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The Dreadful Duke
Can a man-hating beauty and a pleasure-loving lord make the inconceivable happen?
He was a lord she would hate to love.
There seemed no reason why Lady Juliet Manchester should not be wed. She was beautiful, well born, witty, charming, intelligent. But this Juliet allowed no male to play Romeo to her. For reasons that she kept very much to herself, she vowed that no man would ever have her as a woman or as a wife.
The Duke of Severn was a gentleman who had never known denial or defeat. His slightest wishes were others' commands, and society's most ravishing belles were his for the asking. It was unthinkable that Juliet could long resist his advances or refuse his proposal.
But when this iron-willed lord attempted to storm the defenses of this unyielding lady, the unthinable did happen—first to him...and then to her.
He was a lord she would hate to love.
There seemed no reason why Lady Juliet Manchester should not be wed. She was beautiful, well born, witty, charming, intelligent. But this Juliet allowed no male to play Romeo to her. For reasons that she kept very much to herself, she vowed that no man would ever have her as a woman or as a wife.
The Duke of Severn was a gentleman who had never known denial or defeat. His slightest wishes were others' commands, and society's most ravishing belles were his for the asking. It was unthinkable that Juliet could long resist his advances or refuse his proposal.
But when this iron-willed lord attempted to storm the defenses of this unyielding lady, the unthinable did happen—first to him...and then to her.
222 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published November 5, 1985
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Barbara Hazard
57 books15 followersBarbara (Booth) Hazard, a resident of Exeter, NH, died on October 25, 2019 in Boston, MA surrounded by family. Born in 1931 in Fall River, MA, the daughter of Albert L. and Lillian (Holland) Booth, she was raised and educated in New England. She graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in 1953 and was briefly employed by Ginn & Company in Boston as a Technical Editor. She married Donald T. Hazard in 1954 and next worked as a Graphic Designer/Artist for a Concord, NH advertising firm.
Originally trained as a musician, Mrs. Hazard also studied oil painting with Amy Jones and for a time had several shows in New York and Vermont. She began to write historical fiction in 1978. First published in 1981, she went on to write and publish 48 books, several of which are also in circulation abroad. She won several awards for her writing.
Mrs. Hazard wrote that there were several things in her life that she was most proud of; being Concertmaster of the MA All State Orchestra in Symphony Hall in Boston, having a successful career as an artist and as a writer, which was her greatest love besides her husband, three sons and their wives.
She loved New England and in particular, Cape Cod, which she visited every year for most of her life. Her other loves included her family, reading and music. She also wrote under the pen name of Lillian Lincoln.
Originally trained as a musician, Mrs. Hazard also studied oil painting with Amy Jones and for a time had several shows in New York and Vermont. She began to write historical fiction in 1978. First published in 1981, she went on to write and publish 48 books, several of which are also in circulation abroad. She won several awards for her writing.
Mrs. Hazard wrote that there were several things in her life that she was most proud of; being Concertmaster of the MA All State Orchestra in Symphony Hall in Boston, having a successful career as an artist and as a writer, which was her greatest love besides her husband, three sons and their wives.
She loved New England and in particular, Cape Cod, which she visited every year for most of her life. Her other loves included her family, reading and music. She also wrote under the pen name of Lillian Lincoln.
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December 27, 2025
2.5 stars, rounded up for the twins
The Duke of Severn is pretty dreadful at the beginning of this book. A widowed absentee father of five, full of his own consequence, arrogant to a fault, he wears his title like a crown upon his head. When he hears his twin daughters have run yet another governess from his country estate, he reluctantly leaves London to instill discipline and order in his household…and the first thing he sees approaching his mansion is his 13-year-old daughters and a woman he doesn’t know cavorting in their shifts in his lake.
He assumes the woman is yet another governess, calls her a “wanton jade,” fires her, and sends his daughters to change and present themselves to him as soon as he sends for them. Meanwhile, he tells his butler to pack the bags of the governess he just fired and confronts his housekeeper, whom he blames for the chaos. She informs him the lady in the lake is not a governess but a neighbor, the vicar’s sister.
“In the next few days, you and I will have a long talk about my daughters. I am not pleased with the way they are growing up, not pleased at all. I shall remain at Severn until the necessary corrections are made and they are brought to understand and conform to the exalted position they occupy.”
Mrs. Pomfret curtsied, but as she rustled to the door, she thought, And what do even you think you can do with those limbs of Satan now, you who have all but ignored their existence from the day they were born?
When he confronts his daughters shortly afterwards, his criticism is sarcastic and scathing and his daughters are subdued but resentful, and one makes the mistake of scratching her arm during his tirade.
“Stop that at once, you repellant child,” her father said coldly. “Have you no notion at all of how you should comport yourself? Ladies do not scratch themselves in company. I am disgusted at the depth of your ignorance of polite behavior and ladylike conduct. You will leave me and go to your rooms. I have a great many plans to make in regard to you both, and I can see I must not waste a minute formulating those plans.”
Juliet, the vicar’s sister, has befriended the girls in the absence of their father and thinks his harshness is unwarranted. She’d like to remain friends with the girls, but an incident in her past has made men repellent to her and the duke particularly unsettles her. She wants to avoid him altogether, but the girls get an idea and find ways to throw Juliet and their father together.
I enjoyed the twins and their arrogant father and watching the duke soften towards his children and learn how to parent without giving up any of his aristocratic arrogance and sense of entitlement. Juliet was less enjoyable: the author jerked her from attraction to repulsion to fear to irrationality far too often for me to understand her line of thinking or care much about her feelings.
This was a middling book for me, mainly for two reasons. First, it had a severe case of the 1980’s: the author relied far too heavily on repetitive “cold eyes,” “lip curls,” “stiff spines,” “sarcastic drawling,” and other mannerisms to carry scenes. The depiction of gypsies or “Egyptians”, as they were called by the characters, was straight out of Cliché Central, and deeply offensive. When Juliet told the Duke she hated men, he never once considered that meant she preferred women.
My main criticism, however, is how the author handled the central conflict of the story.
The ending was so unsatisfactory it overshadowed a promising first half and dragged my rating down.
Thanks, Izzah, for bring this new-to-me author to my attention..
The Duke of Severn is pretty dreadful at the beginning of this book. A widowed absentee father of five, full of his own consequence, arrogant to a fault, he wears his title like a crown upon his head. When he hears his twin daughters have run yet another governess from his country estate, he reluctantly leaves London to instill discipline and order in his household…and the first thing he sees approaching his mansion is his 13-year-old daughters and a woman he doesn’t know cavorting in their shifts in his lake.
He assumes the woman is yet another governess, calls her a “wanton jade,” fires her, and sends his daughters to change and present themselves to him as soon as he sends for them. Meanwhile, he tells his butler to pack the bags of the governess he just fired and confronts his housekeeper, whom he blames for the chaos. She informs him the lady in the lake is not a governess but a neighbor, the vicar’s sister.
“In the next few days, you and I will have a long talk about my daughters. I am not pleased with the way they are growing up, not pleased at all. I shall remain at Severn until the necessary corrections are made and they are brought to understand and conform to the exalted position they occupy.”
Mrs. Pomfret curtsied, but as she rustled to the door, she thought, And what do even you think you can do with those limbs of Satan now, you who have all but ignored their existence from the day they were born?
When he confronts his daughters shortly afterwards, his criticism is sarcastic and scathing and his daughters are subdued but resentful, and one makes the mistake of scratching her arm during his tirade.
“Stop that at once, you repellant child,” her father said coldly. “Have you no notion at all of how you should comport yourself? Ladies do not scratch themselves in company. I am disgusted at the depth of your ignorance of polite behavior and ladylike conduct. You will leave me and go to your rooms. I have a great many plans to make in regard to you both, and I can see I must not waste a minute formulating those plans.”
Juliet, the vicar’s sister, has befriended the girls in the absence of their father and thinks his harshness is unwarranted. She’d like to remain friends with the girls, but an incident in her past has made men repellent to her and the duke particularly unsettles her. She wants to avoid him altogether, but the girls get an idea and find ways to throw Juliet and their father together.
I enjoyed the twins and their arrogant father and watching the duke soften towards his children and learn how to parent without giving up any of his aristocratic arrogance and sense of entitlement. Juliet was less enjoyable: the author jerked her from attraction to repulsion to fear to irrationality far too often for me to understand her line of thinking or care much about her feelings.
This was a middling book for me, mainly for two reasons. First, it had a severe case of the 1980’s: the author relied far too heavily on repetitive “cold eyes,” “lip curls,” “stiff spines,” “sarcastic drawling,” and other mannerisms to carry scenes. The depiction of gypsies or “Egyptians”, as they were called by the characters, was straight out of Cliché Central, and deeply offensive. When Juliet told the Duke she hated men, he never once considered that meant she preferred women.
My main criticism, however, is how the author handled the central conflict of the story.
The ending was so unsatisfactory it overshadowed a promising first half and dragged my rating down.
Thanks, Izzah, for bring this new-to-me author to my attention..
September 26, 2021
This book has all the right ingredients to make it a really good one but the actual delivery failed to connect with me emotionally.
A 41 years old sophisticated and supercilious (widowed) duke,
A 31 years old not-so-spinsterish and stylish h,
H's youngest offspring (out of total 5) - 13 yo twin girls, are running wild in the country, neglected and left their own devices.
The h is their new neighbor who takes pity on the girls and takes them under her wings.
The H learns of her daughters' having run off yet another governess and is angry enough to make another fleeting visit to his estate to 'set things right' before taking off again.
The H comes upon the three of them bathing in a stream and busts a vein or two.
Later, on learning that the said lady is the sister of the local clergyman and indeed a lady grudgingly includes her in decision-making regarding his daughters.
The H decides to pursue the h - for an affair or such but to his superior self's shock she rebuffs him over and over.
Of course, there's a reason why she is man wary and it's not a difficult guess.
A 41 years old sophisticated and supercilious (widowed) duke,
A 31 years old not-so-spinsterish and stylish h,
H's youngest offspring (out of total 5) - 13 yo twin girls, are running wild in the country, neglected and left their own devices.
The h is their new neighbor who takes pity on the girls and takes them under her wings.
The H learns of her daughters' having run off yet another governess and is angry enough to make another fleeting visit to his estate to 'set things right' before taking off again.
The H comes upon the three of them bathing in a stream and busts a vein or two.
Later, on learning that the said lady is the sister of the local clergyman and indeed a lady grudgingly includes her in decision-making regarding his daughters.
The H decides to pursue the h - for an affair or such but to his superior self's shock she rebuffs him over and over.
Of course, there's a reason why she is man wary and it's not a difficult guess.
June 1, 2016
William Fairhaven, Duke of Severn, is a proud, arrogant, conceited, uncaring, cold, self-serving, hurtful, selfish, treacherous, perfidious, punishing man. So is the verdict of his neighbor Lady Juliet Manchester, and she is not too far off.
Having been reluctantly recalled to the boring English countryside from the many pleasures of London society by his rebellious teenage twin daughters, the Dreadful Duke toys with Lady Juliet as a lion would with a mouse to stave off his boredom and challenge himself to find out her darkest, deepest secrets, and perhaps even have a summer fling before resuming his happy bachelor life in the city. But he doesn't know yet that Lady Juliet is made of sterner stuff than that. She may be a simple vicar's sister buried in the countryside, but a lifetime of tragedies have steeled her with an impenetrable armor, armed her with an astute sense of observation, and filled her with a vast antipathy towards men, especially arrogant, willful, men like the Duke.
Barbara Hazard's The Dreadful Duke is a Regency Romance written in the 1980s. In my humble opinion, it hasn't aged terribly well. Lady Juliet's deep, dark secret may have been shocking when finally confessed at the time this book was written but this jaded 21st century reader saw it coming from afar with plenty of gigantic, neon, blinking Vegas Casino signs. An episode when the Duke's teenage daughters run off in a panic after getting their period because they thought they had contracted the Black Plague is told as an oh-so-funny caper but left me cringing.
Of course, just because a book is dated has not prevented me from enjoying it. There is nothing I can pinpoint in this story to deem it terrible. I would just say that overall, neither the story nor the writing style was my cuppa.
Having been reluctantly recalled to the boring English countryside from the many pleasures of London society by his rebellious teenage twin daughters, the Dreadful Duke toys with Lady Juliet as a lion would with a mouse to stave off his boredom and challenge himself to find out her darkest, deepest secrets, and perhaps even have a summer fling before resuming his happy bachelor life in the city. But he doesn't know yet that Lady Juliet is made of sterner stuff than that. She may be a simple vicar's sister buried in the countryside, but a lifetime of tragedies have steeled her with an impenetrable armor, armed her with an astute sense of observation, and filled her with a vast antipathy towards men, especially arrogant, willful, men like the Duke.
Barbara Hazard's The Dreadful Duke is a Regency Romance written in the 1980s. In my humble opinion, it hasn't aged terribly well. Lady Juliet's deep, dark secret may have been shocking when finally confessed at the time this book was written but this jaded 21st century reader saw it coming from afar with plenty of gigantic, neon, blinking Vegas Casino signs. An episode when the Duke's teenage daughters run off in a panic after getting their period because they thought they had contracted the Black Plague is told as an oh-so-funny caper but left me cringing.
Of course, just because a book is dated has not prevented me from enjoying it. There is nothing I can pinpoint in this story to deem it terrible. I would just say that overall, neither the story nor the writing style was my cuppa.
December 24, 2025
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September 22, 2014
prequel to the Turnabout Twins, the main hero is their father. kind of like the parent trap, the twins get into all sort of scrapes in order to throw their father and Juliet (the vicar's sister) together. The twins were the highlight of the book, and after reading this, I can see Anne's refusal to accept the reality of growing apart from her twin sister in the their own book. The dreadful duke is a selfish dreadful father, who finally faces his responsibilities and falls for Juliet though there is patience, the duke is too arrogant a character and the ending seems a little rushed and not really a HEA, especially the way the duke last speaks to his daughters. Don't really feel for the main characters.
January 19, 2026
TW: rape victim heroine. Hero has 5 children from his first wife that he mostly ignores. His twin daughters are the catalyst with hero and heroine bonding. I usually enjoy this authors novels.
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September 28, 2021
The ebook I downloaded from amazon had some errors. They kept interchanging the words gypsy and Egyptians. Plus there was missing content, but I was able to plow through it anyway.
This story takes place 5 years after the previous book, so in the beginning its nice to see how the Hero and heroine of that book are getting on. The Duke is now good friends with them.
I know many other readers did not like the character of the Duke. Yes he is arrogant, conceited and self centered but he can’t help it, he was born into wealth, privilege and is handsome to boot!! So really, it’s not his fault. It is so very entertaining how full of himself he is! 😂 He is never nasty or cruel, well at least not on purpose.
A lot of readers take exception to his parenting skills, but actually, and especially in those days, children were seen and not heard, they were raised by tutors, governesses and nannies. The Duke is quite neglectful as a parent, but he doesnt even realize it. When his twin daughters act up, he thinks commanding them to obedience is all that is needed. He is actually surprised when he fears for their safety and realizes that he cares for them. He jumps into the lake to save one of them, not realizing that she maneuvered him into doing exactly that.
Further when one of their scrapes puts them in further danger; they run off to see some Gypsies, and one of them gets kidnapped. He truly fears for their safety and well-being. When he finally rescues them, its funny how none of his female staff, or even the heroine, want to explain the dangers of rape to them, so he has to do it himself! When he finally lets them off without a harsh punishment, he arrogantly thinks to himself that he has mastered the art of parenting 🙄😂 Really, he is the most…I am convinced the author wrote his character tongue in cheek.
The heroine is their neighbor, she has befriended the daughters and she also resents the Hero for his neglect of his family. Although he eventually is charming and gracious to her (but at first his plan is simply to seduce her) He really does like her for herself, and always asks for advice on his daughters. I liked that they were well suited and they really clicked as a family. The heroine has some issues in her past, which is why she has actually decided not to get married.
The two daughters are charming and vivacious! Even if they were a handful, they were never bratty, and they, also cannot be blamed for running wild, having been neglected for so many years.
Its funny how it is the children of the Hero that refer to him as the dreadful duke. He is quite offended when he hears this! But its nice how the daughters and even one son slowly realize how he does care for them. And how the Duke also comes to understand that they need him as well.
I truly enjoyed this story, I actually liked it more than the previous one. I liked how the Duke learned to love his daughters, as he does as well the heroine. For such a dreadful Duke, they now have him firmly wrapped around their fingers.
❤️🥰❤️
This story takes place 5 years after the previous book, so in the beginning its nice to see how the Hero and heroine of that book are getting on. The Duke is now good friends with them.
I know many other readers did not like the character of the Duke. Yes he is arrogant, conceited and self centered but he can’t help it, he was born into wealth, privilege and is handsome to boot!! So really, it’s not his fault. It is so very entertaining how full of himself he is! 😂 He is never nasty or cruel, well at least not on purpose.
A lot of readers take exception to his parenting skills, but actually, and especially in those days, children were seen and not heard, they were raised by tutors, governesses and nannies. The Duke is quite neglectful as a parent, but he doesnt even realize it. When his twin daughters act up, he thinks commanding them to obedience is all that is needed. He is actually surprised when he fears for their safety and realizes that he cares for them. He jumps into the lake to save one of them, not realizing that she maneuvered him into doing exactly that.
Further when one of their scrapes puts them in further danger; they run off to see some Gypsies, and one of them gets kidnapped. He truly fears for their safety and well-being. When he finally rescues them, its funny how none of his female staff, or even the heroine, want to explain the dangers of rape to them, so he has to do it himself! When he finally lets them off without a harsh punishment, he arrogantly thinks to himself that he has mastered the art of parenting 🙄😂 Really, he is the most…I am convinced the author wrote his character tongue in cheek.
The heroine is their neighbor, she has befriended the daughters and she also resents the Hero for his neglect of his family. Although he eventually is charming and gracious to her (but at first his plan is simply to seduce her) He really does like her for herself, and always asks for advice on his daughters. I liked that they were well suited and they really clicked as a family. The heroine has some issues in her past, which is why she has actually decided not to get married.
The two daughters are charming and vivacious! Even if they were a handful, they were never bratty, and they, also cannot be blamed for running wild, having been neglected for so many years.
Its funny how it is the children of the Hero that refer to him as the dreadful duke. He is quite offended when he hears this! But its nice how the daughters and even one son slowly realize how he does care for them. And how the Duke also comes to understand that they need him as well.
I truly enjoyed this story, I actually liked it more than the previous one. I liked how the Duke learned to love his daughters, as he does as well the heroine. For such a dreadful Duke, they now have him firmly wrapped around their fingers.
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November 13, 2019
Probably 3.5 stars, was a KU book.
The Duke of Severn is an arrogant entitled aristocrat, who whilst being a quite kind and thoughtful man underneath his proud demeanour. He is however a severe and neglectful/completely absent father, he has 3 older sons and 13 year old twin daughters, who, he hardly ever sees or spends time with. He was married for duty to Anne, who died years ago, and has been disappointed in love, but is quite content to be a bachelor.
When he visits his country seat, because he is cross about his daughters latest scrapes, he mistakes Lady Juliet Manchester for a hoydenish governess, and dismisses her. Once he realises his mistake, he asks her for help with his girls, and they are embroiled in scrape after scrape as Amelia and Anne connive to throw them together.
William soon decides he want a flirtation or dalliance with the charming Juliet, and sets about it with consummate arrogance, however, she is reluctant as she dislikes men, and has vowed not to marry.
He insists, and we have the usual reluctant miss, and overbearing and insistent man, aided and abetted by the secondary characters, who include the twins, and a lady Elizabeth, Juliet’s aunt.
Of its time, and a bit annoying for that, but quite enjoyable.
The Duke of Severn is an arrogant entitled aristocrat, who whilst being a quite kind and thoughtful man underneath his proud demeanour. He is however a severe and neglectful/completely absent father, he has 3 older sons and 13 year old twin daughters, who, he hardly ever sees or spends time with. He was married for duty to Anne, who died years ago, and has been disappointed in love, but is quite content to be a bachelor.
When he visits his country seat, because he is cross about his daughters latest scrapes, he mistakes Lady Juliet Manchester for a hoydenish governess, and dismisses her. Once he realises his mistake, he asks her for help with his girls, and they are embroiled in scrape after scrape as Amelia and Anne connive to throw them together.
William soon decides he want a flirtation or dalliance with the charming Juliet, and sets about it with consummate arrogance, however, she is reluctant as she dislikes men, and has vowed not to marry.
He insists, and we have the usual reluctant miss, and overbearing and insistent man, aided and abetted by the secondary characters, who include the twins, and a lady Elizabeth, Juliet’s aunt.
Of its time, and a bit annoying for that, but quite enjoyable.
April 12, 2020
Another Traditional Regency Hit
This novel follows another in which the protagonist was introduced as a possible love interest. In that novel, we were introduced to the complexities of the Duke and so this one continues. What I love about Ms. Hazard's writing is that she can easily create a backstory that is woven into present circumstances. She can also rehabilitate characters without it one having to suspend disbelief. I do have a few axes to grind with the resolution of some weighty issues, even considering the period in which these were written. Some things are of such import that they cannot simply be left in past by means of stout resolve. I thought the treatment of that one grave issue was a bit too pat/trite, and for that I remove a star. However the dialogue was appealing and the antics of the twins intriguing enough to keep me entertained. Again this is a traditional regency, so if you're searching for hot and sultry scenes, this is not the book for you.
This novel follows another in which the protagonist was introduced as a possible love interest. In that novel, we were introduced to the complexities of the Duke and so this one continues. What I love about Ms. Hazard's writing is that she can easily create a backstory that is woven into present circumstances. She can also rehabilitate characters without it one having to suspend disbelief. I do have a few axes to grind with the resolution of some weighty issues, even considering the period in which these were written. Some things are of such import that they cannot simply be left in past by means of stout resolve. I thought the treatment of that one grave issue was a bit too pat/trite, and for that I remove a star. However the dialogue was appealing and the antics of the twins intriguing enough to keep me entertained. Again this is a traditional regency, so if you're searching for hot and sultry scenes, this is not the book for you.
July 22, 2021
Lovely little romance!
Barbara Hazard's The Dreadful Duke is a sweet (no heat) Regency romance featuring a couple somewhat older than the norm. The Hero is in his early forties , the heroine in her early thirties. They come together because of his youngest children, a pair of ornery thirteen-year-old twins.
It was a little hard to care for the Duke because of his arrogance and his apparent indifference to his children. But he grows on us as he does on the heroine. He is a dynamic character who grows and learns as the story progresses. As does the heroine, who is deeply fearful of men throughout much of the story.
I highly recommend this humorous traditional Regency romance.
Barbara Hazard's The Dreadful Duke is a sweet (no heat) Regency romance featuring a couple somewhat older than the norm. The Hero is in his early forties , the heroine in her early thirties. They come together because of his youngest children, a pair of ornery thirteen-year-old twins.
It was a little hard to care for the Duke because of his arrogance and his apparent indifference to his children. But he grows on us as he does on the heroine. He is a dynamic character who grows and learns as the story progresses. As does the heroine, who is deeply fearful of men throughout much of the story.
I highly recommend this humorous traditional Regency romance.
January 18, 2021
An Extremely Dreadful but Loving Duke
Continued from her previous novel, Barbara Hazard writes a poignant love story for the Duke of Severn, a widower of 13 years. He makes the acquaintance of his neighbor, Lady Juliet Manchester, when he rides home to finally care for his twin daughters, youngest of 5 children, whom he has neglected all their lives. Their escapades lead him to ask for her help on numerous occasions and he slowly falls in love with her, although he cannot understand when she trembles at his touch and says she does not like men. He is sure she loves him but what has led her to feel this way about all men?
Continued from her previous novel, Barbara Hazard writes a poignant love story for the Duke of Severn, a widower of 13 years. He makes the acquaintance of his neighbor, Lady Juliet Manchester, when he rides home to finally care for his twin daughters, youngest of 5 children, whom he has neglected all their lives. Their escapades lead him to ask for her help on numerous occasions and he slowly falls in love with her, although he cannot understand when she trembles at his touch and says she does not like men. He is sure she loves him but what has led her to feel this way about all men?
April 18, 2020
It’s more running around duke’s daughters than a romance but it’s an entertaining read for sure.
I felt duke was really dreadful to his kids, so can’t believe much in his romance. His arrogance was also off putting. Heroine was charming.
June 11, 2020
1985 effort at sensitivity to survivors of sexual assault, through the medium of an insensitive pushy 'hero' who badgers the woman, who has severe ptsd, about why she isn't fawningly into him. It all works out, and conversations happen that may have helped some readers--not bad, but not perfect.
November 11, 2020
A delightful read
The characters and story are very good. I highly recommend this book. Her book about Miss Carrington could be read first as that couple are briefly in this story, but it isn't necessary. I'm looking forward to more of the Twins story in the next book.
The characters and story are very good. I highly recommend this book. Her book about Miss Carrington could be read first as that couple are briefly in this story, but it isn't necessary. I'm looking forward to more of the Twins story in the next book.
September 26, 2018
Lesson of the story, never have twins, they're a fiesty handful.
July 25, 2020
Romance with serious overtones
Wish Juliet had opened up to William earlier in the story so that we could have glimpse into their marriage.
Wish Juliet had opened up to William earlier in the story so that we could have glimpse into their marriage.
August 7, 2020
Missing pages
The book is missing pages around location 1976. Deleting and reloading book did not solve problem. No book update listed.
The book is missing pages around location 1976. Deleting and reloading book did not solve problem. No book update listed.
June 11, 2011
Gave it one start because that was the least amount I could use....dreadful is the word!!
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