The Admiral's Daughter

by Francesca Shaw

A Marriage of Convenience? Never!

A freak accident with an ancient rowboat launched Miss Helena Wyatt into the ocean, until a timely rescue by Lord Adam Darvell saved her. But Adam knew, if Helena did not, that he would have to marry her. Helena's quick wit and vivid little face appealed enormously, so it was a tremendous shock when his proposal was turned down flat!

No one knew Helena had been with him, so she saw no reason to accept a duty marriage, particularly one to a man she found so utterly fascinating . . .

Genres: Historical Romance, Romance, Regency Romance

285 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1999

About the author

This is a pseudonym for Louise Allen and a friend.

Reviews

[Jan Jones]

Thoroughly enjoyed this early-revised Louise Allen Regency. Helena is a delightfully independent heroine whose spur-of-the-moment decisions always mean well, but the consequences just tangle her up further.

[Elaine Hamner-Yard]

Second time around

I found the first book when it was under the dule authors, and enjoyed the story very much. Even written as Ms. Shaw, Louise Allen presents an action packed adventure and love story. The second presentation is a refinement that I really enjoyed ...as I have read most of her books on kindle. I cheerfully encourage other readers to try this one.

[Ellen B.]

Francesca Shaw is, according to the inside cover, is two ladies writing together, which is kind of neat. It was a Harlequin, though, so the balance was nearer to girl porn than light social comedy than I normally consume. The only thing was that the heroine was a little fixated on the fact that she had seen the hero striding around barefoot on the decks of his yacht (it sounds so bizarre to say that here, hm) and it was enough to pull me out of the story, frown at the book, and say, "Okay, that isn't really sexy."

[Alison]

This book is a reissue from Louise Allen updated from the original by her and another writer as Francesca Shaw.

I wasn't sure of this story at first when we meet the hero and heroine at the beginning but it's one of those stories you can really get into as it goes on.

We learn much more about the navy (the army is covered more by M&B in this period) as well as Napoleon's spies - is our hero one? Or is someone else nefarious making him look like one?

Helena, as the daughter of a hero of Trafalgar herself, is pivotal here as she is also instrumental in saving the hero.