The Leopard Prince
by Elizabeth Hoyt
Lady Georgina Maitland has plenty of money and a lifestyle she enjoys, so it doesn’t worry her that she is considered
on the shelf at twenty-eight. Trouble is, when her eye does alight on a well proportioned male, he is her estate
manager, Harry Pye. Even worse, Harry is the enemy of her choleric neighbor, Silas Granville, and the two have
considerable history. Sheep are being killed, and everybody’s fingers are pointing at Harry. When a murder takes
place people are really out for his blood. How can Georgina save him and marry him?
Wicked squires, a relationship reminiscent of Lady Chatterley’s Lover (complete with sex scenes), and something
of a mystery to solve make this an entertaining book. There is plenty of plot in here, including the fairy tale
that gives the book its title. As well as a romance, it is a good page turner. Missing is a sense of period, as we
could just as easily be in the Regency. The country setting is perhaps the main reason for that, but again I didn’t
particularly feel that the book was filled with a sense of place, either. This aside (and it didn’t spoil my
enjoyment of the story), even without these extra dimensions this a good, lively tale. This was the first book I
had read by this author, but I would certainly read another. |
The Book |
Warner Forever (Warner Books) |
April 2007 |
Paperback |
0446618489 |
Romance - 1760 - Yorkshire, UK |
More at Amazon.com
US||
UK |
Excerpt |
NOTE: Some sex |
The Reviewer |
Rachel A Hyde |
Reviewed 2007 |
NOTE: |
|