Elizabeth and the Major (Zebra Regency Romance)

by Lynn Collum

When Elizabeth Fields, a spinster vicar's daughter, accompanies her shy friend Juliet to an eccentric relative's estate in the hopes of making her the heir to a fortune, she encounters a dashing... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821757121
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 0.8" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

Love or Money?

An elderly, unmarried lady with a considerable estate has decided that it is time to name her heir. Instead of leaving her fortune to her nearest male relative, she will research her family tree and find a deserving young lady to inherit. She finds three young cousins, all in need of financial aid, and invites them to a houseparty at her estate so that she can get to know them better and decide who would benefit the most from her generosity. Let the games begin...The heroine of our story is Elizabeth Fields, a widowed vicar's eldest daughter. Since the death of her mother, she has taken over the responsiblity of the parsonage and raising her younger siblings. Her father fears that she will never marry, holed up in the country and refusing to go to London for a season. So, when Elizabeth's childhood friend, Julia, must travel to a distant cousin's to be considered for an inheritance, the vicar eagerly accepts Julia's mother's invitation for Elizabeth to act as chaperone in her absence. He hopes that the holiday will be good for his daughter and convince her that she can marry and leave her family in good conscience. Elizabeth is reluctant to go at first, but becomes excited at the prospect of helping her shy friend escape her overbearing mother.Julia's rivals are a Miss Myra Bradford, accompanied by her mother, and Miss Imogene Shelton, who traveled with her half-brother, Major Roderick Shelton. Myra is a would be social climber who drops well known names into every conversation and who wants the fortune to ensure herself a good marriage. Imogene is an outgoing girl, just out of the school room. She would like to inherit so that she would no longer be her brother's responsibility. Sir Gordon, the above mentioned nearest male relative, drops in on the houseparty as well, in a final attempt to gain the inheritance that should have been his...and he will go to any length...As Sir Gordon slanders the young ladies to his cousin and attempts to court all three on the side, Elizabeth and Roderick become reluctant allies in seeing to it that Gordon does not unfairly ruin anyone's chances. But as a series of pranks begin to get out of hand, both Roderick and Elizabeth suspect each other of trying to put the others in a bad light. As instant attraction grows into something deeper, the couple must risk it all for love...or money.This was the first book by Lynn Collum that I ever read and it inspired me to get all her books. She creates realistic characters and original plots in her works. She is a wonderful Regency romance writer who delivers books you will want to read again and again.

Excellent!

Elizabeth and The Major is fast paced and funny. Lynn Collum's characters are likeable and witty and she gives a refreshing look at the way people lived, loved, and how they reacted to trying circumstances during the Regency time period.

Good Regency

I found Elizabeth and the Major delightful. Funny and fast paced. I bought it when I was it won The Affaire de Coeur Critic's Award for Best Regency. It was worth the bit extra for an out of print book.