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Summary: A book to enjoy!!
Review: This was my first Mary Balogh book and I thoroughly enjoyed it. While maybe not as intense in the bedroom as some books it still was a great love story. I read in one of the other reviews that it really unveils the hearts of its characters and that is what is most endearing about the story of Jocelyn and Jane - they both have such layers to their personalities - both hiding their inner selves - Jane in fear of discovery and Jocelyn becuz no one has ever known the depths to his real self. Slowly but at a comfortable pace these two truly do fall in love and it is a beautiful story. I am looking forward to other Mary Balogh books!!
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Summary: Hated it by the end
Review: Whatever reedeming qualities this book had were ruined by the last several chapters (that seem to never end)in which Jane, our heroine, refused to except Jocelyn, our hero and Duke, back into her life. Jocelyn was mad at Jane and lashed out at her because she masqueraded as a serving girl to hid her true idenity, an heiress on the run from an evil cousin. She also becomes his mistress. Jane refuses to except his apology and really is mean. I was hoping he would meet someone else. Oh, yes, Jane was also was mad at Jocelyn made her fall in love with him!!!! It was so juvenile.
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Summary: Romance Readers Rejoice! - - Ignore any bad reviews !
Review: When I heard that Mary Balogh was coming out with a hardcover, I groaned out loud. I thought I'd be faced with yet another of the seemingly endless number of disappointing hardbacks by romance authors. It's almost as if romance is not prestigious enough for hardback, and the authors end up writing mediocre suspense novels instead. Because of hardbacks, the romance genre has been abandoned by almost all of its finest authors. I am happy to say that this is not the case with Mary Balogh. I wish I could thank her personally for not abandoning her romance audience and the romance genre. "More Than a Mistress" is a satisfying romance in every way: the characters are extremely attractive, appealing, and sexy; their relationship is passionate and full of surprises; they overcome obstacles; their dialogue is witty and extremely well written; and, most of all, there is a great deal of intensity in their love for each other. If you read this book, you enter their world and feel their emotion. As always, Mary Balogh's use of language is impecable (there are no anachronisms or American slang), drawing the reader into the world of Regency England. I am very happy to travel to Regency England with Mary Balogh, and I wait impatiently for her next book. I think "More Than a Mistress" is one of her best books ever, and I would love to have more stories about its characters. Readers seem to be asking for Ferdinand's story. But I would really like a book about the sexy Viscount Kimble.
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Summary: Deceit and mistrust healed by love
Review: When Jane Ingleby boldly interrupts a duel one early morning in Hyde Park, she doesn't expect one of the duellers to be so angry with her that he would force her to nurse the wound immobilising him after his adversary shot him in the leg. Jocelyn Dudley, Duke of Tresham, holds her responsible for his wound, and his annoyance increases when she provokes him and refuses to be treated as a simple servant. When Jane becomes his mistress, neither of them knows that their relationship will be different from what they both expect.But treating her like another mistress isn't possible for Jocelyn. He trusts her, confides in her, opens his heart to her, without suspecting that Jane is hiding many things from him, things that could compromise their relationship. Mary Balogh has a way to bare her characters' inner thoughts that is poignant and makes perfect sense. Misunderstandings keep them apart without artificial dramas. She also knows how to write love scenes between two characters and make them so very different according to the state of their relationship. More Than a Mistress includes a love scene of sheer romanticism and a later one that reflects the different emotions driving both heroes. A lot of the characters' state of mind is revealed through those two scenes, as well as another greatly powerful one where, after days of coldness between Jane and Jocelyn, a wordless exchange reminds us all of the unspoken feelings binding them. There was only one regret I had about this book: I wish the main element of the outcome (which I won't reveal to avoid spoilers) had been showed "live" and not just told about. It seemed out of the blue and out of sync with the way the characters behaved a few minutes before what they knew (and what the reader didn't know) was revealed. I would also have wished for an epilogue; an unpublished one is thankfully available on Mary Balogh's site, and it made up for that small complaint of mine. :) As a whole, a delightful story, full of humour and poignancy, and certainly one I'll enjoy reading several times.
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Summary: Wow! What a treasure
Review: Within the first 20 pages, I fell in love with these funny, smart, brave, and wonderfully flawed human beings. I started Balogh by reading the Bedwyn series and Summer to Remember, which I thought could not be bested. How wrong I was. The very best of Regency writing that writes according to speech, manners and social attitudes of the day without having stereotyped bodice ripping characters who do no more than say "by god", "my god", or "oh god". Of course, now I feel dreadfully cheated that the Bedwyn series aren't up to par with this story.
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Summary: Great book!!!!!
Review: Wonderful story line, couldn't put the book down. I finished it in record time. The Duke and his "nurse" were great characters, as well as the Duke's friends. You can just feel the frustration going on in the Duke - some funny parts too. You won't be sorry you brought this book.
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