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Honestly just not very good. Nothing is even remotely consistent. It was going for a Georgette Heyer feel, I think, but didn't manage it. The book starts out well enough, with the beautiful Miss Fiona's introduction. She's so cow-eyed and dumb you can't help but assume it's a sham. And it is. She's

Another series by Chesney about down-on-their-luck characters. This time, the series revolves around the servants of the town house 67 Clarges Street: the comic butler Rainbird, ladylike housekeeper Mrs. Middleton, wild Scotch cook Angus MacGregor, beautiful Housemaid Alice, Chambermaid Jenny, littl Leggi tutto

Terrific, humorous, Regency novel, with an excellent audiobook version I recently had a chance to newly experience this Regency novel, which is a longtime favorite of mine, as an audiobook. The British narrator, Lindy Nettleton, is quite talented. She ably portrays male and female characters of all a Leggi tutto

A promising beginning of another series by Marion Chesney. As I wrote many times, Mrs Chesney's style was specific. I often feel a bit unsatisfied with her romances (they are fast, there is too little place for growing fond or passionate), but I got used to it (more or less ;-) ). I adore her wit, ir Leggi tutto