Barely a lady

Format:

Book

Title:

Barely a lady

Author:

Dreyer, Eileen author

ISBN:

9780446542081

Publication:

New York : Forever, 2010.

Physical Description:

viii, 418 pages ; 18 cm.

Series title(s):

Drake's Rakes series ;

Number in series:

BK. 1.

Summary:

"Olivia Grace has secrets that could destroy her. One of the greatest of these is the Earl of Gracechurch, who married and divorced her five years earlier. Abandoned and disgraced, Grace has survived those years at the edge of respectability. Then she stumbles over Jack on the battlefield of Waterloo, and he becomes an even more dangerous secret. For not only is he unconscious, he is clad in an enemy uniform. But worse, when Jack finally wakes in Olivia's care, he can't remember how he came to be on a battlefield in Belgium. In fact, he can remember nothing of the last five years. He thinks he and Olivia are still blissfully together. To keep him from being hanged for a traitor, Olivia must pretend she and Jack are still married. To unearth the real traitors, Olivia and Jack must unravel the truth hidden within his faulty memory. To save themselves and the friends who have given them sanctuary, they must stand against their enemies, even as they both keep their secrets. In the end, can they risk everything to help Jack recover his lost memories, even though the truth may destroy them both?"--Publisher's web site.

Subject(s):

Divorced women -- Fiction.

Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Social aspects -- Fiction.

Amnesiacs -- Fiction.

Genre:

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Summary

Secrets and passion fill this Regency romance from the New York Times bestselling author Eileen Dreyer--perfect for fans of Julia Quinn and Kelly Bowen.

Olivia Grace has secrets that could destroy her. One of the greatest of these is the Earl of Gracechurch, who married and divorced her five years earlier. Abandoned and disgraced, Grace has survived those years at the edge of respectability. Then she stumbles over Jack on the battlefield of Waterloo, and he becomes an even more dangerous secret. For not only is he unconscious, he is clad in an enemy uniform.

But worse, when Jack finally wakes in Olivia's care, he can't remember how he came to be on a battlefield in Belgium. In fact, he can remember nothing of the last five years. He thinks he and Olivia are still blissfully together. To keep him from being hanged for a traitor, Olivia must pretend she and Jack are still married.

To unearth the real traitors, Olivia and Jack must unravel the truth hidden within his faulty memory. To save themselves and the friends who have given them sanctuary, they must stand against their enemies, even as they both keep their secrets.

In the end, can they risk everything to help Jack recover his lost memories, even though the truth may destroy them both?

Author Notes

New York Times best-selling author Eileen Dreyer has won five RITA Awards from the Romance Writers of America, which secures her fourth place in the Romance Writers of America prestigious Hall of Fame. Eileen is an addicted traveler, having sung in some of the best Irish pubs in the world. Eileen also writes as Kathleen Korbel and has over three million books in print worldwide. Born and raised in Missouri, she lives in St. Louis County with her husband Rick and her two children.

Reviews (3)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Romantic suspense author Dreyer (Nothing Personal) makes a highly successful venture into the past with this sizzling, dramatic Regency romance. Olivia Grace is the betrayed, disgraced ex-wife of Jack Wyndham, the earl of Gracechurch. When Olivia finds Jack on the battlefield at Waterloo, inexplicably dressed in a French uniform and missing his memories of the past five years, they are taken in by Lady Kate, a dowager duchess who is no stranger to scandal. To aid Jack's recovery, Olivia must bury her own anguish and anger over their divorce and pretend to still be his loving, passionate wife. Readers will love the well-rounded characters and suspenseful plot, and will cheer on intelligent, resourceful Olivia and Lady Kate as they take on disparaging men, backstabbing relatives, and stealthy assassins in their quest to protect Jack and create their own happiness in the midst of war. (July) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Booklist Review

*Starred Review* Five years ago Olivia's husband, Jack, nearly destroyed her life, and now he is about to do it again. Accepting scurrilous rumors as fact, Jack divorced Olivia early in their marriage, leaving her destitute. She has finally rebuilt her life, and now all her hard work is threatened when Jack's old valet suddenly turns up and insists that Olivia accompany him to Waterloo, where Olivia discovers that Jack is badly wounded and attired in a French officer's uniform. Helping her ex could very well destroy Olivia, but she knows Jack is no traitor. Dreyer, who earned a coveted space in the Romance Writers of America's Hall of Fame writing contemporary romances as Kathleen Korbel, presents her first historical romance, and the results are well worth the wait. Barely a Lady is addictively readable thanks to exquisitely nuanced characters, a brilliantly realized historical setting, and a captivating plot encompassing both the triumph and tragedy of war. Love, loss, revenge, and redemption all play key roles in this richly emotional, superbly satisfying love story.--Charles, John Copyright 2010 Booklist

Library Journal Review

With her reputation destroyed five years earlier when Jack Wyndham, Earl of Gracechurch, divorced her, Olivia Grace has lived quietly, guarding her privacy and her secrets. But when she finds Jack near death on a Belgian battlefield in a French uniform, she knows she must help him, never thinking that when he recovers, he will have forgotten the past few years and believe they still are happily married. Someone is a traitor, though, and it isn't Jack. As they sort out the missing years, uncover the truth, and track down the real blackguards, Olivia and Jack find that repairing their own broken relationship might be the hardest task of all. Verdict Vivid descriptions, inventive plotting, beautifully delineated characters, and stunning emotional depth ensure the success of Dreyer's historical romance debut. Dreyer, who also writes as Kathleen Korbel (Deadly Redemption), is a member of the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. She lives in the St. Louis area. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.