The Wild One [Paperback]

Danelle Harmon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1997

Lord Gareth de Montforte is an irresponsible, fun-loving rake when beautiful Juliet Paige arrives from America with his late brother's baby, hoping to give the child a name. Gareth impulsively weds her, only to discover he wasn't ready for all the responsibilities of marriage and fatherhood. They're in for plenty of trouble and heartache, until they discover that their love can overcome anything. Ads in "Romantic Times".

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Avon Books (Mm) (December 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380792621
• ISBN-13: 978-0380792627
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 3.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,213,957 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it, loved it, LOVED IT!!!!!, May 7, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Wild One (Paperback)

This book was a refreshing and welcome change from the romance novels that I've read lately. I couldn't put it down. The hero, Lord Gareth de Montforte, is everything that a hero should be and more: he's strong, he's sexy, he's charming, he's courageous, he loves kids, and he goes to heroic lengths to make a future for his wife and infant daughter, risking his life in the process and winning my heart as well! If you like fast-paced, sexy stories, unique characters, an unusual plot, and books set in England, you'll LOVE this book. I did!!!!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A really terrific read!, November 3, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: The Wild One (Paperback)

In 1776 England, Lord Gareth de Monteforte, dubbed by the Ton as THE WILD ONE, lives life to the fullest. He gambels his life away as a hedonistic rake who lives each debauching night to its fullest. Even the news that his older brother Charles died while fighting at Concord hardly disrupts his gaiety. However, everything abruptly changes when Charles' fiancé, Juliet Paige, and her daughter her arrive from the colonies.

Gareth is shocked when his oldest brother, Lucien, The Duke of Blackheath, wants to send the Bostonian back to the colonies. A dismayed Gareth steps in to intercede on behalf of the beautiful American and her child. This is exactly what that matchmaking Lucien was hoping would happen as his rogue of a brother falls in love and Juliet reciprocates.

THE WILD ONE is a sensational Georgian romance that brings to life the English perspective of the conflict with the colonies at the onset of the Revolutionary War. The story line is poignant and the characters are very interesting to read about as they deal with their differences. Danelle Harmon has started her new series about the deMonteforte family with a home run that will leave readers looking forward to stories about the remaining siblings.

Harriet Klausner

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars um....it was ok, December 29, 2000

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carrie (culpeper, va USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Wild One (Paperback)

In all honesty, I read this book a year or two ago and...well...it wasn't one of Harmon's best books. I agree that the hero was quite immature and really quite annoying. I thought that it was nice in the end when he turned out to be a man of courage but I usually like my heros somewhat...more intelligent and mature and well...a man. Gareth was like a boy in a man's body and it wasn't until near the end of the book that he figured out he needed to mature a bit to make his new life with his wife her infant child (his brother's, no less) work. I wouldn't NOT recomend the book because it wasn't bad but it's just not a book that I would start a friend out on to advertise this author. Danelle Harmon is usually an excellent author and I hope her newest book, "The Wicked One" will not dissapoint me.