I am partial to books by Jane Feather. She has a side of comedy to her that is unexpected in historicals. This one is a comedy of errors. Two people who don't own up to who they are, mostly because neither gives the other an opportunity to be frank. The secondary story about the babies farmed out...
Jasper Sullivan, Earl of Blackwater, and his twin brothers have been set a rakehell challenge by their sick and dying, elderly rogue of an Uncle. The stitch is that they must meet this challenge and be successful by their Uncle's standards in order to inherit any of his wealth and legacy. However...
I had recently read Feather's Bride Trilogy, and these are considerably older books, having been published in the late 1990s. I enjoyed them but the rather juvenile heroines had their limits. In this one, published in 2010, the heroine is only ten months shy of 21 and far more mature and independ...
I somehow ended up getting the middle book of the series. This is very unlike me as I'm neurotic about reading series in order. I don't think I'll bother to read the rest of the books, though, as this was downright dull. None of the characters interested me. They were dull as dishwater, as the sa...
The whole series was ok good, but I really thought that the overall trilogy arc was going to be about Liv's Aunt Sophie and Alex's mother. I thought when the letters that Sophie brought forth was going to be in code to discover how Alex was doing throughout his life. Since Harry was a code breake...
All the Queen's Players was actually better than I expected it to be. I'm not usually a fan of romances, so when this was given to me as a historical romance, I was skeptical. I guess the author usually writes romances, so this is automatically marketed as such, but there is little actual romance...
You know, I liked the first 2 of the 'Blackwater Brides' series... but in spite of an interesting premise i just could not get into this one. I didn't like how the heroine was thieving from her cousin, and being uppity and superior about it. Sure she had motivation, but it ended up lessening her...
Twelfth Night Secrets As I am a great fan of Jane Feather. I was sadly disapointed with this story. Harry and Julius are an interesting duo and as their relationship matures its enough to make you want to continue reading. .i think with alittle more adventure and alittle more steam it could mak...
From the incomparable Jane Feather, author of national bestsellers Vanity, Violet, and Valentine, comes this enthralling new romance of daring deception and forbidden passion.Juliana drew the line at becoming a harlot. She had already begun the week as a bride...and ended it as a murderess. She w...
I was a little disappointed to find this was a Regency, since Feather does so well with history and since I'm kind of Regency'd to death. However, this was still a breath of fresh air. The story starts when a man, pursued by enemies, breaks into an old, somewhat derelict residence to hide the m...
Dear Reader,In celebration of true love, here's a Valentine's Day treat--the tale of two star-crossed lovers who can't see that they're perfect for each other....Lady Emma Beaumont and Lord Alasdair Chase were once inseparable childhood friends, then betrothed lovers. But something went dreadful...
To escape the demons of his past, Hugo Latimer has been drowning his sorrows for more than a decade. When he arrives at his much neglected estate one day, it's to find a coach, a lot of luggage, a strange and diverse collection of animals, and a glowing young woman who looks like a more perfect v...
The Setting: England. Edward VI is king, but gravely ill.Heroine: Lady Penelope (Pen) Bryanston, the daughter of Guinevere in WIDOWS KISS. She married a young earl who died suddenly, leaving her with child. She went into premature labor before her family could attend her and was told that sh...
New York Times bestselling author Jane Feather has won legions of fans and critical accolades for her unique blend of sizzling seduction, dangerous intrigue, and passionate adventure. In this second of two romances featuring two unconventional sisters whose quest to solve the mystery surrounding ...
An Arranged Marriage Free-spirited Sophia is a tempestuous heiress capable of turning heads and breaking hearts. Ordered into a loveless marriage that could bring her even greater riches, Sophia accepts her fate—until she sets her eyes on Adam, the virile nobleman who is to escort her to her fut...
Fleeing a fiery inferno, beautiful, artisocratic Bryony Paget falls unconscious into the arms of a handsome stranger. She awakens with no memory of her proud aristocratic past--only the stirrings of desire kindled by her mysterious rescuer. American patriot Ben Clare has no time for romance--or f...
Dear Reader, My new story begins on a terror-filled night when two babies--identical twin girls of noble birth--are separated. One grows to womanhood as the frail, manipulative ward of the handsome young earl of Harcourt. The other becomes an enchanting, street-smart urchin who earns her way as ...
More Mind Candy I read this many years ago, but like all good mind candy, the memory doesn't linger and it is like reading it for the first time.Jane Feather wrote a series of books set during the concluding years of the Napoleonic wars. Violet deals with a young woman in the Spanish hills, dau...
Even though the type of romance between Judith Davenport and Marcus Devlin, the Marquis of Carrington is not my favorite, I still found VIRTUE to be an alluring and compelling novel. Marcus first encounters Judith and her brother Sebastian in a gaming hell in Brussels as he notices how they work...
2.5 stars. I love a heroine in pursuit and the heroine in this book was the one pursuing the honorable hero, but something just wasn't right. The hero was a little too dull, and the words of the villain "too gullible" for my liking, and the heroine a little too immature at the age of 16! Her anti...
I picked this up for $0.10 at my library's book sale, and I'm certainly glad not to have paid any more than that. I got through half, and I just can't bring myself to read any more than that. The blurb really doesn't give an idea of just how unlikeable I found the book.The first quarter was rathe...
In Jane Feather’s dazzling, irresistible romance, London’s most charming matchmakers are faced with a ruinous lawsuit—and now Prudence, the brainy, beautiful middle sister, must save them. Soon after the Duncan sisters’ personals service turns a profit, their controversial newspaper The Mayfair...
Dear Reader,Here is the first of my new "Brides" trilogy, in which three unconventional young women vow they will never marry--only to be overtaken by destiny. Bride #1 is the outspoken Portia....It's bad enough that seventeen-year-old Portia Worth is taken in by her uncle, the marquis of Granvi...
Kad su je stegnule neznančeve ruke, Octavia Morgan je shvatila da je upravo počinila najveću grešku svojeg života. Džeparenje se činilo kao jedino rješenje njezine očajne situacije. No sad je uhvaćena, a slijedi još gore. Jer opasno privlačan muškarac, kojeg je upravo opljačkala, nije obična žrtv...
This is really a little more like 3.75 Stars for me, but I'll go ahead and bump it up to 4. I was really looking forward to this book, I wanted to see what it took to finally get Olivia wrapped in the bonds of love and all that. This third book in the series was good, but I just didn't find mysel...
In this captivating romance about the inimitable Duncan sisters and their clandestine matchmaking service, a handsome new client throws youngest sister Chastity into an unexpected quandary. Chastity listens to Dr. Douglas Farrell’s distressingly unromantic requirements for a wife: wealth and soc...
In this exhilarating new trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Jane Feather, a trio of spirited sisters secretly run a thriving matchmaking service. But these three good catches of impeccable pedigree have little interest in matrimony themselves—until, one by one, they meet their matches...
She turned his life into chaos even as she melted his heart…The injured “boy” Sir Daniel Drummondrescues from a British battlefield is no boy at all,but a vivacious young enchantress fleeing hertyrannical father. Moved by her plight, herspirit, and her mesmerizing beauty—and his own young daughte...
The followers of King Charles continue to rise against Cromwell's superior armies and defiant Virginia Courtney risks her life by transporting Royalist fugitives to safety. Until Colonel Alexander Marshall takes her prisoner. Soon they are both torn between duty and desire.
Deceiving AppearancesHer auburn hair tucked into a severe chignon, dressed in a shabby brown bombazine, Merrie Trelawney was the picture of dowdy widowhood and sober respectability. No one would guess that those demurely lowered eyelids hid a sparkle of pure adventure. Or that the white hands so ...
When a prince has more than marriage on his mind, it might be folly. Livia Lacey came to the house she inherited in London’s Cavendish Square with her two friends, Lady Cornelia Dagenham and Lady Aurelia Farnham, to experience the excitement of city life. With Cornelia now happily married, Livia...
“Have you always been interested in ornithology?” Meg inquired. “Since I was a small boy,” he responded. “Ah, now look at this . . . careful now.” He had stopped and was peering down into the cushiony grass. “Plover’s nest,” he whispered when Meg stepped softly up beside him. “Can you see the egg...
Jeffrys’s rusty black gown. In a minute it would reach his shoulder and then crawl onto his neck. He had a scrawny neck, like a chicken’s, and it was dirty too. His white collar always had a dark ring around it. Jake dreamily watched the ant’s progress, wondering what the schoolmaster would do wh...
Sarah’s fingers worked like automatons, her expression was serene, but behind her eyes the maelstrom raged. Jenny stood by the table where she’d been slicing carrots for the women’s midday meal, her hands now stilled. “How bad is she, Edgar?” “Eh, Miss Jenny, Doris says the cough’s already in ’er...
The snow lay thick on the ground except where a party of soldiers had cleared a narrow path along the driveway. He looked up at the house, with its mullioned windows and gabled snow-covered roof. It was a substantial pile of stone, and he wondered how much Cato had paid for it. Not that it would ...
She lay for a moment, warm and relaxed in the deep feather bed, gathering her bearings as the memory of the previous evening and night came back with full force. She propped herself up on her elbows and looked around the chamber. She was alone, as she’d guessed. The bolster that Ivor had put down...
However, experience having taught him that the vigor of Polly’s protests tended to bear little relation to the severity of their cause, he made no effort to hasten his step as he strolled down a narrow passageway in the direction of the tiring room, from whence emanated the pitiable cries. Sounds...
It’s gone nine.” Clarissa’s voice from the doorway brought her sister swimming up from the depths of a black and dreamless sleep. She opened her eyes, stretched, and yawned. “Is it really that late?” “Yes, and you went to bed so early.” Clarissa came into the room, an anxious frown between her ey...
The kitten's sister batted at a worm in a puddle on the driveway. The creatures were so pampered they hadn’t had to learn the difference between leaves, worms, and mice, Hugh reflected, but without too much rancor. He strode down the drive towards the orchard where he knew Guinevere and the magis...