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Dec 07, 2010

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The Heir by Grace Burrowes
Historical Romance Dec. 7th, 2010
4 ½ stars

The Heir is an amazingly touching and genuine regency romance with very human main characters. I enjoyed this authors debut book and look forward to more stories in the series.

Gayle Windham is the poor, beleaguered Earl of Westhave. He is unfortunately, the heir to his father, the devious Duke of Moreland. His father is a crazy wastrel and ran through the familys income putting them near f More...

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Dec 12, 2011

Beanbag rated it:

Very poor pacing and manufactured issues (why don't people just talk to each other?) mar this story about a disaffected earl and his mysterious housekeeper.

If I'd been reading a dead tree book I'd probably have been banging it against the wall by the end as the hero and heroine asked themselves "whatever in the world could he/she mean by that?" well into the 90% range. After an entire book (longer than necessary, IMO) of this kind of willful miscommunication, it gets a littl More...

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Jan 31, 2011

willaful rated it:

Gayle Windham, Earl of Westhaven, first gets to know his housekeeper Anna Seaton after she bashes his skull with a fireplace poker, thinking he’s assaulting a chambermaid. It sets the tone for their relationship: not the bashing, but the tender care she gives him afterward. As Anna nurtures Westhaven, tending him through his injury, an attack of chicken pox, and the complexities of his reponsibility-filled life, attraction and affection grows between them. But Anna is hiding secrets, and refuse More...

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May 09, 2011

Christy rated it:

There were a few things I liked about this book, but most of the time I found myself just wanting the book to be over with.

Let me start with the things I liked about it. The main characters – the earl and his housekeeper Anna – while a nice hero and heroine, were a bit infuriating at times. However, I adored the earl's brothers – Valentine and Dev. They were both quite charming. The dialogue, overall, was quite witty and humorous. The exchanges between the three brothers are among my More...

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Mar 09, 2011

TJ rated it:

Very promising new author. Burrowes excels in her characters, her writing flows smoothly and the story is engaging, if a little mundane. The biggest problem is the TSTL heroine. HUGE pet peeve! This is where the "first time novel" syndrome screams through - and all the little inconsistencies add up to frustration. Each of the heroines choices just don't ring true to life, given the way the author painted her character - especially the totally incomprehensible reason she refused to t More...

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Jun 20, 2011

Tina rated it:

Well when I saw this on the kindle for 89 cents I couldn't resist getting it. I don't read a lot of historical any more but this one was very good. I liked the progression of the relationship. While both Anna and Gayle (yuck hate this name and liked that the last name was used alot instead) were employer and employee it made sense how the relationship started out with little to no attraction to becoming friends (at least I would call it that)then the sexual. I loved how the author really showed More...

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Dec 18, 2011

Lelyana rated it:

Housekeeper memang tidak boleh cantik dan pintar rupanya ya.
Itulah yang di alami Anna Straton yang cantik dan pintar saat bekerja di rumah Gayle Windham, Earl of Windhaven.
Awal nya sih saat Anna manjat2 buat nyiram bunga, dan kancing nya tersangkut, dilihat Gayle, di tolong Gayle, lalu mereka berdua terjatuh, dengan Anna menimpa Gayle yg saat itu langsung pingsan karena jatuh terbentur kepala nya.

Anna yang merasa bersalah majikannnya sampai pingsan dan memang keibuan ..ehm..meraw More...

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Feb 19, 2012

April rated it:

I'd been seeing this cover all over the place — on reader blogs and Twitter feeds — so when it went on sale for under a dollar as a Kindle download, I grabbed it. I'm glad I did; I found a story I liked, and it's a debut book, so the author will probably only get better with time.

I felt that the characters had a lot of depth to them. They're slightly different from the usual sort of characters you see in this genre of historical romance, so they stand out a little. The heroine was ra More...

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Nov 15, 2011

Bree rated it:

This was a difficult book. In many ways, it was trying to be too many things. There were multiple romance tropes mixed togter, and the descriptive detailed kept veering between historical fiction and romance, and it didn't quite live up to either expectation.

The good - lots of hero POV, good backstory on him, awesome family dynamics, an interesting suspense angle involving contracts.

The bad - a heroine we never connect to because we don't know her story until very late, repe More...

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Oct 30, 2011

Romancing the rated it:

Review by Desere: Absolutely breathtakingly gorgeous ,stunning incredibly passionate and totally scandalous ! These are just a few words coming to mind when you enter the world of Grace Burrowes, in her debut book The Heir.

You get to know Gayle and Anna. Two very different people, one legitimate heir to the Duke of Moreland and the other a extremely beautiful woman and well educated working as a housekeeper?

Now that may seem ordinary but Anna is no ordinary woman even in tod More...

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Oct 14, 2011

RomReader rated it:

Young & efficient housekeeper tends to earl's injury after she smacked him on the head with an andiron b/c she thought he was accosting his mute chambermaid. They learn about each other during the time she's nursing him back to health & gradually become attracted to each other. Hero wants to take their r/s to the next level but heroine informs him that they can't due to reasons she can't share. Hero & his brothers believe that heroine likely comes from a titled background due to her mannerisms. More...

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Oct 04, 2011

Melanie rated it:

I reviewed this novel on my blog at www.bookworm2bookworm.wordpress.com

I’m not going to go into the plot, as the blurb already accomplished that task for me. What I want to do is announce: Here comes Grace Burrowes!

Lately I’ve read a number of début authors that I have wondered where the hell have they been hiding. Their talent is astounding!

But I digress, so let me start at the beginning. After reading all the high praise (and a handful of low), I’ve broken down a More...

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Sep 30, 2011

Christine rated it:

The heir to a dukedom courting his housekeeper? Seriously? I don't care if she does know how to read and write Latin, it just isn't done. Now, I'll accept a lot of implausibility in the name of romantic fantasy, but to have his peers encouraging the match?!? Um....

But that wasn't the worst problem with the book. It's just the most obvious. The worst problem with the book was that Anna had a secret past, and because of that secret past, she couldn't marry her man. It wasn't because sh More...

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Jul 22, 2011

Heather rated it:

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Jul 15, 2011

Sandy rated it:

This is one of those books I just couldn’t get to when it released back in December. Ever have that happen, and then suddenly months have gone by and you think, “What in the hell am I waiting for?” Exactly! At least I got a little incentive when I received Grace Burrowes’ next book, The Soldier, to read and review. So that pushed me to finally pick up The Heir and get started. I’ve never been so glad to have been pushed to do something.

I enjoy the way Ms. Burrowes slowly but surely r More...

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Jun 10, 2011

Wendy rated it:

Due to the number of raving reviews on this site, and others, I was so looking forward to reading this but by page 100 I was forcing myself to keep turning the pages. I swore, if I have to read one more time about "lemonade" every three pages, or what days is the male servant's half-day off, or any of the numerous things that are constantly repeated throughout the book over and over and over again, I was going to throw my ereader out the window. I didn't want to read about my hero usin More...

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May 29, 2011

Toni rated it:

What can I say about “The Heir” that hasn’t been already said?? While it follows along the same line as most historical romances, it had wonderful differences too.

The hero was a rogue bachelor. Big surprise there! Not too many historicals don’t have handsome, antisocial men (because we just eat them up). Gayle Windham had wonderful qualities. He loves his family - an amazing caregiver for them, strong willed, loyal, funny, oh I could go on and on…His goal in life – take care of h More...

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May 07, 2011

Marilyn rated it:

Two and a half stars. I liked the characters, although Anna was at times TSTL. I liked the plot, most of it, even though at times I felt as if I'd started watching the movie 20 minutes into it and had missed some essential plot points, and at other times I sincerely wondered if this particular situation could have been happening at that particular time and place. I liked the writing, excellent in places, although if I had to read the word "lemonade" one.more.time the book might have be More...

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Apr 26, 2011

Mommaseymour rated it:

Unexpectedly good! This is a story about how a women can smooth out bumpy roads for those she loves. Many twists and turns.

Recommend: Historical Romance with plenty of mystery.

Things I enjoyed:
*I loved that Anna was not a wilting flower and took her and her sisters future in hand. It is always great to read about siblings supporting/loving each other.
*Morgan was an unexpected delight. She was deaf through most of the book, however with Valentine's help she regained More...

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Apr 22, 2011

BonnieL rated it:

Who the heck is rating these books? This is getting 4 stars and I'm darned if I know why. The story had possibilities and then it went off the rails. What makes me really grumpy, hence almost certain to give a bad rating, is serious historical inaccuracy - it means the author didn't care enough to do basic research. And there is no way, in Regency England, an Earl blithely thinks he should marry his housekeeper, and his brothers not only agree with him but suggest he do just that, and that h More...

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Feb 02, 2011

Elise rated it:

I took a chance and purchased this book because of the positive reviews and because of the reasonable Kindle price. I'm glad I did, because I found it an engaging read. It has a great storyline, with a bit of suspense. I appreciated that the hero Gayle (Westhaven) and heroine, Anna were both likable and believable characters. Too often I find myself liking one or the other main characters in books, but not in this case. I could honestly understand the motivations, fears and feelings experienced More...

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Dec 27, 2010

April rated it:

THE HEIR by Grace Burrowes is a historical romance set in nineteenth century England. It is well written, a debut for the author,has depth,details,turns,twists,a page turner and a keeper. It is the first in the series. It has romance, adventure,mystery,love, passion, sensuality, secrets, betrayal,family, wit, intrigue and mysterious housekeeper meets earl. The characters are enchanting and entertaining. The secondary characters are just as enchanting. They are believable with troubled pasts. The More...

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Dec 06, 2010

Joy rated it:

Wow, it's kind of rare these days I read 2 really good romances in a row. The hero is the heir to a dukedom (thus the title) and his name is Gayle! That's worse than a man named Tracy, tantamount to a boy named Sue, and makes me think of a schoolgirl from the 1970s. But anyway, this poor man has taken on the responsibilities of the dukedom from his semi-irresponsible father, and is under increasing pressure from his father to marry. Pressure, as in his father instigates a stupid-ass scheme with More...

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Nov 02, 2011

Brandi rated it:

Inching towards 5 stars for this book. This was a thoroughly enjoyable book and one of the most complete historical novels I've read in a long time. This book had been on a perpetual TBR list and I was finally able to have The Heir and The Soldier (haven’t read yet) together so that I would be able to read in sequence. For fans of regency romance this is wonderful example of witty language and just enough sexiness to keep you turning pages.
Gayle Windham, Earl of Westhaven is being pl More...

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Dec 11, 2010

Jacqueline rated it:

4-1/2 stars

Totally enjoyed it. It had a feel to it that I would label 'earthy'. The people used chamber pots and used curse words beyond just saying 'the devil you say!' occasionally. We know that f*** and s*** are old words. They would have used them.

The actions were mostly believable and realistic. This was one time where I felt that the actions of the hero and heroine were portrayed realistically as to the seduction and the heroine giving up her virginity out of More...

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Jun 11, 2011

Beate rated it:

Apparently this author is an award winning big-shot writing under an assumed name here. I haven't really looked that hard, so I have no idea who she usually writes as.

About the book. It's been a very long times since I've had to read a novel where the language is awkward and not really English. Not even Jane Austen kind of English. This is butchered, pretend English. I had to re-read sentences and paragraphs over and over trying to decipher what the author was trying to say, taking me More...

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Mar 11, 2011

Sheri rated it:

When it was good, it was very good, when it wasn't so good, it was, well, not so good. I liked the characters a lot, including all the secondary characters (primarily Dev and Val, the hero's brothers). And I liked Gayle and Anna. I'd give this book a B-. I will probably read the next book in the series, which is Dev's story. This book moved right along. I liked the transformation Gayle made as he began to notice little things and to fall in love with Anna. The problems I had: multiple plot point More...

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Dec 14, 2010

Kathleen rated it:

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Dec 02, 2010

Blodeuedd rated it:

Plot:

Gayle, the earl of Wyndham stays in the city over the summer. He is tired of his father trying to find a woman for him, any woman. But then he notices his pretty housekeeper, or more like she makes him see stars when she knocks him over the head. Anna Seaton is not all she says she is and her secret will lead everyone into danger.

My thoughts:

I was a bit worried when I started because I had read two reviews that wasn't thrilled over this book. But the more More...

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Oct 16, 2011

Belma rated it:

Kız ne saklıyor acaba ? diye diye tırnaklarımı kemirdim . Westhaven Kontuna da hayret ettim , yahu ne sabırlı , ne anlayışı adamdı o öyle . Böyle kont her eve lazım azizim . Anna çok inatçı bir karakterdi ve çoğu yerde de gereksiz yere ayak diredi . Adamcağıza derdini vaktinde söylese ne vardı? Historical romance kitaplarındaki erkek karakterlerin ekserisi ya aksi ya da esip gürleyen cinsten olurdu . Ama Gayle o kadar anlayışlıydı ki , Anna'yı yakasından tutup silkeleyesim geldi . Hikayenin More...

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