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Title: The Famous Heroine (Signet Regency Romance) by Mary Balogh ISBN: 0-451-18773-3 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: February, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.62 (8 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: under-rated
Comment: Mary Balogh is one of my fav's but this one fell short of my " I love Mary" books. The one thing I love about Mary is her ability to include the reader in a sympathetic and 'realistic' tale about the heroines story. I felt in this book that the male character wasn't passionate enough about his heroine; however funny. The characters in the book make you laugh, but you do sense the lack of passion and intimacy between them, which leaves you wondering whether (long after the story finishes)the hero and heroine find true happiness.
Rating: 5
Summary: Delightful regency romance!
Comment: Cora Downes is a merchant's daughter who enters London's elite society after rescuing a duke's son. The genuine and fun-loving Cora feels out of place in cold London society. Her fear of the aristocracy does not extend to Francis Kneller though. He is a duke's son, but Cora feels comfortable around him. Francis is amused by Cora and decides to ease her entrance into society by paying attention to her. After he inadvertantly compromises her twice, Francis offers Cora marriage. They enter into a marriage neither really wants.
I loved that Cora was not a member of the ton. I loved Francis Kneller's pink coats and lace. I loved their relationship. There is much humor to be had in The Famous Heroine, but it never overshadows the romance. It develops slowly and believably. Mary Balogh has written another winner!
Rating: 5
Summary: Another excellent Balogh
Comment: While Balogh's longer, more involved novels are usually a far better purchase than the standard 200-page Regency, she is an author who can alter her style to fit this genre if necessary, and in 'The Famous Heroine' she's done just that. Cora is a wonderfully amusing and enjoyable heroine, and Francis a rather unexpected but thoroughly likeable hero. Cora's misconception about Francis is actually very plausible, and the scene in which this gets straightened out between them is one of the most amusing in any Regency I've read. It's also good to see a heroine who isn't a simpering miss in the bedroom.
Don't expect the usual Balogh angst in this book; but for a comedy with a light touch this is wonderful.
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Title: The Plumed Bonnet (Signet Regency Romance) by Mary Balogh ISBN: 0451190513 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Dark Angel (Signet Regency Romance, No 7953) by Mary Balogh ISBN: 0451179536 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: August, 1994 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: Lord Carew's Bride (Signet Regency Romance) by Mary Balogh ISBN: 0451185528 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: June, 1995 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: The Temporary Wife (Signet Regency Romance, 9143) by Mary Balogh ISBN: 0451191439 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: May, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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Title: Tempting Harriet (Signet Regency Romance, 7952) by Mary Balogh ISBN: 0451179528 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: May, 1994 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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