Delacey's Angel (A Zebra Regency Romance)

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Summary: A Cute Read
Review: Jacket Blurb: "A LORD'S PRAYER: Ever since he'd returned from Waterloo, Col. Richard DeLacey, Earl of Rochdale, could think of nothing save the angelic beauty who's appeared on the battlefield to tend his wounds. Her saucily up-tilted nose, serious blue-gray eyes, and soldier's courage were imprinted on his heart and soul forever. All he wanted now was to find his mysterious savior and make her his wife. ---A LADY'S ANSWER: Elizabeth Discoll, who's faced the guns of war with scarcely a tremble, quaked at the thought of the imminent London Season. A country doctor's daughter, she knew she was impossibly declasse at a rout hosted by society's greatest catch: Lord DeLacey. Until he embraced her in his library and announced that they must be wed! She thought him mad...and his kisses sinfully delightful. But the ton was in the worst snit of all, determined to stop a match that was shocking, scandalous-- and heavensent..."

This book is worth reading just to have a piece of the 4-book story. However, after reading THE LADY AND THE SPY which I really enjoyed and which motivated me to buy the rest of the 4, I was disappointed in this one. The storyline was very promising but Ellis took three of the key supporting characters over the top so much so that they started to really irritate and bore me rather than interest or amuse me. The Elizabeth character's father is also a baronet in addition to being a doctor. So what's the problem with the match being unacceptable to so many?

It seemed like Ellis' characters started getting out of her control and leaving her original storyline and character outlines to do their own things. A rewrite of the earlier part of the book might have avoided this feeling of inconsistency that I kept getting here and there. I just grew impatient to finish this book.

Rating:
Summary: Wonderful tale!
Review: The entire series of books by Monique Ellis on DeLacey and the characters introduced here are wonderful. They keep you on the edge of your seat with mystery, twists of fate, and surprises popping up. I wish she would write more books on the people introduced through these books.