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Dear St. Nicholas -- What we'd really like for Christmas this year is: An Irish Estate A Family Mountains of Sugarplums A Quiet Elopement Someone to close down all the London clubs -- (like White's) OR Marriage to a Man who is Honest, Loving, Sexy, Handsome and Titled. But we know there...
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Dear St. Nicholas --
What we'd really like for Christmas this year is:
An Irish Estate
A Family
Mountains of Sugarplums
A Quiet Elopement
Someone to close down all the London clubs -- (like White's)
OR
Marriage to a Man who is Honest, Loving, Sexy, Handsome and Titled.
But we know there aren't enough of those to go around... are there?
Respectfully,
Four English Ladies
Includes:
"I Will" by Lisa Kleypas
"Puddings, Pastries & Thou" by Lisa Cach
"All I Want" by Lynsay Sands
"Union" by Claudia Dain
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780843949315 (0843949317)
ASIN: 0843949317
Publish date: 2001-11-01
Publisher: Dorchester Publishing Company
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
Small disclaimer: I just want to say that it's a very mean thing to make Lisa Kleypas the first author you read when you open this book. It just puts a spotlight on all the flaws the other stories might have. *** “I Will” by Lisa Kleypas How can something so amazing be so short? Damn you, Lisa...
Lisa Kleypas' story is surprisingly engaging (4 stars), but Lynsay Sands' was a DNF for me.
Andrew... oh, my. This deserves a monthly re-reading.
Only two of these stories kept my interest. Kleypas* - Lord Andrew talked Caroline into fake courtship by paying her brothers debts (vaguely familiar). Cach - too many thoughts, skimmed. Dain - shallow until very end. Sands* - Prudence tries to stop her father from gambling them into debtors prison ...
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