Most Gayle Buck titles I have read have been fairly serious, but in this one she includes a farcical element (the bullheaded blustering father and his two idiot sons). It's a bit different but occasionally the transition from farce to serious is a bit jarring. The characterization seems patchy; the heroine seemed real enough to me but the hero was a bit too perfect and I thought him not well individuated. Still, it's a pretty good read overall.
Kathleen T. (keska) reviewed The Fleeing Heiress (Signet Regency Romance) on + 204 more book reviews
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While returning home from visiting her old governess, Miss Thea Strafford accepts a carriage ride from her sister's betrothed. Little does the lovely heiress suspect that the cad will abduct her and head straight for Gretna Green - or that fate will have an even more unexpected twist awaiting her at a country inn...
Lord David Cardiff has known great peril on the Continent, serving as one of Wellington's trusted aides-de-camp. So saving a charming young miss from an unwanted marriage seems mere child's play - until her blustering father and two hotheaded brothers burst in and insist Cardiff wed Thea to save her reputation. Now Cardiff's in danger of falling victim to the most potent weapon of all: the love of a good woman.
While returning home from visiting her old governess, Miss Thea Strafford accepts a carriage ride from her sister's betrothed. Little does the lovely heiress suspect that the cad will abduct her and head straight for Gretna Green - or that fate will have an even more unexpected twist awaiting her at a country inn...
Lord David Cardiff has known great peril on the Continent, serving as one of Wellington's trusted aides-de-camp. So saving a charming young miss from an unwanted marriage seems mere child's play - until her blustering father and two hotheaded brothers burst in and insist Cardiff wed Thea to save her reputation. Now Cardiff's in danger of falling victim to the most potent weapon of all: the love of a good woman.
