Helpful Score: 4
Awww... How wonderful it is to experience a sweet, quiet, emotion-filled romance reminiscent of the classics! There are no loins burning desperately the moment the characters meet or wild dangerous intrigues with villains lurking behind every door. There is, however, instant attraction that over time blossoms into deep and passionate love, the kind of love that the reader can believe will truly last forever. The premise is also delightfully different. An illegitimate daughter of a Viscount, working at the failing Inn of her grandmother and a navel Captain in the midst of the Napoleanic Wars. By the end of the story the reader is not just titillated but truly touched.
Karla B. (gaslight) -
Helpful Score: 3
This romance has the most relentlessly nice protagonists I think I've ever seen, and Nana is the belle of Plymouth. She really has no faults, everyone loves her soon after meeting her, and it is only testament to Carla Kelly's writing that the story is as effective and heart-touching as it is. I thoroughly enjoyed it and liked the mix of social commentary, action, intrigue, and romance. 4 out of 5.
Carol S. (anicky) reviewed Marrying the Captain (Harlequin Historical, No 928) on + 55 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This is the first Carla Kelly book I have ever read. The story has more depth than standard regency type novels and the people more middle class than dukes and such. Not that I do not enjoy regency novels I do but I liked the way this book developed the characters.You get a perspective from both the view of the Captian and our leading lady. Entertaining, spiced with a little mystery, a bit romance, and a peek at the workings of the Nelson era Royal Navy. A good read.
Ruth T. (RegencyBelle) - , reviewed Marrying the Captain (Harlequin Historical, No 928) on + 13 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
A charming and delightful book! Carla Kelly has the ability to draw you into her characters' lives. I cheered for her wonderful hero and heroine and the other "good" characters. The evil-dooers got what they deserved.
This was a light, uncomplicated feel-good read.
This was a light, uncomplicated feel-good read.
Sherri H. (mamadoodle) -
Really sweet love story.
Shelley C. (sdgirl) -
I really enjoyed this book. I haven't read many Carla Kelly and after this I definitely will start. I liked the fact that the characters were normal people not a Duke/Earl, etc just a captain in the Navy and an illegitimate daughter of a viscount. I also liked that it wasn't your typical hate/love relationship with more lust than love it was a nice change. There are two more books that go with this & I can't wait to read them.
PAT S. (puckaz) reviewed Marrying the Captain (Harlequin Historical, No 928) on + 32 more book reviews
A Captain is taken sick at a failing English inn that has a family depending on its trade. Of course, the Captain rescues the heroine while doing his best to save her pride.
Jessica P. (celestial-winter) reviewed Marrying the Captain (Harlequin Historical, No 928) on + 31 more book reviews
A sweet love story with some memorable characters. A good read for those romance lovers out there.
This story, the first of three, is a delight. Carla Kelly writes Regency stories like no one else. All three of the books are well worth the reader's time.
Eleanor Massie is the illegitimate daughter on a Lord of the Admiralty. Since he tried to get her to become the mistress of someone to whom he was indebted to, Nana has called a down-trodden Plymouth inn home. She lives with her grandmother.
Oliver Worthy planned to stay at the Massie inn only long enough to report back to Lord Radcliffe (Nana's father). However, Oliver is an intelligent captain who senses that there is more to the story -- and he wants to know what it is.
The pages fly by because the characters are so engaging and the reader really cares about them. An absolute treasure of a story.
Channel Fleet
**1. Marrying the Captain (2008)
2. The Surgeon's Lady (2009)
3. Marrying the Royal Marine (2010)
Eleanor Massie is the illegitimate daughter on a Lord of the Admiralty. Since he tried to get her to become the mistress of someone to whom he was indebted to, Nana has called a down-trodden Plymouth inn home. She lives with her grandmother.
Oliver Worthy planned to stay at the Massie inn only long enough to report back to Lord Radcliffe (Nana's father). However, Oliver is an intelligent captain who senses that there is more to the story -- and he wants to know what it is.
The pages fly by because the characters are so engaging and the reader really cares about them. An absolute treasure of a story.
Channel Fleet
**1. Marrying the Captain (2008)
2. The Surgeon's Lady (2009)
3. Marrying the Royal Marine (2010)
