The Kissing Bough

by Joan Smith

Overview

Jane Ramsey was invited to her old and dear friend Nick’s homecoming. His relatives believed he would now settle down with her for his bride. But Nick arrived with his Incomparable fiancé and plans to be married early in the new year. Was it only Jane who could see how wrong Aurelia was for Nick? And why did Nick exhibit jealousy when his friend Pelham kissed Jane? Regency Romance by Joan Smith; originally published by Fawcett Crest

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781610847698
Publisher:	Belgrave House
Publication date:	11/01/1994
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	1,030,306
File size:	217 KB

Editorial Reviews

Nicholas Morgan returns from the war in Spain with a surprise for his friends and family, who assume he will marry his childhood companion, Jane Ramsey. But then he shows up with a beautiful, but correspondingly vain and vulgar, brewer's daughter as his fiance-and the stage is set for an intriguing holiday celebration. This light, fast-paced tale contains some wonderfully obnoxious characters (plus one delightful, senile nobleman); however, it also features less-than-fluent prose, abrupt point-of-view changes, and a hero and heroine whose relationship does not engage the reader until well into the story. Smith is a veteran writer of Regencies (The Spanish Lady, Fawcett, 1993). Readers who enjoy reading Smith's novels might find those by Marion Chesney of interest. (Smith lives in Canada.)

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