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The Master of Barracuda Isle
It was to help out Jarvis that Jan posed as his girl friend, her sister Felicity, and accepted his uncle Ludovic Fairlie's invitation to Barracuda Isle on the Great Barrier Reef. Jan had no particular misgivings about her action, because it was obvious that Jarvis' uncle was such a bully - but when she got there she began to have second thoughts.
Jan hadn't wanted to pose as her sister! Yet, once committed to the role, she found herself on a tropical Pacific island being accepted by Jarvis's family as his fiancée. For the sake of Jarvis and her sister, Felicity, Jan couldn't afford to offend his uncle, Ludovic..
Then to complicate matters further, Jan became increasingly caught up in the spell of Ludovic's compelling magnetism!
Jan hadn't wanted to pose as her sister! Yet, once committed to the role, she found herself on a tropical Pacific island being accepted by Jarvis's family as his fiancée. For the sake of Jarvis and her sister, Felicity, Jan couldn't afford to offend his uncle, Ludovic..
Then to complicate matters further, Jan became increasingly caught up in the spell of Ludovic's compelling magnetism!
304 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1971
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May 2, 2020
You know how in those Betty Neels books the H is always in love with the h and just doesn't see it as necessary to enlighten her until she has gone through the emotional mill? Well, this H puts Betty's RDDs to shame, with a ridiculous, convoluted plan that makes me wonder how on earth he ever became such a tycoon. This is a confusing mess of a book.
Re-read: This book is complete madness, and the H is actually insane, but in that "Who would have imagined? He was a pillar of the community!" way.
Re-read: This book is complete madness, and the H is actually insane, but in that "Who would have imagined? He was a pillar of the community!" way.
August 14, 2025
The h’s mother doesn’t bat an eye when her sixteen-year-old daughter falls in love with a young Australian and decides to move halfway around the world to see how their relationship develops?
The heroine, who is nineteen, moves with her younger sister to Australia for a working holiday, when Felicity falls for Jarvis. The h's heart was broken in England when she told her childhood sweetheart she didn’t love him, and he said that he didn’t love her either—that’s heartbreak, isn’t it?
Then her heart is broken again in Australia when her beloved says he’s only going to marry an heiress.
So the h hates all men.
Meanwhile the H appears on the scene. He supposedly believes that his nephew Jarvis is in love with the h. Supposedly he doesn't know of Felicity's existence. Jarvis’ mother supposedly invites the h for a holiday.
When the h arrives, she’s the only occupant of a luxurious villa on the island. The H returns only for the weekends; the heroine stays there, completely isolated. When the H comes, she tries to gauge his mood to know how to behave. He’s moody—hates his job, is a farmer at heart, had to step in when his older brother nearly destroyed the company, has to wait for his nephew to grow up, is pursued for his money, and so on. So the h is always adapting to his moods. Creepy!
Then Jarvis’s mother arrives and they begin preparing the wedding.
The most memorable part—the H’s name is Ludovic.
And that it is the H who is deceiving the h.
The heroine, who is nineteen, moves with her younger sister to Australia for a working holiday, when Felicity falls for Jarvis. The h's heart was broken in England when she told her childhood sweetheart she didn’t love him, and he said that he didn’t love her either—that’s heartbreak, isn’t it?
Then her heart is broken again in Australia when her beloved says he’s only going to marry an heiress.
So the h hates all men.
Meanwhile the H appears on the scene. He supposedly believes that his nephew Jarvis is in love with the h. Supposedly he doesn't know of Felicity's existence. Jarvis’ mother supposedly invites the h for a holiday.
When the h arrives, she’s the only occupant of a luxurious villa on the island. The H returns only for the weekends; the heroine stays there, completely isolated. When the H comes, she tries to gauge his mood to know how to behave. He’s moody—hates his job, is a farmer at heart, had to step in when his older brother nearly destroyed the company, has to wait for his nephew to grow up, is pursued for his money, and so on. So the h is always adapting to his moods. Creepy!
Then Jarvis’s mother arrives and they begin preparing the wedding.
The most memorable part—the H’s name is Ludovic.
And that it is the H who is deceiving the h.
November 20, 2024
What a silly book!
Heroine is 19, vacuous, has no job, decides to pretend to be her 17 year old sister to her sister’s boyfriend’s uncle - who then arranges for her to go to his pacific island. He visits every weekend and occasionally entertains her. All a manner of women are after him as he is so rich. Wah wah wah. It’s really disjointed. He’s a high flying company director, playboy of Sydney who deep down wants to be a farmer and he likes fishing for sharks with live bait and feeling the thrill of a shark dragging him into the water…. (Eye roll).
There are a couple of cardboard cutout barracuda OW who are beautiful and clever who chase him to the island, but no real OM.
The heroine acts like she is 16 and the HEA is not even romantic as he tells her he knows she is in love with him since he kissed her after waiting to see if she’d cuddle up to the rich player he introduced her to.
Oh and the reason she thinks he took her to an island for weeks is so she won’t distract his nephew from his important exams. :-/ and she fell for that :-!
Heroine is 19, vacuous, has no job, decides to pretend to be her 17 year old sister to her sister’s boyfriend’s uncle - who then arranges for her to go to his pacific island. He visits every weekend and occasionally entertains her. All a manner of women are after him as he is so rich. Wah wah wah. It’s really disjointed. He’s a high flying company director, playboy of Sydney who deep down wants to be a farmer and he likes fishing for sharks with live bait and feeling the thrill of a shark dragging him into the water…. (Eye roll).
There are a couple of cardboard cutout barracuda OW who are beautiful and clever who chase him to the island, but no real OM.
The heroine acts like she is 16 and the HEA is not even romantic as he tells her he knows she is in love with him since he kissed her after waiting to see if she’d cuddle up to the rich player he introduced her to.
Oh and the reason she thinks he took her to an island for weeks is so she won’t distract his nephew from his important exams. :-/ and she fell for that :-!
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May 8, 2023DNF. Set in Australia. Heroine is a man-hater because of a twice broken heart. Hero is the strong, rich arrogant kind. The writing itself was ok but I couldn't get past a couple of issues: 1. her first bout of broken heartedness was because she discovered she didn't actually love her childhood sweetheart and when she told him so, he said he didn't love her either. How should this break her heart? It would make more sense if he told her he didn't love her while she thought she still did. Black mark #1. Anyway, I ploughed on until 2. Heroine assumes, without any confirmation, that she is meant to masquerade as her sister. She even goes off on a trip to stay with her sister's boyfriend's mum on this assumption. This was too unconvincing a plot premise for me, so I quit. There must be better books out there.
April 1, 2024
Jan hadn't wanted to pose as her sister!
Yet, once committed to the role, she found herself on a tropical Pacific island being accepted by Jarvis's family as his fiancée.
For the sake of Jarvis and her sister, Felicity, Jan couldn't afford to offend his uncle, Ludovic. Ludovic Fairlie had control of Jarvis's future and fortune. And he was not a man to think lightly of being deceived.
Yet, once committed to the role, she found herself on a tropical Pacific island being accepted by Jarvis's family as his fiancée.
For the sake of Jarvis and her sister, Felicity, Jan couldn't afford to offend his uncle, Ludovic. Ludovic Fairlie had control of Jarvis's future and fortune. And he was not a man to think lightly of being deceived.
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