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Summary: A badgered miss conceives a plan to win her freedom.
Review: Cleopatra Renfield has been duly warned by her stodgy half-sisters that she will behave like a lady and make a respectable marriage. They have even picked out her future husband--Leslie Petersborough, a childhood friend she has not seen in six years who is now a marquis. Even her chaperone and godmother, Lady Agnes DeGuis (who also happens to be Leslie's godmother), looks on the match with favor.But no independent-minded young miss is going to be easily led to the altar, and Cleo is ripe for mischief. She's not sure she wants to marry anyone, although she is attracted to a handsome army major. Desperate to get her sisters off her back, she asks Leslie to help her ruin her reputation so that she can enjoy a little freedom. Now this is where the plot goes astray, in my opinion. Is Cleo just naive, or is she really stupid? How can she not realize that ruining her reputation will make her the next thing to a fallen woman and therefore ineligible to make any respectable marriage at all? Does she have any kind of alternative plan for her life after her family washes its hands of her? No, she thinks they will reward her scandalous behavior by allowing her to choose her own husband! Assuming that she is just naive, one cannot allow the same to be said of Leslie Petersborough. He knows his way around the ton and he also knows that Cleo's plan is idiotic and that he should have nothing to do with it. But instead, he falls right in with her plan and ends up ostracized from society himself. I rarely give less than three stars for any Regency because they're my favorites, but in a case like this where I cannot like either the hero or the heroine, I really can't give it more than two.
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Summary: Mildly entertaining, but not one of Scott's best
Review: I usually devour one of Regina Scott's books, but this one bogged down so much I read it over a couple of days. My biggest "beef" was with the aspect of the plot where the heroine, Cleo, was going to create some sort of uproar with the hero to make her sisters stop matchmaking. It wasn't a logical plan, and it just didn't work for the plot. The introduction of "bad girl Eloise," who apparently is going to be redeemed in another book, was pretty confusing. It was unclear exactly what happened to her when she was caught in a compromising position in the stables by the heroine before the book started, and although I am sure this will all be explained in the other book, it still was disturbing to have such a loose end. I really didn't think Eloise added much to the plot, and her trying to compromise the hero and then dropping the matter didn't make sense to me. Cleo was not a very interesting heroine. If she wasn't concocting crazy plans, she didn't have much of a personality. Leslie, the hero, also was pretty boring. I thought that he would be more of a man of mystery, like his father the secret agent had been in some of the other books. He should have been smart enough to tell Cleo her plan wasn't going to work. Then, when he is somewhat crushed by being ostracized by the ton, it seemed ridiculous to me. I wanted him to have more guts, and not care about the silly ways of the ton. It seemed like it took him forever to figure out that he was in love with Cleo, and while I was waiting for him, I got bored. I will keep this book only because I am collecting Regina Scott's books, but it won't be one that I would re-read unless I was really desperate. She has some much better ones.
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Summary: Mildly entertaining, but not one of Scott's best
Review: I usually devour one of Regina Scott's books, but this one bogged down so much I read it over a couple of days. My biggest "beef" was with the aspect of the plot where the heroine, Cleo, was going to create some sort of uproar with the hero to make her sisters stop matchmaking. It wasn't a logical plan, and it just didn't work for the plot. The introduction of "bad girl Eloise," who apparently is going to be redeemed in another book, was pretty confusing. It was unclear exactly what happened to her when she was caught in a compromising position in the stables by the heroine before the book started, and although I am sure this will all be explained in the other book, it still was disturbing to have such a loose end. I really didn't think Eloise added much to the plot, and her trying to compromise the hero and then dropping the matter didn't make sense to me. Cleo was not a very interesting heroine. If she wasn't concocting crazy plans, she didn't have much of a personality. Leslie, the hero, also was pretty boring. I thought that he would be more of a man of mystery, like his father the secret agent had been in some of the other books. He should have been smart enough to tell Cleo her plan wasn't going to work. Then, when he is somewhat crushed by being ostracized by the ton, it seemed ridiculous to me. I wanted him to have more guts, and not care about the silly ways of the ton. It seemed like it took him forever to figure out that he was in love with Cleo, and while I was waiting for him, I got bored. I will keep this book only because I am collecting Regina Scott's books, but it won't be one that I would re-read unless I was really desperate. She has some much better ones.
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Summary: Mildly entertaining, but not one of Scott's best
Review: I usually devour one of Regina Scott's books, but this one bogged down so much I read it over a couple of days. My biggest "beef" was with the aspect of the plot where the heroine, Cleo, was going to create some sort of uproar with the hero to make her sisters stop matchmaking. It wasn't a logical plan, and it just didn't work for the plot. The introduction of "bad girl Eloise," who apparently is going to be redeemed in another book, was pretty confusing. It was unclear exactly what happened to her when she was caught in a compromising position in the stables by the heroine before the book started, and although I am sure this will all be explained in the other book, it still was disturbing to have such a loose end. I really didn't think Eloise added much to the plot, and her trying to compromise the hero and then dropping the matter didn't make sense to me. Cleo was not a very interesting heroine. If she wasn't concocting crazy plans, she didn't have much of a personality. Leslie, the hero, also was pretty boring. I thought that he would be more of a man of mystery, like his father the secret agent had been in some of the other books. He should have been smart enough to tell Cleo her plan wasn't going to work. Then, when he is somewhat crushed by being ostracized by the ton, it seemed ridiculous to me. I wanted him to have more guts, and not care about the silly ways of the ton. It seemed like it took him forever to figure out that he was in love with Cleo, and while I was waiting for him, I got bored. I will keep this book only because I am collecting Regina Scott's books, but it won't be one that I would re-read unless I was really desperate. She has some much better ones.
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Summary: A GREAT romance!
Review: If you are a fan of Regina Scott's books, you must have this one!! Cleo Renfield is a truly delightful character, full of energy and mischief. However, it is Ms. Scott's hero, Leslie Petersborough, that steals the show. He cuts a dashing figure, dabbles in the world of spies, and would stop to save an injured puppy on his way to a dance, even if it meant getting mud on his best clothes. With characters like this and a delightful plot that blends romance with fine storytelling, you just can't go wrong!
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Summary: A Great Romance
Review: This is the first time I ever read a book from Regina Scott and to be honest, I was hooked. This was not a romance of two people who were strangers, but of two people who knew each other and with their tactics to fight of being married to each other they realized that love was in the air.
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Summary: A Great Romance
Review: This is the first time I ever read a book from Regina Scott and to be honest, I was hooked. This was not a romance of two people who were strangers, but of two people who knew each other and with their tactics to fight of being married to each other they realized that love was in the air.
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