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Summary: I would have expected something better....
Review: Anna and the Duke is an ok book, with an interesting plot. But the book is, for lack of a better word, cheesy. To me, it seemed unrealistic and---stupid. I can tell when I've read a good book by how I feel after reading it. With a good book, I won't be able to think about anything else for a week, just running the story over and over in my head; even as I'm reading another book. While the book seems interesting from the back cover, it is not a book that I would reccomend to anyone. If you are looking for a romance of this time period, read Jane Austen's works. They (especially Pride and Prejudice) leave me happy for a week!
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Summary: A charming historical romance for teenage girls.
Review: Eighteen-year-old Anna Welsley should be happy, or at least content. Her position is to secure. She's to inherit a fortune from her father's business, and is engaged to Richard Fitzgerald, the son of a duke. But instead, Anna finds herself dissatisfied, wondering if she even feels anything for Richard. When Lord Fitzgerald dies, Richard expects he will inherit his father's title of Duke of Brahm. But on his deathbed, Richard's father revealed that he had been married before, and that his true heir was Ewan McLaughlin, who had been raised in his mother's homeland, Scotland. Bitter against the father who abandoned him, Ewan reluctantly accepts his inheritance. But Richard, who always thought he would be Duke upon his father's death, is bitter and angry towards his newly discovered half-brother. Anna begins to suspect that Richard is angry enough to plot against Ewan. She decides she must warn Ewan, even if it means betraying Richard, but never expects to fall in love with him. Can Anna and Ewan ever be together, or will Richard take out his vengeance on them both? I highly recommend this sweet love story, set in England in 1818, to teenage girls who enjoy historical romances.
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Summary: Great historical novel
Review: Everyone should think Anna Welsley would be satisfied in the position she is in. She is set to inherit all her father's riches and after a glittering performance she is set to marry the Duke Richard Fitzgerald. Anna, of course, is not content. She finds herself having doubts about her feeling for Richard, if she even has any. While her mother plans furiously for her wedding Anna can do nothing but read poems and wait for an arranged marriage. The Duke Richard is set to inherit everything upon his father's death. However when the Lord Fitzgerald is on his deathbed he reveals to Richard that years ago he had had a marriage that produced the true heir to the fortune Ewan McLaughlin, who had been raised in his mother's homeland, Scotland. When Ewan arrives Richard is bitter about his new found half-brother. Anna finds herself falling in love with Ewan but is disturbed for she feels Richard is plotting against Ewan. This was a charming new book set in England!
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Summary: Nice Historical Romance
Review: Ewan MacLaughlin (the Duke) doesn't know much about his father, except for the fact that he ran off with his mother's money, and abandoned him when he was a baby. But when his father dies he is brought to England to be formally introduced as the Duke of Brahm, and meets his extremely jealous half-brother Richard whom is engaged to Anna, the woman whom Ewan is in love with. Soon Anna and the Duke fall in love, and are both involved in betrayal. The Duke against his brother, and Anna against her fiance.This was an excellent historical romance and a must-read for any fans of "Samantha and the Cowboy" and "Belle and the Beau."
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Summary: perfect!
Review: i bought this book and i love it to death! It made me want to read more romances and now i`ve read over 12!
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Summary: a really good book!
Review: i thought this book was really good! it was the first avon true romance i had read and i really enjoyed it! It all starts when Ewan finds out he has to become the Duke of Brahm of England. WHen he's there he meets his brothers fiancee Anna, and they quickly fall in love. that part was my favorite because i thought i was really well described. then Anna figures out that richard (ewan's half brother) and her mother are plotting against ewan to make richard become duke, so she warns ewan! and richard even kidnapes ewan in order to force over the dukedom. while richard has to try to force anna to marry him.
to see what happens read the book! it's soooooooo good!
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Summary: A must - read
Review: I truly loved this book. There's never been a book that I could enjoy as much as this one. Honestly, this book made me smile at times - I'm serious. It made me happy. It kept me in suspense till the bitter end. The author knows how to scare a reader into believing the worst could occur, but I loved how it turned out. The plot was very believable. It was shocking how much a girl couldn't do otherwise it'd be considered scandalous. I really loved the main characters, Ewan and Anna. Their relationship was so sweet and amazing. I loved this book. This was the first book that made me really want to read till the end. Even other good books have bored me at some parts, but this read was worth missing TV for!
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Summary: A Dashing Tale
Review: I was wary at first to read the books in this series, coming from Avon. When you think of the typical romance novels that they produce, you usually come across ninny girls who want to have sex with a big buff guy. End of story. So not the case with Anna and the Duke. Anna and Ewan actually have more dimensions to themselves than just their sex drive. Although they're not setting out to fall for one another, they follow their hearts to be together. There is also another underlying plot here, which is what makes the book succeed. It's really a good, suspensful novel that includes romance, it doesn't just center on that. I love that the characters have different facets to them that make them real, like abandonedment issues, being forced to do things by your parents. This book is definately a 110% book!
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Summary: Anna in the Doldrums
Review: It was with some great surprise that I saw this book had generated such a crowd of fans since it had alternated between being laughably dim and grossly wrong. Yes, the plot is a cute (albeit generic) romance between a likable girl and an attractive guy, the problem being all sorts of family issues. Unfortunatly, the book was poorly written; the writing was flat, doing no justice to the protagonists who were so avid about poetry. The book's historical quality was struck down by the police's respect of our heroine: in Regency times, women did not have that sort of power. By the end of the book, I found myself reaching for Austen and Heyer, the cover being the best part of the Avon book.
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Summary: Anna in the Doldrums
Review: It was with some great surprise that I saw this book had generated such a crowd of fans since it had alternated between being laughably dim and grossly wrong. Yes, the plot is a cute (albeit generic) romance between a likable girl and an attractive guy, the problem being all sorts of family issues. Unfortunatly, the book was poorly written; the writing was flat, doing no justice to the protagonists who were so avid about poetry. The book's historical quality was struck down by the police's respect of our heroine: in Regency times, women did not have that sort of power. By the end of the book, I found myself reaching for Austen and Heyer, the cover being the best part of the Avon book.
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