The Scandalous Miss Delaney

Miss Delaney is delightfully unpredictable, naive and mischievous, stubborn and clever. She is a 'Wiley Coyote" in silk and lace. But Lambrook--I wanted to land him a facer myself. Miss Blair's imagery is brilliant and the story bounces along at a frolicking rate. Two thumbs up for her first novel--looking forward to the next.

Ms Blair has managed to give an early-nineteenth-century heroine a strong late-twentieth-century character and still stay in period, one of the most difficult feats for a writer of this genre to accomplish. The result is truly delightful. There are lots of fun and twists and turns along the way to entertain; a hero who's very believable but still gorgeous; some interesting minor characters--and all this written with a deft hand. I look forward to seeing what Catherine Blair brings us next...

Madeline Delaney is a fun-loving, good-hearted young lady whose impulsiveness keeps getting her into trouble. The hero, Devin Forth, becomes her unwilling knight-errant and the sparks begin to fly...... I was torn between laughing at and empathizing with Maddy as the situations she finds herself in go from bad to worse and of course, holding my breath to see what would happen next to her relationship with the ever so-yummy Devin! I love Regency Romances and this one stands out as a humorous and captivating tale. I highly recommend this book and will be on the lookout for more offerings by Ms. Blair!

I tend not to read Regency romances so much as other things, but I was recommended to this book by a friend. I have read and enjoyed Jane Austen, who is of course writing during the period during which her stories take place, so she doesn't have a sense of humor about the delicious histronics that go on in a young girl when she's in love and can't admit it. Madeline Delaney is someone who, despite her curricles and duenna, I can really relate to - she's a big spaz and full of energy and very real to me. Devin Forth is so stern, he's the perfect man-you-have-always-wanted but was just not available - I was really tickled by her sense of drama and hyperbole. I hope Miss Blair comes out with another book soon - I like her style!