The Sister Season

by Paula Tanner Girard

When his inheritance dictates that he must sponsor eight sisters during the London season, Captain Daniel Durham meets his destiny in Winifred, his supposed "sister" who is rumored to be no relation at all, and he strives to unravel the mystery surrounding the enchanting lady and win her heart. Original.

Genres: Regency, Fiction

256 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1998

Reviews

[Frances · Rating 1 out of 5]

Girard had a really bad idea to base a Regency on nursery rhymes. No one told her it was a really bad idea and so she wrote a really bad book.

[Andi]

Mind-numbingly silly. I presume this was intended as farce, but the premise was too preposterous, the characters cartoonish and the plot plain dumb, I couldn’t get past the first quarter.

[Linda C · Rating 2 out of 5]

Captain Daniel Durham, Earl of Chantry, has inherited the earldom and finds that he has 8 sisters, most of whom he knows nothing about. The late Earl married 3 times and Daniel being six years older than the first set of twins, was sent to boarding school and spent little time at home. The girls were raised by the third wife who lived near the Scotland border. Her husband spent most of his time in the army or in London with occasional visits to his wife. The father had pledged to give each girl a season but had failed to do that and on his deathbed makes his son promise to do so. When he travels to the estate he finds that it is stripped of most everything, the girls are shabby and there is no person in charge of finances. As he tries to unravel everything, he brings the girls to London. One of the girls is really not his sister but actually the daughter of the third wife from a previous marriage. The girls hide this fact to get her include for London. Daniel tries to run the whole show as if it was a military campaign and Winifred Hendry is forever creating mischief. This story had the means to be a comic Regency romp, but gets too convoluted and leaves many issues unanswered or very vague.

[Lynne Tull · Rating 3 out of 5]

Zebra Regency books are really fast reads. I have just finished the third one in just as many days. This was the first one I read. I found them as I was unpacking and thought they would do until I got some books I am waiting on to finish another series. I like Paula Tanner Girard. She tells a good story without all of the lust and angst. To quote her "I love a fast-paced light-hearted comedy." I do, too. I loved all of Barbara Metzger books and she writes in the same style. I do recommend her books if you just want a nice book to curl up with for an afternoon.

First: The Sister Season
Second: Lord Wakeford's Gold Watch
Third: The Reluctant Groom

[Jan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was fun to read. Once again assumptions get one in trouble!