Castaway Hearts: 5

By Nancy Butler

Book Overview

A new Super Regency. When Miss Lydia Peartree's afternoon cruise turns into a disaster at sea, she has only the scruffy captain to count on. But when he turns out to be a disguised-and handsome-spy, a smitten Lydia wonders if she made too fast a judgment...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451211812
• ISBN13: 9780451211811
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Signet Book
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Nancy Butler does it again!

Lydia Peartree, daughter of a princess, is a composed, capable young woman and used to a comfortable life. Twenty-seven years old and having never fallen in love, she decided to marry her good friend, Donald. Her betrothed had the misfortune to catch measles when she came to visit his family. So a good friend arranges a day trip on Captain Frobisher's sleek black ship, while she kicks her heels waiting for her fiancé to get well. The chance for a nice afternoon on the river beckons her and the trip changes her life!Although she sails her little boat on the lake back home, it cannot compare with the sea. She is thrilled by the fury of the sea when a squall blows up, sending the Captain, Lydia, and a crew of adolescent boys to the coast of France. The Captain and Lydia find a connection neither was looking for. The story takes a dangerous turn when some of the travelers are recognized even in the tiny coastal French town.This wonderful Regency romance, set far from London and its drawing rooms, includes spies, power hungry villains and the shifting political atmosphere in France near the end of the Bonapartist rule. Nancy Butler has included a peek into the irresistible passion and developing intimacy between two adults who feared they would never find love.

a lasting romance

I've never been disappointed by a Nancy Butler book. And "Castaway Hearts" is no exception. I appreciate the fact that she rarely follows the typical regency formula. Her characters have such depth and this is a touching and beautiful story. The hero, Matthew, is not the usual gentleman. He's human, with faults and fears. Lydia is not the usual 18 year old debutante, but a woman with courage who's determined to follow her heart. The two find in each other something deeper and more precious than either thought possible. And they refuse to let anything, including a horrid villian, keep them apart.We also get to revisit Arkady Pelletier and Gilbert Marriott from "Lord Monteith's Gift". Perhaps Ms. Butler will give them stories of their own some day.Thank you Nancy Butler! This book is a keeper!