Waltz With A Vampire (Zebra Regency Romance) [Paperback]

Maggie MacKeever (Author)

Book Description

Series: Zebra Regency Romance | Publication Date: September 1, 2005

- Waltz With A Vampire will appeal to all regency readers

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Zebra (September 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821778269
• ISBN-13: 978-0821778265
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #982,066 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Maggie MacKeever is the author of thirty-plus historical romances, most of them set during England's Regency era. Her extracurricular careers include secretary for a telephone company, a local psychic, the Arco Alaskan pipeline project,and a post production sound house; and, most lengthily, dialogue supervisor for television and feature films. Maggie lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two spoiled housecats, and derives great pleasure from the fact that they share their back yard with a family of feral cats, a pug-nosed possum, and several raccoons.

Customer Reviews

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I loved it!, October 16, 2005

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Lee "Tourtalker" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Waltz With A Vampire (Zebra Regency Romance) (Paperback)

This book -- like most of MacKeever's -- is a very engaging and amusing read. Unlike the previous reviewer, I really enjoyed the details that gave me a strong sense of being in Edinburgh. As for Emily and Val, I thought they were great together, and was sorry for their story to end. I especially liked the Romanian proverbs that headed each chapter, and several of them made me laugh out loud. And then there was the ghost--

People unfamiliar with traditional Regencies might not understand the conventions, or that only so much 'sizzle' is allowed. (Emily and Val definitely pushed the envelope.) For those of us familiar with the genre, Maggie MacKeever has long a favorite. For her to add vampires to her repertoire is a real treat, and I hope she does many more 'paranormal' stories. I'd rate this a 'must read'.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars More Fizzle than Sizzle, October 5, 2005

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S. Lewis "Romance Addict" (Hollywood, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Waltz With A Vampire (Zebra Regency Romance) (Paperback)

Author seemed to have relied too heavily on detailing things that I found extremely distracting from the story. I just don't find it necessary to know every minute detail unless it has some bearing on what is happening; it tends to make me feel as though the author is just filling space. I enjoyed both characters (Emily and Val) seperately but didn't really get a sense of them together; they sort of fizzled instead of sizzled. The author spent so much time in describing things around them that she sort of left the main characters to develop on their own and as best they could. Although all the characters were quite colorful and indeed enjoyable, "Waltz With A Vampire" had all the elements to be a thoroughly funny romance novel but just missed the mark. A shame indeed.

14 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not What I Expected, September 8, 2005

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Traci King (Indianapolis, IN) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Waltz With A Vampire (Zebra Regency Romance) (Paperback)

I should have known by the title that this would be an historical novel, which is not my favorite type. But my main comlaint is with the vampire and the heroine who I did not like or enjoy reading about. He was too cavalier, distant, uptight and she was too annoying with her prudish, bookish, rather stilted attitude. I also disliked the tedious descriptions that went on and on. I really had trouble finishing this book, because none of the characters rang true or even fantastic, either would have worked for me. By the style of the cover you might think this book is humorous, but alas that angle doesn't work either. Some might find the characters funny, but I just found them ridiculous. Any humor was tasteless and at the expense of the characters. I could have cared less if Emily and Val got together. They seemed so disconnected and distant and their passions so weak and dimwitted, no pun intended.