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The Marsh Hawk
It was to be a gala three-day event at Moorhaven Manor, the rambling country estate of Lady Jenna Hollingsworth's betrothed, Viscount Rupert Marner. To be attended by half the Cornish nobility, not to mention a host of peers from London, it would be a diversion of picnicking, riding, archery and shooting. It would end in Jenna marrying another.
But was her new husband the same man who had killed her father? After one night of passion, she began to wonder. The jarring aroma of leather, tobacco and recently drunk wine drifting toward her on the breeze—she remembered it so well, as well as the tall, muscular shape beneath the multi-caped greatcoat and those eyes of blue fire through the holes in his mask. Oh yes, she remembered that man with whom she shared a secret past. He was the highwayman known as...The Marsh Hawk.
But was her new husband the same man who had killed her father? After one night of passion, she began to wonder. The jarring aroma of leather, tobacco and recently drunk wine drifting toward her on the breeze—she remembered it so well, as well as the tall, muscular shape beneath the multi-caped greatcoat and those eyes of blue fire through the holes in his mask. Oh yes, she remembered that man with whom she shared a secret past. He was the highwayman known as...The Marsh Hawk.
368 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2007
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May 1, 2015
So after reading the whole book the one thing that bothered me the most was the little to know interaction between the two main characters throughout the whole book! Now I'm all for a good sex scene and yes there are those and what interactions our heroine and hero had were good but there was so little! And after just a few interactions they love each other? No sorry not buying it. The rest of the book was well done and could have been a great book but when I read a romance novel I want romance. There were great characters but the relationship was never built between our main characters. Seems the romance part was spent on the secondary characters. That while a good build up the book would have been fine without the girl cousin and her relationship issues. I wanted to like it so much more than I did :(
December 16, 2008
New author for me, so far off to a good start. I was a bit amazed at how quickly the hero and heroine declare their love (more or less by page 60)... usually it takes much more time to sort through the misapprehensions and wrong conclusions and and and. We'll see what happens next, looks like the heroine is about to be abducted by the jilted (and of course dastardly) fiance.. Will Phelps, the trusty manservant left behind to look after her, intervene in time???? (Had to come to work, so this exciting cliff-hanger will have to wait until tonight!)
September 30, 2012
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April 28, 2023
I could not put this book down!!!
Romance, mystery and action!! This book has it all! I was not bored for one minute and I look forward to reading more from this author!! Highly recommend this!!!
Romance, mystery and action!! This book has it all! I was not bored for one minute and I look forward to reading more from this author!! Highly recommend this!!!
August 13, 2012
Reviewed By BlackTulip for Booked Up
I thought after reading the blurb that it would be a good and entertaining story ... Regency, Cornwall, and Highwaymen are appealing and exciting elements ... Well I think that I have never read such a crazy story as this one! I felt completely overwhelmed by that book. There was too much of everything.
I'm generally the kind of person who likes descriptions but very quickly I felt that I was drowning. As a result, I skipped a lot of them. I found the writing and style rather heavy and exaggerated.
Love at first sight is alright with me but to marry in such a hasty way, without knowing each other like they did was too much, in my opinion it was not believable . And then it got worse, the more they were in love, the worst their actions and reactions were.
At twenty two years old, Lady Jenna seemed to me at first a sensible and determined young lady but she turned out to be ridiculously stubborn and immature. She couldn't stop crying for anything and everything. Simon Rutherford, The Earl of Kevernwood was not better. He was far too stubborn and proud. The whole book is a big miscommunication between the two main characters, Jenna and Simon. It was exhausting and irritating.
Even the end has a double layer. But when you think it's over, at last, it's not. I can only give 2/5 !
I thought after reading the blurb that it would be a good and entertaining story ... Regency, Cornwall, and Highwaymen are appealing and exciting elements ... Well I think that I have never read such a crazy story as this one! I felt completely overwhelmed by that book. There was too much of everything.
I'm generally the kind of person who likes descriptions but very quickly I felt that I was drowning. As a result, I skipped a lot of them. I found the writing and style rather heavy and exaggerated.
Love at first sight is alright with me but to marry in such a hasty way, without knowing each other like they did was too much, in my opinion it was not believable . And then it got worse, the more they were in love, the worst their actions and reactions were.
At twenty two years old, Lady Jenna seemed to me at first a sensible and determined young lady but she turned out to be ridiculously stubborn and immature. She couldn't stop crying for anything and everything. Simon Rutherford, The Earl of Kevernwood was not better. He was far too stubborn and proud. The whole book is a big miscommunication between the two main characters, Jenna and Simon. It was exhausting and irritating.
Even the end has a double layer. But when you think it's over, at last, it's not. I can only give 2/5 !
January 25, 2009
I don't know if my expectations were too high with all the really positive reviews, but this one didn't grab me as much as I'd hoped. The villain is really very, very wicked and the protagonist must be as blind as bats!
I like at least an attemp at historical accuracy in my historical fiction, but there were some odd things going on here IMO. First Floor conservatory? Unlikely - or an Americanism?!
I like at least an attemp at historical accuracy in my historical fiction, but there were some odd things going on here IMO. First Floor conservatory? Unlikely - or an Americanism?!
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August 29, 2011"La sua bocca calda soffocò il resto della protesta e Jenna si arrese alla promessa di passione contenuta nei suoi baci travolgenti."
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May 9, 2013Good historical romance. Actually read this before.
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January 9, 2019Was Lady Jenna Hollingsworth’s new husband the same man who had killed her father? After one night of passion, she begins to wonder. The jarring aroma of leather, tobacco and recently drunk wine drift toward her on the breeze—she remembers it so well, as well as the tall, muscular shape beneath the multi-caped greatcoat and those eyes of blue fire through the holes in his mask. Oh yes, she remembers that man with whom she shares a secret past. He is the highwayman known as the Marsh Hawk.
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