Customer Reviews
quality guaranteed - By: V. LAD, 22 Apr 2008 
Minx was very well written but I am biast as love all JQ books. She writes with real passion but what I especially loved about this one was the treatment that she gave the hero & his interaction with the heroine. Just the dialogue which was very simply delivered but to the point was very effective. Made the 2 of them bounce off the pages. Even though Henry had a very limited upbriging she spoke her own mind & had her own beliefs & as she was so refreshing Dunford could not help but fallin love with her. The development of his feelings was a joy to read. Pure quality this......
Charming - By: Becca Lusher, 06 May 2007 
After brief, but brilliant, appearencesin both 'Splendid' & 'Dancing at Midnight', William Dunford returns for a starring role of his own. Wealthy, handsome & irrepressibly charming, Dunford has always been a much sought after member of the 'ton', but when he comes into an unexpected title, life as he knows it is about to change. And not just because he's now even more eligible.
Henrietta ('call me Henry, everybody does') Barrett has been running the Stannage estate for years. She loves the life she leads, loves Stannage Park, love Cornwall & isn't about to let some society fop saunterin & ruin everything. So, even though Dunford is far from what she expected, she launches a campaign to drive him screaming back to London.
But Dunford isn't so easily fooled, & he sets about charming his young estate managerin a counter offensive of his own. For a young woman who wears breeches & lacks any knowledge of how to be a young lady, it's so nice for Henry to have someone pay attention to her. When he buys her new dresses, seeming to care for the person inside, she is so overwhelmed by his thoughtfulness that she can't help falling a littlein love with him.
Dunford finds himself equally charmed by his little estate manager - until he discovers that she's his ward. Duty & responsibilty, both new concepts to him, crowdin to ruin the easy friendship that has grown between them.
Yet, when he drags Henry to London, it is him rather than her who soon begins to regret it.
This tale of transformation - from country hoyden to society miss, & carefree rake to responsible landowner - manages to combine humour, humiliation, love & heartbreak as both main characters discover that their previously perfect lives havein fact been flawed all along.
This tale is sweet & charming - although Henry's transformation is a little too quick & smooth, & as other reviewers mention, the 'conflict' is quite pointless - butin traditional JQ style, it's still enjoyable. For lighthearted Regency, you can't go far wrong.
(Oh, & fans of Ned Blydon should get hold of the 'Where's My Hero?' anthology, to see him find a HEA of his own.)
Light and enjoyable read - By: wilees, 21 Aug 2005 
Henry is an independent woman but also insecure outside her domainin Cornwall. She wears mens clothing & knows nothing of the ton. Dunford however, upsets her life & security but arriving to view his unexepcted inheritace - Stannage Park - Henry's home. Initally she sets out to scare him off but after they make friends & he discovers she is his ward! he takes her to London.
There begins the ugly ducking - beautiful swan story. And old one but always enjoyable to read (I am such a romantic!)
As the other reviewers siad there are a number of misunderstandings. However, the only critisism I have is that they resolved the last conflict awfuly quickly. I just felt it needed more pages to adequately resolve. But a great book. I give it 4 starsin its genre.
A wonderful book which I gobbled in one sitting - By: , 13 Jan 2000 I disagree with the other readers with regard to the "conflict". Misunderstandings are all part of the genre. The characters are warm, fully developed & very funny. Move over Catherine Coulter - a new contender is entering the ring!
Okay.. - By: , 20 Aug 1999 I agree with the previous reviewer.. the conflict was unnecessary.. it seems contrived. Sometimes placing this 'conflicts' seem to belongin a Mills & Boons novel. PS I liked the hero but grew irritated with the heroine
