Mistletoe Mayhem

by Kate Huntington

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821767399
• ISBN13: 9780821767399
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful!

This series by Kate Huntington is wonderful! This book is the third in the series and brings us up to date on Vanessa & Alexander and Lydia & Edward. It also brings to life the romance of Madelyn & Robert. What a great story...their two years of heartbreak is finally brought to a beautiful and happy ending. You will find it hard to put this one down until you reach the final page.

You'll be happy you read this . . .

This is one scrumptious early Christmas present cleverly disguised as a book. Even the most determined Scrooge could not fail to be cheered by reading it, as it is absolutely a 'feel-good' book. In other words, once you've read it, you'll feel much better than you did when you started it. During the reading period, I daresay you'll often catch yourself with a wide smile on your face, or even enjoying an out-loud giggle.Kate Huntington has the knack for creating extended families, awash with children and pets, and other engaging, and some not-so engaging, characters. What more natural pairing then, for a Christmas romp, than the bachelor country squire, Robert Langtry, who has inherited his brother's four orphaned children, and the Lady Madelyn Rathbone, lovely, wealthy young aristocrat. For you see, Madelyn and Robert have a history. They've proposed to each other numerous times, but for various reasons, no marriage between them ever occurred. Madelyn has never been around children at all, being an only child who was orphaned at a young age, and thereafter was always in the company of much older guardians. Oh, they had her best interests at heart, but hearts and best interests are not known to be chummy with each other. And, it is imperative--at least in the eyes of those guardians--that she marry as befits her wealth and her station in life. Non-wealthy country squires need not apply. Robert, on the other hand, loves his wards, and is determined to lavish care on and for them, in an attempt to somehow make up for the loss of their parents. It would appear that his path will sharply diverge from that of Madelyn. Until, that is, a country house party at the home of Alexander and Vanessa Blakely. In spite of all efforts to the contrary by a wide assortment of house-guests, and with the aid of the four spirited children, Madelyn and Robert will find the way to make their paths converge, and lead to the altar. Finally. And now, Madame Author--for next year's gift to your readers, may we please have the story of Count Andreas Briccetti? Surely, such a charming gentleman cannot long stay a bachelor?

I love this series!

Mistletoe Mayhem is the third in the series that started with The Captain's Courtship and The Lieutenant's Lady. These lively regency reads are sort of like eating popcorn. You don't need to read the first two to enjoy this one, but after you experience the sheer joy of Huntington's wit and style, you'll want them, too. In this book, the rich and beautiful Lady Madelyn, who DIDN'T get the hero in either of the following books, finally gets the man she really loves. I always love the clarity and precision of Kate Huntington's writing, but I like this book particularly because of the clever plot twist that brings everything happily together in the end.

Enjoyed this book immensely

This was an extremly well written, entertaining book. The author has obviously done her research, and it was wonderful to be tranported back to the regency era. Characters were entertaining, and the romance very believable.

The best Christmas gift of all!

What would Christmas be without a houseful of children--not to mention the birth of a new baby?! Well, Lady Madelyn could certainly picture a more appealing holiday...until she realizes that Robert Langtry's four orphaned wards suffer a loneliness much like her own, as a child.And when a carriage collision forces the six of them to stay a week with a kindly widow, Madelyn also sees that her wealth means very little: seems Robert still burns for her, even when she's unbathed and rumpled, and she can't get him out of her mind, either--even after she's accepted a Count's proposal.A touching story about an heiress who finds love with a man who comes to realize he *is* worthy of her.