Dark Angel (Signet Regency Romance)

Without giving anything away, it was the touching and heartfelt ending that secured this as a keeper for me. Suffice it to say that no one does it better than Ms. Balogh: honest emotion, genuine human characters and a well-written, interesting story.

it is a credit to Mary's writing that she can take an unpleasant storyline (a false love affair for revenge) and weave a delightful, romantic and sensual love story. While you may pay a bit higher than normal because this book is out of print I recommend the purchase because it is as good as any book coming out new at seven bucks. 5 stars!

This book cost me a forture because it is out of print, but it was well worth the money! The story is great and the writing is superb. The heroine, Jennifer Winward, is a young country miss in London for her first season. She has been informally engaged to the very handsome and elegant Viscount Kersey for five years and is madly in love with him, although in truth she barely knows him. With her formal engagement and wedding looming up over the next two months, she is disturbed to find herself the target of the attentions of the intensely attractive and disreputable Earl of Thornhill, Gabriel Fisher, a man who has been in exile on the Continent for the past two years--having fled there with his pregnant step-mother following a scandalous liason. What Jennifer does not realize is that she is a pawn in a ruthless game of revenge that will leave her reputation in shambles. The characters in this story are great, both the main characters and the villain. Jennifer is a sweet and romantic girl--intelligent but too innocent to recognize the traps being set for her by the men. Gabriel is a wonderful, conflicted and imperfect hero; an honorable man who temporarily puts his honor aside in his quest for revenge. (He does a very necessary world-class grovel at the end.) Lionel (Viscount Kersey) is a wonderfully slimey and attractive villain. The final confrontation scene between Gabriel and Lionel is priceless. A great story! I loved it!

Mary Balogh is one of my favorite authors and DARK ANGEL is one of my "I love Mary" books. This is NOT a situation of "first comes love; then comes matrimony," no this is a case of revenge. In typical Mary Balogh style, the author has penned another wonderful romance. Jennifer Winward is engaged to the man of her girlhood dreams, the devastatingly handsome and distinguished Viscount Kersey. However, THEY soon shatter Jennifer's fantasy world, she finds herself ruined and devastated. THEY have destroyed and humiliated her -- all in the name of revenge. THEY are two members of the English realm, two men playing a game of vengeance and retaliation -- a game with Jennifer posed in the center. Gabriel Fisher, the Earl of Thornhill, has recently returned from the continent. He arrives in London with a mission - to destroy a man. The man? Jennifer Winward's betrothed. The viscount may be the intended target, but he is also a man ready to execute a counterattack. Again Balogh draws a well-written story filled with richly sketched main and secondary characters. Jennifer Winward is a beautiful innocent with a sharp mind. Gabriel Fisher is your typical romance hero -- rich, handsome, and human -- Mary Balogh writes my kind of romance citizen! Yet she handled Viscount Kersey with a brilliant flare. Kersey is a fascinating villain. He is evil but his character is not over the top -- a villain who is vile and interesting but does not distract from the hero and heroine. Well done! Another regency classic from the Balogh pen. Grace Atkinson, Ontario - Canada.

Jennifer Winwood and her cousin Samantha are in London for their first season. Jennifer is thrilled because after five long years of waiting, she is to become officially engaged to the devastatingly handsome and honorable Lionel Kersey. She is deeply in love with him even though she's only met him a few times in the last five years.In the park one day, Jennifer and Samantha come across two men, one of which is the notorious Earl of Thornhill, Regency England's most notorious rake. He is back in England after more than a year abroad....I won't say anymore for fear of giving away too much information. Suffice it to say that 'Dark Angel' is one of my favorite books. It is well-written with richly drawn main and secondary characters and a great plot. Don't miss it. P.S. Try 'Lord Carew's Bride' next. It is Samantha's story.