"Unforgettable O'Malley saga ends with style!"

Unlike previous novels in the prolific Skye O'Malley series, this book is the story of three granddaughters of the matriarch of the family, Jasmine Leslie, Duchess of Glenkirk. Written in three parts, Ms. Small tells each heroine's story separately, even as she intricately weaves one into the next.

Fancy Devers is not looking for a husband when her family sends her to her grandmother in England. She leaves Maryland surrounded by rumors that she murdered her husband, but immediately catches the eye of Charles II. She'd much rather enjoy the pleasures of the bed as a mistress than be subject to a husband's control. But Lady Jasmine is determined to find her beloved granddaughter a husband when this passing fancy is over.

Lady Diana, daughter of Patrick and Flanna Leslie, has been groomed to be an English lady by her grandmother. At the court of Charles II, she gained the sobriquet Siren, and all the men are drawn to her sweet song. But she finally reduces her court to two suitors. Damien and Darius are twin brothers, and so alike, she despairs she can ever choose between them; until she sends each on a quest to find her the perfect gift.

Lady Cynara Stuart is Jasmine's granddaughter by her not-so- royal son, Charles. Cynara is very much a Stuart, and when she first sees Harry Summers, Earl of Summerfield, she will have no other to husband. Harry has no intention of ever marrying, even the seductively innocent beauty who pursues him relentlessly. But he never counted on Lady Cynara's dogged determination to seduce him until he admits his love for her and begs her to marry him.

Dedicated fans of the series will not be disappointed by this conclusion to the O'Malley saga, except those who'll mourn the end of an era to this dynastic family. During this time, Ms. Small wrote with an amazing depth of character, creating a fascinating family bound by love, history and continuity. Fancy, Diana and Cynara are characters not to be forgotten, merely a continuation and conclusion of a long line of unforgettable hero and heroines created by this talented author.

Reviewed by Angela Johnson
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted February 12, 2003

Summary

Vixens is the tale of three of Skye O'Malley's great-great-granddaughters. Fancy Devers, Fortune and Kieran's youngest child, who arrives in England surrounded by scandal and mystery. Diana Leslie, Patrick and Flanna's daughter, who finds herself caught between identical twin brothers. And Cynara Stuart, Charlies, the not-so-royal Stuart's last child; a headstrong girl who falls in love with the wrong man. Or is he? These three beauties, first cousins, set the court of King Charles II on its ear in their determination to find their happily-ever-afters.