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Regency Masquerade Kindle Edition

by Vera Loy (Author)

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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: 720 KB
Print Length: 238 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1490378219
Sold by: Amazon Australia Services, Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B00BJYOZY8
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #413,725 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #9459 in Regency Romance
- #18443 in Historical Romance (Kindle Store)

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Vivienne

Found - Another Good Regency

12 February 2017 - Published on Amazon.com

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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.

2 people found this helpful

Demelza Carlton

Twelfth Night meets Jane Austen's Persuasion

11 May 2013 - Published on Amazon.com

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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.

9 people found this helpful

Fran G

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

5 June 2013 - Published on Amazon.com

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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!

5 people found this helpful

J. M. Struwe

Needs work

17 January 2018 - Published on Amazon.com

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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.

tnttran

3.5 Stars

22 May 2013 - Published on Amazon.com

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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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