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| A Perfect Gentleman | 
| Author: Barbara Metzger
Publisher: Signet
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 760226
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 0451210417
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780451210418
ASIN: 0451210417
Publication Date: October 5, 2004
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Viscount Aubrey "Stony" Wellstone is at the end of his rope-and the end of his family's once-great fortune. Desperate, he tries his luck at the gaming tables, where an offer to exchange his debts for a gentlemanly favor leads to a profitable new profession...as an "honorable escort" accompanying the cream of the ton. The fiercely independent, flame-tressed Miss Ellianne Kane would normally have no use for an upper-class attendant-even one as striking as Stony-but she needs Aubrey's help. Will Aubrey prove to her that there is far more to him than want of money?
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"Viscount Aubrey ""Stony"" Wellstone is at the end of his rope-and the end of his family's once-great fortune. Desperate, he tries his luck at the gaming tables, where an offer to exchange his debts for a gentlemanly favor leads to a profitable new profession...as an ""honorable escort"" accompanying the cream of the ton. The fiercely independent, flame-tressed Miss Ellianne Kane would normally have no use for an upper-class attendant-even one as striking as Stony-but she needs Aubrey's help. Will Aubrey prove to her that there is far more to him than want of money?"
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Despite a few flaws... January 14, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
...such as the too easy ending for the missing sister, not enough urgency regarding said sister, and a mildly written and easy to figure out but creepy murder mystery...Metzger creates a delightful hero in Stony, a strong, independent heroine, and some truly wonderful and unique secondary characters. Moreover, her wit just sparkles, causing me to laugh out loud more often than I could possibly keep up with.
While I have found Metzger's short stories to be hit or miss, this book made me a believer, and I'll try another of her full-length works soon. This one was delightful!
 A Fun Read January 3, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a very witty and thoroughly enjoyable novel, with some highly interesting characters, even if the premise of escort-for-hire is a little offbeat for Regency England. The plot is clever and the author neatly resolves all of the issues, though the missing sister matter ended a little abruptly.
Definitely recommended.
 What could have been... December 15, 2004
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
"A Perfect Gentleman" could have been a keeper for me, as are most of Ms. Metzger's books. However, while the love story between the very attractive and nice Stony and rich Elliane was well written and most of the sub-characters were fun,the two subplots, the missing sister and the serial murderer, actually took away from the story. Ms. Metzger wrote a longer regency than she usually does and this might be part of the reason that the story was not as engaging as it might have been since she might have been just trying to fill up the pages.
Also, how could Elliane go from being a scarecrow to a beauty? Stony liked women, he would have picked up on her finer qualities before he really did.
I am also finding the tried and true regency plot of the spinster rich gal who refuses to marry sort of silly. Sure, there were and are are women who do not feel the urge to marry but for Elliane, she actually met someone she really fell for. If she was so smart, would she not perhaps realize that marriage might not be a bad thing? Stony, too, was sort of silly with his anti-marriage issue but in a way, his voice against marriage was based on the fact he had an empty title and pockets to let.
All in all, love story was good but too maybe weak subplots.
Another hit from Barbara Metzger November 18, 2004
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Here are some thoughts to share. The author is one of my auto-buys and she rarely lets the discerning reader down for no one, in my view, does the comic regency as well. The cast of characters in A Perfect Gentleman was wonderful: the usual collection of romantics, eccentrics, weird and wonderful servants and the obligatory Metzger animals.
Aubrey, Viscount Wellstone, was a wonderful hero - and I particularly enjoyed the scenes where he was luxuriating in the long, lustrous and very red hair of Ellianne, our heroine. This author's sex scenes are always about fostering sexual tensions and reflect the deep passion bubbling below the surface of the relationship between her protagonists: she does not go in for explicit, mechanical descriptions. I thought the scene of mad, near consumation in the butler's pantry was delicious and very, very funny. You can't help falling in love with Stony - very well drawn character and a perfect complement for Ellianne whom I also liked very much!
However, on this occasion, I have to agree with another reviewer who said that the sub-plots let the story down. Metzger is obviously making the leap to longer format regencies (hooray!!!) but to do it well, she needs to be sure that the subplots are a little tighter. The story of Capt Brisbane and Ellianne's missing sister just didn't make the cut, unfortunately. The subplot with the serial killer was good but very much out of synch with the general tenor of the story.
For me, a fun and entertaining read. I would give this one 4-1/2 stars if I could. I want to give it five but that would just reflect my love of the author and not an honest assessment of what she had produced. Roll on the next book!
Liked the story November 16, 2004
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I did like the story. It was indeed very zany, witty and I almost couldn't stand it. Every other sentence had wit and was very funny. It was almost too much. The words put together to make sentences were very clever and Ms Metzger definitely delivers wonderful punch lines. I was just alittle antsy to get thru the book though. I thought trying to find the sister with no clues atall dragged on a bit. I did like this better than the last one, Wedded Bliss. All in all a good read.
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