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The Reluctant Adventuress
Katharine was too beautiful...
After all she had been educated to earn her living only as a governess. And being exceptionally beautiful was certainly no asset for such a position. So when Katharine's uncle and his fashionable young wife invited her into their home, she was overjoyed.
But the sweet and innocent Katharine found herself living a life very different from the one she had expected.
Katharine suddenly found she had fallen into the hands of adventurers. Was she clever enough to meet their dangerous challenge?
After all she had been educated to earn her living only as a governess. And being exceptionally beautiful was certainly no asset for such a position. So when Katharine's uncle and his fashionable young wife invited her into their home, she was overjoyed.
But the sweet and innocent Katharine found herself living a life very different from the one she had expected.
Katharine suddenly found she had fallen into the hands of adventurers. Was she clever enough to meet their dangerous challenge?
224 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1977
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Sylvia Thorpe
38 books23 followersJune Sylvia Thimblethorpe was born in 1926 in London, England. Educated in London at a school in Brondesbury, Kilburn High School for Girls, Slade School of Fine Arts, and University College. She worked as secretary from 1949 to 1952 and later she worked as school teacher.
As Sylvia Thorpe, she wrote over 25 historical romance novels from 1950 to 1983. Her novel "The Scapegrace" (1971) won the Elizabeth Goudge Historical Award. She was the third elected Chairman (1965-1967) of the Romantic Novelists' Association, and was named a Honor Life Member of the organization.
Sylvia is now a trustee for the Goodrich Village Hall Trust. Goodrich is a village, in south Herefordshire which is very close to Gloucestershire and the Forest of Dean situated near the River Wye and is famous for its old red sandstone Norman and medieval castle.
As Sylvia Thorpe, she wrote over 25 historical romance novels from 1950 to 1983. Her novel "The Scapegrace" (1971) won the Elizabeth Goudge Historical Award. She was the third elected Chairman (1965-1967) of the Romantic Novelists' Association, and was named a Honor Life Member of the organization.
Sylvia is now a trustee for the Goodrich Village Hall Trust. Goodrich is a village, in south Herefordshire which is very close to Gloucestershire and the Forest of Dean situated near the River Wye and is famous for its old red sandstone Norman and medieval castle.
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February 11, 2011
Sweet little regency romance by Thorpe. Somewhat like a much watered down version of Georgette Heyer's Faro's Daughter.
Nothing earth shattering happens. Not alot of conflict either. Just a quick afternoon read.
Nothing earth shattering happens. Not alot of conflict either. Just a quick afternoon read.
July 16, 2022
Sylvia Thorpe reread #13. Unlike her other books this was set in the late Regency times and not in the Stuart and Georgian period. I thoroughly enjoyed this story of Katharine taken by her Uncle Duncan and Aunt Cassy from the school where she had lived since the age of eight. Unknown to her they ran a gaming house and had a very different life for her than she imagined. Add to the mix twins Brandon and Bernard Chard, two young men who looked identical but with totally different characters and you have the makings of a marvellous romantic adventure.
February 25, 2017
Not one of Thorpe's better novels. The heroine was too passive, the hero too nondescript, the scenario too reminiscent of Heyer, and the plot entirely too predictable. Yawn.
May 12, 2020
This book is great fun, with a prim heroine who does not want to live in a gaming hell, or become the mistress of an earl, or steal the miser's fortune.
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