A Lady At Midnight
by Melinda Hammond
Amelia Langridge has led a quiet life in the country with her mother and grandfather, and
is almost promised to her dull neighbour Edmund Crannock, but when an old school friend
of her mother's offers to have Amelia as a companion for her own daughter it looks as
though Amelia will get a little town bronze after all. Beautiful Camilla Strickland
is pleased to see how ordinary and retiring Amelia is, for she is aiming to catch as wealthy
a husband as possible. When fate puts Earl Rossleigh in their path, all Camilla can think
about is becoming his wife, but the Earl has another agenda, first unconnected with romance
- rather a more dangerous one - and maybe sensible Amelia will be more suited to lend a
hand.
For anybody tired of battle of the sexes stories and alpha males, this most engaging
tale will be a tonic. Amelia makes a sensible but attractive heroine, offset by her silly,
selfish (though not vindictive) companions and Earl Rossleigh makes a feeling, cheerful
yet masculine hero. Neither appears too modern, and the very real (and timeless) problems
they have to solve together lifts this book out of the common run. The only flaw is that
although it is set over half a century previous to the Regency era, there isn't enough
period detail to be able to tell it apart from a typical Regency which is a pity; half
the fun of reading a historical novel of any kind is to immerse oneself in another time.
Better then to sit back and enjoy what is a very appealing story - this is a novel, after
all. |
The Book |
Robert Hale |
July 2005 |
Hardback |
070907820X |
Historical Romance [1750s, London] |
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The Reviewer |
Rachel A Hyde |
Reviewed 2005 |
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