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The Duke's Cinderella Bride (The Scandalous St Claires) (Historical Romance)
 
 
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The Duke's Cinderella Bride (The Scandalous St Claires) (Historical Romance) [Kindle Edition]

Carole Mortimer (Author)
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From plain Jane to society bride!

Brooding Hawk St Claire, Duke of Stourbridge, believes Jane Smith to be a mere servant girl – albeit a remarkably attractive one! So when genteel Miss Jane is wrongly turned out of her home for inappropriate behaviour following their encounter, the Duke takes her in as his ward. Although Hawk is the first man to make Jane’s pulse race, she knows she cannot risk falling for his devastating charm. A marriage between them would be forbidden – especially if he were to discover the shameful truth about her…

The Notorious St Claires

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 383 KB
  • Print Length: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Mills & Boon Historical Romance (1 April 2009)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B002RI9OL4
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #15,150 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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By Magdrop
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Ok, so the story was very slow and to my mind could have been a lot shorter, but well I suppose it wasn't as bad as some!! As the other reviewer says the characters were fine but it just missed that bit of an 'oumph' that good books seem to find. Still I got it on special at 99p so I can't complain really!!
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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful
okay 18 Jun 2009
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Having enjoyed some of Carole Mortimer's contemporary offerings in the past, I didn't hesitate to buy this book. Not bad, but you got the sense that this book could have been set in any time period. No real feel for the Regency era, although I still enjoyed it, as I really liked the two lead characters.
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43 of 54 people found the following review helpful
Wretched and boring 20 Oct 2009
By Karla Bushway - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Mass Market Paperback
For some reason, Amazon doesn't like what I have to say about this book because this is the 3rd attempt at trying to get my opinion through.

In short, it was horrible. How horrible? This book was like a recipe. Combine 1 alphole hero & 1 stupid, fluttering heroine, combine with a liberal amount of grammatical atrocities like "drawled mockingly" "whispered frowningly" "grated harshly" "sighed breathlessly" "bit out snappily" etc etc ad nauseatingly, and set to a slow bake for 280 pages. DON'T WATCH IT COOK. YOU WILL DIE OF BOREDOM.

All snark aside, this book was a colossal bore and epic fail as romance, Regency genre, AND good writing. The only way it could conceivably be called "Regency" is that there's a duke and the "ton" is referred to several times. Otherwise, the hero & heroine could have been a Sicilian tycoon and an experienced virgin pregnant mistress stable bride.

I know the author is prolific (though I have never read any of her contemporaries), and perhaps the pedestrian and sloppy prose is a result of such high output, but it is very depressing to think that some good manuscripts were rejected by Harlequin and Mortimer's dabble in the historical genre was automatically accepted because of her "house author" status.

This was my first Mortimer and unless some judge decides to be totally perverse and mandate another book of hers as a means of my execution, it will be my last.

ETA: As for the negative votes I'm getting, if you would be so kind as to comment & tell me why, it would be greatly appreciated! If you've read the book & disagree with my assessment, it would be awesome if you could quote some excerpts to counter my opinion with how extremely well-written this book was. :-)
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Excellent book 21 Sep 2009
By K. Kerkeslager - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I love Carole Mortimer books and this book her first Regency is excellent. Jane is a great heroine, not a wimp. Hawk is an arrogant hero. They both play off of each other in an entertaining way. They meet at her guardian's home and when she gets kicked out she sneaks into his carriage. He takes her home where she meets her unknown father. I can hardly wait till the next book, Hawk's brother's story. Jane's father was an appealing character and I wish he would get his own story he deserves a happy ending besides finding his unknown daughter.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
I loved this book!! 6 Sep 2009
By Esa Soy - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
It had been some time, since I read a historical romance- but not since Barbara Cartland times have I enjoyed a book more. Jane actually had a backbone something you don't see often in the new romance novels. The Duke "Hawk" was wonderful, but he was no match for Jane's temper- she was just not a simpering miss. I recommend this book highly.
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