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A Tempting Miss
Augusta Carstair was overcome every time she recalled her last encounter two years before with Major Edward MacKennoch. Thank heaven she had married since then, but still it was his face she saw as she practiced her lines for the play. The last thing MacKennoch expected to see this evening in the parlor was that woman who had teased him two years ago. Well, it wasn't going to happen again. This time he would take her and show her once and for all what happens when you play with the fire of a man's passions.
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First published December 1, 1989
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About the author
Janice Bennett
64 books10 followers Janice Bennett never intended to be a writer, but with B.A. degrees in anthropology and classical civilizations and an M.A. in folklore and mythology, what choice did she have? Her first jobs included the usual abc's—archaeologist, bookkeeper and college craft instructor. Then, on a whim, she submitted her first novel, a Regency, and life took on a fascinating new twist.
Several books later, she began presenting work-shops, teaching novel writing at a community college, serving as a writing panel member at WorldCons...then became an editor. So far, she has written twenty-six novels and more than twenty novellas and received a number of awards, including two Lifetime Achievement awards from Romantic Times/Rave Reviews.
In her spare time, she spins wool (and pet hair), knits, crochets, weaves, and quilts. She lives in a rural town with her husband, never enough cats, a huge dog, an organic garden—and a computer she swears runs on chocolate chips, not silicon ones, which explains a lot about her.
www.janicebennettbooks.com
Several books later, she began presenting work-shops, teaching novel writing at a community college, serving as a writing panel member at WorldCons...then became an editor. So far, she has written twenty-six novels and more than twenty novellas and received a number of awards, including two Lifetime Achievement awards from Romantic Times/Rave Reviews.
In her spare time, she spins wool (and pet hair), knits, crochets, weaves, and quilts. She lives in a rural town with her husband, never enough cats, a huge dog, an organic garden—and a computer she swears runs on chocolate chips, not silicon ones, which explains a lot about her.
www.janicebennettbooks.com
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November 20, 2016
This review is of “A Tempting Miss” by Janice Bennett.
The Story: Augusta Carstairs, the heroine of the book, is doing her part to assist in the war effort by putting on plays with the proceeds benefitting war widows and children. Rehearsals for her latest play are not going well, and neither is Augusta’s life when her first crush, Major Edward MacKennoch, the hero of the book, returns from the war on the peninsula.
Augusta soon finds herself a participant in multiple intertwined issues: trading of British military secrets through the plays she produces, murder and blackmail. She also has to deal with her romantic feelings for Edward, which, at least outwardly, he does return. All of the previous issues continue when the scene retires to Brussels, Belgium.
In Belgium, more mystery and intrigue ensues, Napoleon’s forces invade, the identities of the villains are revealed, and Augusta and Edward acknowledge their love for each other and have their Happily Ever After.
Upside: Not much other than it’s a Regency book.
Downside: The same issues I’ve had with Ms. Bennett’s books previously are still in existence here:
Ms. Bennett’s writing style doesn’t create interest in her characters for me.
Her heroine-August in “A Tempting Miss”-vacillates between a smart, capable woman and a goose-brained ninny.
Zero character development.
Zero chemistry between the hero and heroine.
Limp, insipid “romance”. (To be fair, Ms. Bennett’s books are not described as Regency Romance. The books are listed as “Zebra Regency” books.)
Sex: Other than seeing Edward shirtless as he is changing clothes after being wounded and a few kisses between he and Augusta, this is a “clean” book.
Violence: Toward the end of the book, there are scenes of violence after the fact involving wounded soldiers. A few shooting scenes, and Augusta hits Edward with a chair leg, believing he is a villain, but nothing majorly graphic.
Bottom Line: Readers who enjoy clean, Regency intrigue may like Janice Bennett’s books. I’m not sure how many who don’t fit into the listed categories will, however.
The Story: Augusta Carstairs, the heroine of the book, is doing her part to assist in the war effort by putting on plays with the proceeds benefitting war widows and children. Rehearsals for her latest play are not going well, and neither is Augusta’s life when her first crush, Major Edward MacKennoch, the hero of the book, returns from the war on the peninsula.
Augusta soon finds herself a participant in multiple intertwined issues: trading of British military secrets through the plays she produces, murder and blackmail. She also has to deal with her romantic feelings for Edward, which, at least outwardly, he does return. All of the previous issues continue when the scene retires to Brussels, Belgium.
In Belgium, more mystery and intrigue ensues, Napoleon’s forces invade, the identities of the villains are revealed, and Augusta and Edward acknowledge their love for each other and have their Happily Ever After.
Upside: Not much other than it’s a Regency book.
Downside: The same issues I’ve had with Ms. Bennett’s books previously are still in existence here:
Ms. Bennett’s writing style doesn’t create interest in her characters for me.
Her heroine-August in “A Tempting Miss”-vacillates between a smart, capable woman and a goose-brained ninny.
Zero character development.
Zero chemistry between the hero and heroine.
Limp, insipid “romance”. (To be fair, Ms. Bennett’s books are not described as Regency Romance. The books are listed as “Zebra Regency” books.)
Sex: Other than seeing Edward shirtless as he is changing clothes after being wounded and a few kisses between he and Augusta, this is a “clean” book.
Violence: Toward the end of the book, there are scenes of violence after the fact involving wounded soldiers. A few shooting scenes, and Augusta hits Edward with a chair leg, believing he is a villain, but nothing majorly graphic.
Bottom Line: Readers who enjoy clean, Regency intrigue may like Janice Bennett’s books. I’m not sure how many who don’t fit into the listed categories will, however.
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