Book Description
Prudence Armitage is his dearest friend…
until a compromising position changes everything.
Nicholas Parrish had no intentions of taking a bride, and certainly not someone like Prudence. Of course she's charming, pleasant, and a diligent employee of The Ladies' Fashionable Cabinet, the magazine Nicholas and his sister run from his home. Prudence may even be considered pretty, when you look past the mousy hair and dreadful glasses. But when she falls asleep at her desk and remains in his town house all night, her irate father demands satisfaction. And being a true gentleman, Nicholas agrees to do the proper thing.
Though marrying Prudence never crossed his mind before, he has to admit there is an intriguing and desirable side to her he's only just beginning to see. But Nicholas may need to reconsider his plans for a marriage "in-name-only" especially now that Pru has decided to make herself totally irresistible.
About the Author
Candice Hern has always enjoyed escaping into the history and literature of Regency England. After years of re-reading the novels of Jane Austen and other women of the period, she by chance discovered the great Georgette Heyer -- and all her contemporary stepchildren -- and was instantly hooked. Candice lives in San Francisco in a house cluttered with African violets, orchids, Regency-period antiques, and mountains of reference books.
Once a Gentleman FROM THE PUBLISHER
Prudence Armitage is his dearest friend…
until a compromising position changes everything.
Nicholas Parrish had no intentions of taking a bride, and certainly not someone like Prudence. Of course she's charming, pleasant, and a diligent employee of The Ladies' Fashionable Cabinet, the magazine Nicholas and his sister run from his home. Prudence may even be considered pretty, when you look past the mousy hair and dreadful glasses. But when she falls asleep at her desk and remains in his town house all night, her irate father demands satisfaction. And being a true gentleman, Nicholas agrees to do the proper thing.
Though marrying Prudence never crossed his mind before, he has to admit there is an intriguing and desirable side to her he's only just beginning to see. But Nicholas may need to reconsider his plans for a marriage "in-name-only" especially now that Pru has decided to make herself totally irresistible.
FROM THE CRITICS
Library Journal
Nicholas Parrish had always thought of quiet, shy Prudence Armitage, assistant editor of his sister's popular ladies' magazine, as a friend-when he thought of her at all, that is. But when Pru falls asleep one night while working late in her office, which just happens to be in Nick's house, and her aristocratic family declares her thoroughly compromised and demands that they wed, he resigns himself to a lackluster marriage-and, much to his surprise, ends up with the wife of his dreams. It is not easy to make an unassuming, somewhat insecure heroine appealing or to make her blossom realistically, and it is no easier to take an initially angry, resentful, though honorable hero and make him truly "heroic," but Hern has done a masterly job of both. Good writing, the effective use of dual viewpoints (hero and heroine), and marvelously colorful secondary characters, both old and new, make this final volume in Hern's "Ladies' Fashionable Cabinet" trilogy charming and especially memorable. Although this book stands on its own, readers will also want to read the earlier books in the series (Once a Dreamer, Once a Scoundrel), the second of which was one of the Romance Writer of America's (RWA) Ten Favorite Books of 2003. Hern writes exceptionally well-done Regencies and Regency-set historicals and is gaining a growing fan base. She lives in San Francisco. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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