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"The author at her very best"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted February 19, 2002
In 1823 at 7 Mayfair Street in London, Latimer More
knows he has found his love of a lifetime in Jenny
McBride. However, the poverty stricken Scottish lass
cannot believe he even remotely cares about her. Like his
family and the other tenants, Jenny finds it impossible to Read more...
"A Fun Chapter in the Mayfair Square Saga"
Reviewed by Linda Hurst
Posted March 21, 2002
THE ORPHAN is another installment in Stella Cameron's
Mayfair Square series. In this book businessman Latimer
More meets Jenny McBride, who is an orphan working in a
London shop. Latimer decides that he wants to marry Jenny
to help her and also to rescue her from the clutches Read more...
"Another installment in the Mayfair Square books"
Reviewed by Barb Hicks
Posted April 2, 2002
Stella Cameron takes us back to Mayfair Square. Spivey is
still having problems with Bill Shakespeare and is still
determined to get people out of his house.
Jenny McBride, an orphan from Scotland, is amazed to find
out that Latimer More is attracted to her. She is doing
everything she can Read more...
Labeled "England's Most Daring Lover" by his aristocratic
peers, Latimer More of 7A Mayfair Square was hardly
expected to fall for a pretty--and penniless-Scottish
lass. But Jenny McBride's optimism and spirit intrigued
the mysterious entrepreneur, as did the beauty's insistence
on pushing him away. Yet, from the desperation and haunted
look in Jenny's green eyes, Latimer sensed that a
dangerous secret lurked just below the surface and that
there was much more to her denial of him than met the
eye . . .
SummaryLatimer More, lodger at 7A Mayfair Square and widely known
as "the most daring lover in England," has finally found
the woman of his dreams--Jenny McBride. But what startles
everyone--Latimer's fellow tenants, his family and even
Jenny--is what an educated man of business sees in a poor,
orphaned milliner's assistant. However, Latimer has looked
past the surface--past the demure protestations and patched
clothing--and seen the fiercely independent and generous
soul within the auburn-haired Scottish lass.
Latimer may be sure of his intentions, but Jenny has her
doubts. Can she trust a man with the sort of reputation
Latimer has with the fairer sex? Surely he is only toying
with her and intends to toss her aside after he has tired
of her? Moreover, even if Latimer is serious and Jenny
were to accept his marriage offer, it would mean revealing
the hold that the vile Morely Bucket has upon her.
The odious slumlord, Bucket, presses Jenny, behind on her
rent, to offer up sexual favors in exchange for canceling
her debts. Jenny has resisted so far, but Bucket has
become more and more forcibly persistent as time has
passed. Jenny believes that if Latimer were to find out
that she was involved in such sordid goings-on that his
interest in her would quickly vanish. But Jenny doesn't
know Latimer More well enough. He does find out, and it
only intensifies his resolve to free the valiant waif from
the clutches of the archfiend Bucket--but not before
enlisting the aid of everyone at 7 Mayfair Square.
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