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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Delightful!, April 3, 2000
By A Customer
This was my first 'short' regency romance and my first Carla Kelly book. I enjoyed it tremendously. The writing is fluid (thank you!), the story is original, and the characters are believable and well-developed. I cried for the soldiers who died. The descriptions of death and disease as a result of war were simple, but so real that you can't help but feel it. But mostly I chuckled and laughed out loud at Lydia's thoughts and actions. And thankfully, Major Sam Reed is no cardboard hero. He is brave and compassionate, but also somewhat of a liar (for certain reasons, he tells his family he married a nonexistant woman named Delightful Saunders and had a nonexistant child with her and talks Lydia into marrying him to save his tail!). I highly recommend this book! Very original. Very well-written. I had almost given up reading romance after some rather excruciating experiences with a hero and his manroot and another hero who was over-sexed to say the least. Well, I'm off to look for her other books!
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
With This Ring, March 14, 2001
By A Customer
I am a HUGE Carla Kelly fan and I didn't think she could top MISS WHITTIER MAKES A LIST but was I wrong! WITH THIS RING is undoubtedly one of her best stories ever. The hero, Major Sam Reed, is one of the most compassionate, selfless characters I've ever come across, even if he does embellish his military paperwork in order to get his men what they need. The heroine, Lydia Perkins, is quite unappreciated at home, and is only brought to London to act as a maid to her younger, much spoiled sister Kitty. Lydia finds true usefulness in nursing Major Reed and his wounded and dying men as they lay forgotten in a crumbling church while all of London is celebrating the victory at Waterloo. Sam convinces Lydia to marry him after she is thrown out by her family. Sam is in most urgent need of a wife, since he told his mother and aunt that he was married in order to secure the money he needs to run the estate he inherited. I don't want to give any more of the story away, but the two have quite a few unexpected, entertaining and sometimes poignantly moving adventures between leaving London and arriving at Sam's home in Northumberland. Simply put, this is a MUST read and a definate KEEPER!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Very Pleasing Book, September 1, 2000
By A Customer
I can't really tell you why this book worked so well for me, but it did. The minor characters are drawn with such a wide brush, they are almost caricatures, but somehow, that even worked and the end result was charming. It's a lovely story and deals with death in a spiritual way (almost unheard of in romance). From the blurb in the back cover, I noted Ms. Kelly is involved in the Hospice program, which is probably why this portion of the book is both lovely and has substance. I was also impressed that Ms. Kelly understands the titles and rituals of the Church of England, and treats them and prayer with something more than a plot device. This is rare in romance. This was my first book by this author, but it won't be my last. I was totally impressed.
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