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The Traitor's Daughter (A Zebra Regency Romance)

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I like Joan Overfield's Regencies. Her characters are usually very real and likeable. This book started that way, with very likeable characters and an intriguing plot. However, about half-way through, the whole thing just fell apart. The heroine started acting very stupid and naive (not trusting the hero, falling for obvious traps of the villian--unlike the very self-sufficient and competent woman we meet at the beginning) and the romance got very silly (it gets hot and heavy and then very unromantic as the hero becomes a clod and a jerk). Also, the villian emerges as the plot progresses, and although the author doesn't confirm who it is, there is only one suspect...and guess what?!? It's him!

Joan Overfield is much better than this book. For much more coherent fun, read "The Journals of Lady X" or "A Spirited Bluestocking" or delve into "A Door Ajar" and "Time's Tapestry."

Review by Nina Coombs Pykare, author of the Kate Ketterling series, Death Comes to Desdemona, Death Rides a Pink Horse

Another great Joan Overfield story. Good enough to read twice, which I did by mistake. The characters are real and the heroine's dilemma is excrutiating.