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Title: The Fleeing Heiress by Gayle Buck ISBN: 0-451-20837-4 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: An Excellent Journey
Comment: Gayle Buck takes a simple story and weaves it with details which make you see how the heroine and hero feel. Thea's embarrassment caused by her family but yet her love for them shows through. And Lord Cardiff is the strong but not overbearing hero. You can actually picture him as someone who could carry off spying for the government with none the wiser. If there was anything about this book I didn't like it would have to be a little wordiness with the banter back and forth between Thea's brothers. Otherwise an excellent story. Someone else may consider this a five star book but unfortunately I just read something else right before it which I had to compare it to that was a 5+ star and had to judge accordingly.
Rating: 4
Summary: Very good
Comment: Lord David Cardiff is a welcome change from the regular Regency rake. The difference: he's a genuinely nice guy. He's gallant, noble, and every bit a gentleman. The novel begins when he's on wounded leave (he's one of Wellington's aides-de-camp). While staying at an inn, he overhears a conversation. A girl is being kidnapped!!! Of course, Lord Cardiff jumps to the rescue of the damsel in distress.
That damsel is Miss Thea Strafford. Her sister's fiance has kidnapped her, and plans to take Thea to Gretna Green! Lord Cardiff comes to her rescue, and takes it upon himself to see that she is safe.
But our hero and heroine are out of the frying pan and into the freezer. The next day, Thea's father and brothers barge in--and demand that Cardiff marry Thea! (at gunpoint!) Her numbskull brothers kidnap them, and the rest of the novel begins. Thea and David have to deal with her eccentric relatives, renew Thea's deteriorating reputation, and try to thwart the unwanted marriage... with some funny results!
Yes, the book is rather funny. And sweet. And thoroughly entertaining. However, I would have liked just a bit more romance. And I thought it ended too quickly. But it's still a very good read. Definitely recommended! Good job, Ms. Buck!
Rating: 5
Summary: a wonderful read
Comment: If you're looking for a somewhat lighthearted and humourous Regency-era romance novel reminiscent of Georgette Heyer's wonderful books, you have to take a look at Gayle Buck's latest offering, "The Fleeing Heiress."
Recently home from the wars, and fresh from attending a house party where he successfully apprehended a French spy ("The Chester Charade"), Lord David Cardiff was on his way home when he decides to break his journey at a small inn. At the inn, he overhears enough of a conversation to realise that a young lady, Thea Strafford, has been abducted against her will and that her abductor is intemt on carrying her off to Gretna Green in order to force into marriage. A honourable and chivalrous gentleman, Cardiff steps in and rescues Thea from her tormentor. A happy ending all around, one would think. Except that the following morning brings Thea's father and her twin brothers -- three incredibly stubborn and thickheaded men -- who then decide that Cardiff must now marry Thea in order to restore her sullied reputation. What follows is a humourous and somewhat witty romp as Thea and Cardiff endeavour to cajole and divert these gentlemen from their purpose Will Thea and Cardiff succeed? And what of the feelings of warmth and admiration that each is beginning to feel for the other?
There was so much to enjoy in "The Fleeing Heiress". The plot, the characters (from the sensible and much put upon heroine, to the intelligent and gentlemanly hero, to the brick-brained Stafford men, not to mention athe eccentric cat loving grand aunt), the humourous episodes -- this was a really well thought out and brillaintly penned romance novel. And while many things about this novel was quite a la Georgette Heyer, this did not mean that "The Fleeing Heiress" lacked an original voice. To the contrary, "The Fleeing Heiress" had a fresh feel to it. There was nothing recycled or stale or incongruous about it. And I do think that Gayle Buck succeeded in both paying homage to Georgette Heyer (if this was indeed what she was setting out to do) as well as putting her own personal stamp to the book. Smoothly told, and in an engaging and humourous manner, this is a book to be savoured and enjoyed. Definitely a 5 star read.
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