Lady Lochinvar (Signen Regency Romance)

by Barbara Hazard

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451150449
• ISBN13: 9780451150448
• Release Date: November 1987
• Publisher: Berkley
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Ever Faithful Lady; Love and Torment Abound

It is rare to find a novel so full of surprises. I was constantly on the edge wondering how each turn of events would go. How could it end happy for this young woman so faithful and in love with a man eight years older than herself? Only eight years older you say but the chasm between a 12 year old and 20 year old is very deep indeed! Yes, Lady Catherine Cahill (Kitty) fell in love for the first and only time with Lionel Eden, Viscount Benning on that fateful day in December, 1811. Her family had gathered at their cousin's large estate as did the rest of the relatives of the Duke and Duchess of Wynn. Lionel of course saw her only as the young sister of his friend Emery and called her Miss Kittycat. He was much more interested in her older sister Millicent! Kitty managed to thwart Lionel's rather innocent flirtations with women closer to his own age (and adulthood!) during that momentous Christmas and in some later meetings also. But as they part, she with her family to Devon and he to go back to the Jamaican plantation he ran for his uncle, she tells him urgently "Wait for me! I'll grow up as fast as I can, and you must wait for me! I love you!" It was three long years before they met again. Kitty spent her time dreaming and hoping to mature. Lion (as Kitty called him) also spent his time maturing and missing England, remembering all his friends and relatives with fondness. Kitty was taken under the wings of the Dowager Duchess of Wynn and though still very young became more fashionable and savvy due to her influence. After seeing Kitty's reaction to Lion during this time, the dowager calls her Lady Lochinvar after a faithful knight (named Lochinvar) in a Sir Walter Scott poem (Marmion). She had noticed Kitty's preferences in 1811 and can hardly believe the steadfastness of the young woman. Lion notices her this time also. She is still much too young and he is not ready to think about marriage but being a good friend of Kitty's brother, Lion is able to ride with Kitty and they enjoy each other's company. He confesses his dislike of the life in Jamaica and Kitty convinces him to pay attention to his own small estate and make that profitable. There are some other interesting events during this interlude which weave together for an amazing story. But Kitty and her family go back to the country for Millicent's wedding (Kitty managed to make sure she was engaged BEFORE Lion returned to England), and then Lionel goes back to Jamaica to inform his aunt and uncle of his new plans for life in England. By the time he returns, Kitty is almost 17. The dowager invites her to London to begin her come-out. Also to tell her some horrible news. Lionel is engaged. He is lost to Kitty forever. Kitty does meet with Lionel one last time on his estate, pouring out her heart, informing him what she has lost by his engagement and that she will love him forever. The remainder of the book deals with the torment and hopelessness that follows Kitty as she endures her se