The Silver Squire

Rating:
Summary: Great chemistry between this couple
Review: I like this book because it had a good fast pace. The hero and heroine wise-crack a lot and it is amusing and sexy at the same time. The sexy tension builds between them until it is hard to put the book down until you know how it is all going to end. The ending is happy of course although the plot isn't as standard as some regency romances. I think this author has fresh ideas on writing historical romance.

Rating:
Summary: a Regency romance that is not of the drawing room variety
Review: If you like Regency romances with plenty of sexual tension between the hero and heroine, where the heroine constantly rails at the hero, while he stalks her and forces her to rely on him, then "The Silver Squire" by Mary Brendan should definitely satisfy.

Emma Worthington runs away from home when she discovers that because of her father's gambling debts, she's expected to marry a rather horrid but rich gentleman of means. Not one to sit idly while her life is being decided for her, Emma decides to go to Bath, to seek out a widower, Matthew Cavendish, who had proposed to her a while back. She hadn't been certain if she wanted to marry Matthew, but circumstances force her to seriously consider his suit. However, once in Bath, she meets Richard Du Quesne again. Three years ago, their paths had crossed when Emma's friend, Victoria, was being courted by Richard's friend, Viscount Courtenay. Emma had always treated Richard with disdain, believing all the gossip about his rakish and disreputable ways, and had always rebuffed Richard's overtures of friendship with scorn. Now, she's appalled to find their paths crossing again, and at such a time. Frightened that Richard will seek out her parents and inform them of her whereabouts, she allows Richard to believe that she's been sent to Bath because she had disgraced herself by having an affair out of wedlock, and is now with child. One lie leads to another, and soon Emma finds herself adrift in a sea of lies with no where to go and no one to turn to for help, unless she lets her guard down and accepts Richard's help. But can she afford to do so?

Three years ago Richard Du Quesne, darling of the London drawing rooms, and one of the most eligible bachelors of the ton, fell in love with Emma because of her wit, unique beauty, and because she was one of the few women who refused to fall at his feet in adoration. However, Emma made very clear her intense dislike for him, and Richard soon withdrew form the scene. Now, he finds that he is still in love with her, in spite of her circumstances, and he is torn between wanting to protect her and wanting to seduce her. What will he do? And what will happen once he realises that Emma has been spinning quite the web of lies and evasions?

Although it is easy to sympathise completely with Emma, and admire her for her courage and grit, I did find myself becoming increasingly impatient with our heroine for all the silly lies she kept spinning. What intelligent young woman would pass herself of as a fallen woman? Also, I couldn't understand how Emma could keep on believing the very worse of Richard in spite of all the evidence to the contrary. Would her best friend, Victoria, for example made him godfather to her child if he really was the callous lecher that Emma believed him to be? And although I don't have much sympathy for high handed heroes, I'll admit to feeling a little sorry for Richard -- given that he openly admits to himself his love for Emma, all her railing, distrust and scorn must have been extremely painful to bear. And I'll admit to feeling overwhelmingly relieved when Richard and Emma finally ironed all their differences and made a match of it.

Be forewarned, "The Silver Squire" has a couple of rather sensually steamy scenes, and is not the Regency romance of the drawing room variety. So, if you like light sensuality and authoritative heroes, this novel should more than satisfy.

Rating:
Summary: Great chemistry between this couple
Review: If you like Regency romances with plenty of sexual tension between the hero and heroine, where the heroine constantly rails at the hero, while he stalks her and forces her to rely on him, then "The Silver Squire" by Mary Brendan should definitely satisfy.

Emma Worthington runs away from home when she discovers that because of her father's gambling debts, she's expected to marry a rather horrid but rich gentleman of means. Not one to sit idly while her life is being decided for her, Emma decides to go to Bath, to seek out a widower, Matthew Cavendish, who had proposed to her a while back. She hadn't been certain if she wanted to marry Matthew, but circumstances force her to seriously consider his suit. However, once in Bath, she meets Richard Du Quesne again. Three years ago, their paths had crossed when Emma's friend, Victoria, was being courted by Richard's friend, Viscount Courtenay. Emma had always treated Richard with disdain, believing all the gossip about his rakish and disreputable ways, and had always rebuffed Richard's overtures of friendship with scorn. Now, she's appalled to find their paths crossing again, and at such a time. Frightened that Richard will seek out her parents and inform them of her whereabouts, she allows Richard to believe that she's been sent to Bath because she had disgraced herself by having an affair out of wedlock, and is now with child. One lie leads to another, and soon Emma finds herself adrift in a sea of lies with no where to go and no one to turn to for help, unless she lets her guard down and accepts Richard's help. But can she afford to do so?

Three years ago Richard Du Quesne, darling of the London drawing rooms, and one of the most eligible bachelors of the ton, fell in love with Emma because of her wit, unique beauty, and because she was one of the few women who refused to fall at his feet in adoration. However, Emma made very clear her intense dislike for him, and Richard soon withdrew form the scene. Now, he finds that he is still in love with her, in spite of her circumstances, and he is torn between wanting to protect her and wanting to seduce her. What will he do? And what will happen once he realises that Emma has been spinning quite the web of lies and evasions?

Although it is easy to sympathise completely with Emma, and admire her for her courage and grit, I did find myself becoming increasingly impatient with our heroine for all the silly lies she kept spinning. What intelligent young woman would pass herself of as a fallen woman? Also, I couldn't understand how Emma could keep on believing the very worse of Richard in spite of all the evidence to the contrary. Would her best friend, Victoria, for example made him godfather to her child if he really was the callous lecher that Emma believed him to be? And although I don't have much sympathy for high handed heroes, I'll admit to feeling a little sorry for Richard -- given that he openly admits to himself his love for Emma, all her railing, distrust and scorn must have been extremely painful to bear. And I'll admit to feeling overwhelmingly relieved when Richard and Emma finally ironed all their differences and made a match of it.

Be forewarned, "The Silver Squire" has a couple of rather sensually steamy scenes, and is not the Regency romance of the drawing room variety. So, if you like light sensuality and authoritative heroes, this novel should more than satisfy.