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An Elusive Guardian
SHE TOOK THE TON BY STORM…
Charity Wade had gone from impoverished miss to heiress, from a spinster-on-the-shelf to the talk of the ton. And she owed her good fortune to the masked rogue who’d saved her life! Charity had been sailing from India to England as a lady’s companion when their ship was overtaken by river pirates. Then a dashing stranger appeared. Attired all in black, “Captain Moonlight” rescued Charity by claiming her as his bride. He wed her before his band of cutthroats and thieves…then gallantly set her free.
…BUT A PIRATE WAS CAUSING A TEMPEST IN HER HEART!
Charity couldn’t forget him -- even after she unexpectedly inherited both a fortune and a mysterious guardian -- the handsome, eligible Duke of Radford. But Charity had her suspicions, especially when she discovered Radford’s true identity. Yet he appeared not to recognize her, worse, now he was trying to marry her off…to someone else! What was Radford’s game? And to whom had Charity lost her heart -- an above-reproach nobleman or a notorious buccaneer?
Charity Wade had gone from impoverished miss to heiress, from a spinster-on-the-shelf to the talk of the ton. And she owed her good fortune to the masked rogue who’d saved her life! Charity had been sailing from India to England as a lady’s companion when their ship was overtaken by river pirates. Then a dashing stranger appeared. Attired all in black, “Captain Moonlight” rescued Charity by claiming her as his bride. He wed her before his band of cutthroats and thieves…then gallantly set her free.
…BUT A PIRATE WAS CAUSING A TEMPEST IN HER HEART!
Charity couldn’t forget him -- even after she unexpectedly inherited both a fortune and a mysterious guardian -- the handsome, eligible Duke of Radford. But Charity had her suspicions, especially when she discovered Radford’s true identity. Yet he appeared not to recognize her, worse, now he was trying to marry her off…to someone else! What was Radford’s game? And to whom had Charity lost her heart -- an above-reproach nobleman or a notorious buccaneer?
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June 14, 2019
deserves four stars and an extra because i enjoyed it
A well done classic regency with all parts in place:
dashing hero/caped masked rescuer/ an undercover Duke.
fearless heroine, cruel villain/rival of hero,
a spoiled blonde lying temptress brainless brat who attempts to ruin fearless heroine, and snatch hero, ending in ambush at Vauxhall Gardens with the spoiled brat who was in it with a very persuasive competent villain, the hero's partner,
Facts of period history woven into plot when the Thames with awash from river pirates
Action packed with pirates in the opening scene, from there we travel up the social spectrum, but always connected to the boat they came over on. The heroine gets a bit boring when her solution is too bolt a situation to [reserve her independence. disguise, the masked caped man is a lord, who becomes her benefactor. What's his game, gives heroine and aunt a London season. Obviously touches, paints all the right images. Finally a read that wasn't a sex manual set in Regency, this was a regency novel of meritorious writing with a reward of dialogue, conversation with wit, banter, angst done with a light brush. will reread. this appears the best of her canon.
August 9, 2020
There are hardly words to describe how much I love this book. Unapologetically romantic, “An Elusive Guardian” tells the story of a young woman, Charity Wade, who is rescued by her own masked hero from the machinations of the girl she was to chaperone and the unsuitable man attempting to take advantage of them both.
Enter Captain Moonlight. Not only does he save Charity then things go horribly wrong, but he does so at the risk of his own life and liberty as the two are forced to marry. He is wounded, she nurses him back to health but disappears before he is awake.
Of course that is hardly the end of it. She is brought to town for the Season, she meets Moonlight again, but he does not recognize her. Or does he? What ensues is a delightful romp where they say the opposite of what they mean, and the plot resolved itself nicely at the end.
Part of the reason I love this book so much is when I read it, I am once again that fifteen year old girl, wishing and hoping for my own Captain Moonlight. Alas, he has yet to appear, but a girl can hope. I’ll even tell you a secret. Moonlight is one of the influences I drew from for my very own hero in the Shades series of books I wrote.
Enter Captain Moonlight. Not only does he save Charity then things go horribly wrong, but he does so at the risk of his own life and liberty as the two are forced to marry. He is wounded, she nurses him back to health but disappears before he is awake.
Of course that is hardly the end of it. She is brought to town for the Season, she meets Moonlight again, but he does not recognize her. Or does he? What ensues is a delightful romp where they say the opposite of what they mean, and the plot resolved itself nicely at the end.
Part of the reason I love this book so much is when I read it, I am once again that fifteen year old girl, wishing and hoping for my own Captain Moonlight. Alas, he has yet to appear, but a girl can hope. I’ll even tell you a secret. Moonlight is one of the influences I drew from for my very own hero in the Shades series of books I wrote.
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