Rating: 
Summary: VERY DISSAPOINTED
Review: I WAITED FOR THIS BOOK TO COME OUT. JAMES WAS GREAT IN TO CATCH AN HEIRESS. BUT HE JUST DIDNT DO THE TRICK IN TO MARRY A MARQUIS. IN FACT THE WHOLE TIME I READ THIS BOOK ALL I THOUGHT ABOUT WAS JOHANNA LINDSEY'S MAN OF MY DREAMS,SO MUCH SO THAT I HAD TO PUT THIS BOOK DOWN AND RE READ THAT ONE. JULIA QUINN IS ONE OF MY FAVIROTES BUT SOMETHING IS LOST IN THIS BOOK. I DONT KNOW IF IT IS THE STORY LINES SIMILARITY TO A MAN OF MY DREAMS. IN BOTH BOOKS THEY WANTED TO CATCH WEALTH TO PROVE SOMETHING. I JUST HOPE SUSAN GETS HER OWN STORY
Rating: 
Summary: Delightfully clever!
Review: I enjoyed this book tremendously
Rating:
Summary: Disappointing
Review: I expected so much more. This is an okay book, just not a really good book. The conversations are irritating and don't seem real.
Rating: 
Summary: Funny, but could be better.
Review: This book is a sequel of sorts to "To Catch An Heiress", but it stands alone very well. But while TCAH started out wonderfully and then sagged a little, HTMAM started out poorly but improved tremendously as the story progressed. The first chapter alone had me groaning, "Children under 10 don't use big words like that!" but along the way I began to adore Susan, the second oldest child. Lizzy started out a total emotional wreck, constantly wringing her hands and wondering what to do, but eventually I grew to like her. James may be a good ex-spy, but he sure doesn't act like one. But he's a nice guy through and through. He and Lizzy make one of the nicest couple ever - there's no long angst, no my-ex-is-so-evil subplots, just chuckles and smiles along the way. The first half gets two stars, the second half four, even that out and HTMAM gets three stars. If you want a nice easy way to past a Sunday afternoon, picking this up won't hurt.
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Summary: Excellent Regency romance
Review: In 1815 England, Elizabeth Hotckiss totals the columns for the fourth time with the results remaining the same. Her deceased father left Elizabeth and her younger siblings with insufficient funds. Distraught that her efforts to raise her sisters and brother is failing, Elizabeth wonders what to do next. Elizabeth enters the library to find a small red book, HOW TO MARRY A MARQUIS, that sets out a series of steps that rearms Elizabeth with hope. Someone is blackmailing the beloved aunt of the Marquis of Riverdale, James Sidwell. To uncover the culprit, he dons the disguise of an estate manager and targets his aunt's companion, who desperately needs cash. However, he also finds Ms. Elizabeth charming and her guidebook intriguing. He volunteers to be her practice model, but James soon realizes that he now wants Elizabeth to marry one particular Marquis. Elizabeth struggles with the idea of love and her desire to become the wife of the estate manager, but if she decides to go that route, she believes it will destroy her family. Historical romance fans from any era will enjoy this humorous Regency romance. The story line deals with a serious topic that still exists in society today, however, it does so with a light touch. This ability to deftly deal with a single woman struggling to raise several children demonstrates the enormous talent of Julie Quinn, who pulls this off without preaching. The lead protagonists are an attractive, witty duo. The support cast augments the plot, especially the battling sibling rivalries. Genre readers will want Ms. Quinn to provide sequels starring some of the siblings. No doubt who the mighty Quinn is. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Regency England meets The Rules!
Review: When Elizabeth Hotchkiss finds a little book called HOW TO MARRY A MARQUIS, she never dreams that a how-to book on finding a husband will change her life forever...Please come by my website for a peek at chapter one
Rating:
Summary: Merely Okay
Review: It's a common story line, done better before. A little disappointing when I considered the reviews that encouraged me to read this. Tried to hard to be meaningful. Don't buy - pick up at the library, if you must!!!
Rating: 
Summary: piffle but nice Quinn piffle
Review: I'd end up giving this book
a B- overall. The first half is delightful Quinn. It's piffle but it's good Quinn piffle.
This book won't win you over to her style if you aren't already a fan but it's a
lot better than the prequel "How to Catch an Heiress." What drags the ultimate
grade down is the tacked on, can see it coming for miles, no surprises here
separation of the h/h to pad out the book by another 90 pages. I will give
Quinn credit in that she does have the hero and heroine at least talk to
each other during this stretch instead of just stomping off in a huff until
5 pages from the end. But it's also obvious to me (from having read Quinn's
latest books) that she's really improved in this aspect of writing and plotting.
So B for the first part, C for the last third and a B- for it all.
Rating: 
Summary: Cough and gag.
Review: I have never read a Julia Quinn novel, but the title was intriguing, so I took the plunge. So far, I am only a third through the book and am already gagging. I love romance novels, but this one is written horribly with too much description on mundane behavior. The main characters are always coughing to hide some comment or thought. How real is that or is there a flu virus we are not aware about? The heroine is a clutz which normally would be endearing but, in this case, is annoying since she has no depth. Now, while Elizabeth is earning a living for her orphaned family, what are her siblings doing all day while she's gone? They are all under age, unsupervised. I find it odd that their activity, though not central to the plot, is not discussed to at least assure the reader that they are just not comic relief. The hero is weak, acting as a spy on his aunt's behalf, but even that is clumsy for someone who is supposed to be an experienced man of disguise. I believe the story would have been better if the heroine had to marry a marquis to save herself or her family from a life threatening crisis not for a means to obtain education for her little brother at an elite school, dowries for her sisters, etc. There's country gentry that have been impoverished for generations. Life does go on. In this book, it stops, making what could have been a bittersweet story into a senseless novel.
Rating:
Summary: Merely Okay
Review: It's a common story line, done better before. A little disappointing when I considered the reviews that encouraged me to read this. Tried to hard to be meaningful. Don't buy - pick up at the library, if you must!!!
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