The Honorable Clarissa Vevian
might appear to have a lot going for her: youth, beauty, money,
a title but she still gets sent to the Tribbles to be finished?.
Her problem is her height, and her clumsiness. She has a petite
dainty mother who tries to dress her in the style that would
look good on a younger version of herself, and as a result
she looks awful. En route to the Tribbles Clarissa’s
coach gets held up by a highwayman who turns out to be the
Earl of Greystone’s brother?
These delightful Regencies never disappoint. Many authors
could learn a trick or two by reading them about pacing, use
of humor, light but telling use of research and originality.
As this is a series it is always good to discover what the
series characters are up to, meet the new faces and see how
they fit into what is already there. The comic incidents are
genuinely funny, often unexpected and somehow in period as
well in many cases, adding a new dimension to the Regency
romance subgenre. As usual with this author you won’t
find any sex, but there is so much else going on if you are
anything like this reviewer you won’t miss it.
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