Merry, Merry Mischief

by Valerie King

Plotting to capture the heart of Lord Rayneworth, her childhood dream hero, Merry Fairfield is delighted by his apparent attraction to her, until she learns of his forthcoming marriage of convenience. By the author of The Elusive Bride. Original.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082174786X
• ISBN13: 9780821747865
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Zebra Books
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Delightful characters make a delightful story

This is an upbeat story with two VERY LIKEABLE main characters whom the reader will really care about. It starts out oddly, with the heroine, wearing a mask and dressed as a boy, actually robbing the hero at gunpoint, knowing that he's the childhood friend with whom she'd fallen in love years earlier. This scenario momentarily tempted me to stop reading right there, but I'm so glad I didn't. Several very interesting characters are soon introduced, all of whom are well developed by the author, and play significant roles in the various shenanigans and plots that unfold. It is a somewhat complicated story, but all is underscored by the love between the hero and heroine, despite the fact that the hero is betrothed to someone else. There is lots of family Christmas-time interaction with the hero's siblings, which include teenage twin girls, an Oxford-bound young brother, a crippled younger sister with a secret, and an impish 7-year-old, all thrown together with a meek/mild sniffy fiancee, her arrogant fuss-budget aunt and her wicked uncle, a lovelorn vicar, AND a handsome highwayman. PLUS the dashing gentleman hero and the vivacious warm-hearted heroine that are just MADE for each other. All are melded together into a delightful story that I didn't want to end.