He Said Now (Gentleman's Club, Book 3) [Paperback]

Patricia Waddell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2004

William "Fitch" Minstead, sixth Earl of Ackerman, has been living the life of a carefare bachelor when he dicovers he has a 9-year-old daughter. He increases the size of his family even more when he proposes marriage to Lizzie's guardian, Miss Hilary Compton.

But the earl has another secret, one his new bride is determined to undercover.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Spectacularly written, HE SAID NOW is an exceptional historical romance. -- Reader to Reader.com

Waddell knows how to touch readers' emotional buttons. I laughed, I cried and I sighed. A wonderful read. -- Romantic Times 4 Stars ****

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Zebra (June 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821775022
• ISBN-13: 978-0821775028
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,661,452 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another nice addition to the series, June 18, 2004

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baltimore0502 "Hon!" (BALTIMORE, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: He Said Now (Gentleman's Club, Book 3) (Paperback)

This is my second book by this author, my first being the enjoyable HE SAID NO which came out in February. This is actually the fourth in the Gentleman's Club series which started with short story LOVE LETTERS (from anthology CUPID CALLING), then continued in HE SAID YES and concluding with HE SAID NEVER coming this fall. The series follows five titled friends in 1860's England and their various adventures in love.

William Fitch Minstead, the Earl of Ackerman has just received some shocking news. He apparently fathered a child he never knew about, the result of an affair 10 years before when he was a young military man about to ship out to the Crimea. The feisty yet alluring Miss Hilary Compton who has been acting as the child's guardian since the death of her mother delivers the news. Fitch decides to meet and see this little girl for himself and travels to Miss Compton's home in Nottingham to see her for himself. One look at little Lizzie confirms his parentage, as she is the image of his late mother. Fitch is determined to be a part of his daughter's life and proposes a surprising arrangement: that he and Miss Compton marry so that Fitch can then adopt Lizzie as his daughter. But Fitch makes it clear he wants more than the usual marriage of convenience. He expects her to be his wife in every way, including providing him with an heir.

When Hilary undertook her mission to inform the earl of his child, she had fully expected him to be a rake and a scoundrel uninterested in his child. Instead, she finds him to be kind, warm, witty and all too willing to have Lizzie in his life. She has noted the attraction that swirls between them and wonders if a real marriage is possible. She agrees to his proposal and soon finds herself in London, the new countess of Ackerman! But as the days and weeks pass, her early optimism for a happy marriage begins to dim as Fitch persists in keeping a part of himself from her. She knows his withdrawal has something to do with his war experiences, but he adamantly refuses to discuss it with her. Her attempts to get closer to him just seem to make things worse until she begins to wonder if he wanted a real wife afterall. Or did he just marry her to get his daughter and the rest was all talk? As for Fitch, he wonders why Hilary can't just leave well enough alone. She's got his protection, his name and his daughter - what more can she possibly want from him?

I really enjoyed this story and I liked Fitch a lot! His relationship with his daughter was very cute and sweet and his relationship with Hilary was sensual and poignant. I liked Hilary, but felt she pushed Fitch too hard too fast to share things with her he felt he could not. But all in all a nice story that I recommend to others. I'm looking forward to the next book which will be the rascally Viscount Rathbone's story.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Read it Now!, June 10, 2004

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Marian Griffin (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: He Said Now (Gentleman's Club, Book 3) (Paperback)

Pat Waddell has another winner in He Said Now. And so does her heroine. The hero, a confirmed bachelor, can not maintain his emotional distance when his new bride repeatedly probes his wounds. She makes mistakes but wins his love in the end by risking everything to help him leave the devastating memories of the carnage of war behind him. Take his advice...read it now.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Change Of Formula Following The Series, February 3, 2006

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midnightblue "Rox" (CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: He Said Now (Gentleman's Club, Book 3) (Paperback)

Having read the previous books in this series (He Said Yes, He Said No) I was expecting the same format. The man meets a woman, pursues her and falls in love with her, she runs away and he finds her and marries her. He Said Now however did not go this way--Fitch learns he impregnated a woman 9 years earlier and after the mother perishes, he wants to give his daughter a normal life. He becomes intrigued with her guardian, Hilary, and to remedy the situation he marries her. They fall in love and in this book she gets pregnant within the story of the book unlike in the other novels we find out characters get pregnant. It's a quick read and the author's voice improves since her writing has more meaning.