The Ring on Her Finger

by Elizabeth Bevarly

Heiress Lucinda Hollander decides to get engaged -- to a man who thrusts a rock on her finger and promptly disappears -- leaving Lucinda to take the rap for a crime she didn't commit.Lucinda goes on... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380819619
• ISBN13: 9780380819614
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Quirky, Yet Touching Romance

After learning she is being arrested as an accomplice to murder, Heiress Lucinda Hollander goes into hiding. Assuming a new identity, she gets a job as a housekeeper on a large private estate. There she meets Max Hogan, mechanic and chauffeur. But Max has a secret in his past. As penance for the pain he's caused another, Max disallows himself all the comforts of life: a house, a car, a good cold beer, air conditioning, leisure time, sex... But Lucinda discovers Max has also assumed a false identity. When she interferes, Max's carefully constructed walls start to crumble. Enhancing the story is a romance between the 'plain-jane' nanny and the estate owner's best friend. As the relationship started out on a bet-to-bed-the-nanny premise, this secondary plot made for some entertaining friction - and was vitally interesting to the whole plot. While using the characters inner thoughts to convey their anxiety at times was actually refreshing, I did get annoyed in 4-5 instances with the repetitiveness. And though the first five or so pages were a little too quirky, I really did enjoy this book.

Enjoyable..

This is the first of E. Baverly that I read. I love the way she develops the plots; even though the inner thought of the characters sometimes drove me crazy. interestingly enough it is not boring AT ALL, like some of the similiar plot I've read from others. And I really enjoy the side love story of Rosemary and Natheniel....ohhhh.. it is so romantic and I think this story by itself should receive a full 5 stars. At the end, it is a very enjoyable read. I am seriously considering her "how to trap a tycoon"- sound hillarious!

Worth Your Time

This was a very enjoyable book -- it was lighthearted, funny, and romantic too. The writing was quick-witted and the characters were fully developed and fun to read about. There is the main storyline, between heiress-on-the-run Lucinda, and a chauffeur, Max, and there is an equally involving sub-story between Rosemary, a nanny, and Nathaniel, a wealthy cad. The story takes place at the estate of a wealthy couple (the Coves) in Kentucky over a period of three months. The writing was repetitive at times, but only because it followed the characters' random thoughts and allowed us to see just how silly/confused they were. The plot was totally unbelievable, but the characters themselves were quite charming and made the book a worthwhile read. I thought the story started slow, but it picked up in the ssecond chapter, and was a truly a modern-day romance with freethinking, personally flawed characters. I had never read a book by this author before, but would look for more by her.

wild contemporary romantic suspense

Bored at the Wemberly Masque even with four police cars entering the driveway, Lucinda Hollander searches for her beau Archie Conlon. To her surprise, Archie, in his Bozo the Clown wardrobe places a ring on Lucinda's finger. Before she can regain her equilibrium and remove the too small ring, Archie jumps through a window. The police arrest Lucinda for the murder of George Jacobs, though she insists she has never heard of the man. Rather than do the rationale thing and go with the cops, Lucinda jumps through the same window that her fiancé used as his exit.Lucinda who has never worked in her life disguises herself as Lucy French, obtaining employment as a housekeeper to a wealthy Kentucky family. However, if her poor work habits don't unmask her, her growing feelings for Max "car guy" Hogan will for she is falling in love with the racing car driver.Readers who enjoy a wild contemporary romantic suspense with the emphasis on laughter will clearly want to read THE RING ON HER FINGER. The story line never takes itself serious even when Lucy finds herself in trouble and on the lam. The secondary characters provide the fullness that enable fans to appreciate the antics of the lead female character and the bewilderment of the prime male hunk who feels as if he was hit by a vehicle at a 100 MPH upon meeting Lucy. Though their relationship takes a secondary seat to humor and the murder subplot, Elizabeth Bevarly provides a fun frolic for fans of the sub-genre.Harriet Klausner