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The Taming of Amelia: Belle Haven Saga #1 (Harlequin Historical No. 159) (Harlequin Historical, No 28759)

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I read this book in 1993 when it was first published and I recently re-read it. Maura Seger is a good author and her historicals are quite enjoyable. She's not at the top of her form here, but this is still a fun book.

The story centers around Amelia Daniels, a Puritan settler, and Garrick Marlowe, a not-so-devout ship's captain. She has money and wishes to flee Boston and start her own colony in CT. He is reluctant to help her, but needs money to buy a ship. So they work out a deal. After transporting the small band of settlers to CT and helping to set up the setlement, Garrick and Amelia realize the feelings they have for one another. Their love story is tender and quite lovely. It's harder to get inside these characters' heads than it is with some of Seger's protagonists, but it's not so bad as to be jarring.

The details of the founding of Belle Haven are interesting and the Native American charaters are well-drawn. The Puritan elders are so flatly and prejudicially drawn as to seem almost caricatures, though. My only other complaint would be that the ending seems a bit abrupt and rushed. Otherwise, this is an enjoyable book with which to spend an evening!