Some Enchanted Evening

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Summary: Dodd's First Hardcover Not To Be Missed
Review: This book was another good one from Christina Dodd. The story is about one of three lost princesses from a country called Beaumontage. Clarice is the middle daughter of the King of Beaumontage the kingdom is over thrown causing Clarice and her sister Amy to flee for their lives with only a small amount of money and some royal beauty products that they must sell to support themselves. For five years Clarice and Amy have had to go town to town "selling beauty" to unsuspecting town folk. After fleeing England for their lives they go to Scotland where Clairce is forced to go stay in the home of Robert MacKenize, the earl of Hepburn. He is an emotionally wounded war hero that needs Clairce to help get something that was lost to him and since he knows she's up to no good he knows that he can get her to help him with his plan.
I found Clairce to be a very strong women who did what she had to do to support herself and her younger sister. I found myself feeling for Clairce because she was taken from a world of wanting for nothing, to one where she had nothing. She knew nothing of the world, she only knew how to be a princess and that her place in life was to make a good marriage. The only thing that I can say I did not like about Clairce was that for all her belief in duty she sure did give into Robert fast.
Robert was a good hero. He wanted Clairce from the moment he met her and made no real effort to hide it. He was a little rough around the edges, but what else can you expect from a war hero? I enjoyed the fact that after he realized that he was treating his sister badly he changed his was and was a great brother to her. Robert was the true knight in shinning armour guy that all women dream about. I thougt over all that this was another great book by Christina Dodd and I can not wait until the next book, Amy's story comes out.

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Summary: When a woman says no, she means...
Review: When revolution overtook their small kingdom of Beaumontagne, the king sent his three daughters to England for safety. Despite the success of the counter-revolution, the three sisters are now lost, surviving on their wits in a foreign land. Middle sister, Clarice, is trying to stay ahead of the English law and make a living selling cosmetics when she travels to Scotland, to the fiefdom of Robert MacKenzie, Earl of Hepburn. Robert doesn't believe Clarice is a real princess, but he does suspect she's a great actor--and he needs an actor for a revenge plan.

Robert invites Clarice to help his sister plan a ball to honor an English war hero and lets his desire urge him to a forceful seduction. Eventually he persuades Clarice to go along with his plan--but revenge has a way of backfiring and Clarice finds herself in danger. Can Robert admit the depths of his feeling to himself and admit the love he feels? Can Clarice give up her duty to her country and settle for love?

Fans of highly sensual regency-era romance are likely to enjoy the Scottish setting, the dark and driven hero, and the duty-bound princess. I found the love scenes to be too similar to rape to appreciate the sensuality of the writing and am still confused as to how Robert could knife an English guard and not fear legal consequences.

Author Christina Dodd will please her fans with this book but I couldn't help thinking that it could have been a bit more clever.