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April Lady by Georgette Heyer
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April Lady

by Georgette Heyer

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Another gem by Georgette. Nell might be my favorite of her female protagonists; she is so hesitant and cautious with her husband, but so flamboyant and careless with her spending. The paradoxical personality makes for excellent comedy. The story's resolution is also very heart-fluttering; hard not to get caught up in the couple's moment with them! Already, I can't wait to re-read it. ( )
  ChiaraBeth | Oct 9, 2009 |
I vaguely recall this from my youth, in the sense that I recognize the title and maybe some of the plot was somewhat familiar. But since I did not remember it well enough to know what was going to happen next or who was who, it is basically a new book to me now.

This was entertaining and a breezy couple of hours, but not a keeper. In fact, I can't even remember the characters' names right now. It is one of Heyer's more contrived stories. The 18 year-old heroine is in a love match and doesn't even know it, although she's been married about a year. She turns to her scapegrace brother for help when her husband scares her with a scold over her debts. In fact, this scenario feels somewhat like modern Regency romances that rely on increasingly improbable plot devices to throw two strangers into forced intimacy. But while modern romances often take this approach for the sake of including sex scenes, it is not clear whether our couple here even have sex during the course of the story. I suppose these rough patches lead to lonely beds occasionally.

The story is a very entertaining comedy of errors and manners with some great dialogue and some very humorous scenes, such as when her harebrained brother holds up her coach as his first ridiculous plan to help her raise the necessary funds. So it's worth borrowing from the library to while away a rainy afternoon. ( )
  justchris | Jul 28, 2009 |
Not one of my favorites. I really wanted to shake the main character ( )
  MNMom | Oct 11, 2008 |
Heyer does a much better job with this plot in The Convenient Marriage. Still, it is a fun read, even if a tad tedious. The male characters are not very well developed.
  kaulsu | Sep 24, 2007 |
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There was silence in the book-room, not the silence of intimacy but a silence fraught with tension.
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"Had I not been possessed of a large fortune, you wouldn't have married me, would you Nell?"

The new Lady Cardross so filled her days with fashion and frivolity that the Earl began to wonder whether she had indeed only married him for his money.

And now Nell dared not tell him the truth...

What with concern over his wife's heart and pocket, sorting out her brother's scrapes and trying to prevent his own half-sister from eloping, it was no wonder that much tried Earl almost missed an opportunity to smooth the path of true love in his own marriage...

Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0099476347, Paperback)

What with the concern over Lady Cardross’s heart and pocket, the much-tried Earl almost misses the opportunity to smooth the path of true love in his marriage.

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:55 -0400)

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