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Rewards Series #4
Valor's Reward
Accidentally shooting the beautiful and scholarly Jessica Whinburn when he mistakes her for a highwayman, Lord Deyncourt takes her in and learns of the misfortune that reduced her to poverty. Original.
- GenresRegencyHistoricalRomance
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First published September 1, 1996
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October 18, 2012
This is an interesting one to review. It’s probably weird, but while reading I kept thinking what I would rate it (normally, I get lost in a story and don’t think about that) it kept wavering between a three and a four, at one point I almost wanted to rate it a two. In the end, I decided a three was probably the best rating for me.
I liked the story and I thought it was well written. I liked our heroine Jessica. She was raised in the country by her gambling father and knew nothing of being a “lady.” She is used to taking care of herself and doing things her own way. When her father dies and she loses her home she decides to go to London to make her way in the world. If you read the synopsis you’ll know that she is mistaken as a highwayman and shot by Lord Deyncourt on her way there. I still have mixed feelings about Deyncourt. He just seemed so cold the entire time, I had a hard time liking him. All in all he is a gentlemen, he likes to take care of those who need help. He insists all his employee’s children go to school (something pretty rare back then). So in a lot of ways he is a decent guy. There was just something off for me. When he first meets Jessica he asks her to be his mistress, literally right after shooting her. Until he learns she is actually related to a good friend of his and considered a lady, despite her upbringing. So, that might have turned me off at first, after that he does treat her pretty well. Jessica does keep referring to him as a rake, even though we don’t really see any evidence of it. He never denies it either though, so who knows. Since he was so cold and Jessica thought he wasn’t interested, I didn’t really feel that much chemistry between them. They did have some nice interactions though and the plot was pretty good. Up until the end.
We’re almost through the story when all of the sudden we find out Jessica has a secret. For me it came out of the blue, there were mild hints earlier, but I didn’t think much of it. Here is her secret: I was pretty surprised by her secret. While I thought it was sad, I was more upset by how she decided to tell Deyncourt. We also learn that Deyncourt has a secret, again it was hinted at at the beginning, but I had forgotten until it was brought up at the end. If you want to know, his secret is: Deyncourt carries a ton of guilt around for his secret, also he had a bad upbringing so it does explain his coldness.
Overall, I actually did like it. I think I would like it more a second time around knowing all that I know. I wish a couple things had been tweaked. I didn’t realize this was part of a series, I’m assuming it can be read out of order because I didn’t feel lost or that I had missed things from previous books.
Content: Pretty clean. A couple small love scenes, fade to black with very little detail.
I liked the story and I thought it was well written. I liked our heroine Jessica. She was raised in the country by her gambling father and knew nothing of being a “lady.” She is used to taking care of herself and doing things her own way. When her father dies and she loses her home she decides to go to London to make her way in the world. If you read the synopsis you’ll know that she is mistaken as a highwayman and shot by Lord Deyncourt on her way there. I still have mixed feelings about Deyncourt. He just seemed so cold the entire time, I had a hard time liking him. All in all he is a gentlemen, he likes to take care of those who need help. He insists all his employee’s children go to school (something pretty rare back then). So in a lot of ways he is a decent guy. There was just something off for me. When he first meets Jessica he asks her to be his mistress, literally right after shooting her. Until he learns she is actually related to a good friend of his and considered a lady, despite her upbringing. So, that might have turned me off at first, after that he does treat her pretty well. Jessica does keep referring to him as a rake, even though we don’t really see any evidence of it. He never denies it either though, so who knows. Since he was so cold and Jessica thought he wasn’t interested, I didn’t really feel that much chemistry between them. They did have some nice interactions though and the plot was pretty good. Up until the end.
We’re almost through the story when all of the sudden we find out Jessica has a secret. For me it came out of the blue, there were mild hints earlier, but I didn’t think much of it. Here is her secret: I was pretty surprised by her secret. While I thought it was sad, I was more upset by how she decided to tell Deyncourt. We also learn that Deyncourt has a secret, again it was hinted at at the beginning, but I had forgotten until it was brought up at the end. If you want to know, his secret is: Deyncourt carries a ton of guilt around for his secret, also he had a bad upbringing so it does explain his coldness.
Overall, I actually did like it. I think I would like it more a second time around knowing all that I know. I wish a couple things had been tweaked. I didn’t realize this was part of a series, I’m assuming it can be read out of order because I didn’t feel lost or that I had missed things from previous books.
Content: Pretty clean. A couple small love scenes, fade to black with very little detail.
November 15, 2016
Good book, awful editing
Not the best in the reward series but a good read something different ad with a unique tone.
About halfway into the book tho, e editing was atrocious. It just appeared out of nowhere. I hope that amazon or the publishers can see this review to take note. It just started inc!uding editor's notes, with words crossed out, words written in ,etc. J would have given up since it was so annoying but looking ahead, I found it didn't !ast the entire book, it did last long enough to make it an inconvenience though.
Not the best in the reward series but a good read something different ad with a unique tone.
About halfway into the book tho, e editing was atrocious. It just appeared out of nowhere. I hope that amazon or the publishers can see this review to take note. It just started inc!uding editor's notes, with words crossed out, words written in ,etc. J would have given up since it was so annoying but looking ahead, I found it didn't !ast the entire book, it did last long enough to make it an inconvenience though.
September 25, 2009
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