A Season for Love (Signet Regency Romance) [Paperback]

Blair Bancroft (Author)

Book Description

Series: Signet Regency Romance | Publication Date: February 3, 2004

Caroline Carlington is a wholesome country girl-with prejudices against the ton. But when a dashingly handsome viscount lavishes attentions on her, he hopes he can show her that he's not the rakish wastrel she believes all society men to be...

Editorial Reviews

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A lovely new voice in the genre...a name fans will want to watch. (Romance Reviews Today)

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Signet (February 3, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451210077
• ISBN-13: 978-0451210074
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,203,573 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Blair Bancroft recalls receiving odd looks from adults as she walked home from school at age six, her lips moving as she told herself stories. And there was never a night she didn't entertain herself with her own bedtime stories. But it was only after a variety of other careers that she turned to serious writing. Blair has been a music teacher, professional singer, non-fiction editor, costume designer, and real estate agent. She has traveled from Bratsk, Siberia, to Machu Picchu, Peru, and made numerous visits to Britain and Ireland. Recent trips took her along an English canal at 3mph, through Portugal and Spain, and, via the Chunnel, from France to Switzerland to Venice. She is now attempting to incorporate all these varied experiences into her writing.

Blair's first book, TARLETON'S WIFE, won RWA's Golden Heart for Long Historical and the Best Romance award from the Florida Writers' Association. Her contemporary suspense novel, SHADOWED PARADISE, and her Medieval Young Adult, ROSES IN THE MIST, were finalists for an EPPIE, the "Oscar" of the e-book industry. Blair's Signet Regency, THE INDIFFERENT EARL was chosen as Best Regency by Romantic Times magazine and was a finalist for RWA's RITA award. ROSES IN THE MIST is now available on Kindle as THE CAPTIVE HEIRESS. And THE INDIFFERENT EARL has been reincarnated as THE COURTESAN'S LETTERS. Blair's longest book--and personal favorite--is the Regency Historical Romance, THE SOMETIME BRIDE, now available for Kindle and Kindle Select.

If your interest is contemporary, I have begun uploading a series of books set in the very real, but fictionally named, Gulf Coast town of Golden Beach, Florida. Currently available are SHADOWED PARADISE, PARADISE BURNING, AND ORANGE BLOSSOMS & MAYHEM. (More to follow.) And if you love Cape Cod, Massachusetts, or have a yen for seafront communities in general, please check out LOVE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Coming soon: O'ROURKE'S HEIRESS, a Regency Historical featuring several characters from TARLETON'S WIFE and THE SOMETIME BRIDE.

Thanks for stopping by! Blair

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars an interesting read, February 19, 2004

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tregatt (Portland, Oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Season for Love (Signet Regency Romance) (Paperback)

For eight years, Lady Caroline Carlington, the daughter of the powerful Duke of Longville, lived in the country with her mother (the Duchess of Longville) in seclusion and in anonymity. But now, with her mother's death, and her father's recent marriage to the dashing Eugenia Wharton, Lady Caroline finds herself suddenly having to deal with the London social scene. For a young lady who has been brought up to scorn the frivolous ways of Society, Lady Caroline has a lot to contend with; but add to that the fact that her relationship with her new stepmother started on the wrong foot, and the fact that she seems to be strangely attracted to her stepmother's brother, Anthony Norvile, and one begins to wonder if Lady Caroline will be able to cope at all...

I really wanted to like "A Season for Love." It seemed to contain all the ingredients necessary for a good thoughtful read: a young lady who has been brought up not to trust the men of her class (esp her father); her feelings and experiences at being suddenly thrust into Society; and her confused feelings for new stepmother -- more esp, her stepmother's brother, her new "uncle." And yet there were a few "niggles," that prevented me from rating "A Season for Love" as a truly excellent read. For starters though, don't trust the plot synopsis at the back of the book. For while Lady Caroline was one of the book's focal points, the novel really focuses on the budding relationship and romance that develops between the Duke of Longville and his new duchess. I rather the duke and duchess, and felt sympathetic for all that they were going through, but since I had bought the book on the notion that the book was going to focus on Lady Caroline, I felt a little shortchanged. But truthfully speaking this should not be classified as a "niggle." So what really got to me? The entire subplot involving the disgruntled anarchists. The book already had two subplots that needed a lot of attention: the subplot involving Lady Caroline, and the other one involving the Duke and Duchess of Longville. And the subplot involving Lady Caroline and all that she was going through as she tried to navigate her way through the ton, work out her feelings for Anthony, her father and her new stepmother, was already, in my opinion, suffering at the expense of the other subplot. So that this minor third subplot involving the three angry and dissatisfied anarchists took up far too many pages -- was this subplot even necessary, I wonder? If only the book had focused more on Lady Caroline and her feelings at having a new stepmother to contend with, the confusion she feels about her attraction to Anthony, and her feelings about her relationship with her once estranged father and being forced to endure a season ... the book then would have been a more enjoyable read for me. Nonetheless, I'd still rate "A Season for Love" as a truly interesting 3 star read.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read!, February 26, 2004

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This review is from: A Season for Love (Signet Regency Romance) (Paperback)

I think the Romantic Times BOOKclub review says it all about A Season for Love. It classified it as a compelling page turner: "...this is a wonderful read. The storytelling alone captured my attention right from the start." What I loved about it was that it wasn't a boring run-of-the-mill traditional love story - it was a sensitive story of two families and how they manage to blend together despite the many pitfalls they faced. I can't wait to read Bancroft's next book!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, incredible price!, June 24, 2011

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intunewithstars - See all my reviews

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This review is from: A Season for Love (Kindle Edition)

I think this is a great book for incredible price (99¢). It really is two love stories in one. The Duke and Duchess are one; the Duke's adult daughter and the Duchess's brother make the other. Two families blending on two different levels. And the plot device or subplot, if you prefer, involving the "anarchists" in my opinion added interesting depth and historical accuracy to the book. (Another interesting fact mentioned that even in 1815 the Almack dress code for men still included tricorn hats.) Every reviewer or critic seems to have some aspects they would change. Usually I do too, but not this time. I think the author did a masterful job of blending all the aspects of the story together. The flow was just right and stayed a page turner to the end!