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Alistair Carsington really, really wishes he didn’t love women quite so much. To escape his worst impulses, he sets out for a place far from civilization: Derbyshire--in winter!--where he hopes to kill two birds with one stone: avoid all temptation, and repay the friend who saved his life on... read more
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Characters edit
- Mirabel Oldridge: 31 year old spinster
- Alistair Carsington: 3rd son of the Earl of Hargate
- Lord Gordmor, 'Gordy': Alistairs best friend and business partner
- Mrs Entwhistle: Mirabel's former governess
- Captain Hughes: one of Mirabel's neighbors, retired sea captain
- Sylvester Oldridge: Mirabel's father
- Mr. Crewe: Alistair's valet
- Lady Wallantree: Add a description of this character.
- Ned
- Mr. Higgins
- Mr. Nancarrow
- Verena
- Sophy
- Gemma
- Joseph
- Mr. Dunnet
- Mr. O
- Mr. Carsington Aunt Clothilde
- Mr. Benton
- Mr. Wilkerson
- Lord Gordmor
- Briar Brook
- Clara
- Judith Gilford
- Miss Oldridge
- Aunt Clothilde
- Mr. William Smith
- Lord Hargate
- Henrietta
- Dr. Woodfrey
- Jacob Ridler
- Mr. John Farey
- Lady Sherfield
- Roger Tolbert
- Lady Tolbert
- Helen Waters
- Prince Regent
- Thomas Jackson
- Mrs. Dunnet
- Mr. Oldridge
- Napoleon
- Brown
- Lucy
- Caleb Finch
- Earl of Hargate
- William Poynton
- Miss Earnshaw
- Lady Thurlow
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“He had said something wrong. He didn't know what it was, but he had no doubt he was about to suffer the consequences.”
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anyone who must violate the law to achieve his purposes must lack either intelligence or imagination, probably both.”
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“Exactly,” she said. “I have considered engraving that as his epitaph: ‘Sylvester Oldridge, Beloved Father, Detained Elsewhere.’ Of course, that would truly be the case, would it not, were he in need of an epitaph.”
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“My love, I am one and thirty,” she said. “Did it not occur to you that my hymen might have shriveled up and died — of despair, most likely.”
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If only I had gone to university, I, too, should know how to fold a map.”
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My heart lightens when you are by, and I feel like a girl again.”
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London, late autumn, 1817
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He did not always know what a woman meant, but he was usually aware that she meant more than she said, and that the “more” was, more often than not, trouble.
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But I am not likely to meet another man for whom I have feelings as strong as those I have for you.”
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“Is my hair coming down again?” she said composedly. “How vexing. I wish you would show my maid your method with hairpins. I collect you learned that at Oxford, too. Unfortunately, Lucy did not attend university.”
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Few cases were truly hopeless, she told herself. They only appeared so to people lacking courage and imagination. She was not one of those people.
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Setting & Locations edit
England
- London, England
- Derbyshire, England
- Matlock Bath
- Oldridge Hall: an old manor house in in Derbyshire's Peak District
- Derwent River
- Peak District
- Derbyshire: a rural town in England
First Sentence edit
The Right Honorable Edward Junius Carsington, Earl of Hargate, had five sons, which was three more than he needed.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue
Chapters 1-21
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 5 in Carsington Brothers. (standard series)
Followed by Mr. Impossible.
This is book 92 of 100 in AAR Top 100 Romances 2004. (authoritative list)
This is book 756 of 931 in Candlelight Historische Roman. (publisher series)
This is book 96 of 100 in AAR Top 100 Romances 2007. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Loretta Chase (Author)
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- J.C. van Kleef (Translator) - Dutch translation of 'Miss Wonderful'
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Page Count: 352
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Page Count: 352
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- Dewey: 813
Subjects edit
- Books › Romance › Authors, A-Z › ( C ) › Chase, Loretta
- Books › Romance › Historical
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- Loretta Chase: Author's website
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