Jane Feather: Reckless angel

Jane Featherin historiallisessa viihderomaanissa liikutaan Englannin sisällissodan maisemissa, päähenkilönä sotatantereelta löytynyt nuori haavoittunut neitokainen ja mieshenkilö joka hänet pelastaa: Reckless angel (HarperCollins, 1989; ISBN 978-0-380-75807-4).



Kirja oli ajankuvaukseltaan mielenkiintoinen, siinä määrin että lueskelin netistä lisätietoja sisällissodan tapahtumista 1600-luvun puolivälissä. Romaanin henkilöhahmot ovat melkolailla karikatyyrejä. Taistelukentältä löytynyt neitokainen saa pelastajaltaan avioliittotarjouksen, jonka taustalla on että leskeksi jääneen miehen lapset kaipaavat äitihahmoa. No, loppu hyvin ja kaikki hyvin, niin kai voi sanoa tästä romaanista.

Sir Daniel Drummond discovers Henrietta Ashby amongst the debris of battle during Englands Civil War, and his chivalrous attempts to return her to her parents results in a marriage proposal once he observes her fathers foul treatment of her.

Jane Feather: Rushed to the Altar, A Wedding Wager ja An Unsuitable Bride

Jane Feather kirjoittaa myyviä historiallisia rakkausromaaneja, joissa sattuu melkoisesti, ja tuotannosta esimerkiksi sopii romaanitrilogia Rushed to the Altar, A Wedding Wager ja An Unsuitable Bride. Juonenkäänteitä piisaa, ja kehyskertomuksena on tarve löytää morsian kolmelle veljekselle jotka toivovat saavansa sukulaiseltaan ison perinnön mentyään naimisiin.

Rushed to the altar (Pocket Books, 2010; ISBN 978-1-4391-4524-1)

Jasper Sullivan, Earl of Blackwater, needs a prostitute. Not in the usual way, however. His wealthy uncle's will promises to divide his huge fortune among his nephews if each rescues a fallen woman ... by marrying her! And since Jasper's estates were already mortgaged to the hilt before he inherited them, when he catches a pretty young prostitute trying to pick his pocket, he immediately makes his proposal.

Clarissa Astley is not at all what Jasper believes. The orphaned daughter of a prosperous merchant, she is searching the seedier districts of London for her young brother, abducted by their evil guardian, who wants the little boy's inheritance. But she needs powerful help, and the darkly handsome Earl of Blackwater is certainly that. So she pretends to be exactly what he assumed --- a risky charade for an innocent virgin. But when passion flares between Jasper and Clarissa, the deception becomes even more difficult to handle

A wedding wager (Pocket Books, 2011; ISBN 978-1-4391-4525-8)

Lady Serena Grantley was born to the nobility, but fortune's whim placed her under the control of her gamester stepfather, who uses her beauty to lure young men to his gambling tables. Serena even dismissed her first love, the Honorable Sebastian Sullivan, at her stepfather's command. But when he attempts to force her into a liaison with a dissolute earl, Serena resolves to do his bidding no more. Sebastian is the only man who ever captured her heart, and it is to him she turns...

Torn between family loyalty and the woman he loves, Sebastian faces a devilish dilemma. His uncle is ailing, and time is running short. Desperate to find a solution, Sebastian conceives a dangerous plan - a wager that could bring him and Serena happiness at last...or separate them forever.

An unsuitable bride (Pocket Books, 2012; ISBN 978-1-4391-4526-5)

The headstrong and beautiful Alexandra Douglas is summoned to London from the seminary for young ladies upon the death of her father, Sir Arthur Douglas. There, the family lawyer explains to her that she and her invalid sister, Sylvia, have been left penniless, disinherited, delegitimized. Her father had divorced her mother on the grounds of insanity, making the children of the marriage illegitimate, but still allowing him to remarry. On Sir Arthur’s death, his considerable wealth and estates passed to a distant relative, while his widowed second wife and stepson received handsome inheritances.

Alex is determined to get the inheritance that she and her sister are due. When she sees an advertisement for a librarian at her former family home, she applies in the guise of an impoverished middle-aged spinster with experience as a school librarian. But when The Honorable Peregrine Sullivan arrives for a weekend of hunting with Alex’s stepbrother and immediately notices that the librarian is not who she appears to be, she finds it impossible to keep her distance. With her elaborate scheme unraveling and her future in jeopardy, Alex must rely on her wits—and her new love—to make sure justice is served.

Jane Feather: The bachelor list, The bride hunt ja The wedding game

Jane Featherin viihderomaanitrilogiassa kolme itsepäistä sisarusta etsii ja löytää itselleen puolison 1800-luvun lopun Englannissa. Sama kaava toistuu kaikissa romaaneissa, mutta teksti on kohtalaisen sujuvaa ja jonkin verran omaperäisyyttäkin tarinoissa on.

The bachelor list (Bantam Books, 2004; ISBN 978-0-553-58618-3)

Constance Duncan may be the eldest of three sisters, but she has more important things on her mind than finding a husband—for herself, at any rate. Through the Personals services of her popular newspaper, The Mayfair Lady, Constance connects lonely hearts. But her own heart lies in her work, and nothing will distract her from it—until she finds herself irresistibly drawn to a man of disastrously different views. Max Ensor is a politician whose outmoded attitudes outrage her—even as his powerful presence intrigues her. Clearly there is only one thing to do with such an exasperating man: convert him! Little does Constance know that Max has the same plan in mind for her.... What follows is a fiercely passionate duel in which two headstrong people discover that, differences or not, sometimes one gender cannot—will not—do without the other.

The bride hunt (Bantam Books, 2011; ISBN 978-0-553-58619-0)

Soon after the Duncan sisters’ personals service turns a profit, their controversial newspaper The Mayfair Lady offends a powerful earl—who is now determined to demolish them in court. In dire need of counsel, the women turn to England’s most sought after young barrister. Sir Gideon Malvern is notorious for his aggressive style—and his love of a challenge. Spirited Prudence, with her beauty unsuccessfully hidden behind spectacles and frumpy clothes, provides him with exactly that. But how in the world will the Duncan sisters be able to afford Gideon’s fee? Prudence proposes a barter: Gideon defends their case; they find him a bride. It’s an exchange of services even this most cynical single barrister cannot refuse.

The wedding game (Bantam Books, 2011; ISBN 978-0-553-89839-2)

Chastity listens to Dr. Douglas Farrell’s distressingly unromantic requirements for a wife: wealth and social status. Her instinct is to refuse service to the tall, muscular, dark-eyed physician, but she can’t turn away a paying client. Yet the doctor conceals a secret. He’s prepared to sacrifice his bachelorhood for his true passion: caring for the poorest of London’s poor. Of course, his dream requires capital. For that, he is convinced he needs a well-to-do, well-connected wife. Little does Chastity know that if she ever learned the selfless truth, the handsome doctor just might steal her heart. And if Douglas ever lifted the veil that covers this mysterious woman, he might discover his perfect match.