My Lady Notorious

Author:

Jo Beverley

Published:

Avon Books, March 1993 ; 380 pages

Related titles by this author:

Tempting Fortune

Subgenre:

Historical romance -- Georgian

Setting:

England -- Dorset, 1760s

Main characters:

Lord Cynric Malloren and Lady Chastity Ware

Sexual explicitness:

Explicit, often treated with humor

Keywords:

Humor, intrigue ; arranged marriages, children, family responsibility, females disguised as male, males disguised as female

Warning:

Brutality toward heroine by father

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Reader comments:

The first Georgian I ever read, and re-read, and re-re-read. Wonderful! Waiting for Rothgar! (K.H., 2-2-97) This book moves. From the first page to the last you can't wait to find out what will happen next. I have bought this book for my friends and they love it too. Funny, sexy reading. (S.S., 1-12-97) MY LADY NOTORIOUS has a wonderful male character in Cynric Malloren! He never wavered from his course in helping the heroine (Chastity) in her dilemma and was equally sure of his love and devotion in face of the "ruinous scandal" when it is revealed to him. How many novels have a character fall in love, then doubt his or her love when confronted with the truth, then when the situation is explained, falls back in love promising never to doubt again? (...yawn....) Ms. Beverley never takes the easy route. Her characters accept the situation and then try to figure out how solve it and survive. Her secondary characters were good and added to the story (especially Rothgar, can't wait for his story). The story lost focus once Rothgar came into the picture, but I was hooked from the first page and enjoyed it. Cyn and Chastity were well-written and a fascinating couple. I look forward to reading more of Ms. Beverley's backlist. (K.G., 11-12-96) Kept me reading, and had a couple of good scenes, but overall plot was far too melodramatically "dark." Beverley has some very good romances but, like Mary Jo Putney, should watch this tendency toward excess melodrama in her plots--no substitute for good characterization and real human concerns. (E.P., 5-19-96) I really enjoyed this book. (P.C., 4-17-96) I've downright hated some of Jo Beverly's other books, but I'm very fond of this one. The predicament of the heroine is gripping, the hero is unusually likeable, and the heroine refreshingly different. It remains one of my favorite romances. (M.M., 12-11-95) Cyn and Chastity are one of the few couples that I felt equally enthusiastic about. Sexy hero, likeable heroine , and Rothgar! (E.C., 11-7-95)

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