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Beth Elliott
Robert Hale
29 July 2011/ ISBN 0709092520
Historical Romance / Regency / Brighton, England
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Reviewed
by Rachel A Hyde
Anna Lawrence
is not at all keen on life at home and runs away to emulate her
hero Childe Harold. She hasn’t got far when she is molested
by two young men intent on some “sport”, but is rescued
by a mysterious stranger. This is none other than London’s
most notorious rake Giles Maltravers, the Earl of Longwood and saving
damsels in distress is not something he is normally associated with.
But this young miss hardly out of the schoolroom awakens something
in him and he is determined to protect her. Surely nothing amiss
can happen once she is safely delivered to her place of employment
as companion to an old lady?
Ms Elliott knows how to write just the kind of Regency romance I
enjoy. Anna makes for a delightfully fresh and engaging heroine,
whilst Giles manages not to be overbearing thus avoiding those endless
bickering spats that have me closing the book in some romances.
Instead this is a story where two people really do get to know –
and like – each other and it is full of enjoyable moments.
Anna’s new employers are Italians and are up to something
underhand – what? Then there are descriptions of Brighton
in its heyday and all the things that the ton did there. This is
a relaxing, sunny treat of a novel with much to recommend it for
fans of writers like Georgette Heyer.
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