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Mistletoe Mischief
Unfairly dismissed from her previous position, lovely orphan Megan Mortimer is delighted when the eccentric Lady Evangeline Radcliffe hires her as a companion, but during a holiday trip to Brighton, Megan encounters Evangeline's distant cousin, Sir Greville Seton, a man with a notorious prejudice against female companions. Original.
240 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published October 1, 2000
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Sandra Heath
87 books24 followersSandra Heath is the ever-popular author of numerous Regencies, historical romances, novellas, and short stories. Among other honors, she has won the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Awards for Best Regency Author and for Best Regency Romance. She lives in Gloucester, England, and can be contacted at sandraheath@bluey onder.co.uk.
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December 20, 2025
2.5 stars
Having read and loved a Christmas novella called The Merry Magpie by this author, I sought more of her work, hoping to enjoy it just as much.
I didn’t. This wasn’t badly written; it was, in fact, quite clever in some ways. But it was very odd, in a breezy, skim-the-surface style. A ghost was a major character and the rules about who could and could not see, hear, or talk to the ghost were very fluid. The characters felt like puppets. Fatally, I ended up caring nothing about the outcome of all the farcical situations and the multiple romances.
Having read and loved a Christmas novella called The Merry Magpie by this author, I sought more of her work, hoping to enjoy it just as much.
I didn’t. This wasn’t badly written; it was, in fact, quite clever in some ways. But it was very odd, in a breezy, skim-the-surface style. A ghost was a major character and the rules about who could and could not see, hear, or talk to the ghost were very fluid. The characters felt like puppets. Fatally, I ended up caring nothing about the outcome of all the farcical situations and the multiple romances.
December 15, 2009
Another Christmas read and traditional regency by Sandra Heath, an author I keep reading even if not all her books work for me. This one was a so so, nice enough but not memorable.
Miss Megan Mortimer is a Lady's companion. She is dismissed from her last job after being blamed for the advances the Lady's son and is then employed by Lady Evangeline. Lady Evangeline was actually a really nice character, an older woman decided to right a past wrong and to marry her two nephews happily, who is in love with a family friend and speaks with ghosts. Yes, this story has a ghost, Heath seems to be fond of adding these magical elements to her stories and I keep reading them even if they don't work for me.
One of Lady Evangeline's nephews is Sir Greville, who hates companions because his father run off with one. From the rest of the story one gathers that Sir Greville's mother wasn't happy even before the father run away so may the companion did her a favour but he doesn’t' t seem to see it that way. In the blurb much is made of his attitude but I felt her overcame his dislike for Megan really quickly and from then on the happy ending in sight.
The story revolves around Megan and Sir Greville, how he at first believes what is being said in polite society about how she was dismissed but then believes her and stands by her but also about Lady Evangeline's other nephew Lord Rupert Radcliffe and his problems after realising he may have let slip the woman he loves through his fingers as she is now being courted by another man (and a nasty piece at that). And around the ghost who we realise is a Shakespearean actor waiting to be reunited in death with his lover and that Megan can also see. His actions will give her a help in a much needed situation.
The book has some funny moments but I think it never really stands out; it's entertaining but not memorable. I wish more time would have been devoted to Lady Evangeline's romance with her neighbour and maybe if there weren't so many stories and main characters things would have felt more solid.
Grade: 3.5/5
Miss Megan Mortimer is a Lady's companion. She is dismissed from her last job after being blamed for the advances the Lady's son and is then employed by Lady Evangeline. Lady Evangeline was actually a really nice character, an older woman decided to right a past wrong and to marry her two nephews happily, who is in love with a family friend and speaks with ghosts. Yes, this story has a ghost, Heath seems to be fond of adding these magical elements to her stories and I keep reading them even if they don't work for me.
One of Lady Evangeline's nephews is Sir Greville, who hates companions because his father run off with one. From the rest of the story one gathers that Sir Greville's mother wasn't happy even before the father run away so may the companion did her a favour but he doesn’t' t seem to see it that way. In the blurb much is made of his attitude but I felt her overcame his dislike for Megan really quickly and from then on the happy ending in sight.
The story revolves around Megan and Sir Greville, how he at first believes what is being said in polite society about how she was dismissed but then believes her and stands by her but also about Lady Evangeline's other nephew Lord Rupert Radcliffe and his problems after realising he may have let slip the woman he loves through his fingers as she is now being courted by another man (and a nasty piece at that). And around the ghost who we realise is a Shakespearean actor waiting to be reunited in death with his lover and that Megan can also see. His actions will give her a help in a much needed situation.
The book has some funny moments but I think it never really stands out; it's entertaining but not memorable. I wish more time would have been devoted to Lady Evangeline's romance with her neighbour and maybe if there weren't so many stories and main characters things would have felt more solid.
Grade: 3.5/5
April 15, 2019
Jane Austen meets P.G. Wodehouse. A real charner! The 34th Regency romance I've read and might be my favorite one so far.
Heath's writing is wonderfully nimble, and her way with farce in Mistletoe Mischief is winning. I'll be back for more of Sandra Heath, as books like this are great palate cleansers between Mary Balogh's epic series installments.
Heath's writing is wonderfully nimble, and her way with farce in Mistletoe Mischief is winning. I'll be back for more of Sandra Heath, as books like this are great palate cleansers between Mary Balogh's epic series installments.
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January 17, 2026Travel as duty to live
travel at ghost world nt joy as shaksper word
or antony chykoph comde
or jane austen pride
its low limit to gain from past ghost
falling to pride of love
from start no one replace travel moment
every one has gd draw
paint snow new love was dream
every day its game to gain
love under prejudse moment
chake the past chalk
write at heart wall
love
travel at ghost world nt joy as shaksper word
or antony chykoph comde
or jane austen pride
its low limit to gain from past ghost
falling to pride of love
from start no one replace travel moment
every one has gd draw
paint snow new love was dream
every day its game to gain
love under prejudse moment
chake the past chalk
write at heart wall
love
December 14, 2010
This book stinks.
December 31, 2012
Read this quick little ditty in the days following Christmas. It was light and short and just what I needed in that moment.
November 13, 2015
What a sweet, sweet story. Loved the plot, the writing style, and the humour. My first book by this author but will definitely try to read more. Very entertaining historical romance.
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