My Fair Lord by Julie Beard Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of My Fair Lord
Book Review: Maybe I missed something...
Summary: 1 Stars
Caroline must marry by her 25th birthday or lose the estate of father left her. It seems that ever since her 18th birthday and a prank she pulled alleging a ghost at the house, all her prospects for marriage have fled. If she does not marry, the house goes to her nasty brother George and his even nastier wife. So, with the help of her Uncle Teddy and her campanion, Amanda, she had delivered to her a horse thief from the goal and decides to marry him. She figures with the help of Teddy and Amanda, they can turn him from a seven dial thief to a gentleman. Along the way, she falls in love with him and he learns the role of a gentleman in surprising time. I know one must suspend belief in order to enjoy some stories, but this was tooooooo far fetched. Then he turns out to be an Earl? And his grandmother goes along with his return, after all those years of snobbery, just like that? Lucas was a cutie, Caroline naturally pretty, but there was a lack of sexual tension between them. Rather mudane, I would say.Book Review: Maybe waiting another year or two...
Summary: 2 Stars
Last year, The Proposition did a role-reversed Pygmalian story like this one. Both books end in eerily the same way. Speaking of eerie, My Fair Lord has something that The Proposition didn't: Ghosts, for all the good it did this story. For most of this book, it seems that the writer can't decide if she wants to write a ghost story or a romance. Since the romance in this story is dull and predictable, the ghosts could have been used more effectively. They weren't.The heroine, Caroline, like Winnie in the Proposition, is just THERE, things happen to her, but she doesn't have much spark. Both heroines were, to be blunt, saps. Where the two books again diverge is in the hero: Nick of The Proposition was a fabulous leading man--fun-loving, charming, and knee-buckling, heart-poundingly masculine. Lucas seemed to be a very pale imitation of Nick.
This book could have been so much better; being released so soon after The Proposition only makes its faults more glaring.
Book Review: My Fair Lord---Fair being the operative word
Summary: 3 Stars
My Fair Lord is a good book, a quick enjoyable read, but very predictable. I know, I know, historical romances only have so many places they can go-but this just didn't work for me. The first half of the book was really good-a different direction. I would have enjoyed the book more if it had developed more of a poor street thug with a heart of gold rather than an earl with a memory loss-this was just a little too predictable (not to mention convenient). It is a nice quick read, but not anything I would re-read.Book Review: People and ghosts aren't always what they seem,
Summary: 4 Stars
Even though it has a totally improbable plot and some strange twists, I found My Fair Lord and entertaining read. The characters are sincere and they do not get too tangled up into gross misunderstandings.
Caroline Wainwright must marry in a week or lose her beloved estate. She is having the most horrid luck with suitors as they are all scared away by a supposed ghost that resides in the hall. Her luck changes when a common thief is brought to her, she makes an offer to him, wed her and she will give him a yearly stipend but he must stay for a few weeks until her brother arrives so she can prove she has a husband.
The thief is Lucas Davin and he is surprised that a member of the British ton would wager such a proposition to him, he is wary but at the same time realizes that he could do quite a bit of good with the money he would "earn" as Caroline's husband. He is willing to give it a go so he can help the street thieves he has been caring for over the years.
Very soon both Caroline and Lucas find they are attracted to each other but Lucas feels woefully inadequate to Catherine. She is refined and he knows his humble beginnings will only embarrass her and lead to her being ostracized by her peers. He feels less than worthy in her presence but is protective and even a little jealous of her feelings for the ghost that allegedly walks the grounds.
This novel follows this couple's marriage and subsequent discovery of each other. Caroline is kind but sheltered and it takes Lucas to show her how the poor are really all around her. Lucas makes Caroline feel desirable and she longs for a more permanent relationship with him.
There are secrets in Lucas's past that even is unaware of and when they start to resurface it confuses everyone, including this reader. Lucas does go through quite a metamorphosis, I hardly recognized him. He still keeps his charming self but I missed the more irreverent man in the beginning of this novel. Still this novel is sweet and also demonstrated unconditional love on both Lucas and Caroline's part.
Book Review: Pygmalion with a supernatural twist... utterly delightful!
Summary: 5 Stars
As the saying goes, desperate situations call for desperate measures... And Caroline Wainwright was desperate. Very very desperate. She had one week til her 25 birthday to get married and find a husband. Otherwise, she would lose her beloved home, Fallingate, to her greedy brother and sister-in-law. As a last resort, Caroline seeks help from her father's best friend, Uncle Teddy, who finds her a common thief to marry! She has no choice but to marry Lucas Davin. You see, every suitor who has come to court her and her wealth has been chased out by the ghost of Fallingate. It seems that the legend of her haunted house is keeping her from getting married.Lucas Davin is a common thief caught for stealing a horse, supposedly a dangerous and cunning rogue, if not charming to the bone. Although, he may be crude on the outside... the antics of Uncle Teddy, Caroline and her governess try to change him into a "fair lord". With the help of ghost of Lord Barrett Hamilton and some African potion Uncle Teddy conjured up... things go smoothly... sort of.
This book was far more entertaining than I had hoped. I could not put this book down! Ms. Beard's writing is superb and the reader was easily able to see the heart and the soul of the hero and the heroine. The suspense surrounding the ghost and Lucas' past was well done and had me glued to the pages. It was a wonderful book and I highly recommend this exciting novel with a supernatural twist.
Julianne