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A Valentine's Day Delight
A Zebra Holiday Regency Romance
The Dilatory Groom by Karla Hocker
An old Valentine's Day custom allows that, in a leap year, a lady may woo the gentleman of her choice. After waiting an eternity for her girlhood sweetheart to offer for her hand, Claire decides that this St. Valentine's Day, it is she who will do the proposing!
The Crystal Heart by Mary Kingsley
When the Viscount Kirkwood accepts a wager to hold down a position for six months, he never dreams he'll become a librarian for the Valentine family at Heart's Ease, their country estate. But he is delighted to make the acquaintance of the family's charming governess, Alana, who promises him a most intriguing--and romantic--Valentine's Day...
Fit for a Prince by Anthea Malcolm
His decision to do his duty and find a suitable wife seems perfectly reasonable to Simon, Prince di Tassio. What he doesn't anticipate is encountering his former love, Justine, and becoming caught up in a host of romantic entanglements at a Valentine's Day houseparty he will never forget...
The Dilatory Groom by Karla Hocker
An old Valentine's Day custom allows that, in a leap year, a lady may woo the gentleman of her choice. After waiting an eternity for her girlhood sweetheart to offer for her hand, Claire decides that this St. Valentine's Day, it is she who will do the proposing!
The Crystal Heart by Mary Kingsley
When the Viscount Kirkwood accepts a wager to hold down a position for six months, he never dreams he'll become a librarian for the Valentine family at Heart's Ease, their country estate. But he is delighted to make the acquaintance of the family's charming governess, Alana, who promises him a most intriguing--and romantic--Valentine's Day...
Fit for a Prince by Anthea Malcolm
His decision to do his duty and find a suitable wife seems perfectly reasonable to Simon, Prince di Tassio. What he doesn't anticipate is encountering his former love, Justine, and becoming caught up in a host of romantic entanglements at a Valentine's Day houseparty he will never forget...
- GenresRegency
320 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 1994
13 people want to read
About the author
Karla Hocker
32 books7 followersKarla Hocker, a native of Germany, was the author of fourteen Regency novels and various novellas. She attributed her love of the English language and her fascination with the Regency period to a three-year stay in England. Karla lived with her family - and far too many cats - in San Antonio, Texas. She passed away after a battle with cancer on May 28, 2004.
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March 17, 2026
The second story was the only one with reading out of this bunch. The first and last were not worth the time.
The first one I didn’t feel the love and the MC H was not my fav. The last one had the secret baby trope, which I hate.
The second story had well fleshed out primary characters, though the secondary characters weren’t as fleshed out. This one should have been a full length book, it was that good and well written.
The Dilatory Groom by Karla Hocker 2.5 stars
The Crystal Heart by Mary Kingsley 4.5 stars
Fit for a Prince by Anthea Malcolm DNF and zero stars
Average 2.33 stars, rounded down.
2, I’ll pick up a Mary Kingsley if I come across it in the wild and ignore the other two, stars.
The first one I didn’t feel the love and the MC H was not my fav. The last one had the secret baby trope, which I hate.
The second story had well fleshed out primary characters, though the secondary characters weren’t as fleshed out. This one should have been a full length book, it was that good and well written.
The Dilatory Groom by Karla Hocker 2.5 stars
The Crystal Heart by Mary Kingsley 4.5 stars
Fit for a Prince by Anthea Malcolm DNF and zero stars
Average 2.33 stars, rounded down.
2, I’ll pick up a Mary Kingsley if I come across it in the wild and ignore the other two, stars.
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May 23, 2016
3.5 out of 5 stars
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