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Regency Masquerade Kindle Edition

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As a gambler’s daughter, Frances was resigned to spending her life masquerading as a boy, learning how to shoot a pistol and fight with a sword. Constantly moving from town to town, it was far safer than being a girl. But when her father dies suddenly, she must pack her bags and return to England, to search for the family she has never met.
Hoping to find her place at last, the last thing Frances expects is that she will need to continue the masquerade - or risk her life and her heart.
A light-hearted Regency Romance.

Length: 238 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Page Flip: Enabled	Language: English

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 718 KB
Print Length: 238 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1490378219
Sold by: Amazon Australia Services, Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B00BJYOZY8
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Customer Reviews: 33 customer ratings
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #516,872 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #12016 in Regency Romance
- #17185 in Historical Romance (Kindle Store)

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Enjoyable read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 September 2013

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The plot for this book centred around a girl masquerading as a man and her efforts to find out her true identity as she had been travelling around Europe all of her life with her father.

The tale has many twists and turns and interesting secondary characters, however the leading characters make this book worth while as they have great chemistry in their conversations together and their inner thoughts which are displayed.

Frances and Richard have light hearted scenes together with tastes of witty banter between them.
The writing is quite descriptive in parts, however there could have been better descriptions of the characters to begin with, it is worth a read if you are a fan of Suzanne Enoch' s novels which have humour and suspense.

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John Mcgonagle

A gem of a book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 October 2014

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Scandal, betrayal, lust and heartbreak – they’re all there.

A gem of a book. Having already read some of Vera Loy’s novels, I reckoned I was in for a treat. I wasn’t wrong. This, in my opinion, is easily her best. I noticed that she received over 6000 downloads recently when Regency Masquerade was featured in a free two-day promotion. This has to be the start of something very big. The plot? I’m not going to give much away but what about this? A beautiful girl virgin, Frances Metcalf, feels forced by circumstances to masquerade as a man. Enter Lord Carleton, a man drawn to Frances as a friend, and the plot begins to thicken, especially as Frances now fancies HIM.

Scandal, betrayal, lust and heartbreak – they’re all there. To give away the ending would be a crime and I ain’t no criminal.

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lindylou

A good read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 July 2019

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Already read a book very similar so maybe a bit low marking due to it. Written well. Worth a read

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Dee

super

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 May 2013

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gripping story i couldn't put down, had to look up some of the older language but that is to be expected of a period book all in all fantastic :)

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diana achim

Nice novel, good plot and characters

Reviewed in Canada on 9 July 2019

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I enjoyed the plot and characters, though it would have been nice to hav3 a more developed epilogue .👍Well done!

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Sarah Drew

Pale imitation of better books

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 May 2013

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I do think that if authors are going to pinch ideas, names and indeed chunks of dialogue from Georgette Heyer, it would be polite of them to acknowledge the debt. And sometimes - particularly if they aren't very good at writing themselves - it would be a good idea for them to go back to Heyer's books and learn a little more about how to make the implausible feel realistic, how to construct characters we care about, how to be amusing, how - in short - to write a decent Regency romance.

Don't bother with this book - either go straight to Georgette Heyer's Masqueraders or to the brilliantly funny Ridiculous by DL Carter.

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Avid Reader

Enjoyable but could be improved

Reviewed in Germany on 3 June 2013

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I enjoyed the story and liked the protagonists.

However the author has a bit of a problem with lack of commas, and the correct titles of her characters. I would advise her to doublecheck these things before publishing her next book.

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Hilde

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Reviewed in Canada on 28 April 2013

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I loved the start and development of the story. It was entertaining and easy to follow, not jumping from thing to the next.
It was easy to relate to the main character, her actions and emotions.
Overall it was a very nice story.

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Vivienne

Found - Another Good Regency

Reviewed in the United States on 12 February 2017

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Peter Francis first meets Lord Carleton when he saves him from a group of thugs who are trying to rob him. Carleton, of course, is grateful and presses Peter to have a drink with him. Against his better judgement, Peter finally agrees and the two men go to Lord Carleton's rented house.

Carleton seems determined to pursue a friendship with Peter, and it isn't long before Peter becomes part of Carleton's life. I won't ruin the story for future readers, but merely say that Peter more than held his own with Carleton and his friends in various pursuits. The one thing that Peter wouldn't do was to join a Gentlemen's Club such as White's, although Carleton offered to sponsor him.

I really enjoyed reading about Peter's exploits and those pages kept turning as I was eager to read what would happen next as the reader knows that Peter is actually a woman, Frances. It was like having a delicious secret that all those men didn't know, and I wasn't about to tell them! Juvenile of me I know, but that just shows how much I was pulled into this story, that I could feel I knew something that characters in a book didn't know! (And yes, I am sane).

The circumstances of Carleton finding out that Peter is really Frances are cleverly done, being entertaining and distressing at the same time. Kudos to the author for that.

This book is well-written and edited. I didn't notice any glaring grammatical error or typos (I may have missed some minor ones, nothing obvious though). The settings and dialogue are authentic with no modern words to jerk you out of the story. It is a 'clean' Regency apart from one very short, not explicit, scene. This is not really a typical Regency romance, which sets it apart from the usual HR. There is a vastly amusing (to me anyway) sentence almost at the end of the book, that made my day.

Recommend if you want a light Regency that is slightly unusual in this genre.

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Demelza Carlton

Twelfth Night meets Jane Austen's Persuasion

Reviewed in the United States on 11 May 2013

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I had difficulty putting this one down - and I don't read romance, as a rule.

So to find Peter Francis - a character I already liked from the beginning - wasn't a man at all, I thought of my favourite Shakespeare play, Twelfth Night. Yet the style was more like something out of one of Jane Austen's books, as the title tells you exactly when it's set - Regency England.

While maintaining a careful balance between description, romance and action, Vera Loy kept me riveted from start to finish.

Poor, confused Richard Carleton...ah, but I won't spoil it for you, as this story does have surprises in it that I certainly didn't expect.

I think the bit that disappointed me most was discovering that Peter Francis wasn't a man, for he was the character I loved most throughout the book. For that I blame Ms Loy - she wrote the character far too well. It didn't detract from the story in the slightest, though, as the gender contrasts are clearer in this book than in any of Austen's and make for some very funny plot twists.

Well worth reading, I'm pleased I purchased this book, so I can read it again.

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Fran G

Second edition addressed editing issues and has made the story more enjoyable

Reviewed in the United States on 5 June 2013

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Like the novel in question, I have also edited my review. Few authors go back and edit their work based upon comments left by their readers, thankfully this author is one of them. Editing issues were addressed, and as a result, the novel now has a much better flow to it. Character's motives have become clearer, and in general, the format was improved upon and made easier to read.

I liked the H/h. The story features a h who spends most of her time dressed as a young man, finding it safer to travel as such (no surprise). She meets up with the H while he is being accosted one night. The storyline was interesting, and the story was well-paced. It had all of the necessary elements to make it a good novel.

As a result of the added effort put in by the author to improve the story, I have changed my rating from a *** to a **** . Good job! I sincerely hope other authors follow in this author's wake and go the extra mile to address typos and punctuation errors in their work. Much appreciated by Regency fans!

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J. M. Struwe

Needs work

Reviewed in the United States on 17 January 2018

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The story is interesting enough but the writing needs work. The ending is abrupt and leaves unanswered questions. My chief complaints are the use of first names in public amongst the nobility rather than titles, and the implausibility of the circumstances under which Peter Francis is put up for the night in Lord Carleton's bedroom while the lord sleeps in a guest room. I simply do not see it as realistic.

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tnttran

3.5 Stars

Reviewed in the United States on 22 May 2013

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I love stories with the female lead masquerading as a male. I really like that Frances Murray can shoot, fence, and do all that good stuff that men do. She really portrayed herself as a man in Peter Francis. The story was getting really good until 30% into the book, she reveals that she is a woman to her love interest! WHY?! I wanted to hang on to Peter Francis for a little longer! I would've loved to read Richard Carleton's angst over Peter Francis... But it wasn't meant to be... On my end.

The villains were kind of hodge podge together. In the beginning of the story and in the end of the story, there's Comte D (I don't freaking remember his full name). Then towards the middle to almost the end, there's Lady Murray. I would've liked it better if Comte D was written throughout the story not just in the beginning and in the end. Lady Murray is fine where she comes in, in the story.

All in all, I really like this book but I think it could've been so much better. So much better.

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Natasha

Very witty dialogue

Reviewed in the United States on 21 May 2013

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What a great story. I am a regency romance reader fanatic for many years and find that "Regency Masquerade" is reminiscent of the writing style of so many great regencies from the past. This story is very refreshing compared to other regency writers who in the past wrote fantastic books, but today I find so many by these same authors have become redundant. In my opinion this book was not contrived, slow or repetitive. I do have one ? to all other regency romance writers, if this author can bring a new refreshing, perfectly written (at least in my opinion) then why are all other authors not forthcoming with something comparable!!!!!! THANK YOU VERA LOY!!!!!!

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myrtle

Well Done and Quite Interesting

Reviewed in the United States on 1 October 2013

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I really enjoyed this story; it was funny, very humorous. I could picture the situations the H and h were in because the writer had described the setting so well; it had a great plot, of course, twists and turns along the way. I kept reading until I was finished even though I was tired and needed some sleep. I definitely will look for anything new this author publishes. I love regency novels; there's clean romance and yet you can read between the lines yourself. The characters were very interesting and you couldn't help but root for the heroine in the story! I'm so glad Lord Carleton came along or should I say she found and saved Lord Carleton!

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