This is Joan Smith's first book (Dec 1976) and you can see that she is just getting started in her trademark style - there's the banter between the main characters; the slightly dim male friend; the independent heroine. From the book blurb on Amazon: The Marquis of Claymore had been rejected by the Beauty of the Season and he was determined to marry the first beautiful … [Read more...] about An Affair of the Heart By Joan Smith
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Miss Gabriel’s Gambit by Rita Boucher
What’s it all about? From the blurb: Beautiful Sylvia Gabriel has more cause than most to despise the Game of Kings. Chess has been the ruination of her life—ending her engagement, filching her fortune and reducing her to poor relation. But when she finds herself falling in love with chessmaster David Rutherford, the new Lord Donhill, Sylvia stakes her heart, her future and … [Read more...] about Miss Gabriel’s Gambit by Rita Boucher
Snowdrops and Scandalbroth by Barbara Metzger
What is this book about? The blurb: Kathlyn Partland mistrusted Lord Chase’s offer to pay her for appearing in public with him. But she was in need of the money, and he was in need of proving to Society that he was a rake. Chase assured her it was a ruse, that he believed both bride and groom should arrive at marriage with innocence intact. We first meet COURTNEY COATE, … [Read more...] about Snowdrops and Scandalbroth by Barbara Metzger
Curricle and Chaise by Lizzie Church
Wow, this is the second time in a very short span of time that I’ve re-read a book and changed my initial thoughts about it. The first book was The Wooing of Miss Masters which I thoroughly enjoyed the second time around. I didn’t quite enjoy Curricle & Chaise as much on the second re-reading, but it was better than I remembered it being. The story in brief: Lydia … [Read more...] about Curricle and Chaise by Lizzie Church