The Artful Miss Irvine

Rating:
Summary: Decent book
Review: Maeve Irvine, fledgling artist, travels from America to England to live with her rich aunt. Maeve herself is rather rich, and decides to keep her fortune a secret. In her past, she fell victim to a fortune hunter and had her heart broken--now, she has no desire to marry. Nevertheless, her interest is piqued by Adrian, Duke of Ashton.

When Adrian meets Maeve Irvine on the docks, he is intrigued by her, though thinks her behavior borderlines and scandalous. Then, he finds out Maeve's true identity--she's the cousin of his late wife! Maeve's aunt think they would make a good match. Adrian's mother thinks the American girl is an uncouth, unsuitable match for her son. Adrian's experience with his late wife has also put him off of remarrying, even though his daughter could benefit from a mother. He is attracted to Maeve, but thinks she might lack moral fiber. So he decides to keep an eye on her...

Generally, this book is about 2 heartbroken people who suffer from a series of misunderstandings. Throughout the novel, Adrian always assumes the worst about Miss Irvine. I liked the characters, but I sometimes thought the novel was a bit tiresome. Usually, it takes me about 2 days (3, at the most) to read a book like this. This book took me six. That doesn't mean I didn't like it. I just didn't love it.

Rating:
Summary: Decent book
Review: Maeve Irvine, fledgling artist, travels from America to England to live with her rich aunt. Maeve herself is rather rich, and decides to keep her fortune a secret. In her past, she fell victim to a fortune hunter and had her heart broken--now, she has no desire to marry. Nevertheless, her interest is piqued by Adrian, Duke of Ashton.

When Adrian meets Maeve Irvine on the docks, he is intrigued by her, though thinks her behavior borderlines and scandalous. Then, he finds out Maeve's true identity--she's the cousin of his late wife! Maeve's aunt think they would make a good match. Adrian's mother thinks the American girl is an uncouth, unsuitable match for her son. Adrian's experience with his late wife has also put him off of remarrying, even though his daughter could benefit from a mother. He is attracted to Maeve, but thinks she might lack moral fiber. So he decides to keep an eye on her...

Generally, this book is about 2 heartbroken people who suffer from a series of misunderstandings. Throughout the novel, Adrian always assumes the worst about Miss Irvine. I liked the characters, but I sometimes thought the novel was a bit tiresome. Usually, it takes me about 2 days (3, at the most) to read a book like this. This book took me six. That doesn't mean I didn't like it. I just didn't love it.

Rating:
Summary: fine Regency romance
Review: With both her parents dead and having inherited a coveted fortune, twenty-three year old Maeve Irvine decides to leave her home in Boston to escape the fortune hunters. She travels by sea to London to stay with her Aunt Eleanor Blaine. She plans to hide her wealth, never marry, and earn a living as a portrait artist.

At the embankment in England, Duke Adrian Ashton tells Maeve she looks familiar. Both flirt outrageously before she has to leave. At Eleanor's home, Adrian arrives to take his visiting mother and his daughter home when he recognizes Maeve, who he learns, is cousin to his deceased wife Belinda. He wonders if Maeve is just like Belinda, a cheating spouse who even said she could not be sure that he sired their child that he loves. As Maeve and Adrian fall in love, he runs hot and cold as to whether man eating runs in her family especially when she starts serendipitously visiting a man engaged to someone else.

Though clearly by the book, Regency romance readers will immensely enjoy THE ARTFUL MISS IRVINE, a charming tale made warm and entertaining by the lead duet. Maeve is a brave soul who never expected to find love, but now that it arrives she wants to cherish and enjoy it. However, Adrian, burned once, has problems reconciling his love for Maeve with his previous relationship. Jennifer Malin makes reading fun.

Harriet Klausner

Rating:
Summary: fine Regency romance
Review: With both her parents dead and having inherited a coveted fortune, twenty-three year old Maeve Irvine decides to leave her home in Boston to escape the fortune hunters. She travels by sea to London to stay with her Aunt Eleanor Blaine. She plans to hide her wealth, never marry, and earn a living as a portrait artist.

At the embankment in England, Duke Adrian Ashton tells Maeve she looks familiar. Both flirt outrageously before she has to leave. At Eleanor's home, Adrian arrives to take his visiting mother and his daughter home when he recognizes Maeve, who he learns, is cousin to his deceased wife Belinda. He wonders if Maeve is just like Belinda, a cheating spouse who even said she could not be sure that he sired their child that he loves. As Maeve and Adrian fall in love, he runs hot and cold as to whether man eating runs in her family especially when she starts serendipitously visiting a man engaged to someone else.

Though clearly by the book, Regency romance readers will immensely enjoy THE ARTFUL MISS IRVINE, a charming tale made warm and entertaining by the lead duet. Maeve is a brave soul who never expected to find love, but now that it arrives she wants to cherish and enjoy it. However, Adrian, burned once, has problems reconciling his love for Maeve with his previous relationship. Jennifer Malin makes reading fun.

Harriet Klausner