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    The Malorie Phoenix

    By Janet Mullany

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    “I liked the originality of the story… the savvy and unapologetically sexual heroine is a big plus.”
    -- Willaful, Karen Know's Best

    “Everything about this book is brilliant. LOVED it!”
    -- Farrah Sayyed, Imagine A World

    “It had romance and a bit of intrigue that was blended well”
    -- Tracy Stapp, The Book Binge


    She plays a deadly game, but nothing is as dangerous as love.

    Benedict de Malorie, Earl of Trevisan, can never forget the masked woman he met one night at a London pleasure garden. The clever pickpocket stole his heart and his family's prized jewel – the Malorie Phoenix. But the family treasure reappears in Benedict's darkest hour, returned by its thief, along with the unexpected gift of his infant daughter.

    Believing that she is dying, Jenny Smith leaves her daughter in the custody of the baby’s blueblood father. Seven years later she finds herself in good health and alone, yearning for her only child. To raise enough money to support them both, she takes part in a daring escapade that requires her to impersonate a woman of quality. She fools the ton and Benedict himself.

    When Jenny finds herself entangled in a murderous plot against Benedict, the father of her child, her carefully laid plans begin to fall apart. All she wants is her daughter back, but she never thought she'd fall in love with Benedict. Revealing her part in the plot means she will almost certainly lose Benedict and their daughter forever. But continuing to play her role puts them all in terrible danger.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTKA Distribution
    Release dateApr 23, 2012
    ISBN9781937776299
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    The Malorie Phoenix
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    Janet Mullany

    The author of Jane and the Damned, Janet Mullany was reared in England on a diet of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer and now lives near Washington, D.C. She has worked as an archaeologist, waitress, draftsperson, radio announcer, performing arts administrator, proof-reader, and bookseller.

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    • 2/5
      I could not suspend my disbelief - two virgins, she a pickpocket and he a about to go into the army, meet and make love. She swipes a few things from him including a necklace. The next day he is refused marriage bc he gives his intended the rock the heroine wrapped up in place of the jewel. (he doesnt even bother to unwrap it before presenting it to his very offended ladylove). 9 mos later she had their baby and, near death, travels to his family estate to leave the baby with him, where she finds him fighting a fire that has killed his father and brother, thrusts the child in his arms outside the burning stable and disappears. 7 year later he is now The Lord and raising the child bc the necklace had been sown into her baby clothes. She has just buried her genial elderly protector, older wiser and with some education, and is approached by some acquaintance who explains that he will pay her to impersonate a friend he hopes to protect from scandal. He explains in the last 7 yrs his dear friend, stranded on the continent when war broke out (and, unknown to our heroine, is the woman who'd refused the hero's offer of marriage) was seduced in Italy, lost the baby and has gotten fat, that her family doesn't know and he would like the heroine to impersonate their daughter to protect her reputation and allow the younger sister to debut. Fishy, but she agrees. The day she arrives in the unsuspecting family's bosom the hero pops in to pay his respects and introduce his bastard daughter (whom he adores). She had no idea of the previous relationship but determines to spend time with her daughter. However when the hero and heroine interact she is offended that he is accusatory about the hurt the real lady inflicted upon him and distrustful of her current motives. I couldnt believ we she was going to take his attitude personally. I just wasn't prepared to invest in characters who would develop so speciously. Plus, I'm pretty sure we were about to get another curve ball thrown in and just decided I'd had enough. This was my 3rd go around with the book and I wanted to like it bc the characters were atypical and the dialogue good with a minimal amt of tedious inner dialogue, but the plot shenanigans are just too much for me.