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Romney Marsh #2
The Dangerous Debutante
The Dangerous Debutante by Kasey Michaels released on Mar 28, 2006 is available now for purchase.
384 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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Kasey Michaels
307 books540 followersKasey Michaels is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than 100 books (she doesn't count them). Kasey has received three coveted Starred Reviews from Publishers Weekly, two for the historical romances, THE SECRETS OF THE HEART and THE BUTLER DID IT, and a third for contemporary romance LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY (that shows diversity, you see). She is a recipient of the RITA, a Waldenbooks and Bookrak Bestseller award, and many awards from Romantic Times magazine, including a Career Achievement award for her Regency era historical romances. She is an Honor Roll author in Romance Writers of America, Inc. (RWA)
Kasey has appeared on the TODAY show, and was the subject of a Lifetime Cable TV show "A Better Way," in conjunction with Good Housekeeping magazine, a program devoted to women and how they have achieved career success in the midst of motherhood (short version: "with great difficulty").
A highly praised nonfiction book, written as Kathryn Seidick, "...OR YOU CAN LET HIM GO," details the story of Kasey and her family during the time of her eldest son's first kidney transplant.
Kasey has written Regency romances, Regency historicals, category books including novellas and continuities and a few series "launch" books, and single title contemporaries. She has coped with time travel, ghosts, trilogies, the dark side, the very light side, and just about everything in between. Hers is also the twisted mind behind her ongoing Maggie Kelly mystery series starring a former romance writer turned historical mystery writer whose gorgeous hunk of a fictional hero shows up, live and in color, in her Manhattan living room – to melt her knees, to help her solve murders, and to leave the top off her toothpaste. And, says Kasey, she's just getting started!
Series:
* His Chariot Awaits
* Lion On the Prowl
* Crown Family
* London Friends
* Chandlers Request
* The Trehan Brothers
* Maggie Kelly Mystery
* Romney Marsh
* Sunshine Girls
Kasey has appeared on the TODAY show, and was the subject of a Lifetime Cable TV show "A Better Way," in conjunction with Good Housekeeping magazine, a program devoted to women and how they have achieved career success in the midst of motherhood (short version: "with great difficulty").
A highly praised nonfiction book, written as Kathryn Seidick, "...OR YOU CAN LET HIM GO," details the story of Kasey and her family during the time of her eldest son's first kidney transplant.
Kasey has written Regency romances, Regency historicals, category books including novellas and continuities and a few series "launch" books, and single title contemporaries. She has coped with time travel, ghosts, trilogies, the dark side, the very light side, and just about everything in between. Hers is also the twisted mind behind her ongoing Maggie Kelly mystery series starring a former romance writer turned historical mystery writer whose gorgeous hunk of a fictional hero shows up, live and in color, in her Manhattan living room – to melt her knees, to help her solve murders, and to leave the top off her toothpaste. And, says Kasey, she's just getting started!
Series:
* His Chariot Awaits
* Lion On the Prowl
* Crown Family
* London Friends
* Chandlers Request
* The Trehan Brothers
* Maggie Kelly Mystery
* Romney Marsh
* Sunshine Girls
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August 31, 2018
Me gustaron los personajes y como lo plantearon- Incluso el romance entre ellos es genial.
December 26, 2010
This is the first book that I read in this series and I loved it so much that I had to read the rest of the series.
In 1812 Captain Ainsley Becket sends his adopted daughter Morgan from their home in Romney Marsh to London to have a season sponsored by his oldest adopted son Chance and his wife Julia (see A GENTLEMAN BY ANY OTHER NAME) though he fears for the Ton when the outrageous high spirited woman takes the city. On the trek, Morgan decides she needs to ride her horse over the objection of her servant. This break from societal rules enables her to meet an Earl, Ethan Tanner of Tanner's Roost.
Attracted to her beauty, intelligence and ?lan, Ethan persuades her to come to his estate so that she can prepare properly for her arrival in London with him as her escort. In fact he wants her to meet his eccentric mom who runs off any eligible female with her zany behavior. Instead Morgan and Lady Tanner hit it off as kindred sisters. As they make love and fall in love, Ethan wants to marry Morgan, but she refuses as she feels she is beneath his position in society as he an Earl and she an adopted street urchin.
The second Beckets of Romney Marsh is a wonderful Regency romance starring a wild female daredevil and the Earl who matches her zaniness (after all it is in his blood). The story line focuses on their relationship as everyone including Ethan wants Morgan married to him; that is everyone except her. She assumes that you can take the girl out of the street, but you can't take the street out of the girl. The tale focuses on Ethan's efforts to convince her that he does not care using his eccentric mom as his proof. Kasey Michaels is two for two so far in what is proving to be an amusing well written historical seri
In 1812 Captain Ainsley Becket sends his adopted daughter Morgan from their home in Romney Marsh to London to have a season sponsored by his oldest adopted son Chance and his wife Julia (see A GENTLEMAN BY ANY OTHER NAME) though he fears for the Ton when the outrageous high spirited woman takes the city. On the trek, Morgan decides she needs to ride her horse over the objection of her servant. This break from societal rules enables her to meet an Earl, Ethan Tanner of Tanner's Roost.
Attracted to her beauty, intelligence and ?lan, Ethan persuades her to come to his estate so that she can prepare properly for her arrival in London with him as her escort. In fact he wants her to meet his eccentric mom who runs off any eligible female with her zany behavior. Instead Morgan and Lady Tanner hit it off as kindred sisters. As they make love and fall in love, Ethan wants to marry Morgan, but she refuses as she feels she is beneath his position in society as he an Earl and she an adopted street urchin.
The second Beckets of Romney Marsh is a wonderful Regency romance starring a wild female daredevil and the Earl who matches her zaniness (after all it is in his blood). The story line focuses on their relationship as everyone including Ethan wants Morgan married to him; that is everyone except her. She assumes that you can take the girl out of the street, but you can't take the street out of the girl. The tale focuses on Ethan's efforts to convince her that he does not care using his eccentric mom as his proof. Kasey Michaels is two for two so far in what is proving to be an amusing well written historical seri
May 6, 2014
A little bit over the top for my taste. Would read a few pages, then I would get bored, so I'd skim a few pages. It didn't take long for me to finish the book. Glad I didn't spend too much time on it.
March 24, 2009
Love at first sight connection was well played... they both realized how alike and how smart the other was. It was good read
May 8, 2020
Morgan is just so fierce and I love that she met her match with Ethan who knows better then to tame her.
March 24, 2023
Mostly light hearted and a quick fun read.
April 16, 2018
I truly enjoyed the characters of this book and the story as well. The banter is witty, the romance credible and all in all I enjoyed reading it
March 12, 2017
Sono arrivata a leggerne circa un terzo, poi sono andata avanti in modalità skipping-pages...
March 23, 2010
The Dangerous Debutante is book two in Michaels Romney Marsh Trilogy. This story centers around Morgan Becket and Ethan Tanner the Earl of Aylesford.
Morgan meets Ethan on her way to her brother's home in London. The two have more chemistry than any couple has a right two and they enjoy stirring up trouble with the ton, even though Morgan only stays in London for about a week, mostly because her brother Chance and his with Julia are at their wits end trying to figure out how to deal with her and her lust for Ethan. The two are very much alike as Morgan often says "Like recognizes like."
The book's strong point revolves around Morgan and Ethan's characters. Its not often that two characters connect from the beginning. The only tension between them is sexual.
The only thing that bothered me was how Morgan's family wasn't developed nearly enough. We know that there's something mysterious about them, but everything is cloaked in mystery. If you haven't read the first book in the series (and I hadn't) you are left wondering what is going on with the Becket's.
Morgan meets Ethan on her way to her brother's home in London. The two have more chemistry than any couple has a right two and they enjoy stirring up trouble with the ton, even though Morgan only stays in London for about a week, mostly because her brother Chance and his with Julia are at their wits end trying to figure out how to deal with her and her lust for Ethan. The two are very much alike as Morgan often says "Like recognizes like."
The book's strong point revolves around Morgan and Ethan's characters. Its not often that two characters connect from the beginning. The only tension between them is sexual.
The only thing that bothered me was how Morgan's family wasn't developed nearly enough. We know that there's something mysterious about them, but everything is cloaked in mystery. If you haven't read the first book in the series (and I hadn't) you are left wondering what is going on with the Becket's.
January 15, 2021
I'm so happy that Kasey Michaels' Romney Marsh books have been issued as e-books. I lost the paperbacks a while back in a move, but I love this series so much that I even stopped for a day at Romney Marsh during a trip to England back when we could travel. Anyway, I'm delighted to reread these again.
The second book of the series belongs to Morgan Becket, the dark, tempestuous beauty who meets her match in Ethan Tanner, the eccentric Earl of Aylesford. They are a perfect match, even when their antics scandalize and fascinate London. Ethan is a perfect fit in the wild Becket family, willing to get his hands dirty when necessary as long as he gets his hands on Morgan too.
This is absolutely one of my favorite Regency romance series and I highly recommend it. I would love it even more if it could get the Bridgerton treatment. 😉
The second book of the series belongs to Morgan Becket, the dark, tempestuous beauty who meets her match in Ethan Tanner, the eccentric Earl of Aylesford. They are a perfect match, even when their antics scandalize and fascinate London. Ethan is a perfect fit in the wild Becket family, willing to get his hands dirty when necessary as long as he gets his hands on Morgan too.
This is absolutely one of my favorite Regency romance series and I highly recommend it. I would love it even more if it could get the Bridgerton treatment. 😉
October 12, 2007
More in the Becket Arc. I'm facinated at the arc going through a number of books (more then a trilogy)at the foundation a strong family of people not really related to each other. Set in England during the years just before and during Napoleon's second attempt at power. This book is before Napoleon's escape.
This book is focused on Morgan. A woman who doesn't think she can overcome the past she doesn't remember. But know's she doesn't fit in the typical mold.
This book is focused on Morgan. A woman who doesn't think she can overcome the past she doesn't remember. But know's she doesn't fit in the typical mold.
November 8, 2007
Should have known better, but I thought it might be fun. Wrong in so many ways. Note to Morgan: girl, that I'm-so-beautiful-and-impetuous-I-can-do-whatever-I-want act you're working is tired. Scarlett O'Hara could get away with that shit; you I just want to slap. And let me also advise you that the way to overcome your fears of becoming a whore like your mother is not to allow the first man you meet to diddle you in the park.
May 22, 2009
I really enjoyed this book. Read it through with no problems at all. I loved how the two main characters recognized each other for who they were and appreciated the qualities they each had of strength...and how he never wanted to change her.
It had the mystery of the family secret, love, laughter, horses and ships, with a tiny bit of magic mixed in with Odette...which I always enjoy.
Lovely, enjoyable story.
It had the mystery of the family secret, love, laughter, horses and ships, with a tiny bit of magic mixed in with Odette...which I always enjoy.
Lovely, enjoyable story.
July 21, 2015
Had a lot of trouble just liking Morgan. She was spoiled, willful, and inconsiderate. However she does improve and grow throughout the story. Ethan was a lot more likeable, and that may be because he was more mature than she was. This is the second book in the series and the auther still has not told us what the Beckett family's great "secret" is. There are hints and clues but it looks like I shall have to read more of the books to get the rest of the story.
June 24, 2015
This book was pretty trashy, but my mom gave it to me on vacation so I read it. (BTW, my mom couldn't bring herself to keep reading it after 50 pages)
The romance was fun, but not very clean. A beach book.
The romance was fun, but not very clean. A beach book.
May 22, 2010
I enjoyed reading this book. And i gotta admit its up there in my favourite list. The characters in this book i enjoyed. And the romance is O-M-G!
July 13, 2010
I got in 50 pages and had to stop. It was a waste of my time.
May 22, 2012
The Becketts are a wonderful family to read about!
February 11, 2014
Constant head-hopping makes this book a trial to read.
October 9, 2022
7/25/2014: 4*
8/26/2022:4*
8/26/2022:4*
did-not-finish
December 2, 2020DNF. Got bored with this at 20%.
historical
January 11, 2019A Debutante Deceived . . .
Is Dangerous Indeed!
What makes a lady? Morgan Becket wouldn't know. The scandalous debutante is being sent off to London to have her first Season in hopes a gentleman will finally tame her. Yet shortly into her journey she meets Ethan Tanner, Earl of Aylesford -- of noble blood, but surely too wild, too unprincipled, too unsuited for Morgan. Or perhaps too well suited.
Since Morgan has always wanted anything everyone else says she can't have, Ethan is perfect for her. But upon arriving at Morgan's Romney Marsh home where Ethan wants to ask for her hand -- he's already had her body -- she realizes her suitor may have an ulterior motive for making her his wife. And a deceived debutante is a dangerous debutante . . . Lord Aylesford, beware!
Is Dangerous Indeed!
What makes a lady? Morgan Becket wouldn't know. The scandalous debutante is being sent off to London to have her first Season in hopes a gentleman will finally tame her. Yet shortly into her journey she meets Ethan Tanner, Earl of Aylesford -- of noble blood, but surely too wild, too unprincipled, too unsuited for Morgan. Or perhaps too well suited.
Since Morgan has always wanted anything everyone else says she can't have, Ethan is perfect for her. But upon arriving at Morgan's Romney Marsh home where Ethan wants to ask for her hand -- he's already had her body -- she realizes her suitor may have an ulterior motive for making her his wife. And a deceived debutante is a dangerous debutante . . . Lord Aylesford, beware!
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