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A Lady of Property
THE ELUSIVE HEIRESS
As heiress to a wealthy estate, Miss Charlotte Forester was courted by Mr. Marcus North, a neighboring landowner whom she had never seen and who had never seen her.
As a make-believe governess named Delia Wythe, she was pursued by the odious and insistent Sir Albin Drysdale, an ungentlemanly gentleman who would not take no for an answer.
As a runaway lass called Viola, she had to throw herself on the mercy of a stranger named Sebastian, who was as menacingly mysterious as he was dangerously attractive.
How could she find true love in this maze of masks--and what would happen if she made a mistake...?
As heiress to a wealthy estate, Miss Charlotte Forester was courted by Mr. Marcus North, a neighboring landowner whom she had never seen and who had never seen her.
As a make-believe governess named Delia Wythe, she was pursued by the odious and insistent Sir Albin Drysdale, an ungentlemanly gentleman who would not take no for an answer.
As a runaway lass called Viola, she had to throw herself on the mercy of a stranger named Sebastian, who was as menacingly mysterious as he was dangerously attractive.
How could she find true love in this maze of masks--and what would happen if she made a mistake...?
222 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 5, 1988
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January 21, 2016
Horrible. Charlotte ("Lottie") runs away to her governess to avoid an almost-arrange marriage (to Marcus North) by her mother, and she takes on a post as her governess to a young girl. The girl and her mother are held in fear of the despicable stepson who inherited all the money, and he pursues Lottie - very serious pursuit - intending to teach her a lesson (I.e. rape and murder, likely, since he even masqueraded as a highwayman and stole her belongings). So Lottie runs away again, and Marcus saves her, but they both assume a different name. Eventually the despicable stepson pursues Lottie to her own property - hence the title - and tries again to molest her, to finally be stopped by some servants. And then the romance part is settled, and voila.
Plot holes: Lottie's mother's mistreatment issues vanished, which doesn't make sense given the focus on it; the rapist, murderer, and abusive villain is just allowed to roam free to terrorize more victims, when in other books he should naturally meet an end and give his stepmother and sister some peace, but nope. Then there is the completely incomprehensible rushed ending, so this is a bad read.
Plot holes: Lottie's mother's mistreatment issues vanished, which doesn't make sense given the focus on it; the rapist, murderer, and abusive villain is just allowed to roam free to terrorize more victims, when in other books he should naturally meet an end and give his stepmother and sister some peace, but nope. Then there is the completely incomprehensible rushed ending, so this is a bad read.
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March 13, 2024NTS: Jocelyn Carew pseudo.
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