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Renowned gamester, and the first to own that he is untroubled by a romantic disposition, Max Ravenscar regards all eligible females with indifference. But when he learns that his young cousin Adrian is bent on marrying Deborah Grantham, beautiful mistress of her aunt's gaming house, he meets an opponent in whom all his experience of risk and gambles finds him unprepared. (20030924)
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Regency Romance,
This review is from: Faro's Daughter (Paperback)
The heroine is Deborah Grantham, she helps run her aunt's gaming house - her aunt is respectable but short of money as she has had to look after Deborah and her brother. Deborah has two men interested in her the Earl of Ormskirk who wants a mistress and Lord Mablethorpe (Adrian) who offers marriage.The Hero is Max Ravenscar, who is enlisted by his aunt (Lord Mablethorpe's mother) to help her pay Deborah to leave Adrian alone. The only problem is Deborah insulted refuses to be bought off and a battle ensues between her and Max, complicated by carriage races, wagers kidnappings, distressed young girls, friends younger brothers and the evil Sir James Filey. The writing is so beautifully and distinctively G Heyer (written in 1941 there are no 'intimate' scenes - but you never miss them) and like all her books I loved it, although it is not one of my personal favourites it will be read many times.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Not a Favourite, but still wonderful,
By Mrs. K. A. Wheatley "katywheatley" (Leicester, UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Faro's Daughter (Paperback)
Here, Heyer takes on the notions of what it is to be 'respectable' in terms of the Regency Period. The heroine helps run a gaming den, hence the title, Faro's Daughter (Faro is a kind of card game). She becomes emotionally entangled with a young aristocrat who has formed an attachment to her and wishes to marry her. Naturally his family don't approve. It is all very well for a young man to waste his money on cards and loose women, but it is not very well for him to then marry into such a world.
The hero, Max, is sent to rescue his addle pated relation from such a terrible fate, and naturally becomes entangled with the young femme fatale herself, with all kinds of disastrous consequences, which naturally in Heyer's world, all work themselves out neatly before the end of the book! What I found difficult about this book was the fact that I couldn't really warm to the heroine, Deborah, too easily. It seemed she was more a vehicle than a character in her own right. She never really fleshed out well, as so many of Heyer's other characters do. Despite this it was still a delightful read and one of the most productive ways I've found to spend a wet Saturday afternoon. You won't be disappointed.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Unusual Heyer and very funny,
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This review is from: Faro's Daughter (Paperback)
The heroine Deb Grantham makes this an unusual story as she's working in her aunt's gaming house, though to be fair she's as upper-class as all Heyer's heroines. The hero Max Ravenscar is untitled and while very rich is uninterested in women and prefers horse-racing and gambling. All the same, he is completely offended when his cousin Lord Mablethorpe intends to marry Deb as soon as he is of age and takes it upon himself to buy her off...
For once the tension between hero and heroine has a genuine cause and Max is very ungentlemanly with Deb at the beginning which leads her to plot his downfall which she does with a charming combination of ruthlessness and care. The central scene in the cellar is wonderful (I don't want to give anything away) and very funny, and workings out of the tangled plot both playful and amusing. Deb's aunt adds some light relief and the interventions of an Irish gambler friend and a pugilist add to the slightly unorthodox setting. However the ending is as charmingly predictable as ever. I tend to prefer the masterful to the timid heroes in Heyer's books and so this is one of my favourites.
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