Saved by Scandal (Signet Regency Romance)

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Summary: She does it again!
Review: Once again Barbara Metzger has a written a wonderful regency. It's just one scandal after another. This is a very well written book which can make you laugh and cry all at the same time.

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Summary: A fun read
Review: The early marriage of the main characters is one main reason I'm so enjoying this book. As usual the authors wit is brilliant and I marvel at her sense of humor. Can't wait for the next one.

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Summary: Indiscreet but curly
Review: This book is indiscreet but wicked curly.

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Summary: Charming!
Review: This book is such a delight. Metzger's sense of humor, as ever, is delicious. The book is so tightly written and so funny, I recommend it to anyone with a sense of humor and a love of light romance.

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Summary: Barbara Metzger Is An Absolute Treasure!
Review: This is the first book by Ms. Metzger that I have read, but it certainly won't be the last! I won't summarize the plot, as others have already done so. However, I will say that a story that could have been rather sordid becomes a fun-filled romp under Metzger's expert direction. Her witty narration is absolutely fabulous without being "cute," and her characters are endearingly flawed but noble. The marriage of convenience that becomes a love match is a favorite theme of mine, and it was presented at its very best in this novel.

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Summary: An engaging and funny book!
Review: Well, I can't say that I am a huge fan of Barbara Metzger, In fact this was the first book I had ever read by her! But this book captivated be from the very first sentance! I loved the way she started every chapter with a famous quotation! This book was an amazing story, and told with such feeing that you feel that you have been transported back in time, and are watching the whole story as it goes along! I am normally a fast reader, but this book still holds the record! I could not put it down!! You are to be congragulated Ms. Metzger, on a truly outstanding book!

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Summary: So Many Scandals!
Review: Whoever said Regencies were all the same, and tended to be boring and predictable, obviously never read Barbara Metzger. The Woodbridge family is scandal-central, with a history of hugger-mugger relatives and on-dits enough to fill several newspapers for years. When Lord Galen Woodbridge is jilted at the altar by Lady Floria Cleary, it's just one scandal too many, and he decides to give the ton something even juicier to chew on. Impulsively, he offers for songbird Margot Montclaire, whom half the young bucks in London have been angling after with no success. Pretty blonde Margot (actually a baron's daughter in disguise who sings in public to support her sickly little brother)just as impulsively accepts his offer. They will try it for 6 months, as in a marriage of convenience. If they rub together tolerably well, it will become a marriage in fact. But nothing is ever easy or as it seems, in a Metzger novel, and things begin to get complicated very quickly. Suffice it to say that the scandalous happenings never stop, and the hilarity never ends, as piqued ex-fiancees, hoydenish sisters, murderous uncles, impossible ecclesiatics, a lively assortment of servants, and a truly heroic dog named Rufus (Ruff, for short) make trouble for our hero and heroine. Remember Ruff---he's not beautiful, by any means, but he is loyal and true, and he is going to save the day and be worth every single leather glove, lobster pattie, and Gunter's pastry he's ever wolfed down. Regency buffs who enjoyed the two Marians---Chesney and Devon---will find even greater satisfaction with Metzger, who knows how to tell a story, create funny and endearing characters, and how to keep those readers turning the pages, fast!

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Summary: Whoever said....
Review: Whoever said that Barbara Metzger wasn't the absolute master of the Regency genre ...was WRONG! As with many of her other books, this one is full of delightfully eccentric "characters", endearing children, dire situations, potential tragedies, madcap action, and a wacky dog who eats everything in sight! Even the bad guys provide humorous situations. Metzger is a very clever writer who will have you laughing, grinning, smiling and chuckling, not just at the story as it unfolds, but in the way it is presented. I rated the book 5 stars, but it should probably be "500 grins". Whoever said "laughter is the best medicine"...,well Barbara Metzger understands that! (By the way, her story in the new anthology "Grand Hotel" is great too! Read them both!)