The Country Cousins

I finally got the last Dinah Dean Regency for my collection and I was not disappointed. This is a sequel to The Country Gentleman, but there's less action and mystery than that one. I find it stupid that this heroine also doubts the patriotic allegiance of her hero, but at least the ending was quite......more

Book two in the series. Set in a small rural town not far from london. Caroline is surprised first to learn her mother has a sister she's never heard of, but that she encouraged by her mother to go to her sisters house,and become companion to her cousin, as her parents are trapped in France due to N......more

Quattro stelle, e devo ritoccare il mio precedente giudizio su questa scrittrice. Un regency decisamente ben scritto, con il ritmo giusto, qualche brivido di suspense, e quel po' di ironia che (a partire dalla grande Georgette Heyer) dovrebbe caratterizzare il genere. Ed eccomi alla ricerca di un al......more

I didn't like this one as much as the previous book, The Country Gentleman. Here, Caroline didn't seem to have a good reason to distrust the hero's loyalties, and I prefered the mystery element of the first book more. I also guessed the identity of "Mr. Bell" right off the bat.......more

An entertaining bit of fun. Smart, calm, manly hero; intelligent, modest, gentle heroine. A good match. I detect a bit of Northanger Abbey and perhaps a bit of The Nine Tailors here.......more