Hayley Ann Solomon

A nice light romp, two sisters each seeking love find success at Christmas. The book opens with a stunningly bad musical performance by Seraphina. She is rescued, socially at least, by Rhaz, the Duke of Doncaster. Then her mother engages a music teacher, Frederick. But Frederick is not the simple musician he appears to be, but a talented composer and nobleman. When will Seraphina find out?

Rhaz finds Seraphina's sister, Cordelia, quite fascinating and his mother the Duchess meddles in all show more their affairs. show less

I think this one is almost 3. The first part is very nice and intriguing, whereas the second part is inconsistent. There are some editing mistakes and use of terms inappropriate for the described period.
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Opening Sentence: "..."The hartshorn, oh, give me the hartshorn!"..."

***sigh!*** this just didn't light any fires for me. Lady Serena Caraway has been running her brother's estate since he died. Now the heir has arrived and wants to thank the bailiff. Lord Robin is very handsome - Serena is very independent - and the two cross swords from the beginning. Robin to uncover the truth and Serena hopes he will leave the subject alone. They then hatch a plan to help two young lovers and the plan show more starts to backfire. And just who is the pirate?

Oh fuss oh bother - just give this a miss :) show less