Marrying the Marquis

by Sara Blayne

When a Marquis seduces his enemy's daughter in a plot of vengeance, he sweeps her into danger, forbidden passion... and an unexpected love.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082176926X
• ISBN13: 9780821769263
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Zebra Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

What a little jewel!

I'm afraid I can't agree with the last reviewer at all, I guess that just goes to show why there are so many writers. Every taste is different but this jewel of a writer is certainly to mine. The book took hold from the first minute and kept me reading without pause until the end. I loved all the characters and thought the dialogue between the two leads was inspired, clever, and extremely witty. The villains were deliciously villainous and the dangers and trials very believable. In too many books when the heroine tries to get involved in the dangerous parts she ends up having to be rescued for acting like a ninny, but not in this one. Constance could hold her own in any instance and had many useful ideas to aid the hero, much to his surprise! Their falling in love was sweet and completely justified since they were very well matched in every way. One little fly in the ointment? As the last reviewer remarked, I did grow very tired of the words egad, hellfire, and the devil being used to begin way too many paragraphs. But that annoyance is a small price to pay for a clever and well written romance.

fast-paced Regency romance

In Wells, England, highwayman Black Rose accosts Lady Constance Landford demanding her purse and a family heirloom. Constance recognizes the eyes of the masked thief as those of the Marquis of Vere, Gideon Rochelle. She feels guilty that her father ripped off Gideon when he collected on gambling debts of the latter's sire, barely buried, but refuses to give him the jewel. Gideon takes a kiss instead. The Black Rose stops Gideon's coach and demand he hand over his money. He refuses and the woman posing as the Black Rose copycat challenges him to a duel. Before they start she kisses him. Though she is quite good and would have defeated most men, Gideon disarms her. When he realizes who the Lady Black Rose is he decides she is perfect revenge for what her father did to him and his family. However, he never expected to fall in love with his pawn. MARRYING THE MARQUIS is a fast-paced Regency romance that hooks the audience from the moment that Gideon stops Constance's coach and never lets up until the final confrontation. The lead couple is a delightful dueling duo with Constance's love enabling Gideon to rise above his thirst for vengeance. As expected from Sara Blayne by sub-genre fans, this is a wonderful historical due to the solid repartee between Constance and Gideon. Harriet Klausner