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A Streak of Luck (Signet)

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What could have been a really great regency turned into, at about page 150, a very disappointing read.
The father of the heroine is desperate to set his beloved daughter up in marriage as quickly as possible. It seems that his new wife, only two years older than his daughter, and his daughter don't rub along very well at all.
One of the reasons for this is that his first wife was a jew who was never accepted in society. This is a storyline which hardly ever is used in the regency era books and could have been a great plot to use.
The hero begins also on shaky ground since he, during one card sitting, is indebted to Rachel's father for almost 100,000 pounds. He agrees to meet Rachel to help the father out and promptly falls in love with her. She responds in kind. They marry rather quickly and instead of Gervais telling the woman he loves the truth about the card game, it all comes out through her vindictive stepmother.
There are quite a few superflous characters floating around who add very little to the story and only confused me to be honest.
Rachel believes her stepmother and gives Gervais nor her father no chance to explain and takes off for a few years to sing along the continent with her music teacher.
Needless to say, she and Gervais meet up again in the end but by that time, I truly ceased caring.
I've never read a story before with so much potential that literally was ruined in the last 100 pages.
If you're looking for a book that you can scream at every other page or so, sheerly for it's incredulity, this is the one.
If you're looking for a regency that allows you to laugh, think and enjoy, keep going.

It seem a dream come true when handsome, charming Gervais Fenton, Lord Sayre, asked for Lady Rachel Villiers' hand in marriage. Only after the marriage took place did Rachel learn that it had come about because of a game of cards between her father and Fenton-a game Fenton had held the losing hand. Her father thought he had won her happiness. Instead she faced heartbreak on the horns of a dilemma that gave her the choice of sacrificing her pride if she remained with the infuriating Fenton-or embracing ruin by fleeing this man she could neither trust nor bring herself to stop loving...

This is a good one.