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A Regency Officer's Wedding: The Admiral's Penniless Bride / Marrying the Royal Marine
Escape to a world of roguish rakes and daring debutantes with this incredible Regency collection from Mills & Boon.
The Admiral’s Penniless Bride by Carla Kelly
Sally Paul is homeless and down to her last penny – so the last thing she expects is an offer of marriage from a complete stranger. Admiral Sir Charles Bright is in need of a wife…but after marrying in haste, can he convince Sally to enjoy their wedding night at leisure?
Marrying the Royal Marine by Carla Kelly
Illegitimate Polly Brandon is amazed when the Lieutenant Colonel of Marines introduces himself as they sail for Portugal. In society, Polly knows he would never look twice at her…but with only the ocean for company, there’s no avoiding their unlikely attraction…
The Admiral’s Penniless Bride by Carla Kelly
Sally Paul is homeless and down to her last penny – so the last thing she expects is an offer of marriage from a complete stranger. Admiral Sir Charles Bright is in need of a wife…but after marrying in haste, can he convince Sally to enjoy their wedding night at leisure?
Marrying the Royal Marine by Carla Kelly
Illegitimate Polly Brandon is amazed when the Lieutenant Colonel of Marines introduces himself as they sail for Portugal. In society, Polly knows he would never look twice at her…but with only the ocean for company, there’s no avoiding their unlikely attraction…
514 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 1, 2016
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Carla Kelly
138 books804 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
Although Carla Kelly is well known among her readers as a writer of Regency romance, her main interest (and first writing success) is Western American fiction—more specifically, writing about America's Indian Wars. Although she had sold some of her work before, it was not until Carla began work in the National Park Service as a ranger/historian at Fort Laramie National Historic Site did she get serious about her writing career. (Or as she would be the first to admit, as serious as it gets.)
Carla wrote a series of what she now refers to as the "Fort Laramie stories," which are tales of the men, women and children of the Indian Wars era in Western history. Two of her stories, A Season for Heroes and Kathleen Flaherty's Long Winter, earned her Spur Awards from the Western Writers of America. She was the second woman to earn two Spurs from WWA (which, as everyone knows, is all you need to ride a horse). Her entire Indian Wars collection was published in 2003 as Here's to the Ladies: Stories of the Frontier Army. It remains her favorite work.
The mother of five children, Carla has always allowed her kids to earn their keep by appearing in her Regencies, most notably Marian's Christmas Wish, which is peopled by all kinds of relatives. Grown now, the Kelly kids are scattered here and there across the U.S. They continue to provide feedback, furnish fodder for stories and make frantic phone calls home during the holidays for recipes. (Carla Kelly is some cook.)
Carla's husband, Martin, is Director of Theatre at Valley City State University, in Valley City, North Dakota. Carla is currently overworked as a staff writer at the local daily newspaper. She also writes a weekly, award-winning column, "Prairie Lite."
Carla only started writing Regencies because of her interest in the Napoleonic Wars, which figures in many of her Regency novels and short stories. She specializes in writing about warfare at sea, and about the ordinary people of the British Isles who were, let's face it, far more numerous than lords and ladies.
Hobbies? She likes to crochet afghans, and read British crime fiction and history, principally military history. She's never happier than talking about the fur trade or Indian Wars with Park Service cronies. Her most recent gig with the National Park Service was at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site on the Montana/North Dakota border.
Here's another side to this somewhat prosaic woman: She recently edited the fur trade journal of Swiss artist Rudolf F. Kurz (the 1851-1852 portion), and is gratified now and then to be asked to speak on scholarly subjects. She has also worked for the State Historical Society of North Dakota as a contract researcher. This has taken her to glamorous drudgery in several national archives and military history repositories. Gray archives boxes and old documents make her salivate.
Her mantra for writing comes from the subject of her thesis, Robert Utley, that dean of Indian Wars history. He told her the secret to writing is "to put your ass in the chair and keep it there until you're done." He's right, of course.
Her three favorite fictional works have remained constant through the years, although their rankings tend to shift: War and Peace, The Lawrenceville Stories, and A Town Like Alice. Favorite historical works are One Vast Winter Count, On the Border with Mackenzie and Crossing the Line. Favorite crime fiction authors are Michael Connelly, John Harvey and Peter Robinson.
And that's all she can think of that would interest anyone. Carla Kelly is quite ordinary, except when she is sometimes prevailed upon to sing a scurrilous song about lumberjacks, or warble "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" in Latin. Then you m
Although Carla Kelly is well known among her readers as a writer of Regency romance, her main interest (and first writing success) is Western American fiction—more specifically, writing about America's Indian Wars. Although she had sold some of her work before, it was not until Carla began work in the National Park Service as a ranger/historian at Fort Laramie National Historic Site did she get serious about her writing career. (Or as she would be the first to admit, as serious as it gets.)
Carla wrote a series of what she now refers to as the "Fort Laramie stories," which are tales of the men, women and children of the Indian Wars era in Western history. Two of her stories, A Season for Heroes and Kathleen Flaherty's Long Winter, earned her Spur Awards from the Western Writers of America. She was the second woman to earn two Spurs from WWA (which, as everyone knows, is all you need to ride a horse). Her entire Indian Wars collection was published in 2003 as Here's to the Ladies: Stories of the Frontier Army. It remains her favorite work.
The mother of five children, Carla has always allowed her kids to earn their keep by appearing in her Regencies, most notably Marian's Christmas Wish, which is peopled by all kinds of relatives. Grown now, the Kelly kids are scattered here and there across the U.S. They continue to provide feedback, furnish fodder for stories and make frantic phone calls home during the holidays for recipes. (Carla Kelly is some cook.)
Carla's husband, Martin, is Director of Theatre at Valley City State University, in Valley City, North Dakota. Carla is currently overworked as a staff writer at the local daily newspaper. She also writes a weekly, award-winning column, "Prairie Lite."
Carla only started writing Regencies because of her interest in the Napoleonic Wars, which figures in many of her Regency novels and short stories. She specializes in writing about warfare at sea, and about the ordinary people of the British Isles who were, let's face it, far more numerous than lords and ladies.
Hobbies? She likes to crochet afghans, and read British crime fiction and history, principally military history. She's never happier than talking about the fur trade or Indian Wars with Park Service cronies. Her most recent gig with the National Park Service was at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site on the Montana/North Dakota border.
Here's another side to this somewhat prosaic woman: She recently edited the fur trade journal of Swiss artist Rudolf F. Kurz (the 1851-1852 portion), and is gratified now and then to be asked to speak on scholarly subjects. She has also worked for the State Historical Society of North Dakota as a contract researcher. This has taken her to glamorous drudgery in several national archives and military history repositories. Gray archives boxes and old documents make her salivate.
Her mantra for writing comes from the subject of her thesis, Robert Utley, that dean of Indian Wars history. He told her the secret to writing is "to put your ass in the chair and keep it there until you're done." He's right, of course.
Her three favorite fictional works have remained constant through the years, although their rankings tend to shift: War and Peace, The Lawrenceville Stories, and A Town Like Alice. Favorite historical works are One Vast Winter Count, On the Border with Mackenzie and Crossing the Line. Favorite crime fiction authors are Michael Connelly, John Harvey and Peter Robinson.
And that's all she can think of that would interest anyone. Carla Kelly is quite ordinary, except when she is sometimes prevailed upon to sing a scurrilous song about lumberjacks, or warble "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" in Latin. Then you m
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July 8, 2016
J'ai adoré lire ces deux histoires différentes mais avec beaucoup de point commun. Des héros féminins et masculins plein de courage et d'humanité, des hommes sensibles (et qui ne s'en cachent pas), du romantisme, du respect.......tous les ingrédients sont réunis pour une belle histoire d'amour réussie.
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December 30, 2019The Admiral‘s penniless bride: a story about a marriage of convenience entered into under very unusual circumstances. The heroine is a widow, who is 32 years old and the hero is a retired 45 years old Admiral. She omits telling him who her late husband was and discovers only later, how important that omission is.
When he finds out, he gets so angry that he tells her to go away, without hearing her out. And go away she did. Five months later he finally finds her. While I understood his anger, I did not like how easily she forgave him his hurtful behavior.
Marrying the Royal Marine: a story of a love between a 37 years old Colonel at the Royal Marine and the 18 years old illegitimate daughter of an Earl. It is set in Portugal during the Napoleonic wars, has a few very brutal scenes (rape, murder, torture). Because of the age difference the hero is asked by the heroine‘s sister to stay away from her.
Despite his following this „order“ they meet again and go through many life-threatening events that finally make the two admit their love to each other. Their love was convincing because of the hero. Even though he was 19 years older, he had a very steady character and the heroine was emotionally and mentally very mature.
When he finds out, he gets so angry that he tells her to go away, without hearing her out. And go away she did. Five months later he finally finds her. While I understood his anger, I did not like how easily she forgave him his hurtful behavior.
Marrying the Royal Marine: a story of a love between a 37 years old Colonel at the Royal Marine and the 18 years old illegitimate daughter of an Earl. It is set in Portugal during the Napoleonic wars, has a few very brutal scenes (rape, murder, torture). Because of the age difference the hero is asked by the heroine‘s sister to stay away from her.
Despite his following this „order“ they meet again and go through many life-threatening events that finally make the two admit their love to each other. Their love was convincing because of the hero. Even though he was 19 years older, he had a very steady character and the heroine was emotionally and mentally very mature.
November 25, 2024
A really enjoyable story, well written with engaging characters and a real sense of time and place.
I didn’t like the 5 month time gap at the end. We were shown how much he bitterly regretted his words and actions and how he tried to make recompense. Once she was pregnant she should have told him, written a letter and given him the chance to redeeem himself.
I didn’t like the 5 month time gap at the end. We were shown how much he bitterly regretted his words and actions and how he tried to make recompense. Once she was pregnant she should have told him, written a letter and given him the chance to redeeem himself.
December 3, 2020
Lovely book. Definitely a keeper.
June 19, 2021
Enchanting
Two thoroughly lovely romances, which each has a slow build within its tale. The stories are engaging and certainly very believable. The characters are recognisably real.
The first is so delightfully different, giving us two mature people with their own reasons for agreeing to and asking for
marriage of convenience, but who are both subconsciously Very much in need of love.
In the second, our two characters provide each what the other so desperately needs despite the disparity in their ages. The whole foundation of war, capture, enemies and so forth are intelligently portrayed not a merely black and white but shows all the shades of grey in between.
This is an author who will join my Must Read list. I highly recommend this duo - read now!
Two thoroughly lovely romances, which each has a slow build within its tale. The stories are engaging and certainly very believable. The characters are recognisably real.
The first is so delightfully different, giving us two mature people with their own reasons for agreeing to and asking for
marriage of convenience, but who are both subconsciously Very much in need of love.
In the second, our two characters provide each what the other so desperately needs despite the disparity in their ages. The whole foundation of war, capture, enemies and so forth are intelligently portrayed not a merely black and white but shows all the shades of grey in between.
This is an author who will join my Must Read list. I highly recommend this duo - read now!
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