The Wedding Chase

by Kasey Michaels, Gayle Wilson, Lyn Stone

A delightful collection of regency romances celebrates the wonders of holy matrimony as three spirited heroines set out to make the perfect match during the London season. Original.

Genres: Romance, Historical Romance, Anthologies, Historical, Historical Fiction, Regency, Short Stories

384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 2003

About the author

Kasey 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

Reviews

[Maria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Three stories set, I think, in Regency England'

In his Lordship's Bed (Kasey Michaels): Eleanor attends her sister Francesca on her way home as she is expecting her first-born child. As with many women in the last stages of pregnancy, Francesco is demanding and difficult. She sends Eleanor out to the carriage for her sugarplums at a tavern frequented by many bachelors there for a boxing match, and poor Eleanor mistakes the door of their room on her return. Finding herself married to Lord Buckland and having to make the best of it she finds that her best is very, very good.

Prisoner of the Tower (Gayle Wilson): Emma and Alex have an interesting meeting in 1811. Eleven years later, they meet again. Both are different people now, of course, but the old attraction is still there.

Word of a Gentleman (Lyn Stone): Clarissa has to find a husband in a hurry, so her thoughts go to the young man she had been infatuated with as a teen. The story is full of action, but there is something missing in that it doesn't quite come off as a Regency Romance. It felt a little too modern.

[Khanh, first of her name, mother of bunnies · Rating 1 out of 5]

In 2 stories out of the 3 in this collection, the heroines are brainless nitwits with not a farthing's worth of sense to share between them. Not much better than the simpering misses that frequent the ton whom they profess to hate. Don't bother.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first regency romance I ever read, and years (and years) later, this book is still a favorite. All three stories are delightful, each with a slightly different flavor to offer the reader.

[Carl H Spitzer · Rating 5 out of 5]

The settings and the details about the 1800's seemed true enough, but the men and women behaved too much like they were from our time. I ended up deciding to suspend my desires to see people behave more in line with the settings. All three are fun reads. I am an older man who has never been involved in a 'wedding chase' for myself, or anyone else. I probably missed the nuances of 'the chases', but I enjoyed the stories as I read them. I have been purchasing Gayle Wilson books and that is how I found this one.

[Sonya · Rating 2 out of 5]

Out of all the stories , I liked "Prisoner of the Tower" by Gale Wilson.

[Deborah Vespo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Three short charming stories. Fan of Kasey Michaels so I grabbed this book from the library. Highly enjoyed all three of the author's stories from this book: "In His Lordship's Bed" - A young woman widow and her pregnant married sister are traveling back home together before the sister has her baby. The pregnant sister sends her out to their carriage in the middle of the night to retrieve a tin of candy. Very tired and miscalculating which door was theirs, Eleanor climbs into her bed and falls back to sleep. Upon awaking in the morning finds that she had entered the wrong room and crawled into bed with a young handsome Aristocrat, ruining the reputations of both of them and forcing them to declare their intentions to marry. "Prisoner of the Tower", Emma Termaine is on her way to London, her father is forcing her to marry some wealthy Lord that she has never met. Alex Leighton, the Earl of Graystone is on his way to Spain to fight in a war. They meet the night before their departures at the inn they are staying at, the meeting was very brief but it affected them both so much that they never forget one another. It is years later, Emma is now a widow and her step-daughter is marrying the younger brother of the same Earl that she had met. Emma discovers that her Earl is now a self-made prisoner and damaged both physically and mentally from his service in the war. Both find that fate is finally giving them a chance to be together. "Word of a Gentleman." Emma, a wealthy young woman faces the threat of marriage with her greedy guardian, desperate to not have to go through with it and lose everything she approaches a young penniless soldier named Hugh Richfield, a good friend of her brothers, and makes an offer of marriage to him.

[Carrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

In His Lordship's Bed Kasey Michaels
5/5

Prisoner of the Tower Gayle Wilson
4/5

Word of a Gentleman Lyn Stone
3/5

Ignoring Word of a Gentleman for review because the first two don't deserve a lowered average. Mixture of clean and sensual stories. First two are fade to black sex scenes and third is vague.

[Laura J.]

Two out of 3

The Gayle Wilson story was a "love with at first sight", second chance and "beauty and the beast" themes which made it a pleasant fairytale romance. Lyn Stone's story had two wonderful H/h fully developed characters. Both 4 stars. I wasn't able to finish the Kasey Michaels' story as it seemed to go no where (well written but boring).

[Donna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved all three of these novellas!! I'm not sure which one is my favorite. All three are Regency romances. Kasey Michaels is the author in this one that I "follow." I though the story by Gayle Wilson was alos terrific. These were all sweet romances with a happliy ever after!!!

[Joan · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun read.

[Brenda · Rating 2 out of 5]

Of the 3 stories the first one "In His Lordship's Bed" by Kasey Michaels is the one I liked most.

[Sara]

okay. too short for believable depth. The last (3rd) story was cute, although scattered and inconsistent in characterization.