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Lady Hawk's Folly
Married and promptly abandoned by her husband, Gavin Remington Colporter, Marquess of Hawkstone, when he goes off to the wars, beautiful Lady Molly sets out to teach her arrogant spouse a lesson upon his return, four years later
224 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1985
About the author
Amanda Scott
168 books386 followersAmanda Scott, USA Today Bestselling Author and winner of Romance Writers of America’s RITA/Golden Medallion (LORD ABBERLEY'S NEMESIS) and Romantic Times’ Awards for Best Regency Author and Best Sensual Regency (RAVENWOOD'S LADY), Lifetime Achievement (2007) and Best Scottish Historical (BORDER MOONLIGHT, 2008), began writing on a dare from her husband. She has sold every manuscript she has written.
Amanda is a fourth-generation Californian, who was born and raised in Salinas and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in history from Mills College in Oakland. She did graduate work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, specializing in British History, before obtaining her Master’s in History from California State University at San Jose. She now lives with her husband and son in northern California.
As a child, Amanda Scott was a model for O’Connor Moffatt in San Francisco (now Macy’s). She was also a Sputnik child, one of those selected after the satellite went up for one of California’s first programs for gifted children. She remained in that program through high school. After graduate school, she taught for the Salinas City School District for three years before marrying her husband, who was then a captain in the Air Force. They lived in Honolulu for a year, then in Papillion, Nebraska, for seven. Their son was born in Nebraska. They have lived in northern California since 1980.
Scott grew up in a family of lawyers, and is descended from a long line of them. Her father was a three-term District Attorney of Monterey County before his death in 1955 at age 36. Her grandfather was City Attorney of Salinas for 36 years after serving two terms as District Attorney, and two of her ancestors were State Supreme Court Justices (one in Missouri, the other the first Supreme Court Justice for the State of Arkansas). One brother, having carried on the Scott tradition in the Monterey County DA’s office, is now a judge. The other is an electrician in Knoxville, TN, and her sister is a teacher in the Sacramento area.
The women of Amanda Scott’s family have been no less successful than the men. Her mother was a child actress known as Baby Lowell, who performed all over the west coast and in Hollywood movies, and then was a dancer with the San Francisco Opera Ballet until her marriage. Her mother’s sister, Loretta Lowell, was also a child actress. She performed in the Our Gang comedies and in several Loretta Young movies before becoming one of the first women in the US Air Force. Scott's paternal grandmother was active in local and State politics and served as president of the California State PTA, and her maternal grandmother was a teacher (and stage mother) before working for Monterey County. The place of women in Scott’s family has always been a strong one. Though they married strong men, the women have, for generations, been well educated and encouraged to succeed at whatever they chose to do.
Amanda Scott’s first book was OMAHA CITY ARCHITECTURE, a coffee-table photo essay on the historical architecture of Omaha, written for Landmarks, Inc. under her married name as a Junior League project. Others took the photos; she did the research and wrote the text on an old Smith-Corona portable electric. She sold her first novel, THE FUGITIVE HEIRESS - likewise written on the battered Smith-Corona in 1980. Since then, she has sold many more books, but since the second one she has used a word processor and computer. Twenty-five of her novels are set in the English Regency period (1810-1820). Others are set in 15th-century England and 14th- through 18th-century Scotland, and three are contemporary romances. Many of her titles are currently available at bookstores and online.
Amanda is a fourth-generation Californian, who was born and raised in Salinas and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in history from Mills College in Oakland. She did graduate work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, specializing in British History, before obtaining her Master’s in History from California State University at San Jose. She now lives with her husband and son in northern California.
As a child, Amanda Scott was a model for O’Connor Moffatt in San Francisco (now Macy’s). She was also a Sputnik child, one of those selected after the satellite went up for one of California’s first programs for gifted children. She remained in that program through high school. After graduate school, she taught for the Salinas City School District for three years before marrying her husband, who was then a captain in the Air Force. They lived in Honolulu for a year, then in Papillion, Nebraska, for seven. Their son was born in Nebraska. They have lived in northern California since 1980.
Scott grew up in a family of lawyers, and is descended from a long line of them. Her father was a three-term District Attorney of Monterey County before his death in 1955 at age 36. Her grandfather was City Attorney of Salinas for 36 years after serving two terms as District Attorney, and two of her ancestors were State Supreme Court Justices (one in Missouri, the other the first Supreme Court Justice for the State of Arkansas). One brother, having carried on the Scott tradition in the Monterey County DA’s office, is now a judge. The other is an electrician in Knoxville, TN, and her sister is a teacher in the Sacramento area.
The women of Amanda Scott’s family have been no less successful than the men. Her mother was a child actress known as Baby Lowell, who performed all over the west coast and in Hollywood movies, and then was a dancer with the San Francisco Opera Ballet until her marriage. Her mother’s sister, Loretta Lowell, was also a child actress. She performed in the Our Gang comedies and in several Loretta Young movies before becoming one of the first women in the US Air Force. Scott's paternal grandmother was active in local and State politics and served as president of the California State PTA, and her maternal grandmother was a teacher (and stage mother) before working for Monterey County. The place of women in Scott’s family has always been a strong one. Though they married strong men, the women have, for generations, been well educated and encouraged to succeed at whatever they chose to do.
Amanda Scott’s first book was OMAHA CITY ARCHITECTURE, a coffee-table photo essay on the historical architecture of Omaha, written for Landmarks, Inc. under her married name as a Junior League project. Others took the photos; she did the research and wrote the text on an old Smith-Corona portable electric. She sold her first novel, THE FUGITIVE HEIRESS - likewise written on the battered Smith-Corona in 1980. Since then, she has sold many more books, but since the second one she has used a word processor and computer. Twenty-five of her novels are set in the English Regency period (1810-1820). Others are set in 15th-century England and 14th- through 18th-century Scotland, and three are contemporary romances. Many of her titles are currently available at bookstores and online.
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May 26, 2025
40 jaar geleden geschreven dus wie alleen de nieuwere schrijfstijl gewend is zal dit waarschijnlijk saai en ouderwets vinden .
Ik heb geen expliciete seks scenes nodig om een verhaal te kunnen waarderen .
Ik heb geen expliciete seks scenes nodig om een verhaal te kunnen waarderen .
February 1, 2020
Painfully slow, dry, and dull
This novel was dry and difficult to read. In attempt to approximate intrigue, it immersed the reader in a combination of narrative and dialogue that was neither witty nor interesting and was purely tangential. In fact, even to say it was tangential would be an overstatement because there was not coherent plot line against which to form a tangent. I speak of the Brummel, Avansely, Prinny references. They weren't valuable pieces of history and they weren't central to the story. They were just boring interludes. In terms of the romance. What romance? Was this supposed to be a romantic novel? There was barely any interaction between the hero and heroine until the end. Yes, separation could play an almost tantric, tantalizing role in a romance. But here, it felt flat. As did the supposed intrigue. This novel attempted too many things: history, intrigue, and romance. But it succeeded at none of them.
This novel was dry and difficult to read. In attempt to approximate intrigue, it immersed the reader in a combination of narrative and dialogue that was neither witty nor interesting and was purely tangential. In fact, even to say it was tangential would be an overstatement because there was not coherent plot line against which to form a tangent. I speak of the Brummel, Avansely, Prinny references. They weren't valuable pieces of history and they weren't central to the story. They were just boring interludes. In terms of the romance. What romance? Was this supposed to be a romantic novel? There was barely any interaction between the hero and heroine until the end. Yes, separation could play an almost tantric, tantalizing role in a romance. But here, it felt flat. As did the supposed intrigue. This novel attempted too many things: history, intrigue, and romance. But it succeeded at none of them.
August 10, 2021
What to do with a stubborn woman
Easy take a deep breath and love her while trying to keep her safe. This era of the Regentcy was very well written and makes the perfect background for our hero and heroin.
Easy take a deep breath and love her while trying to keep her safe. This era of the Regentcy was very well written and makes the perfect background for our hero and heroin.
December 7, 2023
Don't really remember, but I chose to keep.
August 26, 2014
Boring. Too much talking.
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