Marlowe is a pickpocket with the Covent Garden Cubs, a
gang of young thieves, and she sometimes dreams of a girl
named Elizabeth, although she recalls no one of that
name. One day, a well-dressed man accosts Marlowe on the
street and calls her Elizabeth. The man, Sir Brook, is an
investigator who was hired to find Lady Elizabeth
Grafton, who was kidnapped 15 years ago, and he seems to
think Marlowe is that girl. Then Sir Brook takes her
forcibly and brings her home to his brother Maxwell
Derring, the Earl of Dane, who goes by Dane. Dane will
have to keep an eye on Marlowe while his brother attends
to his business.
EARLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN is the first book in Shana
Galen's highly anticipated new series Covent
Garden, and it is a winner! Marlowe is a fascinating
character: spunky, tough, practical, and uncouth; she is
a striking contrast to Dane, who is the perfect
gentleman, impeccable of manner and dress, and the
epitome of honesty. Marlowe's appalling table manners are
a source of constant embarrassment to Dane, and of great
amusement for the reader. They are one of the most
entertaining couples I have ever come across. At the
beginning, Pygmalion comes to mind because of the set-up,
but it's not quite the case as it subtly enlightens the
reader as to the era's living conditions for the rich and
the poor, as well as entertains. As time goes by, Dane
and Marlowe realise they are attracted to each other in
spite of their seemingly insurmountable differences, but
they begin to understand each other, and the romance
slowly builds.
Shana Galen likes her romance with more than a dash of
action, and EARLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN gives us plenty
of both. Shana Galen is always a splendid writer, but she
shines brighter than ever in EARLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN:
Ms. Galen's accuracy of language is nothing short of
stunning, her prose is luminous and lush, and her
meticulous attention to detail enhances an already
smashing story: EARLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN is not to be
missed!
His heart may be the last thing she ever steals...
Marlowe is a pickpocket, a housebreaker-and a better
actress
than any professional on the stage. She runs with the
Covent
Garden Cubs, a gang of thieves living in the slums of
London's Seven Dials. It's a fierce life, and Marlowe has
a
hard outer shell. But when she's alone, she allows herself
to think of a time before-a dimly remembered life when she
was called Elizabeth.
Maxwell, Lord Dane, is intrigued when his brother, a hired
investigator, ropes him into his investigation of the
fiercely beautiful hellion. He teaches her to navigate the
social morass of the ton, but Marlowe will not escape so
easily. Instead, Dane is drawn into her dangerous world,
where the student becomes the teacher and love is the
greatest risk of all.
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