Barbara Hazard (1931–2019)
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Barbara Hazard 13 Books / Kathleen*Beth*The Covington Inheritance*Dangerous Deceits*The Disobedient Daughter*Surfeit of… (1983) 1 Exemplar
Doubleday Romance Library #34: The Facts of Love, Beth, Island Lovesong (1980) — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
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- Andere Namen
- Lincoln, Lillian
- Geburtstag
- 1931
- Todestag
- 2019-10-25
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
- Sterbeort
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Wohnorte
- New Hampshire, USA
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Statistikseite
- Werke
- 49
- Mitglieder
- 841
- Beliebtheit
- #30,400
- Bewertung
- 3.1
- Rezensionen
- 17
- ISBNs
- 74
- Sprachen
- 2
- Favoriten
- 3
If I had to guess Barbara Hazard was one of my top 5 favorite Regency authors in my teens. Her books were almost always auto-buys for me and indeed I bought this one new from Borders when it came out in 2001.
I mainly remember enjoying this because it was very different from the other Regencies at the time. It was told in first person, had a bit of a gothic mystery attached to it and while the romance was good it didn't seem the main focus.
In a lot of ways it reminded me of Northanger Abbey actually.
On re-read I still believe all of that...though find the heroine as clueless as a doorknob in many of the scenes. Indeed late in the book when she claims not to be blind to her brother's flaws despite loving him I rolled my eyes so hard I thought the one had popped out.
The back cover lies, she's not as practical as she seems - just next to her reprobate brother she's a bloody Saint.
That all being said, and even knowing some of the twists, I still enjoyed this and liked that the hero comes to his realization quickly and the works to secure her hand by dealing with her problems.… (mehr)