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The Marriage Game #8
Miss Featherton's Christmas Prince
Ella Quinn’s wealthy, titled bachelors think they're immune to romantic notions. Yet no matter how they try to evade it, love somehow finds a way...
In the two seasons since her triumphant debut, Meg Featherton's heart has been tested to its limits. Her first suitor: a criminal. The second, a cad. For her third act, Meg vows to leave love completely out of the marriage equation. She has set her sights on a newly made viscount whom she could take or leave. However, now she must avoid his handsome, roguish, irresistible best friend like the plague. It’s no easy feat, as they are all attending the same house party...
Damon, Marquis of Hawksworth, cannot imagine why Miss Featherton seems so damn disinterested—or why he cares so terribly much. Certainly Meg is a fine wifely prospect for a man in his position, but more than that, he finds he longs for her as he has never done for another woman. She may be determined to protect her heart, but Damon is equally set on winning her over, one delicious kiss at a time...
In the two seasons since her triumphant debut, Meg Featherton's heart has been tested to its limits. Her first suitor: a criminal. The second, a cad. For her third act, Meg vows to leave love completely out of the marriage equation. She has set her sights on a newly made viscount whom she could take or leave. However, now she must avoid his handsome, roguish, irresistible best friend like the plague. It’s no easy feat, as they are all attending the same house party...
Damon, Marquis of Hawksworth, cannot imagine why Miss Featherton seems so damn disinterested—or why he cares so terribly much. Certainly Meg is a fine wifely prospect for a man in his position, but more than that, he finds he longs for her as he has never done for another woman. She may be determined to protect her heart, but Damon is equally set on winning her over, one delicious kiss at a time...
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First published November 10, 2015
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Ella Quinn
55 books2,545 followersUSA Today bestselling author Ella Quinn’s studies and other jobs have always been on the serious side (political science professor and lawyer). Reading historical romances, especially Regencies, were her escape. Eventually her love of historical novels led her to start writing them.
She is married to her wonderful husband of over thirty years. They have a son and two beautiful granddaughters, and a Great Dane named Lilibet. After living in the South Pacific, Central America, North Africa, England and Europe, she and her husband decided to make their dreams come true lived on sailboat for three years. After cruising the Caribbean and North America, she completed a transatlantic crossing from St. Martin to Southern Europe. She's currently living in Germany, happily writing while her husband is back at work, recovering from retirement.
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She is married to her wonderful husband of over thirty years. They have a son and two beautiful granddaughters, and a Great Dane named Lilibet. After living in the South Pacific, Central America, North Africa, England and Europe, she and her husband decided to make their dreams come true lived on sailboat for three years. After cruising the Caribbean and North America, she completed a transatlantic crossing from St. Martin to Southern Europe. She's currently living in Germany, happily writing while her husband is back at work, recovering from retirement.
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December 23, 2022Sadly, this didn’t bring the Christmas cheer and sighs of delight I was hoping for as the big day approaches.
Boring with a capital B! And disappointing with a capital D.
More capitals— DNF 😎
Boring with a capital B! And disappointing with a capital D.
More capitals— DNF 😎
February 2, 2017
I am giving up on this story at the 30% mark. I have been struggling to read it for a week now and I just cannot get through it. As is my custom, if a book is still of no interest to me at this point, I move on. I'm really disappointed because the cover is gorgeous and the blurb was interesting, but I just don't care for the writing style.
Ella Quinn continues with the Matchmaking theme in this story and this time, everyone is In on the secret except the heroine, Meg. I hated how the characters manipulated the situation in what they felt was for Meg's own good, and I really couldn't seem to make myself like Meg because she was so underdeveloped as a character.
Quinn is an author who likes to describe every single detail of what a character is thinking or doing, even if it is not useful information. This made the plot very slow going for me and hindered me from forming my own opinions about the characters, This story may work well for readers who like to know every detail or appreciate a less emotional journey, but this style was not for me.
Ella Quinn continues with the Matchmaking theme in this story and this time, everyone is In on the secret except the heroine, Meg. I hated how the characters manipulated the situation in what they felt was for Meg's own good, and I really couldn't seem to make myself like Meg because she was so underdeveloped as a character.
Quinn is an author who likes to describe every single detail of what a character is thinking or doing, even if it is not useful information. This made the plot very slow going for me and hindered me from forming my own opinions about the characters, This story may work well for readers who like to know every detail or appreciate a less emotional journey, but this style was not for me.
November 12, 2015
Love will find a way--with help!
This latest in the Marriage Game series, where titled bachelors meet their matches, and then some, has all the complexity and humour of an Oscar Wilde novel. Meg Featherton has been disappointed by two suitors and as a consequence has determined to settle for safety and comfort, not the unsteadiness of love. Her sights are set on Charles, Viscount Throughgood. Unbeknownst to Meg, Charles otherwise known as "Chuffy", has his eyes set on her best friend Amanda.
The man who has been struck by Meg from the beginning, is Damon, Marquis of Hawksworth, handsome and pleasing to all but Meg. Hawksworth's boredom on return from the wars finds some release by leading the dandy set a merry race. Viewing his efforts, Meg dismisses him as a mere fribble. So we are launched on a tale thick with missed opportunities, misunderstandings, interferences, and mistimed happenings; all underpinned by the meddling of a trio of grande society dames. The plot has our lovers pushed down a twisted path towards true love, accompanied by healthy doses of humility. Meg and Damon are separately invited by Lady Bellamny, Damon's godmother, to her Christmas house party. Matchmaking efforts at their best are trotted out by Lady B. with help from Meg's grandmother. The fact that Meg becomes more befuddled about the situation and her feelings for Damon as time goes on just adds a delightful tension to the situation. I want to say, 'Get over it Meg, move forward!' But no she seems stuck in the role she's given herself. Can Hawksworth can help her move away from being a victim to taking charge of her own life and feelings, to be proactive? Meg has become too scared to trust her own judgement having been taken in so thoroughly before. The thing is we see that Meg and Damon are in tune in many ways, and not just with the singing together vignettes we are treated to. Meg indeed has a long way to go before she'll let love slip through her guard.
I can't even begin to express my ire with Damon's father, the Duke of Somerset. His plotting and perfidy is rampant. Damon's relationship with his father is a major element to the story, dictating Damon's many reactions.
Damon has seen the worst of the war. This has left him scarred. His discussion with Meg about the soldiers labelled the Forlorn Hope is fascinating. Their mention took me back to Richard Sharpe and Sharpe's War and his band of forlorn men. I am sure I heard the music as I read on. With this in mind, one is even more sure that Damon is a man of a different sort to those Meg is used to meeting. If only she could see it too.
Damon's determination to win his love, despite the conundrums that his courtship is strewn with, gives this Regency romance more than its fair share of enjoyable moments in the quest for true love.
A NetGalley ARC
This latest in the Marriage Game series, where titled bachelors meet their matches, and then some, has all the complexity and humour of an Oscar Wilde novel. Meg Featherton has been disappointed by two suitors and as a consequence has determined to settle for safety and comfort, not the unsteadiness of love. Her sights are set on Charles, Viscount Throughgood. Unbeknownst to Meg, Charles otherwise known as "Chuffy", has his eyes set on her best friend Amanda.
The man who has been struck by Meg from the beginning, is Damon, Marquis of Hawksworth, handsome and pleasing to all but Meg. Hawksworth's boredom on return from the wars finds some release by leading the dandy set a merry race. Viewing his efforts, Meg dismisses him as a mere fribble. So we are launched on a tale thick with missed opportunities, misunderstandings, interferences, and mistimed happenings; all underpinned by the meddling of a trio of grande society dames. The plot has our lovers pushed down a twisted path towards true love, accompanied by healthy doses of humility. Meg and Damon are separately invited by Lady Bellamny, Damon's godmother, to her Christmas house party. Matchmaking efforts at their best are trotted out by Lady B. with help from Meg's grandmother. The fact that Meg becomes more befuddled about the situation and her feelings for Damon as time goes on just adds a delightful tension to the situation. I want to say, 'Get over it Meg, move forward!' But no she seems stuck in the role she's given herself. Can Hawksworth can help her move away from being a victim to taking charge of her own life and feelings, to be proactive? Meg has become too scared to trust her own judgement having been taken in so thoroughly before. The thing is we see that Meg and Damon are in tune in many ways, and not just with the singing together vignettes we are treated to. Meg indeed has a long way to go before she'll let love slip through her guard.
I can't even begin to express my ire with Damon's father, the Duke of Somerset. His plotting and perfidy is rampant. Damon's relationship with his father is a major element to the story, dictating Damon's many reactions.
Damon has seen the worst of the war. This has left him scarred. His discussion with Meg about the soldiers labelled the Forlorn Hope is fascinating. Their mention took me back to Richard Sharpe and Sharpe's War and his band of forlorn men. I am sure I heard the music as I read on. With this in mind, one is even more sure that Damon is a man of a different sort to those Meg is used to meeting. If only she could see it too.
Damon's determination to win his love, despite the conundrums that his courtship is strewn with, gives this Regency romance more than its fair share of enjoyable moments in the quest for true love.
A NetGalley ARC
November 18, 2015
Meg Featherton has been burned in the quest for marriage, not once, but twice, in fact. Her first suitor turns out to be a man who beats women and her second just happens to have a secret family consisting of his mistress and the children they have together. Disillusioned with love, Meg has decided to marry for comfort, leaving her feelings out of it. Is she in for a surprise? Meg sets her sights on Charles, Viscount Throughgood, he would make a good catch and she wouldn't expect anything from him but respectability. But unbeknownst to Meg, Charles AKA Chuffy only has eyes for Meg's friend Amanda. Oh what a tangled web we weave.
Enter, Damon, Marquis of Hawksworth, who has never lacked female company, but cannot fathom why Meg won't give him the time of day. Admitting that he is interested in her is half the journey and once he has come to the realization that Meg would make a good wife, convincing her is more like a quest. Along with some help from Amanda, Chuffy and the Christmas season, Damon strives to bring Meg around to the idea of marriage to him and the possibility of opening her bruised heart.
MISS FEATHERTON'S CHRISTMAS PRINCE by Ella Quinn is the eighth installment in the Marriage Game series. There is a lot going on here and you can't blink, or you may miss pertinent information. While I really like Damon with his light and very sexy manner, I am not much a fan of Meg's. I found her to be stubborn and a tad blind when it came to her intentions. Damon attempts to woo her are met with extreme resistance and it truly starts to grate on me. I do love the back story with Chuffy and Amanda to be a nice touch. The Marriage Game series is truly a good one, but this read is not one of my favorites.
Enter, Damon, Marquis of Hawksworth, who has never lacked female company, but cannot fathom why Meg won't give him the time of day. Admitting that he is interested in her is half the journey and once he has come to the realization that Meg would make a good wife, convincing her is more like a quest. Along with some help from Amanda, Chuffy and the Christmas season, Damon strives to bring Meg around to the idea of marriage to him and the possibility of opening her bruised heart.
MISS FEATHERTON'S CHRISTMAS PRINCE by Ella Quinn is the eighth installment in the Marriage Game series. There is a lot going on here and you can't blink, or you may miss pertinent information. While I really like Damon with his light and very sexy manner, I am not much a fan of Meg's. I found her to be stubborn and a tad blind when it came to her intentions. Damon attempts to woo her are met with extreme resistance and it truly starts to grate on me. I do love the back story with Chuffy and Amanda to be a nice touch. The Marriage Game series is truly a good one, but this read is not one of my favorites.
February 13, 2016
This is book eight in "The Marriage Game" series. Ella Quinn is a great writer and I have been loving this series (although I have missed one book out of the series). I have found these book to be a stand alone books and there are no real cliff hangers.. which I appropriate! Our heroine is Meg Featherton, who has been having a tough time finding a husband. They are many that like her but the two men she thought would be a good husband were found to be dangerous or living their life in a lie. So Meg has found that she is no longer going to look for love in a husband and instead my her decision based on her head. Although she has set her sites on a gentleman that she thinks would do nicely she doesn't know that her best friend is starting to care for the man. Our hero, Damon, Marquis of Hawksworth has liked Meg since he was first introduced to her but she had been in a relationship and near marriage to another man. But now that Meg is on the "market" again he is not letting his chance slip by him this time. But Meg has decided that he isn't the man for her and tries to stay cold toward him. This starts their love story and how they come to be... I really enjoyed this book and hope that you do too!
October 7, 2015
Arc review
I requested this arc because the storyline seems promising and I love regency romances. Unfortunately the author's writing style is just not for me. The added star is for the benefit of the doubt as the story could really pick up and improve after the point where I decided to stop (10%).
This book features the story of Miss Meg Featherton and her friend Amanda Hiller, both trying to find matches. Meg has been twice fooled by scoundrels and wants to just find a simple match with a man who would be respectable.
At the 10% point I have only seen 1 scene between Meg and Damon (our MCs). This is shortly after Meg has broken off her 2nd almost betrothal and is miserable. Instead of Damon charming her and cheering her up with witty conversation and taking her mind off her sadness our author had Damon deciding to talk about mundane things so as to not tax her because she is obviously distracted and upset. This first interaction readers get to witness between the two should have been the chance for readers to experience their chemistry, see Damon's wit, and feel something, believe in the rightness of them even if our heorine cannot see it/admit it to herself yet. Instead we get a scene that is unmemorable and has no meaning. Why include it?
What made it hard for me to continue on was the pace of the story. It seems to get bogged down with the level of details and mundane conversation included - things that did not add to the story and could have been cut with a good edit. For example:
1.Case in point: we are first told in Damon's persepctive him sending flowers to Meg, which involves a conversation with his footman that we readers read, his thoughts in sending said flowers, and then her getting the flowers including the announcement from her family that she has received flowers with an unsigned note (which we already knew from Damon's earlier telling). This flower delivery scene includes such details as her instructions to place the flowers at the "low table in front of the sofa", then back to Damon's perspective later as he is wondering whether he should have left the flowers unsigned as a puzzle for Meg. Many of the details above are mundane everyday things/steps that do happen in the logic of flowers getting sent and delivered but I don't think it's necessary for us to read about in every detail. Could we not cut to Meg receiving flowers with a little mystery -an unsigned note, then to the reveal in Damon's POV debating if he did the right thing and his reasons for leaving it unsigned. I would rather get more interaction instead of the 1 scene a piece between the 2 sets of intended love birds at the 10% point.
In the 10% I did read we get the POV of the 2 ladies, the 2 gentlemen love interests, and Miss Featherton's grandmother.
I enjoyed Lisa Kleypas' Again The Magic (which has 4 person POV). But here I felt it was not to the benefit of the story. The 2 gentlemen had already fixed/decided on their love interest at the start of this book. There was little the perspectives lent in terms of discovery of their attraction to the ladies. Moreover with the level of details the author is interested in providing the multiple perspectives really weigh down the pace of the story.
2. Another example was when the ladies decided to go for a walk we get details that she rang a bell to have her spencer and bonner sent down. We could have just cut to the "Minutes later" and add in a detail that "with their bonnets adorned" the ladies left the house. Or do we even need to know they had to put on their bonnets?
I have decided that this book is not for me. To each his/her own. I did love the excerpt/teaser - that scene was hot. I tried to skip ahead and read on from that point onwards but even then I got to the next scene where they had a discussion on chaperones. It was simply not for me. I think it just lacks editing, much the same way many scenes from a movie may get trimmed in the editing room this book could use a hand in that.
I requested this arc because the storyline seems promising and I love regency romances. Unfortunately the author's writing style is just not for me. The added star is for the benefit of the doubt as the story could really pick up and improve after the point where I decided to stop (10%).
This book features the story of Miss Meg Featherton and her friend Amanda Hiller, both trying to find matches. Meg has been twice fooled by scoundrels and wants to just find a simple match with a man who would be respectable.
At the 10% point I have only seen 1 scene between Meg and Damon (our MCs). This is shortly after Meg has broken off her 2nd almost betrothal and is miserable. Instead of Damon charming her and cheering her up with witty conversation and taking her mind off her sadness our author had Damon deciding to talk about mundane things so as to not tax her because she is obviously distracted and upset. This first interaction readers get to witness between the two should have been the chance for readers to experience their chemistry, see Damon's wit, and feel something, believe in the rightness of them even if our heorine cannot see it/admit it to herself yet. Instead we get a scene that is unmemorable and has no meaning. Why include it?
What made it hard for me to continue on was the pace of the story. It seems to get bogged down with the level of details and mundane conversation included - things that did not add to the story and could have been cut with a good edit. For example:
1.Case in point: we are first told in Damon's persepctive him sending flowers to Meg, which involves a conversation with his footman that we readers read, his thoughts in sending said flowers, and then her getting the flowers including the announcement from her family that she has received flowers with an unsigned note (which we already knew from Damon's earlier telling). This flower delivery scene includes such details as her instructions to place the flowers at the "low table in front of the sofa", then back to Damon's perspective later as he is wondering whether he should have left the flowers unsigned as a puzzle for Meg. Many of the details above are mundane everyday things/steps that do happen in the logic of flowers getting sent and delivered but I don't think it's necessary for us to read about in every detail. Could we not cut to Meg receiving flowers with a little mystery -an unsigned note, then to the reveal in Damon's POV debating if he did the right thing and his reasons for leaving it unsigned. I would rather get more interaction instead of the 1 scene a piece between the 2 sets of intended love birds at the 10% point.
In the 10% I did read we get the POV of the 2 ladies, the 2 gentlemen love interests, and Miss Featherton's grandmother.
I enjoyed Lisa Kleypas' Again The Magic (which has 4 person POV). But here I felt it was not to the benefit of the story. The 2 gentlemen had already fixed/decided on their love interest at the start of this book. There was little the perspectives lent in terms of discovery of their attraction to the ladies. Moreover with the level of details the author is interested in providing the multiple perspectives really weigh down the pace of the story.
2. Another example was when the ladies decided to go for a walk we get details that she rang a bell to have her spencer and bonner sent down. We could have just cut to the "Minutes later" and add in a detail that "with their bonnets adorned" the ladies left the house. Or do we even need to know they had to put on their bonnets?
I have decided that this book is not for me. To each his/her own. I did love the excerpt/teaser - that scene was hot. I tried to skip ahead and read on from that point onwards but even then I got to the next scene where they had a discussion on chaperones. It was simply not for me. I think it just lacks editing, much the same way many scenes from a movie may get trimmed in the editing room this book could use a hand in that.
November 19, 2015
ARC REVIEW
Ella Quinn's eighth and final (for now) book of The Marriage Game series. Miss Featherton's Christmas Prince is a funny and lighthearted romance with a bit of suspense. I have read a couple of the books in the series The Marriage Game, it's not pivotal to the plot that you read all of them but it's nice if you have. I love the Ella Quinn style of writing. She brings humor to romance.
When I first started the book I didn't care very much for Meg, but then I realized something if she wasn't so stubborn and headstrong and blind to everything but her wants then she wouldn't have been so easy to manipulate. I smile because it's a good thing. It really only was the first couple of chapters that she rubbed me the wrong way it soon became clear she really thought she was doing what she thought was for the best.
You have to love Damon, head over heals in love with the chit and never there at the right time. When they first met she was engaged to someone, when that fell apart, due to the fact that the fiance was a sadist, Damon gave her time to get over it, by the time he comes back she's engaged to someone else. Now that that last one's over Damon isn't wasting any time and the Christmas House party at his Godmother's house is just the place to convince Meg that Damon is the perfect man for her. Meg after two seasons and two disastrous engagements has decided to make a sensible match, but the gentleman who she has set her sights on is already spoken for by her best friend. When Amanda realizes her intentions she gets together with Damon and her secret fiance to get Damon and Meg together. They all know Meg is perfect for Damon and that Damon is already in love with her they just give her a reason to be with him all the time so that Meg can see that there is more to Damon than just what she sees on the outside.
But Meg does have her reasons for hesitating and it takes Damon a bit to realize he has to change his strategy if he wants to keep Meg and prove to her that love does matter in a relationship and that they are perfect for each other. But Meg's hesitation isn't the only problem Damon's father is a big pain in the butt. Who it seems is trying to ruin his son's life.
Overall I loved reading this book. It was funny and Meg really does turn around when she realizes what she wants and what she needs are two separate things.
Ella Quinn's eighth and final (for now) book of The Marriage Game series. Miss Featherton's Christmas Prince is a funny and lighthearted romance with a bit of suspense. I have read a couple of the books in the series The Marriage Game, it's not pivotal to the plot that you read all of them but it's nice if you have. I love the Ella Quinn style of writing. She brings humor to romance.
When I first started the book I didn't care very much for Meg, but then I realized something if she wasn't so stubborn and headstrong and blind to everything but her wants then she wouldn't have been so easy to manipulate. I smile because it's a good thing. It really only was the first couple of chapters that she rubbed me the wrong way it soon became clear she really thought she was doing what she thought was for the best.
You have to love Damon, head over heals in love with the chit and never there at the right time. When they first met she was engaged to someone, when that fell apart, due to the fact that the fiance was a sadist, Damon gave her time to get over it, by the time he comes back she's engaged to someone else. Now that that last one's over Damon isn't wasting any time and the Christmas House party at his Godmother's house is just the place to convince Meg that Damon is the perfect man for her. Meg after two seasons and two disastrous engagements has decided to make a sensible match, but the gentleman who she has set her sights on is already spoken for by her best friend. When Amanda realizes her intentions she gets together with Damon and her secret fiance to get Damon and Meg together. They all know Meg is perfect for Damon and that Damon is already in love with her they just give her a reason to be with him all the time so that Meg can see that there is more to Damon than just what she sees on the outside.
But Meg does have her reasons for hesitating and it takes Damon a bit to realize he has to change his strategy if he wants to keep Meg and prove to her that love does matter in a relationship and that they are perfect for each other. But Meg's hesitation isn't the only problem Damon's father is a big pain in the butt. Who it seems is trying to ruin his son's life.
Overall I loved reading this book. It was funny and Meg really does turn around when she realizes what she wants and what she needs are two separate things.
September 27, 2015
Reviewed from an Advance Reader Copy . . .
What a lovely Christmas book. What I thought was fairly unique about this book is that our hero, Damon, Marquis of Hawksworth, is sweet and caring and in love with our heroine, Meg Featherton.
Poor Meg, she has had some really (can we say unbelievable) bad luck with men. Yes, two in a row -- one was a sadist who liked to use the whip on his partners and the other is a philanderer who had a wife and family, but needed money so he romanced Meg.
Meg has given up on love -- with experiences like hers, who wouldn't! Damon has to convince Meg to trust her heart again.
There are these lovely matchmaking dowager Duchesses, grandmothers, godmothers, etc. that are wonderful in the story.
Then, there is the gosh-awful villain of the book. Just when you thing there might -- just maybe -- be a tiny, tiny, tiny glimmer of goodness in him, you find out that -- nope he is all completely and utterly bad and should just fall off the face of the earth.
It is a good story -- there is cute funny stuff, romantic stuff, sexy stuff, exciting stuff, mean stuff -- you name it and it is in here. What more could you want.
What a lovely Christmas book. What I thought was fairly unique about this book is that our hero, Damon, Marquis of Hawksworth, is sweet and caring and in love with our heroine, Meg Featherton.
Poor Meg, she has had some really (can we say unbelievable) bad luck with men. Yes, two in a row -- one was a sadist who liked to use the whip on his partners and the other is a philanderer who had a wife and family, but needed money so he romanced Meg.
Meg has given up on love -- with experiences like hers, who wouldn't! Damon has to convince Meg to trust her heart again.
There are these lovely matchmaking dowager Duchesses, grandmothers, godmothers, etc. that are wonderful in the story.
Then, there is the gosh-awful villain of the book. Just when you thing there might -- just maybe -- be a tiny, tiny, tiny glimmer of goodness in him, you find out that -- nope he is all completely and utterly bad and should just fall off the face of the earth.
It is a good story -- there is cute funny stuff, romantic stuff, sexy stuff, exciting stuff, mean stuff -- you name it and it is in here. What more could you want.
November 18, 2016
Miss Meg Featherstone has twice been duped by unsuitable suitors, so this time around she wishes to marry for stability and leave love right out of the question.
Damon, Marquis of Hawksworth and heir to the Duke of Somerby is in love with Meg, and has been for a while, but now all he has to do is convince her.
I was not a fan of Meg. She was supposed to be super smart, progressive and learned, yet she vacillates between emotions like a whipped puppy.
Damon was better, but even when push came to shove, he let the lady do all the talking to his father, and didn't stick up for himself once, despite being rich, celebrated and universally liked in spite of his nasty parent.
Add in the very unnecessary anticipation of the wedding vows, and I left this novel mostly unsatisfied.
It's obvious Ms Quinn knows her era - the details added in give a good sense of place and time - but I just didn't fall in love with the characters.
For an extra light brainless read, this would be fine. Don't go looking for any depth - it's just not there.
Damon, Marquis of Hawksworth and heir to the Duke of Somerby is in love with Meg, and has been for a while, but now all he has to do is convince her.
I was not a fan of Meg. She was supposed to be super smart, progressive and learned, yet she vacillates between emotions like a whipped puppy.
Damon was better, but even when push came to shove, he let the lady do all the talking to his father, and didn't stick up for himself once, despite being rich, celebrated and universally liked in spite of his nasty parent.
Add in the very unnecessary anticipation of the wedding vows, and I left this novel mostly unsatisfied.
It's obvious Ms Quinn knows her era - the details added in give a good sense of place and time - but I just didn't fall in love with the characters.
For an extra light brainless read, this would be fine. Don't go looking for any depth - it's just not there.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 2, 2015
Now I don't like to call names but if it quacks like a duck, walks like a duck, then it's a dang duck, and Damon is a tease, "his wicked tongue moved from her mouth to her ear, as he whispered, “Or do you want to scream as he takes you to heaven and back?” Damon is really sexy like with a capitol 'S', "Damon chuckled, a low, sinful sound. “I’d make you scream and enjoy doing it.” Meg can be a little temptress, “I have been wanting to know what you felt like under your clothing.” She rubbed her thumb over his nipple, and his ***k immediately stood at attention." I enjoyed this book I loved Damon he could be a little devil, but nothing that Meg couldn't handle.
November 10, 2015
Miss Featherton's Christmas Prince by Ella Quinn is a well written book. Meg and Damon's story is a touching tale of family and friends "helping" get a couple together. Misunderstandings, manipulations and old boyfriends give this book plenty of humor, drama and action. I love the feisty characters in Miss Featherton's Christmas Prince. I look forward to reading more from the talented Ella Quinn in the future. Miss Featherton's Christmas Prince is a complete story, not a cliff-hanger.
I received a copy of this book from NetGalley for review purposes.
I received a copy of this book from NetGalley for review purposes.
September 21, 2015
Note: I received an ARC of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
As with most Regency romances, this too is a heartwarming and sweet love story with a feel good Happily Ever After. I enjoyed this fast paced book and read it in one sitting while cuddled up in bed with a warm cup of tea. I'm a new fan of Ella Quinn's writing and plan to look for more titles from this author in the future!
As with most Regency romances, this too is a heartwarming and sweet love story with a feel good Happily Ever After. I enjoyed this fast paced book and read it in one sitting while cuddled up in bed with a warm cup of tea. I'm a new fan of Ella Quinn's writing and plan to look for more titles from this author in the future!
July 17, 2023
Heroine: Margaret Elizabeth Lucinda Featherton, 21. Nickname: Meg. Daughter of Viscount Featherton.
Hero: Damon Hawksworth, early 30s. Marquis of Hawksworth and heir to the Duke of Somerset. A Greek prince.
Date: 1817-1818
How they meet: Meg and Damon met (off-page) at the wedding of Damon’s friend Rupert.
What happens: Meg receives an anonymous letter tipping her off to the fact that her current suitor is married with children, so after investigating, she breaks things off. Earlier that same year an anonymous letter tipped her off to the fact that her previous suitor beat his mistress. Feeling very down about love and courtship, Meg finds herself resigned to marry a boring man who she will not fall in love with and who will not hurt her.
Damon was interested in Meg the moment he met her and now that she’s finally single, he is ready to make his move. Unfortunately for him, Meg has a sense that he’s hiding something. Also, she has already set her sights on a safe choice. Unbeknownst to Meg, the man she has her eye on is secretly courting Meg’s friend. Meg’s friend is concerned for Meg’s happiness and doesn’t want her to be alone. Thinking Damon and Meg would be a good match, she talks up Damon, but Meg misinterprets and believes her friend is interested in Damon.
Verdict: This was another enjoyable installment in the series. While the situation between the heroine, her friend, Damon, and his friend is a bit complicated to concisely explain in a review, it is much easier to follow in the book and makes for an interesting set-up to the story. The primary and secondary romances interweave nicely and both couples have good chemistry. I liked how the heroine came to like, then love the hero through conversation and just being around him rather than an insta-love or insta-lust situation. This story did have a few humorous moments which I appreciated as well. This story would read fine as a standalone, although many side characters have appeared in previous books, so reading them in order does enhance this story a bit.
Steam-level: steamy and explicit
Rating: 4 stars
Hero: Damon Hawksworth, early 30s. Marquis of Hawksworth and heir to the Duke of Somerset. A Greek prince.
Date: 1817-1818
How they meet: Meg and Damon met (off-page) at the wedding of Damon’s friend Rupert.
What happens: Meg receives an anonymous letter tipping her off to the fact that her current suitor is married with children, so after investigating, she breaks things off. Earlier that same year an anonymous letter tipped her off to the fact that her previous suitor beat his mistress. Feeling very down about love and courtship, Meg finds herself resigned to marry a boring man who she will not fall in love with and who will not hurt her.
Damon was interested in Meg the moment he met her and now that she’s finally single, he is ready to make his move. Unfortunately for him, Meg has a sense that he’s hiding something. Also, she has already set her sights on a safe choice. Unbeknownst to Meg, the man she has her eye on is secretly courting Meg’s friend. Meg’s friend is concerned for Meg’s happiness and doesn’t want her to be alone. Thinking Damon and Meg would be a good match, she talks up Damon, but Meg misinterprets and believes her friend is interested in Damon.
Verdict: This was another enjoyable installment in the series. While the situation between the heroine, her friend, Damon, and his friend is a bit complicated to concisely explain in a review, it is much easier to follow in the book and makes for an interesting set-up to the story. The primary and secondary romances interweave nicely and both couples have good chemistry. I liked how the heroine came to like, then love the hero through conversation and just being around him rather than an insta-love or insta-lust situation. This story did have a few humorous moments which I appreciated as well. This story would read fine as a standalone, although many side characters have appeared in previous books, so reading them in order does enhance this story a bit.
Steam-level: steamy and explicit
Rating: 4 stars
November 15, 2016
Absolutely wonderful!
This was an absolutely wonderful romance that had me engrossed from the very first page. I loved Damon and felt he was the perfect hero and a man well deserving of his happily ever after. Meg had suffered through two bad relationships and began to doubt her own ability to recognize true love. Damon had a battle to win her heart but he never gave up and I admired that about him. Not only did Damon win Meg's love but he also gained the love of her family, something he had never truly had because of his father. I enjoyed how Damon's Godmother and Meg's Grandmother outfoxed his father's scheme towards the end to stop Damon's marriage to Meg. It had me laughing as I pictured it in my mind. I have yet to read every book in this series but they are definitely on my to buy list.
This was an absolutely wonderful romance that had me engrossed from the very first page. I loved Damon and felt he was the perfect hero and a man well deserving of his happily ever after. Meg had suffered through two bad relationships and began to doubt her own ability to recognize true love. Damon had a battle to win her heart but he never gave up and I admired that about him. Not only did Damon win Meg's love but he also gained the love of her family, something he had never truly had because of his father. I enjoyed how Damon's Godmother and Meg's Grandmother outfoxed his father's scheme towards the end to stop Damon's marriage to Meg. It had me laughing as I pictured it in my mind. I have yet to read every book in this series but they are definitely on my to buy list.
November 25, 2022
Decent historical romance, but with many random side stories and unfinished sub plots and didn’t contribute to the main story.
The first half of the book is based around the main character and her best friend assuming things about each other and not being willing to have a simple conversation that would have saved 100 pages… the later half moved the romance forward but with random secondary characters- including several different bad guys with different intentions - that were frankly entirely unnecessary. It is technically part of a series and I read it standalone, so maybe these other plots continue in other books, but I found them distracting and of no value to the overall story.
Recommend this book to people who like a hero who has to work for his woman, a resilient heroine, meddling old ladies and doesn’t mind things happening purely out of miscommunication.
The first half of the book is based around the main character and her best friend assuming things about each other and not being willing to have a simple conversation that would have saved 100 pages… the later half moved the romance forward but with random secondary characters- including several different bad guys with different intentions - that were frankly entirely unnecessary. It is technically part of a series and I read it standalone, so maybe these other plots continue in other books, but I found them distracting and of no value to the overall story.
Recommend this book to people who like a hero who has to work for his woman, a resilient heroine, meddling old ladies and doesn’t mind things happening purely out of miscommunication.
January 10, 2017
Wonderful romance. Fun plot.
This is my first reading of Ella Quinn and will certainly not be my last. Meh had been heart broken by two men and has decided to choose a bland man to marry so she can have a family. Damon loves almost immediately but she thinks him dark and secretive. When friends and family get them alone (often) at a house party they begin to understand each other. I
This is a wonderful story...intricate, descriptive, tender, passionate and very well written.
This is my first reading of Ella Quinn and will certainly not be my last. Meh had been heart broken by two men and has decided to choose a bland man to marry so she can have a family. Damon loves almost immediately but she thinks him dark and secretive. When friends and family get them alone (often) at a house party they begin to understand each other. I
This is a wonderful story...intricate, descriptive, tender, passionate and very well written.
July 27, 2021
A good start, but too many things that didn't make sense and too many people to keep track of. Still, if you can ignore implausible events, you might enjoy this book. Case in point: Couple decides to ride into town, and make a race of it. Heroine races around a blind corner and one of the villains is waiting to kidnap her. First who races around a corner so blind that a coach is hidden by it? Second, how did the guy even know she was going to town? There was a three and four, plus other weird stuff, but I'm moving on to another book.
November 30, 2024
Lots of Fun--We Need it!
Meg Featherton and Damon Hawksworth maneuve r through the Lomdon Marriage Mart with serious baggage in tow. She already fell in love with two consecutive scoundrels this Season, and the hurt drove any hope of a love match from her mind.
Damon returned from combat in the Napoleonic wars with a record for bravery, effective leadership, and an appetite for food and life.
He sees her... and the chase begins.
Altogether satisfying end with a mix of hope and reality.
Highly recommend. '
Meg Featherton and Damon Hawksworth maneuve r through the Lomdon Marriage Mart with serious baggage in tow. She already fell in love with two consecutive scoundrels this Season, and the hurt drove any hope of a love match from her mind.
Damon returned from combat in the Napoleonic wars with a record for bravery, effective leadership, and an appetite for food and life.
He sees her... and the chase begins.
Altogether satisfying end with a mix of hope and reality.
Highly recommend. '
July 29, 2017
Not for me
My first book by this author and it did not resonate for me. The majority of the book was spent with the protagonists thoughts. To much "telling" and not enough "doing". I almost NEVER skip portions and my OCD doesn't allow me not to finish and I was sorely tempted with this book (I skipped the middle entirely). I just could not get into this book and the fault might be mine but I was bored.
My first book by this author and it did not resonate for me. The majority of the book was spent with the protagonists thoughts. To much "telling" and not enough "doing". I almost NEVER skip portions and my OCD doesn't allow me not to finish and I was sorely tempted with this book (I skipped the middle entirely). I just could not get into this book and the fault might be mine but I was bored.
April 17, 2021
The Dowagers Try Matchmaking Again
This had all the elements of a really good book: wonderful old ladies who want the best for their young family members, whether they are by love or blood, best friends, a lovely heroine who trusted some bad men, the war vet hero who is working hard to show the heroine that she can trust him and some really bad villains. Ella Quinn has a winner with this book.
This had all the elements of a really good book: wonderful old ladies who want the best for their young family members, whether they are by love or blood, best friends, a lovely heroine who trusted some bad men, the war vet hero who is working hard to show the heroine that she can trust him and some really bad villains. Ella Quinn has a winner with this book.
December 31, 2016
A wonderful Christmas adventure
I love Christmas stories with traditions thrown in. Parties and matchmakers, along with a young woman who had already trusted the wrong men with her heart. A man in search of love with secrets of his own lots of twist and turns and a HEA. I recommend this book.
I love Christmas stories with traditions thrown in. Parties and matchmakers, along with a young woman who had already trusted the wrong men with her heart. A man in search of love with secrets of his own lots of twist and turns and a HEA. I recommend this book.
December 1, 2018
I read this book because our Hero was mentioned in the book You Never Forget Your First Earl. I liked our Hero, our Heroine drove me crazy with her tunnel vision and determination to prove our Hero was bad. If I was the Hero I would have given up on her and chosen someone who wasn't so convinced I was a bad guy.
December 30, 2016
I'll read more of the series, but a few complaints. It adds unnecessary plot twists. It's a stand alone book until the end when suddenly there are all these characters from other books that have not even been mentioned in passing in this book.
April 22, 2019
Wow!
Just wow! What a story and an ending to this series! Loved every bit of it! Meh and Dameon were a great couple who couldn't have happened without the help of their fairy godmothers! Okay, so not really fairies but what a group of mathmakers! Great read!
Just wow! What a story and an ending to this series! Loved every bit of it! Meh and Dameon were a great couple who couldn't have happened without the help of their fairy godmothers! Okay, so not really fairies but what a group of mathmakers! Great read!
December 22, 2019
Checked out this ebook from the library, a new author for me. Wasn’t quite my cup of tea, very predictable and a bit bland. I did like the traditional holiday setting and seeing how they celebrated Christmas.
Want to read
December 25, 2021i enjoyed this book alot , although the romance was a bit slow the book was nice and entertaining.
the authour is an amazing writer and this is not the first book of hers that i have read , well written.
the authour is an amazing writer and this is not the first book of hers that i have read , well written.
January 12, 2022
Agreed with almost everything here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Plodding pace, underdeveloped main char Meg, to many miscommunication for the sake of plot drama
Got a bit better the last third of the book though. 2.5 stars, i guess
Plodding pace, underdeveloped main char Meg, to many miscommunication for the sake of plot drama
Got a bit better the last third of the book though. 2.5 stars, i guess
May 31, 2022
A wonderfully entertaining story
This is a wonderfully thought out story that you will find most entertaining. All the characters are brilliant, and the main pair have some intriguing fears to overcome. this is a plot that gets a bit steamy towards the end.
This is a wonderfully thought out story that you will find most entertaining. All the characters are brilliant, and the main pair have some intriguing fears to overcome. this is a plot that gets a bit steamy towards the end.
November 9, 2022
As usual, there’s more than one romance. It was a good story on the whole about a woman who has learned to distrust her instincts. The hero is always trying to do the right thing with limited success.
December 21, 2024
Miss Featherton's Christmas Prince was pretty fun. I definitely suggest reading the 7 books in this series before this. Had a very hard time figuring who was what from where. Damon and Meg's story was fun with some humor and a little plotting by friends. May read some more of the author
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