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A Delicate Situation
SHE HAD REFUSED HIM HER LOVE -- NOW ONLY HE COULD RESCUE HER...
Miss Thalia Temple is a dimpled young woman with a lovely face, very little money, and an abundance of foolish pride. So when the dashing Lord Philip Sandron flirts shamelessly with her on their first meeting, she simply turns up her nose and ignores him.
Suddenly she finds herself in dire need of his help -- and in ever greater need of his love...
Miss Thalia Temple is a dimpled young woman with a lovely face, very little money, and an abundance of foolish pride. So when the dashing Lord Philip Sandron flirts shamelessly with her on their first meeting, she simply turns up her nose and ignores him.
Suddenly she finds herself in dire need of his help -- and in ever greater need of his love...
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1982
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About the author
Elizabeth Chater
70 books22 followersElizabeth Chater (1910-2004) was the author of more than twenty-four novels and countless short stories. She received a B.A. from the University of British Columbia and an M.A. from San Diego State University and joined the faculty of the latter in 1963 where she began a lifelong friendship with science fiction author Greg Bear. She was honored with The Distinguished Teacher award in 1969 and was awarded Outstanding Professor of the Year in 1977. After receiving her Professor Emeritus, she embarked on a new career as a novelist with Richard Curtis as her agent. In the 1950s and 60s she published short stories in Fantastic Universe Magazine and The Saint Mystery Magazine, and she won the Publisher’s Weekly short story contest in 1975. At the age of sixty-eight, she began writing in the romance genre and published twenty-two novels over an eight-year period. She also wrote under the pen names Lee Chater, Lee Chaytor, and Lisa Moore. For more information, please visit: https://elizabethchaterbooks.com.
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October 8, 2016
An okay book..writing's pretty good..but the ending felt rushed and not believable at all..lets see what happens in the sequel..
March 5, 2023
I'd give this 3 stars but for the characterisation of the heroine who is the obligatory beauty of such novels and in addition is a wise, resourceful, compassionate and courageous person. The dignity with which she deals with the very difficult and depressing situations she finds herself in due to poverty and the importunate actions of different men, is impressive and very attractive. That said I couldn't understand what the author was trying to depict as Philip's character - it seemed ungentlemanly and exploitative to me... maybe that's what she wanted us to know - that noblemen of the time could get away with really bad behaviour and finally it was some innate morality in some that came to the fore and rescued them.
July 23, 2012
Book 1
After reading this, I really did not feel I understood the hero since he didn't appear more then 4 scenes in the entire book. I did enjoy the heroine but the book was to rushed towards the end. Clean regency
3.5 Stars
After reading this, I really did not feel I understood the hero since he didn't appear more then 4 scenes in the entire book. I did enjoy the heroine but the book was to rushed towards the end. Clean regency
3.5 Stars
October 27, 2020
Needed an epilogue
Very good story very unusual and fast paced with loads of interesting characters, unusual plot but finished too suddenly I would have loved to have known what the horrid Mrs Dade had to say.
Very good story very unusual and fast paced with loads of interesting characters, unusual plot but finished too suddenly I would have loved to have known what the horrid Mrs Dade had to say.
January 19, 2024
All you want from a romance
The ending came up quickly but the back and forth will he will she is delightfully paced. Good thing it moves quickly because you don't want to think too hard about how unlikely the set-up is. A pleasure.
The ending came up quickly but the back and forth will he will she is delightfully paced. Good thing it moves quickly because you don't want to think too hard about how unlikely the set-up is. A pleasure.
April 3, 2018
Nicely done
Main characters and others written well,storyline stretches belief but I enjoyed it as a good romance,will read this author books.
Main characters and others written well,storyline stretches belief but I enjoyed it as a good romance,will read this author books.
November 26, 2022
Tally is a remarkable young woman, who has determination to look after herself. Such a caring heart, she even picks up two children along the way!
A delightful story
A delightful story
February 2, 2023
3 stars because I really like the heroine and her story. Didn't really like the romance or the hero though.
July 25, 2016
A Delicate Situation by Elizabeth Chater (1982, Ivy Books) is a clean Georgian fiction, and is also available in the third Elizabeth Chater Regency Romance Collection. I immensely enjoyed all eight books within the first two collections, and now consider Elizabeth Chater to be one of my favorite authors. A Delicate Situation was an excellent story, apart from the romance, which I felt was lacking. I think it’s relevant to know that Chater wrote a sequel, The Reformed Rake a couple of years later, which shows this story’s heroine as a married woman through times of bliss as well as times of troubles.
4 stars
A Delicate Situation is an enjoyable novel about the very admirable Miss Thalia Temple, daughter of a professor. Tally has finished her schooling at an institution for prestigious young ladies, even though she is not wealthy. She is on her way to a country home where Tally’s father resides as a tutor because she has been granted the governess position in that same household.
What I liked:
*I just loved Tally. She is intelligent, kind, and resourceful. She’s just awesome! Things frequently don’t go as planned for her, and yet she is a plucky character with creative ways to get through tough situations. I was rooting for her all the way.
I admit that I may be biased because this novel is a governess story, at least to begin with. My love of governesses (in literature) probably stems from enjoying The Sound of Music and Jane Eyre so frequently while growing up.
What I didn’t like:
*I was rather dissatisfied with the “romance” portion of this book. The reader can expect to see very little of the hero in this story. Granted, this is not unheard of in historical romance novels. Some storylines call for a long separation of the hero and heroine, and when the story is written mainly from the heroine’s point of view, it is natural not to see much of the hero!
It isn’t just this aspect, however. This seems like a case of instalove, unfortunately, and it seemed inconsistent with the characters of Thalia Temple and that of the hero. (I’m deliberately neglecting to introduce the hero!) However, I feel compelled to mention that these issues are appropriately perpetuated in the sequel, The Reformed Rake.
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I’d recommend this book to those who like Regency/Georgian fiction/light romance. I’ve already read the second and third books in collection #3 and have started reading the fourth. I don’t intend to stop reading Elizabeth Chater any time soon!
4 stars
A Delicate Situation is an enjoyable novel about the very admirable Miss Thalia Temple, daughter of a professor. Tally has finished her schooling at an institution for prestigious young ladies, even though she is not wealthy. She is on her way to a country home where Tally’s father resides as a tutor because she has been granted the governess position in that same household.
What I liked:
*I just loved Tally. She is intelligent, kind, and resourceful. She’s just awesome! Things frequently don’t go as planned for her, and yet she is a plucky character with creative ways to get through tough situations. I was rooting for her all the way.
I admit that I may be biased because this novel is a governess story, at least to begin with. My love of governesses (in literature) probably stems from enjoying The Sound of Music and Jane Eyre so frequently while growing up.
What I didn’t like:
*I was rather dissatisfied with the “romance” portion of this book. The reader can expect to see very little of the hero in this story. Granted, this is not unheard of in historical romance novels. Some storylines call for a long separation of the hero and heroine, and when the story is written mainly from the heroine’s point of view, it is natural not to see much of the hero!
It isn’t just this aspect, however. This seems like a case of instalove, unfortunately, and it seemed inconsistent with the characters of Thalia Temple and that of the hero. (I’m deliberately neglecting to introduce the hero!) However, I feel compelled to mention that these issues are appropriately perpetuated in the sequel, The Reformed Rake.
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I’d recommend this book to those who like Regency/Georgian fiction/light romance. I’ve already read the second and third books in collection #3 and have started reading the fourth. I don’t intend to stop reading Elizabeth Chater any time soon!
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