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Featherton Sisters #2
Lady in Waiting
Good heavens-I've gotten myself into a scrape! Mere weeks ago, I was simply Jenny Penny, a lady's maid, a lord's illegitimate daughter, and a lover of fine frocks. But my credit at the shops of Bath has been cut off, and I am forced to sell my homemade facial cream at night, without my employers' knowledge. Who knew it would become the sensation of the ton? That society ladies would apply it to a most intimate part of their body? Or that rumor would spread that "tingle cream" was created by a highborn woman named Lady Eros?
If that were not enough, my mistresses-the matchmaking Featherton sisters-have made me their new project. By passing me off as Lady Genevieve, they mean to see me wed to Callum Campbell, Lord Argyll. I cannot fault their taste. His sable-dark eyes and his devastatingly wicked smile thrill me.
Now I am Lady Genevieve by day and Lady Eros by night. And I blush to think of what will happen when Callum and society discover that, in truth, I am neither.
If that were not enough, my mistresses-the matchmaking Featherton sisters-have made me their new project. By passing me off as Lady Genevieve, they mean to see me wed to Callum Campbell, Lord Argyll. I cannot fault their taste. His sable-dark eyes and his devastatingly wicked smile thrill me.
Now I am Lady Genevieve by day and Lady Eros by night. And I blush to think of what will happen when Callum and society discover that, in truth, I am neither.
368 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
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Kathryn Caskie
17 books213 followersKathryn Caskie has long been a devotee of history and things of old. So it came as no surprise to her family when she took a career detour off the online super highway and began writing historical romances full time.
With a background in marketing, advertising and journalism, she has written professionally for television, radio, magazines and newspapers.
Kathryn lives in a 200 year old Quaker home nestled in the rolling foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains with her family, her greatest source of inspiration.
With a background in marketing, advertising and journalism, she has written professionally for television, radio, magazines and newspapers.
Kathryn lives in a 200 year old Quaker home nestled in the rolling foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains with her family, her greatest source of inspiration.
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February 9, 2017
Ha sido una lectura ligera. Ni mucho más ni mucho menos.
Me agrado mucho la protagonista, Jenny Penny, a pesar de que en ocasiones me daba un poco de manía sea porque tardaba tanto en decir la verdad o su obsesión por los vestidos y los accesorios de ropa. Me encantó Callum y las queridas cómplices de armar el ardid de emparejar a Jenny Penny con él: las hermanas Featherton y Meredith (aunque le doy más el merito a las hermanas).
No puedo decir que fue una lectura ligera pero logré engancharme con la historia y me ha sorprendido con un par de cosas. Fue interesante que la historia girase desde la perspectiva de una doncella y no una joven que forma parte de la aristocracia. Tal vez lo único que me ha chirriado un poco del libro fue el desenlace. Eso y que me hubiera gustado leer también que se enfocase en Callum y que no girase alrededor de Jenny.
Dama de honor fue un libro que me entretuvo pero que no lo puedo considerar como una lectura memorable. Aún así, seguiré continuando en leer más libros de la autora
March 29, 2012
I was disappointed with the book. After reading the synopsis on the back I was expecting this book to be so captivating and intriguing but it was very lacking. Agreeing with what I read in other reviews, Jenny was VERY shallow and self-centered. It was all about her and how good she looked in whatever outfit or accessory she was wearing. It aggrivated me to no end and I got sick of reading about it/her. It very much took away from the book. Lord Argyll on the other hand, I very much enjoyed. I liked his frankness, personality, his humor, and I very much liked his Scottish accent. The Featherton sisters and Meridith were also delightful with their good sense of humor and mischeviousness. The ideas behind the book were good and could have made for a great and very exciting book unfortunately, it just was not executed properly and so the book suffered from that.
May 10, 2011
This was a silly, poorly-written book. The main character was vain and shallow, and never redeemed herself. In fact, none of the characters developed or evolved in the book, and all of them bugged me as much in the end as in the beginning.
September 8, 2020
Believe me when I say this, I tried.
I really tried to like this book, it had the whole Cinderella trope, which I think is one of the best kind, when the heroine/hero rises up and ends up in a much better place.
But the one thing that completely ruined the book for me was the main character herself. From the very first page, she seems shallow and materialistic. All she can say is 'Had my father put a ring on my mother...'. I get it, everyone deserves a chance at happiness, to live a better life.
A similar book was written by Tessa Dare in the Spindle Cove series and I loved it.
But over here, I couldn't move past Jenny's shallow thinking, her obsession with becoming a lady, understandable, but the rest with materialistic things, how she only talks about how good she looks in a gown or 'earbobs', I mean, Dang! These earbobs even managed to wedge into that emotional scene where Callum leaves Jenny. That was just too much.
I'm sorry, I just couldn't like Jenny at all. Which brings us to Callum, who was nothing short of a remote controlled robot. I didn't feel much from him and he didn't exactly come off as a memorable character, with all the onesidedness.
I admit, I skipped alot, like ALOT. But even then, I didn't like it. Sad considering how much I liked Meredith and her antics, along with the crazy Featherton sisters. Let's hope Meredith's book is a huge step up or else, I feel I won't be reading much from the author.
I really tried to like this book, it had the whole Cinderella trope, which I think is one of the best kind, when the heroine/hero rises up and ends up in a much better place.
But the one thing that completely ruined the book for me was the main character herself. From the very first page, she seems shallow and materialistic. All she can say is 'Had my father put a ring on my mother...'. I get it, everyone deserves a chance at happiness, to live a better life.
A similar book was written by Tessa Dare in the Spindle Cove series and I loved it.
But over here, I couldn't move past Jenny's shallow thinking, her obsession with becoming a lady, understandable, but the rest with materialistic things, how she only talks about how good she looks in a gown or 'earbobs', I mean, Dang! These earbobs even managed to wedge into that emotional scene where Callum leaves Jenny. That was just too much.
I'm sorry, I just couldn't like Jenny at all. Which brings us to Callum, who was nothing short of a remote controlled robot. I didn't feel much from him and he didn't exactly come off as a memorable character, with all the onesidedness.
I admit, I skipped alot, like ALOT. But even then, I didn't like it. Sad considering how much I liked Meredith and her antics, along with the crazy Featherton sisters. Let's hope Meredith's book is a huge step up or else, I feel I won't be reading much from the author.
April 26, 2023
Pensé que este libro iba a ser como Bridgerton.
Estaba equivocada.
Es como una mala copia de Bridgerton.
La protagonista me desesperaba, era la mujer más banal y tonta del universo. Es la típica materialista que hubiese creado La Rosa de Guadalupe. No tenía la más mínima gana de trabajar para conseguir los lujos que tanto avariciaba, solo esperaba que se los dieran de gratis.
Ni cuanto tuvo un negocio sostenible y con grandes posibilidades de ser un éxito logró tomárselo en serio. Estoy segura de que si no se hubiese casado con un tipo adinerado, habría terminado en la bancarrota.
Y lo que más rabia me dio es que la protagonista nunca obtuvo un castigo por todo las cosas terribles que hizo en su vida.
Es un desastre.
Simplemente un desastre. Se va para los peores libros del año.
Estaba equivocada.
Es como una mala copia de Bridgerton.
La protagonista me desesperaba, era la mujer más banal y tonta del universo. Es la típica materialista que hubiese creado La Rosa de Guadalupe. No tenía la más mínima gana de trabajar para conseguir los lujos que tanto avariciaba, solo esperaba que se los dieran de gratis.
Ni cuanto tuvo un negocio sostenible y con grandes posibilidades de ser un éxito logró tomárselo en serio. Estoy segura de que si no se hubiese casado con un tipo adinerado, habría terminado en la bancarrota.
Y lo que más rabia me dio es que la protagonista nunca obtuvo un castigo por todo las cosas terribles que hizo en su vida.
Es un desastre.
Simplemente un desastre. Se va para los peores libros del año.
May 5, 2019
Fue una lectura entretenida. Al principio como se planteó la situación no me convencía del todo, pero al avanzar la historia logró engancharme.
Me agradó Jenny(protagonista) en el sentido que no la pusieron como alguien "todo buena", si no como alguien con virtudes y defectos y eso la hace sentir real.
El inconveniente que le veo es que como la historia girar siempre en torno en Jenny, sabemos muy poco de los otros personajes. Nos muestran muy poco sobre Callum(interés amoroso de la protagonista), lo que me hizo sentir que su relación fue poco creíble (pues no vivimos los pensamientos y emociones de él). Tal vez así se vivía las relaciones en la época en la que se desarrolla la historia...
Me agradó Jenny(protagonista) en el sentido que no la pusieron como alguien "todo buena", si no como alguien con virtudes y defectos y eso la hace sentir real.
El inconveniente que le veo es que como la historia girar siempre en torno en Jenny, sabemos muy poco de los otros personajes. Nos muestran muy poco sobre Callum(interés amoroso de la protagonista), lo que me hizo sentir que su relación fue poco creíble (pues no vivimos los pensamientos y emociones de él). Tal vez así se vivía las relaciones en la época en la que se desarrolla la historia...
October 19, 2024
I have never laughed so much nor enjoyed memorable characters like Genevieve/Jenny. Bravo to the author. This is my first introduction to her work.
This delectable Cinderella, with a shopping addiction, tale had my full attention. All of the characters were incredible!!
Then the secrects unrolled, slowy at first.
I felt a bit exhausted listening to page after page of Jenny's guilt. I would rather have read the circumstances of her birth from the twins. I also wanted her mother to talk about her father.
I hate that the lady's maid drama was too predictable it dulled the plot down.
Callum was dreamy!! I loved that he was a Scotsman.
Kathryn Caskie concludes the novel with a few more surprises! 3 Stars!
This delectable Cinderella, with a shopping addiction, tale had my full attention. All of the characters were incredible!!
Then the secrects unrolled, slowy at first.
I felt a bit exhausted listening to page after page of Jenny's guilt. I would rather have read the circumstances of her birth from the twins. I also wanted her mother to talk about her father.
I hate that the lady's maid drama was too predictable it dulled the plot down.
Callum was dreamy!! I loved that he was a Scotsman.
Kathryn Caskie concludes the novel with a few more surprises! 3 Stars!
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April 13, 2020
Lady's maid, Jenny Penny, has her sites on a higher ambition. The matchmaking Featherton sisters are plotting...........
Very entertaining.
Very entertaining.
May 17, 2010
Pages Survived: 24
Ironic, really. I had bought this book several, several years ago and attempted to read the novel. This is ironic because then, like now, I never did finish the novel. In fact, I didn't like it for the same reasons I do not like it now.
One, I found the heroine Jenny to be annoying and shallow. I found the hero to be completely void of any relate-ability. Were it not for my irritation with the characters, mainly the heroine, I would be of the opinion this book had a very potentially interesting plot. As it is, I gave up on it rather quickly.
Ironic, really. I had bought this book several, several years ago and attempted to read the novel. This is ironic because then, like now, I never did finish the novel. In fact, I didn't like it for the same reasons I do not like it now.
One, I found the heroine Jenny to be annoying and shallow. I found the hero to be completely void of any relate-ability. Were it not for my irritation with the characters, mainly the heroine, I would be of the opinion this book had a very potentially interesting plot. As it is, I gave up on it rather quickly.
April 24, 2022
Pensé que iba a ser un libro de esos de época suuuuuper lentos y terminé llevándome una grata sorpresa. Leo lento, pero se me hizo una lectura adictiva y entretenida.
Admito que al principio Penny me resultaba muy irritante, y lo era. Pero de todas formas terminé por tomarle cariño.
El final....no me gustó del todo. Me hubiese gustado que algunas cosas no le hayan salido tan bien. Extremadamente bien. Le quita un poco el "realismo" (que de todas formas no tiene jaja).
Las 4 estrellas son porque el DRAMA siempre me mantenía alerta.
Lo recomiendo mucho❤👍.
Admito que al principio Penny me resultaba muy irritante, y lo era. Pero de todas formas terminé por tomarle cariño.
El final....no me gustó del todo. Me hubiese gustado que algunas cosas no le hayan salido tan bien. Extremadamente bien. Le quita un poco el "realismo" (que de todas formas no tiene jaja).
Las 4 estrellas son porque el DRAMA siempre me mantenía alerta.
Lo recomiendo mucho❤👍.
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January 2, 2009
The first Regency era romance I ever read and I loved it! I picked it up from a bookstore shelf and then bought it because I was fascinated by the story premise and book jacket summary. Though I had never read a Regency historical, I decided to try the book. I thoroughly enjoyed it and have bought another of Caskie's books since.
April 9, 2010
cute story- a bit different then the average historical romance.
April 12, 2010
The writing in this book is somewhat awkward. Makes me think that this is one of the author's first. I have read some of her newer stuff and it is much better.
February 14, 2012
Rated 3.5
May 10, 2013
Engaging quick read. Not bad for a romance novel.
June 5, 2013
I give this three stars because of Jenny. She is a fascinating character. Definitely not your typical Regency trashy romance novel heroine.
June 8, 2015
Just when you think you know how things will progress, the heroine surprises you.
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June 4, 2016Used - Good - binding worn
December 1, 2014
Too ridiculous and predictable to even spend time finishing.
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