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To Catch an Heiress (Mass Market Paperback)

by Julia Quinn (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Avon Books; Re-issue edition (25 Oct 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0380789353
  • ISBN-13: 978-0380789351
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 322,388 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Determined to escape marriage to her fortune-hunting guardian's idiotic son, Caroline Trent runs away and winds up in the arms of Blake Ravenscroft, an agent of the crown who mistakes her for a notorious spy and takes her captive.


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One of Amazon's Top Ten Romances of 1998!
She needs to hide and he just might be her perfect cover. He needs to wrap up this one last assignment and she just might be the spy he's looking for. The world's only romance novel that will make you laugh AND increase your vocabulary.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Very funny tale, 11 Aug 2004
By Ladybubbles (Croydon, Surrey, UK) - See all my reviews
  
Caroline Trent is kidnapped by Blake Ravenscroft, who mistakes her for "Carlotta" a dangerous enemy of the crown. On the spur of the moment Caroline decides to play along as she needs to hide away from her relatives until she reached her majority and inherited her fortune.

Blake Revenscroft's mission was to bring this little temptress to justice not bed the wench!

Hilarious, I have never laughed so much. You will love what antics Caroline gets up to and Blake's reaction to her.

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Very funny...great dialogue, 6 Jun 1999
By A Customer
Having read numerous romance novels over the years, I have found myself becoming rather sated with them all recently so I started reading this book with not much expectation but I was pleasantly surprised. It was very very funny...I found myself laughing out loud at the dialogue between not only the main protagonists but also when the Marquis and Blake's sister were involved. The romance between Blake and Caroline was very entertaining and Blake's surrender to love was sufficently protracted. The book was well written and kept me reading to the end without jumping pages as I have found myself doing recently with other books...so why did I only give it 4 crowns? Only one reason...maybe this is a bit trivial but I kept being distracted by the time it took for the characters to get from near Portsmouth to near Bournemouth and vice versa. I lived near those areas for over 4 years and it takes (even as the crow flies) well over an hour to get from one to the other by car. On horse-back in the 19th century it would take even longer. So Ms Quinn, if you read this, I'm sorry for nit-picking because I really really enjoyed the book but please check out distances when writing about Britain!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars An Adequate Romance, 18 Jun 1998
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Miss Quinn has come up with a whimsical romance about Caroline Trent, a runaway who is mistaken for a notorious spy by Blake, a government agent. Sparks fly between them, and the story takes place mainly in Blake's country manor. The jokes come fast, mainly due to Caroline's over-enthusiastic attempts to impress Blake and a surprise visit from Blake's sister.

Now, I enjoyed this book, but why didn't I give it 4 stars or more? Well, I have a few problems with this book:

(a) The absence of "movement" of plot - the story never moves outside the country house and I feel "trapped" after a while,

(b) Sometime the story loses steam as Caroline pours something or falls over Blake for what seems the millionth time, <c> A lack of chemistry between the two leads. By chemistry I mean heat and sexual tension. Here the sexual tension is at the minimum.

Despite the faults, I still enjoyed this book. But I wouldn't consider it anything more than the light-heartedromp it is.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Smart and funny
You know, every Julia quinn's book is funny and loveable, and this one is as well, probably more than others :)
Published 1 month ago by M. MIRONSKA-MACZKA

4.0 out of 5 stars hilarious
was just so funny in places that i was laughing. blake mistakes caroline for a spy and its just down hill from there on. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Lindymck

3.0 out of 5 stars I've read better
Miss Quinn has come up with a whimsical romance about Caroline Trent, a runaway who is mistaken for a notorious spy by Blake, a government agent. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Ha. Manning

4.0 out of 5 stars Ludicrous, but always funny
Caroline Trent is not having a good evening. Firstly her guardian's son, Percival, attacks her on his father's orders - for which she, quite rightly, shoots him in the shoulder... Read more
Published on 8 May 2007 by Book Gannet

4.0 out of 5 stars Jula Quinn: Hilarious Author
When I read a Julia Quinn I read it as I would any romance, forget the regency historical aspect, she's just brilliant. Read more
Published on 19 April 2007 by CriticalThinker

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible
I have been reading historical romance for years and i have to say this is the worst one i have read. Read more
Published on 12 Oct 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars A REALLY funny book!
I laughed and laughed and laughed, I thought that this book was one of the best I have ever read and I have read lots! Julia Quin has a FANTASTIC sense of humour! Read more
Published on 28 Sep 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars laughed til i cried
this was the best book i have ever read. when miss trent escapes and runs into blake, it was fantastic. Read more
Published on 7 Jul 1998

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