The Lady Chosen (Bastion Club #1)
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Read in February, 2008
I liked the idea of a group of noble gentlemen planning their marriages like a military campaign, but that's not at all what we get in this book. Question: why DO authors write Regencies when they're not willing to accept Regency conventions? Does the author really think that the catty old ladies in Jane Austen wouldn't notice if her hero and heroine snuck off together at every single party they were at for weeks to have sex across the breadth of the ton? Does she really think that an unmarried ...more
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Read in January, 2007
It says something about a book that I must now go an look up a summary to remember what happened. Oh yes. Well, much like the Cynster novels by this Australian author, the focus is on a group of men determined to avoid, or if unavoidable, manipulate the marriage mart. Ex-Spies of the war they've all returned to an England where suddenly they have becomed titled gentlemen. The first installment, Tristan and Lenora. Tristan while overseeing the rennovations to the newly established Bastion Club be...more
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Read in May, 2008
Seven lords and ex-spies have banded together to provide a unified front against the scheming matchmakers of the ton--the Bastion Club. Tristan, Earl of Trentham, is setting up the Bastion Club's meeting place when he meets the lady next door, Leonora, whose house is being targeted by burglars.
This was a nice, albeit slightly boring story. Leonora and Tristan are a fun couple, but Leonora doesn't really know her own mind. All her protests feel weak, and she doesn't have any good reasons. The...more
This was a nice, albeit slightly boring story. Leonora and Tristan are a fun couple, but Leonora doesn't really know her own mind. All her protests feel weak, and she doesn't have any good reasons. The...more
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Read in June, 2008
This was a fun read. I really have enjoyed this series. Sometimes I got alittle frustrated with the heroines. Leonora kept finding herself in trouble. I liked the way Tristan cared for his collection of older female family members.
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