LEGENDARY LOVERS BOOK 1: PRINCESS CHARMING
Nicole Jordan
ISBN: 978-0345525277 (Mass Market Paperback)
ASIN: B00540NWIS (Kindle)
January 31, 2012 (Mass Market Paperback)
January 31, 2012 (Kindle)
Random House/Ballantine Books
Historical Romance/Regency
Mass Market Paperback and eBook

When Maura Collyer was noticed at his ball, Ashton “Ash” Wilde, Marquis of Beaufort was perplexed by the beauty’s action of giving a come-hither look to the obnoxious Lord Deering.  As far as Ash knew his sister’s very best bosom friend, Maura, wasn’t even interested in men, but if her actions were any indication he’d best find out what sort of woman her sister had befriended.  Ash stayed in the shadows watching what he assumed would be a tryst, when in actuality it became a heated argument between the two parties.  Ash came to Maura’s rescue and discovered she was only trying to buy back her stallion Emperor, whom her step-mother had sold behind Maura’s back.

***  PRINCESS CHARMING was a perfect story, combining two things I love the most, a wonderful romance and a wonderful horse!   In Ms. Jordan’s deft and capable hands she has brought together the scandalous Wilde cousins and turned the very rakish Ashton Wilde into somewhat of a Prince Charming with Maura the implausible Cinderella.  True she had a somewhat wicked step-mother, who did sell Maura’s horse behind her back, but her two step-sisters were kind and caring, and there was no magical fairy godmother.  However, Jordan did contrive to make Ash’s sister Kate into a very meddling ‘matchmaker’.   No spoilers here but I will tell you Ms. Jordan does come up with a wonderful explanation of the lost shoe.

Maura is very much put out at her BFF, Kate, trying to hook her up with her very handsome and rakish brother. Yes, she couldn’t deny that Ash made her stomach do flip flops, and the one kiss he stole was something of a dream come true.  However, Maura just didn’t have time for any matchmaking at the moment – Maura had her priorities.  The author made it abundantly clear that the first course of action was to rescue her stallion (the one with four legs!!)  Ms. Jordan never the less, kept Ash continually in the forefront to remind Maura of the pleasures that could be hers.

All in all, the action was evenly paced, the romance was subtlety sublime making PRINCESS CHARMING a book not to be missed.

Marilyn Rondeau, for www.ck2skwipsandkritiques.com

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I started reviewing books many years ago - but my love of reading began as soon as I could read and that’s a long time! From my very first library card, I would spend my summers at the local library rather than outside playing. My tastes ran from every horse book I could find, to dog books, then gothic romances, and now historical romances with the Regency period having a very close spot in my heart. [Many of my friends, who really know me, say I was born in the wrong era - they’re probably right.] Now that I am retired, and busier than ever, I read almost all genres with the exception of hard core erotica, horror and anything involving more than one sex partner! I am loyal to my tried and true favorite auto-buy authors but love discovering the newer authors as well. I was once a very impatient person, but now retired, and with a book, an audio, or my Kindle by my side - I am the epitome of infinite patience to sit and wait for whatever comes next be it for the light to change, a doctor’s appointment, or a commercial break on the television!

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