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Praise for the Novels of Lauren Willig
“[This] sparkling series continues to elevate the Regency romance genre.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Full of history…plenty of romance.”—New York Daily News
“Jane Austen for the modern girl.”—New York Times Bestselling Author Christina Dodd
“[This] sparkling series continues to elevate the Regency romance genre.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Full of history…plenty of romance.”—New York Daily News
“Jane Austen for the modern girl.”—New York Times Bestselling Author Christina Dodd
About the Author
Lauren Willig is the New York Times bestselling author of the Pink Carnation novels. She is a RITA Award winner and lives in New York City.
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Lauren Willig is the New York Times bestselling author of thirteen works of historical fiction. Her books have been translated into over a dozen languages, awarded the RITA, Booksellers Best and Golden Leaf awards, and chosen for the American Library Association's annual list of the best genre fiction. After graduating from Yale University, she embarked on a PhD in English History at Harvard before leaving academia to acquire a JD at Harvard Law while authoring her "Pink Carnation" series of Napoleonic-set novels. She lives in New York City, where she now writes full time.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Laurel Ann
VINE VOICE on August 5, 2014
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A new Pink Carnation novel is always the highlight of my reading season, though the anticipation for THE MARK OF THE MIDNIGHT MANZANILLA was stifling. How could Lauren Willig's eleventh addition equal or surpass her previous highly-successful novels seeped in Napoleonic spies, romance and burlesque comedy? Yes, comedy. They say "dying is easy; comedy is hard" and it is so true. There are few authors in the genre who will even attempt it. Willig excels.
One of the main reasons I enjoy the Pink series so much (besides the humor) is that they take me back to Regency England, and her characters are so original. Willig started the series in 2004 with THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE PINK CARNATION. Each successive novel features a new set of protagonists; a romantic couple thrown together by danger, espionage and love. After ten novels I have never been disappointed.
Set in 1806 London, THE MARK OF THE MIDNIGHT MANZANILLA re-introduces us to the three young Misses from Miss Climpson's Select Seminary for Young Ladies in Bath, brought together in the seventh novel, THE MISCHIEF OF THE MISTLETOE: Miss Sally Fitzhugh, Miss Agnes Wooliston and Miss Lizzy Reid. They are in Town for the Season, chaperoned by the Vaughn's whose next door neighbor is reported to be a vampire. Yes, vampires are all the rage in London at the moment due to Lizzy Reid's step-mother's best-selling novel THE CONVENT OF ORSINO. No one is above suspicion, especially aristocrats.
Bored by the soiree in progress, Sally takes up the challenge and enters the creepy, un-kept garden of the purported vampire next-door and immediately meets a tall, dark, pale stranger, Lucien, Duke of Belliston. Eeeek! Curiosity and sparks fly for the enigmatic duke and the adventurous Miss.Read more ›
One of the main reasons I enjoy the Pink series so much (besides the humor) is that they take me back to Regency England, and her characters are so original. Willig started the series in 2004 with THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE PINK CARNATION. Each successive novel features a new set of protagonists; a romantic couple thrown together by danger, espionage and love. After ten novels I have never been disappointed.
Set in 1806 London, THE MARK OF THE MIDNIGHT MANZANILLA re-introduces us to the three young Misses from Miss Climpson's Select Seminary for Young Ladies in Bath, brought together in the seventh novel, THE MISCHIEF OF THE MISTLETOE: Miss Sally Fitzhugh, Miss Agnes Wooliston and Miss Lizzy Reid. They are in Town for the Season, chaperoned by the Vaughn's whose next door neighbor is reported to be a vampire. Yes, vampires are all the rage in London at the moment due to Lizzy Reid's step-mother's best-selling novel THE CONVENT OF ORSINO. No one is above suspicion, especially aristocrats.
Bored by the soiree in progress, Sally takes up the challenge and enters the creepy, un-kept garden of the purported vampire next-door and immediately meets a tall, dark, pale stranger, Lucien, Duke of Belliston. Eeeek! Curiosity and sparks fly for the enigmatic duke and the adventurous Miss.Read more ›
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Sheila Churchill
on August 12, 2014
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Lauren Willig is one of those writers whose books keep one up late reading them. Long anticipated, and by me much enjoyed, The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla deviates just a tad from the usual spy theme. Sally is such a delight, just what I expected from darling Turnip Fitzhugh"s sister. Much as she fights it, she falls for a rumored vampire, and of course, falls in love.
The plot is not terribly suspenseful, or should I say plots, as Eloise and Colin are back. I do wish Eloise would develop some more confidence in herself and Colin as a couple, but no matter. This is a frothy and delightful romp, more satirical than most of Her novels, this one has Willig skewering the vampire craze. As usual, there are cultural allusions throughout, even at a beloved children's novel, anticipated by Miss Gwen by 150 years.
Anyway, loved it, loved it. loved it. There is a teaser chapter from the next and last book in the series. I trust if will just as wonderful as this one.
The plot is not terribly suspenseful, or should I say plots, as Eloise and Colin are back. I do wish Eloise would develop some more confidence in herself and Colin as a couple, but no matter. This is a frothy and delightful romp, more satirical than most of Her novels, this one has Willig skewering the vampire craze. As usual, there are cultural allusions throughout, even at a beloved children's novel, anticipated by Miss Gwen by 150 years.
Anyway, loved it, loved it. loved it. There is a teaser chapter from the next and last book in the series. I trust if will just as wonderful as this one.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Jeffrey Ward
on August 10, 2014
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"They say he's a vampire." With a bang this opening sentence throws open the doors on what I dub as "Thriller # 11." Part Sherlock Holmes, part Northanger Abbey and all Pink Carnation, The author subjects the unsuspecting reader to a regency murder mystery/romance that includes all of the classic gothic elements for a tale steeped in superstition.
This is Miss Sally Fitzhugh's story and her entanglement with the sinister Lucien, Duke of Belliston. Sally's initial encounter with the menacing duke is the author at her best in setting a suitably `horrid' mood. Bored at her latest ball, she learns the reclusive duke inhabits the neglected townhouse next door. Being Sally, with her penchant for curiosity and daring, she snoops onto the Duke's property and comes upon a fearsome spector.....
"Show yourself." A man swept aside the fronds of a weeping willow tree. "Show myself?" The man's voice was well-bred, and distinctly incredulous. "I should ask the same of you." For a moment Sally froze, wildly recalling all the tales Agnes had recounted. The man's face was marble pale against the dark leaves, his features chiseled as if from stone, beautiful and stern. The only sign of color was the single splotch of blood that marred the snowy whiteness of his cravat.
Due to the wild popularity of The Convent of Orsino, a gothic novel written by none other than Mrs. Gwendolyn Reid, (nee Meadows) fear strikes the ton who speculate whether Lucien is actually human. Rumors reach hysterical proportions at the next ball where a dead woman is discovered on a balcony bench with blood streaks on her gown and what look like fang marks on her neck.Read more ›
This is Miss Sally Fitzhugh's story and her entanglement with the sinister Lucien, Duke of Belliston. Sally's initial encounter with the menacing duke is the author at her best in setting a suitably `horrid' mood. Bored at her latest ball, she learns the reclusive duke inhabits the neglected townhouse next door. Being Sally, with her penchant for curiosity and daring, she snoops onto the Duke's property and comes upon a fearsome spector.....
"Show yourself." A man swept aside the fronds of a weeping willow tree. "Show myself?" The man's voice was well-bred, and distinctly incredulous. "I should ask the same of you." For a moment Sally froze, wildly recalling all the tales Agnes had recounted. The man's face was marble pale against the dark leaves, his features chiseled as if from stone, beautiful and stern. The only sign of color was the single splotch of blood that marred the snowy whiteness of his cravat.
Due to the wild popularity of The Convent of Orsino, a gothic novel written by none other than Mrs. Gwendolyn Reid, (nee Meadows) fear strikes the ton who speculate whether Lucien is actually human. Rumors reach hysterical proportions at the next ball where a dead woman is discovered on a balcony bench with blood streaks on her gown and what look like fang marks on her neck.Read more ›
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sherry
on September 22, 2014
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This latest Willig lacks the amusing spy element and even the historical information that elevated all the Pink Carnation books above the general swarm of Regencies, making it just another Regency romance. The heroine Sally is an endearing character while the hero Lucien comes across as ineffectual and not particularly bright. Without the engrossing Pink Carnation characters, the modern story of Eloise and Colin becomes even more irritating. Her bumbling sloppiness is supposed to be a satire on Harvard graduate students, but there has never been enough justification for the elegant (though overly reserved) Colin to fall for a bumbling, insecure slob. The author, however, must be forgiven, having had to work under the pressures of deadlines and new motherhood. I hope the next book returns to the successful series formula of amateur spies, history, and a more charming couple.
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