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From some of the biggest names in Regency historical romance, 25 wickedly witty, lusciously romantic and sublimely sensual stories. Stories replete with oversexed aristocrats, posturing courtesans and feuding dukes and duchesses tell of a beautiful lady awakened by a passion more powerful than anything she has ever known, one that could doom or save her; a disgraced rake who, given a final chance to redeem himself, discovers love has rules of its own; and a luscious young beauty fed up with proper tea parties and elegant balls who disguises herself to enjoy a soiree of uninhibited pleasure. As the passion mounts, so do the complications... It includes big name contributors such as Julia Templeton, Sara Bennett, Jo Beverley, Amanda Grange and Mary Balogh.
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Trisha Telep was the romance & fantasy book buyer at Murder One, the UK's premier crime and romance bookstore. She has recently re-launched this classic bookshop online at www.murderone.co.uk. Originally from Vancouver, Canada, she completed the Master of Publishing program at Simon Fraser University before moving to London. She lives in Hackney with her boyfriend, filmmaker Christopher Joseph.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My love of regency romance, plus a lack of knowledge of good authors of it, prompted me to buy this 'Mammoth' book despite my trepidation of reading a book in which the average story is less than thirty pages long. Fortunately, I wasn't disappointed. In most anthologies I have read, there have been stories that I have been unable to resist skipping, but every story in this book held my interest for long enough for me to become intrigued and want to know the outcome. This is seemingly due to a more consistently good standard of writing across the stories. This does not mean that I will be going out and buying every authors' other books; but I don't begrudge any, and am glad of much, of the time I spent reading the stories. This, in a book containing the work of twenty three very different writers, is nothing short of remarkable. Although a few of the stories have made me want to read the authors' other works, the one that stuck with me most is 'Little Miss Indpendent' by Julie Templeton, which I would have loved to have been a full-length novel, and also to have a little naughtiness in it.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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I'm always on the look out for enjoyable Regency romances but never want to try a new author's full length book incase I don't like the writing style. That's why I was delighted to find this large anthology. At such a low price (£4 at the time of writing) I felt I couldn't go wrong.
There are 23 stories in this book, all of them original to this collection so you can guarantee you won't have read them anywhere else. There are offerings from well known authors such as Lorraine Heath, Candice Hern and Elizabeth Boyle as well as many from less the less well-known. Some stories are sexy and some are quite tame. Basically there's something for everyone no matter what your taste.
Much like another reviewer, I also found it quite astonishing how good most of the stories in this anthology were. For being so short (each lasts roughly 30 pages), there were remarkably few that I couldn't finish or didn't enjoy.
I really liked quite a number of the stories in the book and will definitely be checking out longer length stories by a few of the authors. My standout stories were Upon a Midnight Clear by Anna Campbell, Cinders and Ashe by Elizabeth Boyle, Stolen by Emma Wildes and The Devil's Bargain by Deborah Raleigh.
Overall, for the price, you get a really good selection of stories and even if you don't enjoy them all, you're bound to get find a few that take your fancy. This is a book I would definitely recommend. 4 stars.
There are 23 stories in this book, all of them original to this collection so you can guarantee you won't have read them anywhere else. There are offerings from well known authors such as Lorraine Heath, Candice Hern and Elizabeth Boyle as well as many from less the less well-known. Some stories are sexy and some are quite tame. Basically there's something for everyone no matter what your taste.
Much like another reviewer, I also found it quite astonishing how good most of the stories in this anthology were. For being so short (each lasts roughly 30 pages), there were remarkably few that I couldn't finish or didn't enjoy.
I really liked quite a number of the stories in the book and will definitely be checking out longer length stories by a few of the authors. My standout stories were Upon a Midnight Clear by Anna Campbell, Cinders and Ashe by Elizabeth Boyle, Stolen by Emma Wildes and The Devil's Bargain by Deborah Raleigh.
Overall, for the price, you get a really good selection of stories and even if you don't enjoy them all, you're bound to get find a few that take your fancy. This is a book I would definitely recommend. 4 stars.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The compiler of this anthology of Regency stories is connected to a store selling crime novels. And she has certainly perpetrated a crime here. Almost every story with one exception(Little Miss Independent) is not worth reading. Of course this is a subjective opinion but even stories from fairly well known writers were too rushed and too facile. Unlike the other reviewer I found little merit in stories which had silly plots -- and which were replicated throughout (could the compiler not have kept an eye on this aspect?) - with one-dimensional characters. I would suggest you avoid this title - but having again read the other reviewer's rave, I suppose you will just have to make up your own mind.
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The shadow of Georgette Heyer
I love stories about Regency times and since Georgette Heyer died in 1974 I have been hoping that someone would succeed her or rival her. No one has even come close. Read more
Published 7 days ago by Kathleen
Good Introduction
As an experienced reader of Regency Romance I thought I'd give this mommoth set a try.
So far, as I haven't finished reading all of the stories, I haven't been... Read more
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