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Compromising Situations
This book, originally published by Cerridwen Press, took first place in the 2007 National Readers' Choice Awards in the Regency category. The current edition contains very minor changes. Beatrice Crowell is perfectly content living in the country with her parents and her beautiful, brilliant twin sister. But when the twins' godmother offers to sponsor Beatrice and Chloe for a Season, Beatrice realizes a refusal would break their invalid mother's heart. So off Beatrice and Chloe go to London, where Beatrice meets her godmother's son, the handsome and arrogant Marquess of Thayne. Misunderstandings and willful prejudices cause immediate sparks, and Thayne would love nothing more than to dispatch the twins straight back to the country. However, he soon discovers their presence in London is essential to the dangerous assignment he shares with their disreputable brother. He's forced to do everything in his power to make amends, including engineering a reconciliation between Chloe and the man who broke her heart. Intrigue, misunderstandings, misjudgments, and betrayals land both Beatrice and Chloe in compromising situations with the men they love, but neither is willing to accept the proposals that would salvage their reputations, certain they were made for everything but the right reasons. So how can two Regency gentlemen convince the stubborn young ladies they adore that they want to marry them for love rather than for honor?
259 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 5, 2007
About the author
Carolynn Carey
35 books20 followersCarolynn Carey is an award-winning romance author of both sweet contemporaries and of historicals set in the Regency period.
In addition to writing, she loves to read, knit, and, on occasion, crochet if the pattern is super easy.
She lives in Tennessee, where her recent small-town contemporary novels are set. Family is important, both in her writing and in her real life.
In addition to writing, she loves to read, knit, and, on occasion, crochet if the pattern is super easy.
She lives in Tennessee, where her recent small-town contemporary novels are set. Family is important, both in her writing and in her real life.
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July 28, 2021Wonderful Read
I've had this book some time and have read it but couldn't really remember it, so I felt it time to revisit it, and I'm glad I did! What a delightful read. I loved the twins, more so Beatrice , she felt she had to make up for her failings as compared to her beautiful and intelligent twin Chloe who although was highly intelligent wasn't of the real world, she was sadly lacking common sense , but Beatrice made up for this. The story has twists and turns and at times it was completely hilarious, particularly the balcony scene with Lords Thayne and Randson (Love interests of the twins) The twins parents were endearing with the father searching high and low for a cure for his wife's ill health and all it took was Beatrice to come to the rescue in her usual no nonsense manner.
I would thoroughly recommend this book , to my mind it's one of those books to be read over and over as it leaves a joyful and pleasant feeling which makes all well with the world!!!.
I've had this book some time and have read it but couldn't really remember it, so I felt it time to revisit it, and I'm glad I did! What a delightful read. I loved the twins, more so Beatrice , she felt she had to make up for her failings as compared to her beautiful and intelligent twin Chloe who although was highly intelligent wasn't of the real world, she was sadly lacking common sense , but Beatrice made up for this. The story has twists and turns and at times it was completely hilarious, particularly the balcony scene with Lords Thayne and Randson (Love interests of the twins) The twins parents were endearing with the father searching high and low for a cure for his wife's ill health and all it took was Beatrice to come to the rescue in her usual no nonsense manner.
I would thoroughly recommend this book , to my mind it's one of those books to be read over and over as it leaves a joyful and pleasant feeling which makes all well with the world!!!.
September 22, 2015
It was promising
I had to wonder if I read the same book as others who rated this book highly. The premise itself was not bad, and the start was promising. There was room for the story and characters to grow. But then the author decided to make the story 'cute' and make her heroines 'plucky.' At least I'm assuming this, because the characters and plot derailed.
The sisters are constantly, and I mean constantly, described by their looks and by how intelligent or, in Beatrice's case, not as intelligent (but at least loyal to a fault!). But then they behave in very unintelligent ways and have reactions that are more in line with spoiled, coddled, adolescent. Which, hey, I guess they were. But that's not how they were constantly described. Seriously, I understood clearly by the end of chapter one that Chloe was beautiful and smart and so well read, and Beatrice was plain but had grit and loyalty to spare that I didn't need it beaten into me at every opportunity.
What truly ruined the book for me, though, was the unclear direction of the novel. The story starts off as a romance, turns into a badly drawn spy mystery, and then tumbles into a farce. I kept skipping pages and finally chapters just to get to the end. I truly believe the author could have done much better with this story and it's characters.
I had to wonder if I read the same book as others who rated this book highly. The premise itself was not bad, and the start was promising. There was room for the story and characters to grow. But then the author decided to make the story 'cute' and make her heroines 'plucky.' At least I'm assuming this, because the characters and plot derailed.
The sisters are constantly, and I mean constantly, described by their looks and by how intelligent or, in Beatrice's case, not as intelligent (but at least loyal to a fault!). But then they behave in very unintelligent ways and have reactions that are more in line with spoiled, coddled, adolescent. Which, hey, I guess they were. But that's not how they were constantly described. Seriously, I understood clearly by the end of chapter one that Chloe was beautiful and smart and so well read, and Beatrice was plain but had grit and loyalty to spare that I didn't need it beaten into me at every opportunity.
What truly ruined the book for me, though, was the unclear direction of the novel. The story starts off as a romance, turns into a badly drawn spy mystery, and then tumbles into a farce. I kept skipping pages and finally chapters just to get to the end. I truly believe the author could have done much better with this story and it's characters.
February 19, 2015
Just too boring
It might have been so much better if it were shorter and less characters involved that were secondary and unnecessary. I wouldn't recommend the book at all. It just went on and on to nowhere in so many places. I do have to admit, though, when the twins mistake their Romeos for thieves I did laugh out loud. That was the best part of this entire book and happened in the last chapter.
It might have been so much better if it were shorter and less characters involved that were secondary and unnecessary. I wouldn't recommend the book at all. It just went on and on to nowhere in so many places. I do have to admit, though, when the twins mistake their Romeos for thieves I did laugh out loud. That was the best part of this entire book and happened in the last chapter.
April 22, 2015
Fun read
I rate this book at five stars because, although it was fairly typical recency story, the characters were fun and slightly strange. I especially appreciated the humor disbursed throughout. I also appreciated the author proving it is possible to write an excellent recency story without filling the pages with sexually explicit dialog. Very well done.
I rate this book at five stars because, although it was fairly typical recency story, the characters were fun and slightly strange. I especially appreciated the humor disbursed throughout. I also appreciated the author proving it is possible to write an excellent recency story without filling the pages with sexually explicit dialog. Very well done.
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