Wedding Belles by Allison Lane
››› Get audio book. ‹‹‹ Original Title: Wedding Belles ISBN: 0451211898 ISBN13: 9780451211897 Autor: Allison Lane/Edith Layton/ Lynn Kerstan/ Barbara Metzger/ Carla Kelly Rating: 4.4 of 5 stars (976) counts Original Format: Paperback, 320 pages Download Format: PDF, FB2, MOBI, MP3. Published: May 4th 2004 / by Signet Language: English Genre(s): Romance- 5 users Historical >Regency- 4 users Novella- 2 users Anthologies- 2 users Romance >Historical Romance- 2 users
Description:
From five beloved and bestselling Regency authors come five brand-new stories about weddings, romance-and cold feet...
About Author:
Allison Lane is the author of 20 Regency novels and 6 novellas. She is a Holt Medallion Winner and the 2005 Romantic Times Career Achievement Award Winner, as well as National Readers' Choice Awards Finalist for three books. Notes from Allison Lane: I am not one of those who always wanted to be a writer, though I suspect I wanted to be just about everything else -- doctor, astronaut, artist, scientist, and concert pianist, to name only a few. My actual careers were not quite so exciting. Designing computer software and running horse shows gave way to motherhood, home improvement projects, and teaching piano. But books have always been one of the cornerstones of my life. When I was growing up in the mid-west, reading and music kept me sane through frequent changes of address. As an adult, books offered a respite from the strain of daily living. Often I would finish the last page with the thought, I wish I were that creative. Occasionally it would change to, Surely even I could do better than this! So one day I tried. But this is not a fairy tale, folks. My first book was less than stellar. In fact, it stunk. Good writing is hard work. But I enjoyed the process (or maybe I just enjoy playing God) so I tried again. By the third tale, I had a publishable story. Where am I headed in the future? I don’t yet know. For now, I write Regencies. It is a fascinating period and an entertaining genre. My work is classed as traditional though I don’t consider it in quite that way. I try to avoid clichés -- except for happy endings, of course; those are what offer us respite from that daily crisis. But I like to pose universal problems to my characters and then watch them find solutions. I have long been fascinated by how people surmount problems to find the happiness that we all deserve. These days my spare time is limited. Writing consumes most of my day. I still read as much as
ever and keep up with the world of science. And everyone knows better than to step between me and a TV during football season -- it somehow takes an extra month to complete fall manuscripts. From:
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- The Rake and the Wallflower
- The Rake's Rainbow
- A Regency Holiday
- Birds of a Feather (Bird #2)
- A Bird in Hand (Bird #1)
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Jul 29, 2016 Lynn Spencer
Rated it: really liked it Shelves: traditional-regency-romance, anthologies B- overall for me, so 3.5 stars - though the Carla Kelly story alone makes the book worth picking up. In "For Richer or Poorer" by Allison Lane, things start off dramatically as a disheveled maid slips into a Society wedding to hide in the church. The bride's brother, Richard Hughes, spots her and soon learns that Georgiana is not a servant, but rather a ward who is fleeing her cruel guardian's edict to essentially sell her in marriage. From this beginning, Richard and Georgiana end up on the ru B- overall for me, so 3.5 stars - though the Carla Kelly story alone makes the book worth picking up. In "For Richer or Poorer" by Allison Lane, things start off dramatically as a disheveled maid slips into a Society wedding to hide in the church. The bride's brother, Richard Hughes, spots her and soon learns that Georgiana is not a servant, but rather a ward who is fleeing her cruel guardian's edict to essentially sell her in marriage. From this beginning, Richard and Georgiana end up on the run as she must remain in hiding for at least two weeks, until she comes of age and can free herself from the guardian. It's obvious that the two are attracted to one another, but since Richard is both aristocratic and of modest means, he fears being seen as a fortune hunter if he pursues the heiress Georgiana. I mostly enjoyed this story, but I did find Richard's constant, "Oh, I'm too poor to try to marry her!" inner monologue tiresome. Edith Layton's writing tends to be reliably good and "A Marriage of True Minds" isn't a bad story, but it lacks a certain "oomph." The basic setup involves a nobleman's brother and a cit's sister joining forces to prevent a marriage between their siblings. Each is convinced that the class difference will lead only to unhappiness. While the ensuing love story is sweet, it felt rushed and just not emotional enough to fully satisfy. There were moments that made me smile, but that's it. And then there's "The Marriage Scheme." This tale from Lynn Kerstan was just frustrating. The heroine, Julia Flyte, is ward of the Duke of Sarne, who himself has 3 sons. The Duke has picked out one son for Julia to marry while his wife has picked another. And then there's the meddling third son. Watching Julia's emotions shift rapidly from son to son throughout the rather brief story made for an unconvincing and rushed romance. I just couldn't get into this one. Barbara Metzger's "A Match Made in Heaven - or Hell" has a touch of the supernatural about it as the devil and Saint Peter wager on whether the love of a good woman can save the degenerate Hugh, Marquess of Hardesty. The story of Hugh and the nurse, Marian, who nurses him back to health in Spain is sweet enough without the gimmicky good vs. evil framework. The battle of good and evil doesn't get much use in the story anyway, but at least Hugh and Marian were likable. "A Hasty Marriage" by Carla Kelly was easily the best of the lot in this anthology. Kelly's tale of Miss Ann Utley who flees her home among the country gentry to seek solace with her former governess following an unwanted proposal is just plain charming. As it turns out, the governess in question has married the owner of a warehouse where Ann meets widower Hiram Titus, an American captain offloading his wares. The stratagems employed to throw Ann and Hiram together border on the preposterous, but this gentle, good-humored story is well written and sweet enough that it will charm rather than annoy. 2 likes View 2 comments
