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Tangled Reins: A Regency Romance (Historical Book 3) Kindle Edition
Miss Dorothea Darent has no intention of ever getting married, certainly not to a rogue such as the Marquis of Hazelmere. A disreputable scoundrel, he is captivated when they meet by chance and is determined to win her heart, even while she’s busy dazzling the rest of London society. Now Dorothea has a choice to make: stick with her plan to remain a respectable spinster, or run into the arms of her dashing stranger…
Originally published in 1992
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherMIRA
- Publication dateOctober 14, 2019
- File size708 KB
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- ASIN : B07T2DGKCJ
- Publisher : MIRA (October 14, 2019)
- Publication date : October 14, 2019
- Language : English
- File size : 708 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 229 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #67,184 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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About the author
![Stephanie Laurens](https://cdn.statically.io/img/m.media-amazon.com/images/S/amzn-author-media-prod/aogh5phufg5hkrs7k07g86tpf4._SY600_.jpg)
#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens began writing romances as an escape from the dry world of professional science. Her hobby quickly became a career when her first novel was accepted for publication, and with entirely becoming alacrity, she gave up writing about facts in favor of writing fiction.
Laurens's novels are set in the time period of the British Regency, and her settings range from Scotland to India. Laurens has published fifty works of historical romance, including 29 New York Times bestsellers. All her works are continuously available in print and digital formats in English worldwide, and have been translated into many other languages. An international bestseller, among other accolades Laurens has received the Romance Writers of America prestigious RITA Award for Best Romance Novella 2008, for The Fall of Rogue Gerrard.
Her continuing novels featuring the Cynster family are widely regarded as classics of the genre. Other series include the Bastion Club Novels and the Black Cobra Quartet.
Following is a brief autobiography of Stephanie's life before becoming a romance novelist:
My early life was not all that ordinary - I was born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) many years ago, at a time when the recently independent British colony still behaved socially very much like an outpost of the British Raj. So I know what "tiffin" is. It was a strange society - one that has now died - but I still remember snippets.
At age 5, my family upped stakes and moved permanently to Melbourne, Australia, where they've remained ever since. I did all my schooling in Melbourne, finished university with a Ph.D. in Biochemistry, then moved on, together with my husband, acquired along the way, to London.
Of course, we didn't just hop on a plane and fly. No. We took what proved to be one of the last true overland journeys from Katmandu to London - through northern India and the Ganges valley, up into Kashmir to laze on houseboats on the lake at Srinigar, then through Pakistan and on up the Khyber Pass into Afghanistan (pre-destruction). From Kabul, we continued west, across Iran (then still with the Shah), down to Isfahan, then up to the Caspian Sea, then all the way across Turkey to the ages-old fascination of Istanbul. I still have the most vivid memories of Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey - the most wonderfully dramatic and lonely scenery - places where Nature really impinged on your consciousness. After wandering across Europe, we eventually reached London, after what will undoubtedly rank as the journey of our lives.
In London, I took up a position as a research scientist - and my husband did, too. We lived in a lovely little cottage - a 16th century woodcutter's cottage, complete with 16th century tiles (you can tell by the wooden pegs that hold them on), built onto an oast house (those places with conical roofs where they used to dry hops), surrounded on all sides by the lush green fields of rural Kent. Of course, next door was the protected remains of a 1st century Roman villa, and down the lane was a 14th century castle, still owned by the original family. The main house was now mostly Queen Anne in style, but with some Tudor buildings still remaining.
We spent 4 wonderful years living in England, touring England, France, Spain, Portugal and northern Italy, entirely off the beaten track. Provincial France became a favorite haunt; Portugal was a different sort of paradise. On our return to Australia, we both continued on with scientific research - in my case, in the cancer research field. I remained in cancer research, rising through the ranks to heading my own laboratory...until fate took a hand.
I had read romances since I was 13 - when my mother borrowed Georgette Heyer's romances from a workmate, and I read them after her. These Old Shades was the first one I read - I was hooked for life. In England, I'd had the opportunity to stock up with Regency romances that were never available in the US or Australia - I still have shelves of them. After our return to Australia, one day I literally ran out of books to read. I wanted a new Regency romance - but there were none in the stores. In desperation, I decided to write one - something I'd always had a hankering to do, but never done.
So I did. I just sat down and wrote the story, writing at night and on weekends, primarily to entertain myself. To my surprise, being one of those people who always have craft projects lying around unfinished for years, I actually finished the book - mainly, I suspect, because I wanted to know the end. But there it was - and it didn't seem too bad. Perhaps....
That first manuscript became TANGLED REINS, my first romance - a British Regency romance published by Mills & Boon. Subsequently, I wrote 7 more Regency romances for Mills & Boon.
Somewhere along the line, I faced the fact that the life of a research scientist, certainly at the level I had now reached, had palled. Stress levels were too high. But I now had something else I could do - I could write romances.
So I "retired" from scientific life, to more relaxed and fulfilling endeavors, and at much the same time, crossed the Atlantic publishing-wise, and, after some uncertain times, eventually signed on with Avon.
The rest, as they say, is history!
For information on upcoming releases and updates on novels yet to come, visit Stephanie's website at www.stephanielaurens.com or connect with her on Facebook www.facebook.com/AuthorStephanieLaurens
If you'd like to get regular information about upcoming releases or giveaways, sign up for her newsletter at http://www.stephanielaurens.com/newsletter-signup/
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Customers find the book a wonderful read with a good Regency romance and great story. They also find the humor very funny and can't put the book down until the end.
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Customers find the book wonderful, entertaining, and well-written.
"Another well written book by Stephanie Laurens...." Read more
"...This book is entertaining and well-written. If you are looking for a typical Regency romance, with no explicit love scenes -- this is a good choice." Read more
"...have liked more romantic scenes but overall I loved this book very fun to read." Read more
"...This wasn't my favorite, but still very good. Found out half way through that I had read it before! I still kept reading!!!" Read more
Customers find the plot of the book good, riveting, and not a multiple plot lines. They also say the book does not end multiple plotlines with 1 or 2 sentences in a few pages.
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"...it is one of her earlier works, is quite tame, with no explicit love scenes at all and only a very light mystery element...." Read more
"...All of the carictures fit perfectly, and the story never stalls. A must read." Read more
"I used to really enjoy Stephanie Laurens novels. This one was way too predictable, there was no real drama in villain trying to get the woman...." Read more
Customers find the humor in the book very funny.
"...This book is entertaining and well-written. If you are looking for a typical Regency romance, with no explicit love scenes -- this is a good choice." Read more
"Very funny, I couldn't put this book down until the end...." Read more
"...There is humor, love, suspense and danger, the best combination for a Regency Romance." Read more
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This book is much more typical of Regency romances written some time ago -- the characters attend lots of society events, which means there is much time spent on their clothes, and the strict manners/behavior expected of them. It doesn't have any of the steamy scenes found in Laurens' later books. It also doesn't have any of the strong, independent women found in her later books, who know how to get their men to do what they want, and don't hesitate to rebel at society rules. The women in this book, while intelligent, put up a token resistance to the control of men -- but end up falling into line with what their men want.
So, while I did enjoy this book, I prefer Laurens' more recent works. This book is entertaining and well-written. If you are looking for a typical Regency romance, with no explicit love scenes -- this is a good choice.
I am just confused on Ferdie's role. That is why wasn't he has a love interest.
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Dorothea was a delightful and strong willed heroine. Marc Henry, Marquess of Hazelmere, was a charming rake who was tiring of the batchelor life. This is gentle tale of their courtship, with all the ups and downs and tangles. Add in her very young, but also determined, sister Cecily and her admirer, Tom Fanshawe, not to mention the Marquess's delightful cousin, Ferdie, and there is a good mix to keep the reader going.
I am a traditionalist when it comes to this genre of stories, and I also prefer good writing, and lack of words such as 'gotten' in the midst of a Regency gentleman's speech. It should be no surprise, then, that I really enjoyed this and thoroughly recommend it. I know I will be re-reading it again soon.
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