Monday, October 6, 2008

Like No Other Lover-Julie Anne Long

Like No Other Lover
Julie Anne Long
Avon, Nov 2008, $6.99
ISBN: 9780061341595

Cynthia Brightly has become desperate as poverty seems a sure shot just around the corner and a brewing scandal will exacerbate her financial problems. She decides her only avenue of survival is to nail a rich spouse while attending the Redmond family’s house party; there may be no more galas after that if she fails.

Field Naturalist Miles Redmond knows his duty to marry his family’s anointed one though he is attracted to scandalous Cynthia. She meanwhile finds three prospects, but the one she cannot obtain Miles is the one she actually covets not just to get her out of a jam. Realistically he must select family over a disgraced woman as that is the right thing to do even if his heart says otherwise.

The lead couple, the last pairing anyone amongst the Ton and regency readers would match up; make for an amusing yet at times poignant historical romance. Cynthia is a charming witch who would never accept an intellectual especially a spare, but behind his glasses he is a hunk and now the heir; the scientist would never go after a shallow beauty who proves to have deep emotional depths. Fans will gain immense pleasure from Julie Anne Long’s entertaining historical romance.

Harriet Klausner

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