Mr. Jeffries and the Jilt (Zebra Regency Romance)

by Joy Reed

Book Overview

A woman notorious for jilting three fiancs wins the heart of London's most marriageable lord in this sparkling Regency romance. Original. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821774778
• ISBN13: 9780821774779
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Zebra
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

Charming Mr. Jeffries!

When Raymond Jeffries visits Shelton-on-Sea, he expects to be utterly bored. But his boredom is quickly alleviated when he hears of Caroline Sedgewick, a girl who has jilted three men. Raymond remembers meeting Caroline, but... he distinctly remembers that she was a plain sort of female. Upon meeting her, his interest is piqued by the charming Miss Sedgewick.Because of her propensity to jilt, Miss Sedgewick's name is surrounded by scandal. Even though she was justified every time, the gossips don't relent. Caroline is definitely attracted to reserved, gentle Mr. Jeffries. He sympathizes with her, and seems to understand her better than anyone else. And the more time Caroline & Raymond spend together, the more they enjoy each other's company.In fact, Mr. Jeffries falls for Miss Sedgewick rather quickly...There was enough going on in the book to keep my interest. Caroline's determined ex-fiance was interesting. The dialogue is witty and delightful. Mr. Jeffries' character is so, SO charming. He was a wonderful hero. At times, I thought Caroline Sedgewick was a little too weepy and self-deprecating. Still, it was good to read about a heroine who wasn't necessarily a diamond of the first water.I enjoyed this novel, and thought it was much better than Joy Reed's last one. I do recommend it.

prose style makes this a truly worthwhile read

All of Shelton-on-Sea is agog when it becomes known that the scandalous Miss Caroline Sedgewick, noted for having heartlessly jilted three gentlemen, has come to the fashionable seaside town for the summer. Even Mr. Raymond Jeffries, a much sought after bachelor, known for his impeccable manners, elegance and wit is curious to meet the notorious young lady. But when he does finally meet Caroline, he is surprised to find that Caroline is charming, intelligent and rather modest. And he begins to suspect that the rumours about Caroline are not true and that she is much maligned young woman. As the the two young people begin to spend more time together, it doesn't take Raymond very long to realize that he has fallen rather hard for Caroline; but she insists on treating him as a good friend and at keeping him at a distance. What should Raymond do in order to get Caroline to let down her guard and see him as a desirable suitor? And then the gentleman whom Caroline was last engaged to comes to Salton-on-Sea, determined to win back her regard. Will Caroline succumb to that gentleman's pleas? Or will she realize that in Raymond she may have found her perfect match?Storywise, "Mr. Jeffries and the Jilt" is a rather ordinary one; and in Raymond and Caroline, Joy Reed has provided us with a rather run-of-the-mill (though likable) hero and heroine pairing. What makes "Mr. Jeffries and the Jilt" so very readable and enjoyable though is the authour's prose style. Much of the novel was written in a rather elegant manner (though there were a few typographical/printing mistakes), and I found myself savouring the manner in which Ms Reed told her tale and the nice and sedate pace at which she allowed for the story and romance to unfold. "Mr. Jeffries and the Jilt" may not be to everyone taste in that the pacing is a little slow and that there is a lot of (private) rumination and not a lot of 'action' but I rather enjoyed this elegant little novel, and have no problem recommending it as a worthwhile read.