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Title: Flirt
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Item Number: 9780783896113
Number: 1
Product Description: Flirt
Universal Product Code (UPC): 9780783896113
WonderClub Stock Keeping Unit (WSKU): 9780783896113
Rating: 3/5 based on 2 Reviews
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Weight: 0.200 kg (0.44 lbs)
Width: 0.000 cm (0.00 inches)
Heigh : 0.000 cm (0.00 inches)
Depth: 0.000 cm (0.00 inches)
Date Added: August 25, 2020, Added By: Ross
Date Last Edited: August 25, 2020, Edited By: Ross
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Marcus Draser
reviewed Flirt on July 01, 2018In this regency tale, our heroine is a riches to rags orphan Cinderella who lives with her radical evangelical uncle, his fat mean, moustache wearing wife and their 2 fat mean, moustache wearing daughters. Elizabeth, the heroine is bullied and beaten regularly by her vicious relatives and all she longs for is a chance to return to her old life. Elizabeth had been the belle of her debutante season and she had lived a life of luxury and happiness with her loving but spendthrift parents. After her parents were killed in a carriage accident, she was forced to live a hellish existence with her relatives. Her uncle is the worst type of vile, proselytizing radical evangelical who milks his poverty stricken parishioners for whatever little money they can spare. His equally villainous ugly wife and uglier daughters spend all day on their fat asses, doing nothing and scratching their fat:
They're jealous of Elizabeth's beauty and they treat her like a slave; the heroine is often starved to the point of emaciation. At the start of the novel, Elizabeth has decided to run away to a house party held at a neighbouring estate owned by the hero's father; the latter is a wealthy duke but the hero isn't his heir since he's merely a younger son. The H is Lord Charles and he's an entitled, stuck up asshole who has a low opinion of Elizabeth based on her popularity during her debutante season. Elizabeth had only been 17 yrs old then and had no intention of accepting any of the many marriage proposals she had received. As a result of this, Charles concluded that she was nothing more than a fickle and vain flirt:
“Are you determined to break all the hearts in London, Miss Markham?†he teased. “There is only one day of the Season left, and you have still to break mine.â€
“Yours is said to be unbreakable, my lord.â€
“Perhaps. But have you no pity for those you do break?â€
“If they really broke, I would weep. But the gentlemen only pretend to admire me. This Season I am the fashion. They will find another belle the next.â€
“So young and so cynical. What of young Cartwright, gone to the wars because you rejected his suit?â€
Elizabeth gave an infinitesimal shrug. “I think you will find he really wanted to go."
M. C. Beaton. The Flirt (The Regency Intrigue Series Book 1) (Kindle Locations 33-39). RosettaBooks. Kindle Edition.
Elizabeth takes her fancy gowns ( which were hidden in the attic ), climbs out of the bedroom window and runs away to con her way into the H's family's house party. She decided that the only way she was ever going to escape her wicked relatives was if she were to find herself a suitable husband. There were quite a few young noblemen at the house party so the heroine thought it wouldn't be too hard to get one of them to propose; after all, she'd been the most popular debutante during her season. How hard could it be ? Elizabeth's biggest problem at the house party, was the hero. Charles kept getting in her way and making it impossible for her to make any headway with the men who were interested in her. The jealous H thought that she was just up to her old flirty tricks and he thought that he needed to prevent her from breaking these guys' hearts.
Elizabeth was lucky to meet an old friend of her parents and this woman ( Lady Burlington ) helped her out a lot. Unfortunately, she also encountered difficulties with the other women at the party. The young single women were jealous of her, the H's mother ( the duchess ) was condescending and made it clear that Elizabeth was not suitable for her son and the H's sister Jane was an uppity, aggressive bitch. In fact, the H himself lost his temper with his sister and told her that if she continued to behave the way she was currently doing, then she'd end up as an ape leader. I laughed a lot at that description but when I googled it, I was surprised to see that it was an actual term used during that era to refer to certain types of spinsters. The heroine's uncle soon starts to search for her when a lawyer turns up with information that she has just become an heiress. The nasty reverend wants all this money for himself so he's determined to find Elizabeth and ensure that she is back under his control. As long as Elizabeth is unmarried, then her uncle will be able to control her inheritance.
The evil reverend turns up at the house party with his piggy faced wife and daughters but the H saves Elizabeth by declaring that she's his fiancee. Charles had seen some of the bruises on the heroine's back so he figured out why she was so desperate to escape from her relatives. There was also a further complication due to the existence of 2 additional suitors for the heroine's hand. One of these was Derwent Pargeter, a distant cousin of Elizabeth's. Derwent wanted to marry Elizabeth in order to access her inheritance but she didn't know that and she almost fell in with his plans when she got tired of the way Charles kept blowing hot and cold. The H tried to protect the heroine but he was a bit too stupidly oblivious to the fact that his own mother was working with the reverend to try and destroy Elizabeth's reputation. The reverend and the H's mother planned to create a huge scandal, using a bit of playacting, to convince everyone that Elizabeth was insane. If that worked, then they could incarcerate her in an asylum, she wouldn't be able to marry Charles and the malicious uncle would be able to keep her inheritance. The duchess had also agreed to get invitations for the reverend's 2 fugly daughters to many of her friend's society balls and dinners. I have no idea how anybody could've possibly thought that any men would be attracted to these 2 unattractive, sourpuss harridans but that was the deal.
Anyway, the plan did work a little and even Charles started to question Elizabeth's sanity. The stupid H refused to communicate with Elizabeth and alienated himself from her. This left the field open for the gold digging cousin Derwent to try and court the heroine. Charles acted like the usual jealous hero and said some nasty things to Elizabeth. It is only after the heroine is kidnapped and almost killed by Derwent that the hero finally comes to his senses, but Elizabeth lets him know exactly how much he had hurt her with his coldness and mean comments:
Charles also defends her when his mother starts off on her final spate of vicious verbal abuses and this did salvage the H a lot, in my opinion. The H had invested his money and was extremely rich so he didn't depend on his father's ducal wealth and it was fabulous to see him tell this to his snobbish parents. The heroine's uncle, aunt and cousins ended up getting their comeuppance as well. They weren't beaten physically ( which is what I wanted to happen ) but they were humiliated when Charles ensured that everyone in the Ton knew what a disgusting, evil hypocrites they were:
He decided to call on Julius Markham. Julius had rented, courtesy of the duchess, an elegant house in Hill Street. Its white paint, however, had been marred by someone painting in red the word Murderer in large letters. Someone else had piled a mound of refuse on the steps that the harried servants were clearing away. Lord Charles presented his card with the corner turned down to show that he was calling in person. The butler, who had been rented along with the house, returned after a few moments to say that Mr. Markham was “not at home.†Lord Charles debated whether to force his way in but decided against it, deterred by the sounds of hysterical female weeping from the drawing room. The womenfolk of the family were obviously suffering from their new unpopularity.
M. C. Beaton. The Flirt (The Regency Intrigue Series Book 1) (Kindle Locations 2084-2089). RosettaBooks. Kindle Edition.
So, the MC's got their joyous ending, the reverend got no money and his 2 fugly, mean, fat, moustache wearing daughters had to return to the village and pray that some peasant guys will deign to marry them...
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