The Abducted Heiress

by Jasmine Cresswell

All her efforts gone to waste

For six long years, Georgina, a young and lovely heiress, had kept up a grotesque and difficult masquerade. She had disguised her beauty and intelligence behind a mask of homeliness and stupidity.

Her reason?

To avoid marriage to the odious Freddy, a ne'er-do-well young lord with a taste for life and women that could never include someone as ugly and silly as she pretended to be...

Or so Georgina thought!

Genres: Historical Romance

188 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

Born in England, Jasmine Cresswell now divides her time between her winter home in Sarasota, Florida and her summer home in Evergreen, Colorado. Jasmine has been writing since 1975 and has published over 50 novels, with 9 million copies of her books in print.
Jasmine served for two years as the editor of the Romance Writer's Report. She also served as president of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, and is a founder and former president of Novelists, Inc. She received the Colorado Authors' League Award for Best Paperback Novel of the Year and the Romance Writers of America Golden Rose Award. Her books also have received numerous Romantic Times certificates of excellence.

Experienced as a public speaker, Jasmine has conducted college seminars and addressed many writers' conferences. Interviews and profiles have appeared in newspapers throughout the country, and Jasmine considers herself a veteran of talk shows and news broadcasts.

Married to Malcolm Candlish, whom she met while she was working for the British Embassy in Rio de Janeiro, Jasmine and her husband have lived all over the world. She has a Bachelor's Degree with a double major in history and philosophy from Melbourne University, a second degree in history from Macquarie University, as well as a Masters Degree in history and archival administration from Case Western Reserve University in Ohio.

Reviews

[Fae Gk · Rating 3 out of 5]

Κριτική:2.7/5

!Λίγα σποιλερς!

Αρχικά το βιβλίο μιλάει για μια κοπέλα που προσπαθεί να ξεφύγει τον γάμο της με τον ξάδερφο της και τον ξεφεύγει λέγοντας πως θέλει να παντρευτεί έναν άντρα που ανήκε παλιά στην γειτονιά της. Βέβαια κατά την διάρκεια του βιβλίου η/ο συγγραφέας δεν έχει αναπτύξει την σχέση μεταξύ τους όσο θα έπρεπε και υπήρχε στιγμή που η περιγραφή γινόταν κουραστική. Παρόλο αυτά είχε καλούτσικη πλοκή και το προτείνω για όποιον είναι θαυμαστής του ιστορικού ρομάντζου και δεν ξέρει τι να διαβάσει. Επίσης το βιβλίο είναι μικρό (και σε σελίδες αλλά και σε μήκος κι πλάτος) και μπορεί να διαβαστεί μέσα σε μια εβδομάδα.

[Louise Broadfield · Rating 2 out of 5]

i didn't enjoy this book. the hero and heroine didn't spend enough time together. i liked the godfather sister. wish we had more.

[Lynn Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is not the UK book cover which I prefer! An enjoyable read.