"Magical white tiger plays matchmaker"

During a military tour in India, Lieutenant Lord Jason Renwick was given the honor by the Maharaja to accompany him and his son on a tiger hunt. It was reported that the tiger, due to an injury to its paw, has become a man- eater and was attacking the village. The Maharaja's son, the prince, is a spoiled only son. Not listening to anyone, he walks right into the tiger's path. Jason saves the prince's life and sustains injury that all but blinds him. As a thank you, the maharaja gives Jason a white tiger cub, called Sahib, which the Indian people claim is special.

Two years later while traveling to see an ailing relative, Jason hears a voice he could listen to forever. When one of our senses is lost, the other ones compensate. Jason claims to his aunt that he hears the voice of an angel.

Miss Eustacia Coleson is traveling with her stepmother and has stopped at an inn for the night. Her stepmother is drooling on and on about getting Eustacia to marry Mr. Weaver. Jason is also at the same inn for the night with Sahib and his Aunt, Lady Blackburne, when he hears his angel's voice.

Lady Blackburne talks Eustacia into going to Jason's estate, Tiger's Lair, for an extended visit. Both have reasons for going -- Lady Blackburne to give Jason some purpose in his life, Eustacia to compile information given to her by Jason about his life in India so that a book can be written. Eustacia doesn't want to go home where smelly old Mr. Weaver will accost her at every turn.

What happens in TAMING LORD RENWICK is intriguing. With Sahib overseeing, Jason and Eustacia get together. This is the first book by Ms Jeanne Savery that I read. I picked it up because I like stories that have animal matchmakers in them. Sahib is magical and Ms Savery didn't let me down. I've put TAMING OF LORD RENWICK on my keeper shelf and have re-read it repeatedly. Maybe I'm biased, but I've loved this book and would recommend it to everyone. It's a sweet poignant story of trust, humor, and love where the hero and heroine are not confident in their feelings because they consider they have handicaps. I can't say enough of TAMING LORD RENWICK besides find yourself a copy and read it.

Reviewed by Hunter McKenna
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted September 23, 2003