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1: Woderful stories
This books contains 2 long out-of-print classics from Jo Beverley. They are both charming sensual (not x-rated) tales with some overlapping characters. Highly recommended!
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2: Lovers and Ladies
enjoyed these two stories by Jo Beverly. I believe they are re-editions of earlier ones. They are somewhat different than Ms Beverly's later style but still very enjoyable.
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3: ok but not as good as usual from this author
OK but not as good as usual from this author. I have read every book from this author and this one was not as good as usual. There are 2 stories in the book and I had trouble staying interested in the first story.
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4: Jo Beverley review
I have nearly all of Ms Beverley's books. It was nice to see some of her earlier work.
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5: Excellent early efforts by a great writer
This is a reprint of two early novellas by Jo Beverley. I can recommend this compilation very highly.
'The Fortune Hunter' is a sweet story about a girl cursed with astonishing beauty who has to go looking for a rich husband to save her family and their ancestral home from ruin. The 'astonishing beauty' thing is well written and it really does come off as a curse. I liked the hero and his friends and and on the whole the story was very entertaining.
'Deirdre and Don Juan' is a story of a man who needs to find a wife so he betroths himself to his mother's plain young friend. I won't say more because there are a couple of surprises. It won a RITA award. I will say that Beverley accomplished with a plain heroine in this one what she sort of missed with 'An Unwilling Bride' and 'Tempting Fortune'. The girl is not shrewish but she's spirited and smart and inspires a great deal of empathy. I can see why the much more attractive hero falls in love with her and why she's afraid of falling for him. It's a beautiful, unforgettable love story.
I really enjoyed this compilation. The romance is very well done.
And another thing -- no sex. Only some disheveling. So those readers who are looking for straight-ahead romance with no overt scenes of sex will enjoy this very much.
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