Secrets of a Proper Lady

I am quite a fan of Victoria Alexander. Her leading characters are often witty, their conversations usually full of humor and there are often a few sympathetic sidecharacters. In her latest novel SECRETS OF A PROPER LADY, however, she overdoes these elements and it becomes anoying. There is a bit too much confusion all around about who is who, who mistook whom, who is fooling whom etc. There is too much focus on the interaction between hero/heroine and their relationships with family and friends and too little on interaction between the leading characters themselves. In the end, I was not very convinced why Cordelia and Daniel should belong together, and isn't that what it should be all about?

A delicious Regency read!! Engaging characters and an entertaining plot line. Nice amount of steam to keep the story popping!

I love a lively historical with all the pomp and circumstance! Really enjoyable read!

A fun series.

My second Victoria Alexander book. I really enjoyed this one. Her trademark lively dialogue was laugh-out-loud funny in many places. A very cute story of mistaken identifies. The secondary characters really added to the story. Nice book!

Delightful and enjoyed it thoroughly the first 2/3rds. Then it seemed like the same ideas were recycling and I scanned for the remainder of the story.

I was disappointed in this third novel in the Last Man Standing series. The character development didn't seem sufficient and the secondary characters were not as engaging as in the other novels in this series.

um...well it was funny, but the story dragged a bit. I kept thinking...come on-Get on with it already!