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The Lost Duke of Wyndham by Julia Quinn

[Caveat: I'm trying to make good on my New Year's Resolution and get caught up to speed on this blog. That means I'm writing about books I read months ago, my memory might be spotty, and I'm just going to jot down a few sentences.]

Wow, it’s been quite a while since I read this, but I do recall loving it, thinking Julia Quinn is quite witty and I must read more of her, and eager to see what’s next in the series.  The premise is that a highwayman is recognized as the long lost duke of Wyndham and is forced to go back to his castle and deal with the insanely nasty dowager duchess and sort things out.  The nasty dowager is a spectacular character and it is her long suffering witty beautiful companion who is the romantic match to the Duke. Delightful historical romance-a must read if you like these or are a fan of, say, Eloisa James.

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The Lady Most Likely…. by Julia Quinn, Eloisa James, and Connie Brockway

A Regency romance that is one continuous tale, but written in three parts by three well known romance writers.  I’m not that familiar with Connie Brockway, but I adore the first two, so I was very pleased to pick this off the Borders shelf the day before it closed.  The premise is that Hugh, a handsome titled gentleman with a passion for horses, has decided it’s time to take a wife (lest he die from a horse fall without leaving an heir.)  He doesn’t have much time for wooing and romance so he asks his sister to make a list of eligible ladies and then invite them all to a house party.  A wonderful setup for romantic hijinks and easily splits the novel into three parts–each author gets to write about Hugh’s attempts with one of the eligible ladies.  It’s evident from the very first scene when Hugh asks his sister and his sister’s widowed best friend about this whole cockamamie plan that he will end up with the friend.

I enjoyed seeing how each lady did not work out for Hugh and all the usual trappings of fine Regency writing-a witty loving sister, parlor games, backstories of doing the right thing, loving someone from afar for years, and so on.  The three parts connected practically seamlessly, though each section did have the touch of its author.  Perhaps I’ll look into some other Connie Brockway novels.

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What Happens in London by Julia Quinn

I can’t stand this silly title, but saw this on an RWA list and had to read it.  What a delightful Regency! Olivia lives next door to Sir Harry Valentine and spies on him because of rumors he killed his fiancee (he’s never even been betrothed).  Olivia and her friends are very modernly funny and she enjoys a witty repartee with Harry.  An interesting angle is that he works for the War Office as a Russian translator (but no one knows about his spy background).  When a Russian prince has his eye on Olivia and Harry is assigned to keep his eye on the unlikable prince madcap Regency fun ensues.  This really was a very fun romance (and I’m sorry I don’t have more to say about it but I read it a month and a half ago and well, it’s a Regency romance.)

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