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Two Hearts Trump
Sharing the guardianship of her orphaned niece and nephew with her former fiance+a7, Lord Marcus Luckthorpe, Eugenia Winwright reluctantly allies herself with him to protect her niece from an imprudent marriage. Original.
- GenresRomance
201 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1993
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May 17, 2018
4.55 stars - very mild pg13 (secular “clean” traditional regency -- see below)
[From the back cover: Eugenia Winwright and Lord Marcus Luckthorpe were once betrothed. Now the only tie that binds them is their shared guardianship of Eugenia’s orphaned niece and nephew. But all that is about to change—as young Cecille announces to her shocked guardians that she intends to wed. In response, Marcus proposes a proper London season for the girl—far from her unsuitable beau. But while the ploy is meant to dampen the fires of Cecille’s young heart, it only reawakens the passion between Eugenia and Marcus—proving that true love may be delayed, but it can never be denied!]
Once again, as with the first book I read by Judith Nelson (The Accidental Match), I was holding my breath waiting to see if it would be a disappointing 2-star novel as some of my friends have found a few of her other books to be. And, once again, I was relieved to discover a quite enjoyable story and a well-written style that is, for the most part, appropriate to the era. No big misunderstandings or melodramas, just a fun, somewhat gentle(?), story with good characters, touches of sparkling banter and points where I laughed out loud. Oh, and a nice romance, as well! If I didn’t have a thousand other books on my shelves, I would definitely consider rereading this one!
Okay, now tell me what in the world they were thinking in the publishing realm of the early 1990’s?!? The title of this book is silly and has hardly no relation to the story, and the blurb on the back cover barely does it justice. And the front cover!….OH!, do not get me started!!....that complete cheesiness in absolutely NO WAY represents this story (except maybe for the cat in the background)!! It’s embarrassing to walk around in public with a cover like that! (Although I suppose it’s better than a half-naked, over-muscled dude with hair flowing down to his waist and a heaving-bosomed woman draped backwards over his bulging biceps!)
(I felt this particular book was somewhat cleaner than the usual secular “clean” traditional regency. Typically, you get some degree of mild profanity and bad language, possible mention of mistresses, gambling, drinking, etc. If I made correct notations, this one had only one (or two?) instances of God’s name being taken in vain; something like, “Thank God you have come, Aunt Eugenia!”. If there were any of the typical references to mistresses, it was so very vague that I missed it or glossed over it. Likewise, with expletives -- maybe a “damned cat”, but I didn’t make a notation of it as I normally would do.)
[From the back cover: Eugenia Winwright and Lord Marcus Luckthorpe were once betrothed. Now the only tie that binds them is their shared guardianship of Eugenia’s orphaned niece and nephew. But all that is about to change—as young Cecille announces to her shocked guardians that she intends to wed. In response, Marcus proposes a proper London season for the girl—far from her unsuitable beau. But while the ploy is meant to dampen the fires of Cecille’s young heart, it only reawakens the passion between Eugenia and Marcus—proving that true love may be delayed, but it can never be denied!]
Once again, as with the first book I read by Judith Nelson (The Accidental Match), I was holding my breath waiting to see if it would be a disappointing 2-star novel as some of my friends have found a few of her other books to be. And, once again, I was relieved to discover a quite enjoyable story and a well-written style that is, for the most part, appropriate to the era. No big misunderstandings or melodramas, just a fun, somewhat gentle(?), story with good characters, touches of sparkling banter and points where I laughed out loud. Oh, and a nice romance, as well! If I didn’t have a thousand other books on my shelves, I would definitely consider rereading this one!
Okay, now tell me what in the world they were thinking in the publishing realm of the early 1990’s?!? The title of this book is silly and has hardly no relation to the story, and the blurb on the back cover barely does it justice. And the front cover!….OH!, do not get me started!!....that complete cheesiness in absolutely NO WAY represents this story (except maybe for the cat in the background)!! It’s embarrassing to walk around in public with a cover like that! (Although I suppose it’s better than a half-naked, over-muscled dude with hair flowing down to his waist and a heaving-bosomed woman draped backwards over his bulging biceps!)
(I felt this particular book was somewhat cleaner than the usual secular “clean” traditional regency. Typically, you get some degree of mild profanity and bad language, possible mention of mistresses, gambling, drinking, etc. If I made correct notations, this one had only one (or two?) instances of God’s name being taken in vain; something like, “Thank God you have come, Aunt Eugenia!”. If there were any of the typical references to mistresses, it was so very vague that I missed it or glossed over it. Likewise, with expletives -- maybe a “damned cat”, but I didn’t make a notation of it as I normally would do.)
October 20, 2021
I have really enjoyed Judith Nelson's books. I love how she writes strong heroines. Eugenia is a great character and I love how she devoted her life to her niece and nephew. However, some of the events of the book went a bit against what we learn about her and her personality. For example, you'd think someone like her would have been able to instill some of her wisdom in her niece. Cecille was very childish and annoying and it felt like Eugenia only reacted to her and tried to avoid conflict rather than taking her in hand. I felt bad for Cecille's love interest. He could and should have found someone much better to be his wife. I also had an issue with the H and h's relationship. I appreciated the fact that Marcus continued to love Eugenia and was fighting for her, but he basically pushed her to do all these things that she didn't want to do and, after a bit of arguing and fighting, she just accepted and went along with it. In the end, she mentions not being ridden roughshod over by him and I thought, "But you did... throughout the whole book." It was still a nice read, but I just didn't warm up to the main characters as much as I did in some of her other novels.
December 24, 2020
I love the writing, like the two protagonists but I am hating the thoughtless niece, Cecille
March 30, 2012
I need a 1/2 star -- more a 3 1/2 stars. Well done w/out being really that out of the ordinary.
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