A Chance Encounter
The town of Granby could hardly be more excited at the news that Ferndale Manor is to be opened again and that its new owner, Mr Mainwaring, is both wealthy, handsome and single. In particular, Miss Cecily Rowe and her parents view the visiting party with their eyes firmly set on matrimony -- for who should deserve to be the wife of such an elegant young man more than pretty sixteen-year-old Cecily?
Only one member of the Rowe household does not share their high spirits. Elizabeth Rossiter, born a lady but forced to seek employment as a governess, has tasted the delights of suitors and parties in a former existence in London, and now wishes only to be left alone and unobserved. But events conspire against Elizabeth as local society embarks on frenzied activity once more, bringing her face to face with the one person she wished never to set eyes on again: Robert Denning, Marquess of Hetherington. The man who six years earlier told her he loved her ... and then broke her heart.
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Top Reviews
I was almost afraid to buy this e-edition of an older book as I was disappointed in the last two I had read. I enjoyed reading this book and was delighted that the author had improved so much from her earlier works. I love Ms. Balogh's recent publications. I felt that the heroine in this story was a little weaker than I like, otherwise it was a good read.
I was almost afraid to buy this e-edition of an older book as I was disappointed in the last two I had read. I enjoyed reading this book and was delighted that the author had improved so much from her earlier works. I love Ms. Balogh's recent publications. I felt that the heroine in this story was a little weaker than I like, otherwise it was a good read.
By Chantal Jerde
This was the first Balogh book I ever read and I have enjoyed her books (mostly) ever since. It was out of print for a long time and I lent my copy to someone a long time ago and never got it back. When I realized it would be reissued I was interested to read it again and see if it was as good as I remembered it. It was. I reacted with a bit more frustration to Robert and Elizabeth never listening to the other's explanation or offering one of their own which would have solved this dilemma a l...
This was the first Balogh book I ever read and I have enjoyed her books (mostly) ever since. It was out of print for a long time and I lent my copy to someone a long time ago and never got it back. When I realized it would be reissued I was interested to read it again and see if it was as good as I remembered it. It was. I reacted with a bit more frustration to Robert and Elizabeth never listening to the other's explanation or offering one of their own which would have solved this dilemma a lot faster but this certainly was not as bad as some recent writers who use the device to the limits of stupidity. Like most of her books, this is about the relationship. Robert and Elizabeth are fully formed characters, not just vehicles to write about sex. There is hardly any in this book and nothing graphic. We hardly get to meet the villains because they are hardly important to the core of the story which is the relationship between the hero and heroine and how they find their way back to each other. Happy to have it back in my library.
By Margarette Bernier
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