slippery for the cops and fled the scene too. Having never worked on honest day in her life, she hides out on a Kentucky estate, posing as a maid and falls for Max, the hunky chauffer, who is hiding secrets of his own. Will the two be able to overlook each other's past sins and come together? Will they be able to outrun the culprits who did the crime? Will she ever get the darned tacky ring off her finger?

Bevarly's engaging romance is often hilarious - no one gets in trouble like Lucy! An awkward secondary romance between the nanny and a playboy was just out of place. If you are looking for a good escapist romantic comedy, this story's right up your alley!

Bored at the Wemberly Masque even with four police cars entering the driveway, Lucinda Hollander searches for her beau Archie Conlon. To her surprise, Archie, in his Bozo the Clown wardrobe places a ring on Lucinda's finger. Before she can regain her equilibrium and remove the too small ring, Archie jumps through a window. The police arrest Lucinda for the murder of George Jacobs, though she insists she has never heard of the man. Rather than do the rationale thing and go with the cops, Lucinda jumps through the same window that her fiancé used as his exit.

Lucinda who has never worked in her life disguises herself as Lucy French, obtaining employment as a housekeeper to a wealthy Kentucky family. However, if her poor work habits don't unmask her, her growing feelings for Max "car guy" Hogan will for she is falling in love with the racing car driver.

Readers who enjoy a wild contemporary romantic suspense with the emphasis on laughter will clearly want to read THE RING ON HER FINGER. The story line never takes itself serious even when Lucy finds herself in trouble and on the lam. The secondary characters provide the fullness that enable fans to appreciate the antics of the lead female character and the bewilderment of the prime male hunk who feels as if he was hit by a vehicle at a 100 MPH upon meeting Lucy. Though their relationship takes a secondary seat to humor and the murder subplot, Elizabeth Bevarly provides a fun frolic for fans of the sub-genre.

Harriet Klausner

This is the first of E. Baverly that I read. I love the way she develops the plots; even though the inner thought of the characters sometimes drove me crazy. interestingly enough it is not boring AT ALL, like some of the similiar plot I've read from others. And I really enjoy the side love story of Rosemary and Natheniel....ohhhh.. it is so romantic and I think this story by itself should receive a full 5 stars. At the end, it is a very enjoyable read. I am seriously considering her "how to trap a tycoon"- sound hillarious!

After the first chapter I was really excited to continue reading, the party and the whole escape was rather brillently hillarious. It was also a good idea, rich girl on the run from the law, maybe even the Russian Mafia, exciting. Perhaps it was the build up, there were to many expectations and in the end the book fell flat.

Rather than find the romance enduring I found it awkward, I really disliked how she compared herself to him because she implied to him that she knew what it was like to be poor, not unloved, and it was misleading. Also the atrraction was there from the start and so strong and centering around his abstance that any sort of emotional attraction was secondery and when she starts looking into his past rather than seeming to do it in order to help clear his mind it almost seems like a fast way to make hom stop being celebate for her own benifet.

What I hated though was the secondery romance. The plot there was so complicated it deserved its own book, that way I'd have known to avoid it. It is an older playboy, and a seemingly nunish woman who has a torid past or at least a violent one and he has made a bet with her boss. You can guess. Anyway this is long and takes up to much time and space. And the pay off at the end when all is revealed is terrible. It also reveasls a great weakness in writting as one charecter's entire personality changes and while it isn't a main one it does cause a bit of a stir.