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Sanguinet Saga #5
Nanette
FORCED TO MARRY HER UNCLE FOR MONEY--IT WAS THE OUTSIDE OF ENOUGH.
To foil her family's attempt to keep her considerable dowry in their coffers, Nanette disguised herself as an abigail and took to the road alone--that is, until she crossed the path of Sir Harry Redmond. That dashing gentleman raced in hot pursuit of the evil Frenchman who had embezzled the Redmond fortune in a counterfeit card game.
Sir Harry soon recognized Nanette's disguise as just that, and the young vagabonds found them selves falling in love. But the diabolical villain who had separated Harry from his family fortune had designs on Nanette as well. . .
To foil her family's attempt to keep her considerable dowry in their coffers, Nanette disguised herself as an abigail and took to the road alone--that is, until she crossed the path of Sir Harry Redmond. That dashing gentleman raced in hot pursuit of the evil Frenchman who had embezzled the Redmond fortune in a counterfeit card game.
Sir Harry soon recognized Nanette's disguise as just that, and the young vagabonds found them selves falling in love. But the diabolical villain who had separated Harry from his family fortune had designs on Nanette as well. . .
345 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1981
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Patricia Veryan
75 books99 followersPatricia Valeria Bannister was born in London. After World War II, she married Allan Louis Berg and moved to the United States; she lived on the West Coast and was the author of many historical novels from 1978 until 2002, using the pen names Patricia Veryan and Gwyneth Moore.
At the time of her death, she was living in Bellevue, Washington, USA.
At the time of her death, she was living in Bellevue, Washington, USA.
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September 6, 2022
As I was afraid, not as great as Love's Duet, but still marvelous fun.
Repeating myself, there was all, action, twists, romance, fights, chases, false accusations, wit, a funny animal, old friends (from previous parts of the series), loyalty, honour, chivalry, strength, and power of a "real man" ;-)
PS I am anxious about what would become with Guy. Quick look showed me that he doesn't have his own book in the series. Perhaps it would have been too hard... It's a pity.
Repeating myself, there was all, action, twists, romance, fights, chases, false accusations, wit, a funny animal, old friends (from previous parts of the series), loyalty, honour, chivalry, strength, and power of a "real man" ;-)
PS I am anxious about what would become with Guy. Quick look showed me that he doesn't have his own book in the series. Perhaps it would have been too hard... It's a pity.
July 19, 2017
Not as good as the one before, but that one would be hard to beat. This was still great and I loved the characters, as always! I really want to read about Guy Sanguinet, he keeps appearing in this series, always on the wrong side, but you get the feeling it's not by choice.
Nanette is a fun heroine, she's got spunk and a good idea of character, and she sees past the hero's ruined name.
There's a lot of twists in this book, some actually shocked me, I didn't see it coming!
Nanette and the Hero have both gone on the oldest Sanguinet's side and now they must hide, and uncover his plot before he uncovers them.
Excellent!
PG some fighting, blood and a few cheeky remarks.
Nanette is a fun heroine, she's got spunk and a good idea of character, and she sees past the hero's ruined name.
There's a lot of twists in this book, some actually shocked me, I didn't see it coming!
Nanette and the Hero have both gone on the oldest Sanguinet's side and now they must hide, and uncover his plot before he uncovers them.
Excellent!
PG some fighting, blood and a few cheeky remarks.
July 29, 2023
Not much in the mood for writing reviews tonight, so this will be short.
Feels more semi-gothic than Regency. There's only one tiny bit of supernatural woohoo, fortunately, but the intrigue part isn't really suited for mystery lovers because there isn't enough carefully designed information along the way to figure it out oneself. The parts where one can do that are quite obvious and there are no hints for the parts where one can't until one gets slapped in the face with it at the same time as the characters. That takes away a lot from my potential enjoyment; I don't like to be a pure consumer when it comes to intrigue, I like to be able to unravel the mystery just a hair before the characters do.
The novel features several interesting secondary characters, plus a donkey. The eccentric animal companion is starting to feel a tiny bit formulaic, but I didn't mind it much because it was actually a new animal, not another goose -- if I were not binge-reading the series I'd probably not even notice that this is a Veryan "thing" for this series. I'd like to know more about Guy Sanguinet, because he seems the most intriguing of the family, since he's not an all-black villain, but it doesn't look like he got his own book.
The pacing was off in the last part, and again I couldn't really follow why Diccon did what he did because we had no information. And Harry's noble sacrificing went on way too long; I got really annoyed with him towards the end. I can't really stand noble sacrifice without communication about it at the best of times, and these were not them. I prefer if characters actually grow, and arrive at tearing down their own bad mental thoughts by themselves (eg. Pride and Prejudice), and Harry really didn't.
This wasn't really a solid 3 for me, despite the fact that I rather liked Nanette, and Harry wasn't that bad either; I just felt too stifled by the intrigue and lack of character growth. But I'll continue with the series. I finally got ahold of a copy of The Lord and the Gypsy, and I'll go back to read that before reading the next book in the series.
Feels more semi-gothic than Regency. There's only one tiny bit of supernatural woohoo, fortunately, but the intrigue part isn't really suited for mystery lovers because there isn't enough carefully designed information along the way to figure it out oneself. The parts where one can do that are quite obvious and there are no hints for the parts where one can't until one gets slapped in the face with it at the same time as the characters. That takes away a lot from my potential enjoyment; I don't like to be a pure consumer when it comes to intrigue, I like to be able to unravel the mystery just a hair before the characters do.
The novel features several interesting secondary characters, plus a donkey. The eccentric animal companion is starting to feel a tiny bit formulaic, but I didn't mind it much because it was actually a new animal, not another goose -- if I were not binge-reading the series I'd probably not even notice that this is a Veryan "thing" for this series. I'd like to know more about Guy Sanguinet, because he seems the most intriguing of the family, since he's not an all-black villain, but it doesn't look like he got his own book.
The pacing was off in the last part, and again I couldn't really follow why Diccon did what he did because we had no information. And Harry's noble sacrificing went on way too long; I got really annoyed with him towards the end. I can't really stand noble sacrifice without communication about it at the best of times, and these were not them. I prefer if characters actually grow, and arrive at tearing down their own bad mental thoughts by themselves (eg. Pride and Prejudice), and Harry really didn't.
This wasn't really a solid 3 for me, despite the fact that I rather liked Nanette, and Harry wasn't that bad either; I just felt too stifled by the intrigue and lack of character growth. But I'll continue with the series. I finally got ahold of a copy of The Lord and the Gypsy, and I'll go back to read that before reading the next book in the series.
August 7, 2025
Another unique adventure. The villains are nasty and some of the crimes are brutal but the action let me riveted.
December 30, 2020
Just not as good as they once were. And I miss that.
April 20, 2015
LOVE LOVE LOVE Patricia Veryan. Her Regency Romances are exciting, romantic and FUNNY (the best part). I love the witty banter - a true heiress of Georgette Heyer!
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