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Title: A Rogue for Christmas by Kate Huntington ISBN: 0-8217-7096-9 Publisher: Zebra Books (Mass Market) Pub. Date: October, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: The outcast with the heart of gold
Comment: When Mary Ann Whittaker was fourteen, her father had died and her family - four sisters and her mother - lived in poverty, without enough money to buy food for Christmas. On the way to pawn her one valuable, a small pearl ring, she was mugged, but rescued by what appeared then to her as a knight in shining armour, a tall, handsome man who escorted her on her errand but also sent the family a Christmas goose and redeemed Mary Ann's ring. Ever since that day, she has been in love with her mystery rescuer.
Lionel St James has been disowned by his family as a result of a foolish scandal when he was twenty. Penniless and without expectations, he makes his living as a gambler and is unwelcome in polite society. Seven years after rescuing Mary Ann, however, he gatecrashes a ball given by her now brother-in-law, Lord Blakely, in order to see what his young acquaintance has made of herself. Seeing her again, he falls in love. But, even though Mary Ann and her family make him welcome, Lionel knows that he is completely ineligible.
Unable to resist the persuasions of his family, Blakely invites Lionel to spend Christmas with them all at his country estate, but warns Lionel off Mary Ann - not that Lionel intended to make any advances to her anyway, because of his situation. His own family doesn't recognise him, after all, and other members of Society turn their backs on him when he enters a room. But this is Christmas, the time of peace and forgiveness, after all: can miracles happen?
This is an interesting tale of a tarnished hero who - as readers guess right from the beginning - is not as evil as he's been painted. The heroine is delightful: sparky, intelligent and compassionate, with a strong streak of determination. There are some interesting secondary characters too, including the heroine's sisters and brother-in-law and the hero's half-siblings.
Despite all that, I don't feel that the book is one I'll consider among my favourite Christmas stories. There were a few niggles, such as a sense that Huntington thinks - it was never precisely specified - that disinheriting Lionel also means that he cannot inherit his father's baronetcy, which of course isn't correct. Barbara, the lady Lionel is supposed to have ruined all those years ago, is just a little over the top. And there are rather too many secondary characters in the background to keep track of - characters from earlier books by Huntington, perhaps? It certainly seemed as if the reader should know about them and that therefore Huntington felt that they didn't require introductions.
Still, this is considerably better than the average Zebra Regency.
Rating: 4
Summary: Another Winner by Kate Huntington
Comment: This fourth in the series of the Whittaker sisters is another delight. Mary Ann and Lionel are wonderful characters. Her never-ending faith in him and his honored devotion to her are so sweet. It was such fun to read about the Whittaker family again. This is another Kate Huntington book you will love!
Rating: 4
Summary: Worth Reading
Comment: Mary Ann's heart harbors love for the golden stranger who saved her family's Christmas when she was fourteen. Seven years later they meet again. His name is Lionel St. James and he is totally unsuitable for her. He is a rogue, a gambler, despoiler of innocents! Through the eyes of love, Mary Ann sees him as her misunderstood hero and sets out to make everything right. After ten years of debauchery, Lionel finds Mary Ann and her large extended family a balm for his wounded heart and soul.
The story follows the usual Regency path. Violence against one woman is glossed over - but for most of the characters a happy ending is achieved.
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Title: Regency Christmas Wishes: 5 New Holiday Tales by Sandra Heath, Carla Kelly, Emma Jensen, Barbara Metzger, Edith Layton ISBN: 0451210441 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 07 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: His Lordship's Holiday Surprise (Zebra Regency Romance) by Kate Huntington ISBN: 082177493X Publisher: Zebra Books (Mass Market) Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Under the Mistletoe by Mary Balogh ISBN: 0451209788 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Prospero's Daughter by Nancy Butler ISBN: 0451209001 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Diamond Key by Barbara Metzger ISBN: 0451208366 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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