A Lady Decides (Zebra Regency Romance)

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Summary: Regency with a Gothic twist
Review: Certain elements of this story--an unexplained death, an extended family whose members harbor secrets, a young woman living in genteel poverty who finds herself caught in the middle--reminded me of the Gothic novels of the 1970s. While it was nice to revisit the favorite genre of my teenage years, the mystery was not mysterious enough nor the romance romantic enough to satisfy.

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Summary: mildly pleasant story but where is the romance?
Review: The plot turns on a young lady who likes to be helpful, she helps one of her two suitors to see that he ought to follow his dream and pursue a career in archaeology. Problem: there were no careers in archaeology in the period. Lord Elgin, the purported role model, was, depending upon your point of view, a collector or a thief. He waltzed into Athens, chipped the marbles off the Parthenon, and carted them off to Bloomsbury. All of the nattering about wives following their husbands to archaelogical digs is anacronistic to say the least. Nobody on earth had ever excavated a site until Queen Victoria was well into middle age. That said, the real weakness here is the very paltry romance. The heroine meets her Romeo a few times, we understand that they find one another intelligent, but no sparks fly, certainly there is no romantic tension. Oh, there is a very mildly interesting murder mystery.

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Summary: This is not a romance!
Review: This book is anything but a romance! There is not only no romance, the heroine doesn't even make a definite decision as to which of the men she wants by the end! or why! This book is long, drawn out, and very short on real plot. The most exciting moment is when a doctor friend of the herione finally explains away the mystery that has driven the entire book plot. VERY BORING! The characters seem two dimensional and trite, and the story itself reads like a rewrite of a thousand other recency intriques. Save your money and time, don't bother reading this!

Rating:
Summary: This is not a romance!
Review: This book is anything but a romance! There is not only no romance, the heroine doesn't even make a definite decision as to which of the men she wants by the end! or why! This book is long, drawn out, and very short on real plot. The most exciting moment is when a doctor friend of the herione finally explains away the mystery that has driven the entire book plot. VERY BORING! The characters seem two dimensional and trite, and the story itself reads like a rewrite of a thousand other recency intriques. Save your money and time, don't bother reading this!