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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780743456302
ISBN number: 0743456300
Label: Pocket Star
Manufacturer: Pocket Star
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 464
Printing Date: April 26, 2005
Publishing house: Pocket Star
Release Date: April 26, 2005
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THE MALORYS ARE BACK!
Johanna Lindsey brings to glorious life her beloved aristocratic family of adventurous rogues and spirited ladies as the Malorys confront the shocking news that Jeremy, the rakehell son of gentleman pirate James Malory, has fallen in love.
When Jeremy Malory hires Danny, a young woman who grew up on London's streets disguised as a boy, as his upstairs maid, he secretly intends to make her his mistress. But Danny surprises him with her dreams of becoming a refined lady and a gentleman's wife. As she transforms from urchin to elegant beauty before Jeremy's eyes, she unwittingly captivates the charming scoundrel. Now high society tongues are wagging: Who is this mysterious newcomer, and what is the truth about her past? No matter that a life-long adversary will go to any lengths to ensure Danny's downfall, Jeremy, who vowed never to succumb to matrimony, finds his resolve weakening as he pursues a woman whose strong, passionate nature rivals his own and promises the kind of challenge a Malory man can't resist.
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I love the Malory family and have been waiting for Jeremy's story for a long time. I'm happy to say.......... I loved it! While not particularly earth shattering regarding plot, it made up for that in charm. I'm glad that Johanna kept the irrepressible spirit that earned Jeremy the title, "Scamp." She pairs him with an equally charming and equally irrepressible young lady by the name of Danny. Her introduction is funny and starts the ball rolling into what turns out to be a delightful story.
Danny and Jeremy are immediately attracted to each other, but Danny insists that she wants a, "respectable husband." Quite a change of a tune for a lady who has been masquerading as a man for the better part of her life. Jeremy installs her at his new home not as his mistress as he would wish, but as his maid. He is also going to teach her to talk 'correctly' without any of her street cant. Those who remember Jeremy and his own struggles with cant will find that funny. The sparks fly between our hero and heroine with Jeremy doing quite a bit of chasing and Danny doing quite a bit of evading, but really, what else do we expect from the son of James Malory? Who makes an appearance in the book, along with a few other Malorys. They all engage in the subplot where one of Jeremy's fangirls decides she's going to be the one who gets him and sets up the rumour mill that will force him to marry her. The ever resourceful Regan devises a way to show up the girl by introducing Danny as Jeremy's betrothed at a ball. This allows Danny to dress up and for Jeremy to show her off. He also uses the moment to get her drunk. *grins*
There is the standard plot of someone trying to kill the heroine and noone knows who or why. It turns out Danny has quite a past and her inability to remember is danger to her and everyone around her.
This is however, all second to the romance of Jeremy and Danny. A secret past, dead bodies, vengeful debutantes, silent would be assassins in the night, who cares?! It's the love, humour and charm that I was looking for when I picked up this book and it's here in spades. Johanna delivers in a delightful romp about that scoundrel Jeremy and she gives us a woman who is more than his equal in every way, who can stand up to him (literally) toe to toe. It's rare that I love the heroine of a hero I've been adoring for so long. Usually, they never quite measure up, but Danny exceeds expectations. She's neither bitter, TSTL, or annoying. She's charming, gracious, and good spirited, and quite frankly that's a relief. She could certainly be forgiven for any negatives, considering her life, but in a way it makes sense. Jeremy also had a rotten beginning and is good cheer personified. It's as if two kindred spirits found each other and realized how well they fit together. *sigh* I applaud Johanna Lindsey in writing a good book and delivering on a hero she's teased us with for a long time. Brava!
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Well, it has been years since I have read JL and I would say almost 27 years since I started with the Malory clan.... I wish I knew the order they were written because JL does have a nice way to bring in the past and I love it. I felt like I was there and I had to take an extra bit of time during my lunch break for the last few chapters because I could not stop the tears.
I gave this 5 stars because the story kept me coming back. I will look for another and oh by the way, read this on my Kindle and still absolutely love it. Even my husband says here is a gadget he is glad to see me using!!
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To date, I've read twelve books by J. Lindsey and my two favorites are this book and "Gentle Rogue." Both of them have a girl dressed as and pretending to be a boy. The two heroes are Jeremy in this book, and his father James in "Gentle Rogue." In this book, there were some clever lines and scenes. I admired the way Danny (the heroine) would face someone and tell them the truth about why she was leaving or what she thought instead of running off without explanation. She was wonderfully street smart. I loved reading about her. The ending was heart warming regarding the gang from the slums. I loved the events at the end with Dagger.
CAUTION SPOILERS: I enjoyed seeing the following: I think it was twice that one of Jeremy's relatives assumed that Danny was his mistress. Danny would deny it and the relative would say something similar to "maybe not yet, but you will be. He wants you and he always gets any woman he wants." I also loved Jeremy's comments at the end that if Danny had stayed with her mother and never been in the gang, he would never have been allowed to spend time with her or get to know her. And, he would never know that he would be miserable without her.
Sexual language: mild. Number of sex scenes: three. Setting: early 1800s London. Copyright: 2004. Genre: regency romance.
For a list of my reviews of other Johanna Lindsey books, see my 5 star review of "Gentle Rogue" posted 6/14/08.
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This was a fun and adventurous romance tale that kept me glued to the pages. It was a fun twist to watch Danny evolve into a society chit and get pieces of her memory back. I love historical romances, but have only recently started read Johanna Lindsey novels. This is probably my 5th or 6th, and I really am becoming a big fan of this authors work.
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I think her previous Malory novels were better, but it is nice to see what the family is up to.
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