Sussex Summer

by Lucy Muir

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373311338
• ISBN13: 9780373311330
• Release Date: August 1990
• Publisher: Harlequin Books
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Only one complaint

The other reviewer did a good job on describing the story so I will save time by not repeating it. I, too, enjoyed this book, but I must say I didn't quite like our heroine, Jane's character growth towards end of the book. She became a very indecisive, angry, and jelousy creature, quite different from her understanding and sweet-natured lady at the beginning of the book. In fact, I thought her sister turned out too be more mature than she. A disappointing flaw.

Delightful romance! Different

This was an enjoyable romance. There wasn't any mystery or dramatics - just well fleshed out characters with normal passions, insecurities and flaws. I like that each character was allowed to develop deeper feelings over time rather than immediately. The storyline flows evenly. Captain Edward Tremaine returns from war, tired and weakened from sickness and sees what he calls an "English rose" (Jane Hampton) tending a garden. He speaks to her for a few moments before making his way home. Jane is well acquainted with Edward's family. Edward's younger brother James recently jilted her sister Fanny. Being young and immature, James was appalled that Fanny's recent illness left her weak with a sallow complexion and hairless. Though she was improving slowly, her long hair was now short and curly and slightly darkened and his reaction to her loss of beauty was painful for all. As friendship develops between Edward and Jane, Jane's feelings intensify and she believes Edward had deeper feelings also. But when he makes a trip to London, Edward falls head over heels for a glamorous fortune-hunter Lady Julietta Blackwood. Edward brings Julietta, her aunt, and her brother (Lord Blackwood) to his country home to complete his courtship, crushing Jane's heart in the process. Although others seem to see through Julietta's ruse, it will take some time for Edward to note her shallowness and find where his heart really lies. In the meantime, there is the funny and mysterious Lord Granville who in accordance with his uncle, the late duke's will, must dress in 1700's costume while at the country estate. He is a bigger fish than Captain Tremaine and Julietta is VERY interested! Fanny, as she begins to recover and her looks improve, finds her own bevy of beaus much to James chagrin. He begins to regret his hasty reaction over her illness and wishes her back. Will he win her love again? Will Julietta snare her Duke or the Captain? Will Lord Blackwood succeed in seducing the disheartened Jane? Excellent reading. Enjoyable and doesn't follow the predictable storyline of other regency novels. Well worth obtaining.