Reviews for Hazard

The average rating for Hazard based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-10-17 00:00:00 James Mccarrick Anne Peckworth has been jilted. Again. Well, maybe not officially jilted, but still… Two men have courted her, hinted that they meant to declare themselves soon, only to dash off and turn up again married to totally unsuitable women. Anne forced herself to be a good sport about it. She was born with a "bad" foot (we're never quite clear what's wrong with it). She limps, and, to be comfortable, she has to wear special, fugly shoes. As a result, Anne's never felt like "a catch," and Con's jilt only makes matters worse. She might be content to leave off the marriage mart and focus on researching the family history, but: A) she doesn't want to be the fifth wheel around the family estate when her brother Uffham marries, and B) her younger sister is pining to marry a young war hero who has returned home wounded and struggling. Marianne can't marry until Anne does, and Percy's care in his own family home is not ideal, so there's obviously some urgency for Anne to get her butt down the aisle. Enter Race de Vere. He's nobody, a low-born toady attached to Uffham's coattails, and in a previous book, a secretary of sorts to one of the Rogues. He's kind, he's also a history geek, and he's hot, but he's also two kinds of trouble. With two Rogues jilting Anne, they all feel a bit responsible to make sure she's OK. So they sent Race. I guess, in theory, he's just supposed to make sure she's OK, but in reality he sees this little backwards mouse, hiding behind her limp, and he thinks she's better than that. So he teaches her the incomprehensible game Hazard (hence the title), and plays a little "tickle the uvula" while he's at it. They part ways, and for the next 200 pages, she transforms herself into a hussy, and he drops in and out. Not much really happens, except they obsess over the "tongue-lashing" they gave each other, and the fact that he's "beneath her" (not in the good way). Frankly, it gets tedious. When they finally connect again, he looks at her "wrong" (or something), and the next thing you know, she's halfway to bigamy'and on her way to Gretna. Race magically connects a lot of dots and gives chase. When he catches up, he's all And she's all The strangely familiar highwayman who promptly abducts them, makes them strip, and locks them overnight in an attic, is all… And I'm all Three stars'but only because it picks up towards the end.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-11-25 00:00:00 Karen R Spector The h has physical limitations, and her sharp mind makes her impatient, almost querulous. She wants to fall in love and marry, now! The H is secretive, his family unknown, but his reputation is that he's brave and very, very clever. They fell in love from the first, but didn't realise it. They did have a great adventure, and while it lagged a little in the middle, too many balls and suitors, the ending made up for it. Loved it.