Silken Bonds (G K Hall Large Print Book Series) [Hardcover]

Marion Chesney (Author), Faith Baldwin (Author)

Book Description

Series: G K Hall Large Print Book Series | Publication Date: September 1997

RomanceLarge Print EditionThough Frederica chafed at the restricted life she lived as the adopted daughter of an infamous bluestocking, she did agree with the philosophy. Until men learned to appreciate intellectual equals, Frederica was better off without them. But her sisters elopement sparked fires of romance in Fredericas well-educated head. She was ripe for the considerable charms of Lord Harry Danger who had saved her from a pack of drunken thugs. Now if he would only treat her as an equal and stop the silly flirting . . .

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About the Author

Marion Chesney, the widely acclaimed author of historical romances, also writes the popular Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth mystery series under the name M. C. Beaton. This is the fourth book in her Edwardian murder mystery series. Born in Scotland, she currently divides her time between the English Cotswolds and Paris.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 216 pages
• Publisher: G K Hall & Co (September 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0783882696
• ISBN-13: 978-0783882697
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,557,916 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Marion Chesney is known primarily for the more than 100 historical romance novels she has published under her own name and under several pseudonyms: Helen Crampton, Ann Fairfax, Jennie Tremaine, and Charlotte Ward. But M.C. Beaton is the pseudonym she reserves for her mystery novels.

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice hero, June 29, 2001

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Emily (Yorkshire, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silken Bonds (Hardcover)

This is one of the better Chesney's of the few I have read. The characters are appealing, especially Lord Harry Danger who is a delight. The book is very short however and would be much better longer and more developed. I enjoyed reading it though, even if the pleasure only lasted a few hours!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Light and Interesting Reading, April 15, 2005

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E. Lynch "romance book fanatic" (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Silken Bonds (Hardcover)

Marion Chesney books seem to run hot or cold with many readers. Her characters are not fully developed in the books that I have read, but it does make for easy reading. This novel is the 2nd in the Waverly sister's saga. Three "orphans" raised by a man- hating Mrs. Waverly grow to adulthood with a very skewed view of society and gentlemen in particular. Though we never find out why Mrs. Waverly feels so strongly, we do come to understand she only wanted the three girls to assure company in her old age and set out to make them rivals to each other. She remained cold and emotionally remote throughout this book.

Frederica makes a delightful heroine because her views are strong in wanting to be an equal to men but not radically so (at least in today's standards). She seemed rational compared to Felicity, her younger sister. Lord Harry Danger (Danger??) is not dangerous at all but a true gentleman in every way seeking to capture Frederica's heart by solving the mystery of who the "orphans" really are. That mystery is NOT solved in this book. Maybe it is solved in the sequel about Felicity which I hope to obtain.

I enjoyed this book and hope to find the prequel also. There are some escapades involving drunks, thugs and thieves which add a rather odd element but seemingly the only way to introduce a little adventure into the dull Waverly's lives. Other characters are introduced but they are not fully developed -- one is Harry's mother -- very strange woman who does not appear to have a good head on her shoulders due to the constant bullying of her late husband.

Oh well, take the book as it is -- a light read with some appealing people.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Pleasant Conclusion, March 10, 2001

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Diana R. Sherman (Mountain View, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Silken Bonds (Hardcover)

This book is the third in the Waverly series. Three sisters are raised by their adoptive mother to disdain men. The third, and last, of the sisters still resists romance. However, there's a mystery about her adopted mother that she needs to solve. A fun, whimsical book.