Captain Hawkins' Dilemma

by Maria Greene

To Have And To Hold Eliza Lytton is a bit of a bluestocking--and she much prefers poring over dusty books on ancient Egypt to husband hunting. However, her beloved father's last will and testament... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821776460
• ISBN13: 9780821776469
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Zebra Books
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.4" x 7.2"

Customer Reviews

Maria Greene gets it right

Eliza Lytton is no pampered English miss. She grew up in Egpyt with her father, who was something of a researcher. Eliza needs to take her father's documents up north, and to ensure her safety, she hires a bodyguard to accompany her. When Captain Hawkins takes a job to escort a young lady and her aunt, he doesn't expect the journey to be so harrowing. Along the way, they encounter elopers, interlopers, Eliza's slimy ex-suitor, and a relentless flirt. In addition to this, their carriage is repeatedly vandalized, and a shocking proposal is made. The Captain has his work cut out for him--but he finds he wants to protect Eliza. Not only because she's his employer... I enjoyed this book. It certainly isn't "a notch above terrible", as the other reviewer suggested. I liked this story, and I thought it was a major improvement from Maria Greene's previous novels. Most importantly, I liked the characters. Ms. Greene's heroines are sometimes annoying, but I really liked Eliza. She's a good, rational, thoughtful person. And Leo Hawkins (our hero) was a nice, serious, upstanding fellow. They're just two regular people whose feelings for each other steadily grow. There's adventure and mystery, and plenty of despicable (almost TOO despicable) characters. It does have a big fault, however. I think it could've wrapped up more nicely. Some plots were left semi-hanging, and the ending was a bit rushed. But, all in all, a good book.