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Summary: To call Lady Diana a hoyden is an understatement!
Review: Diana and her twin brother Trevor both have large fortunes, but it is all under the control of a strict guardian. Trevor has fallen in love, but his beloved's papa prefers to sell her for a hundred thousand pounds to an old man rather than wait until Trevor comes of age. Desperately trying to raise the money through gambling, Trevor ends up heavily in debt to a notorious gamester. Diana contrives to keep Trevor away from the gaming table while she dresses up in his clothes to try to win the money back.The embittered Jack Melville finds himself strangely drawn to the naive young stripling. Will the young man wager his twin sister's hand in marriage for a chance to win enough money to "buy" a bride? Perhaps he should be taught a lesson. And so "Trevor" is allowed to win back "his" money and much more. . . before Jack wins it all back and then suggests a way for "him" to win it all back...by wagering the hand of "his sister" in marriage. Of course, Jack's intention is only to teach the young man a lesson, not to actually marry the sister. However, in the end, the one who learns the lesson is HIM, as he finds himself falling under the spell of the lively young lady who for some reason seems very familiar to him.... Although an enjoyable little story, I have a few qualms about recommending it. (1) Lady Diana's actions are far too bold and hoydenish for a Regency. (2) Jack Melville takes far too long to realize the one who lost the bet was actually Lady Diana in disguise. (3) Why would he suggest a bet that would cost him a huge sum of money either way? He is not portrayed as a philanthropist, after all! (4) Melville IS right about one thing: Trevor IS too young for marriage, and, in fact, seems more infatuated than in love...with a healthy dose of chivalry thrown in, as he cannot stand to see the young lady callously sold to an old man. (5) The strict guardian should have known better than to let their indulgent aunt raise them so liberally!
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Summary: really wasn't too good
Review: When I started reading this book, I thought there would be a lot more action than there really was. Miss Diana Ballinger masquerades as her brother, Tever, to attempt to win back the money he lost gambling, to Jack Melville, and an additional 100,000 pounds so Trever can marry his true love. At first everything is working fine but then Diana loses the last bet and in doing so she must give her hand in marriage to Jack. Jack has no intention to marry the supposed sister of the gentleman he's gaming with but only wants to teach the young pup a lesson. Little does he know that it's actually Diana that he's gambling with. In return for Diana's hand in marriage, Jack will give her the money Trever needed to wed Jenny, his true love. Throughout the book we see Diana trying to prove to Jack that he really doesn't want to marry her because she now thinks that he really does want to marry her. But then when the evil Lord Treffington starts to attempt to court Diana because Trever took Jenny away from him, then Diana starts to try to persuade Jack to marry her and finally even tries to kidnap Jack. I suppose the two main problems that I had with this story, was that I was hoping for an actual scene when Jack discovered that it was actually Diana that had gambled her hand away that night; and also it seemed that there wasn't enough show of Jack falling in love with Diana. It almost seemed as POOF he loves her. That didn't make the story flow as well as it should have. I did like the story somewhat though and this is my first time reading Mona Gedney so I am definitly going to read another of her's.
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Summary: really wasn't too good
Review: When I started reading this book, I thought there would be a lot more action than there really was. Miss Diana Ballinger masquerades as her brother, Tever, to attempt to win back the money he lost gambling, to Jack Melville, and an additional 100,000 pounds so Trever can marry his true love. At first everything is working fine but then Diana loses the last bet and in doing so she must give her hand in marriage to Jack. Jack has no intention to marry the supposed sister of the gentleman he's gaming with but only wants to teach the young pup a lesson. Little does he know that it's actually Diana that he's gambling with. In return for Diana's hand in marriage, Jack will give her the money Trever needed to wed Jenny, his true love. Throughout the book we see Diana trying to prove to Jack that he really doesn't want to marry her because she now thinks that he really does want to marry her. But then when the evil Lord Treffington starts to attempt to court Diana because Trever took Jenny away from him, then Diana starts to try to persuade Jack to marry her and finally even tries to kidnap Jack. I suppose the two main problems that I had with this story, was that I was hoping for an actual scene when Jack discovered that it was actually Diana that had gambled her hand away that night; and also it seemed that there wasn't enough show of Jack falling in love with Diana. It almost seemed as POOF he loves her. That didn't make the story flow as well as it should have. I did like the story somewhat though and this is my first time reading Mona Gedney so I am definitly going to read another of her's.
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