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Trilogy #2
A Father For Christmas
When widowed Lady Millicent Copley is invited to spend Christmas in Devonshire, she meets the much sought-after bachelor, the Marquis of Wetherby, whom she thinks a cad. He believes her to be mouse. But Lady Millicent's son, Rupert, thinks the Marquis is the answer to his prayers, and he is willing to carry out an outrageous scheme to help him get his Christmas wish--a new father.
254 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1996
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December 8, 2015
2.5 stars
The Marquis of Wetherby and Millicent met amidst some confusion prior to the opening of the story. He was a rogue and thought she was someone else when a simple misunderstanding occurred and she kissed him.
Several years went by and Millicent had married for love, bore a son and was widowed. Then, back into the picture, entered Wetherby. Except he doesn't remember the young lady or the kiss.
A FATHER FOR CHRISTMAS involved responsibilities, a subject that Wetherby abhorred. Unaware of their brief past, the rake became involved with the widow and her six year old son. It started off with a promising storyline but the romance soon became bogged down with dialogue that I would never expect from a young boy, an annoying sword and The Code.
This historical romance is for those readers who love plots involving children and some light goofiness. Unfortunately, it was too 'cutesy' and highly predictable.
The Marquis of Wetherby and Millicent met amidst some confusion prior to the opening of the story. He was a rogue and thought she was someone else when a simple misunderstanding occurred and she kissed him.
Several years went by and Millicent had married for love, bore a son and was widowed. Then, back into the picture, entered Wetherby. Except he doesn't remember the young lady or the kiss.
A FATHER FOR CHRISTMAS involved responsibilities, a subject that Wetherby abhorred. Unaware of their brief past, the rake became involved with the widow and her six year old son. It started off with a promising storyline but the romance soon became bogged down with dialogue that I would never expect from a young boy, an annoying sword and The Code.
This historical romance is for those readers who love plots involving children and some light goofiness. Unfortunately, it was too 'cutesy' and highly predictable.
May 28, 2025
Sweet, I suppose, but it's all a bit twee. Millicent Copley is too good & too naive to be true, & quite stupid at times. Wetherby was an average single man of means who had no desire to be weighed down by wife & children, quite a pleasant man considering what he had to put up with. I felt no chemistry between them at all. Rupert is an idealistic 6-year-old who got way too much air time.
December 3, 2011
6 year old boy wishes for a new father. road trip with a dashing escort with kidnap and adventure.
December 4, 2019
I read this one every year around Christmas, I love the characters of Ernest and Millicent, and Millicent's son Rupert. It is a story about a young widow and a bachelor who are vague acquaintances that grow close to each other on their journey to her brother-in-law's. The journey is full of unexpected occurrences. There is a rival love interest for Ernest's affection, who is a little overbearing, but mostly harmless, and I often find myself skipping those parts on reread, so I can get back to the couple's love story.
February 11, 2010
Another Christmas read and another new author to me. This was a very light story with the hero and heroine being thrown together because the hero must accompany the heroine and her son to the Christmas party of a relative. On the way they get to know each other better and end up being kidnapped by an outlaw who has been holding noblemen for ransom.
While some of the scenes were actually very funny, like the time they spent with the outlaws or later in the farmer's cottage, I couldn't help feeling the heroine was too naive and too good to be true, she was almost annoying in how she kept seeing the best in everyone even in the rival for the hero's affections... a woman that was actually pretty decent to the heroine when she didn't have to... I'm guessing she will be the heroine of a future book.
The hero was also the usual kind, a rake decided to change his ways, and nothing really stood so I just enjoyed it for the fun romp that it was with being extraordinary.
Grade: 3.5/5
While some of the scenes were actually very funny, like the time they spent with the outlaws or later in the farmer's cottage, I couldn't help feeling the heroine was too naive and too good to be true, she was almost annoying in how she kept seeing the best in everyone even in the rival for the hero's affections... a woman that was actually pretty decent to the heroine when she didn't have to... I'm guessing she will be the heroine of a future book.
The hero was also the usual kind, a rake decided to change his ways, and nothing really stood so I just enjoyed it for the fun romp that it was with being extraordinary.
Grade: 3.5/5
July 13, 2012
Millie is a widow with a six year old son, Rupert, who wants a father for Christmas. They are to go to her brother-in-law's "Copley" home for Christmas. Wetherby is going, too, and is a friend of Copley's who has asked him to escort Millie and Rupert in his carriage. Reluctantly, he agrees. Through a series of mishaps, one being Caroline, a debutante who is after Ernest, and a kidnapping, Millie and Wetherby fall in love. Rupert has already fallen for Caroline and Wetherby. He has chosen Lance for his father and is going to ask Caroline to wait for him to grow up. They are finally rescued by a family on Copley's estate and then finally make it to their destination. Ernest proposes and Millie accepts. The bandit is not caught but a package arrives for Rupert containing his journal he left behind at the place they were being held and a music box with a couple to replace the one that was broken by one of the bandit's henchmen.
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January 8, 2012
This is as fuzzy happy as you can get in a romance. Ridiculous, i know i know, but fun.
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