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My Fair Captain |  | Author: J. L. Langley
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $15.50
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 312
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 1599987619
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781599987613
ASIN: 1599987619
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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| • | ISBN13: 9781599987613 | | • | Condition: NEW | | • | Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. |
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Product Description
Talk about a compromising situation! A storm of political intrigue, murderous mayhem and sexual hungers is brewing on planet Regelence. Swarthy Intergalactic Navy Captain Nathaniel Hawkins ran from a past he had no intention of ever reliving. But when his Admiral asks him to use his peerage, as an earl and the heir to a dukedom, to investigate a missing weapons stash, hes forced to do just that. As if being undercover on a Regency planet where the young men are supposed to remain pure until marriage isnt bad enough, Nate finds himself attracted to the kings unmarried son. All Prince Aiden Townsend has ever wanted was to be an artist. He has no interest in a marriage of political fortune or becoming a societal paragon. Until he lands in the arms of the mysterious Earl of Deverell. One look at Nates handsome face has Aiden reconsidering his future. Not only does Nate make a virile subject for Aidens art, but the great war hero awakens feelings in Aiden he has never felt, feelings he cant ignore. After a momentous dance at a season ball, Aiden and Nate find themselves exchanging important information and working closely together. They have to fight their growing attraction long enough to find out who stole the weapons and keep themselves from a compromising situation and certain scandal. Warning, this title contains the following: explicit sex, graphic language, violence, hot nekkid man-love.
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 Rating and Review At Odds February 25, 2010
Tracy (Fort Myers, Florida, USA)
I find myself in the difficult position of feeling differently about a book than I thought of it, so the 3 star rating (how I felt about it) and the review (what I thought about it) are going to be at odds. And in truth, the star rating would really be more like a 2.5 if I could. But it's not because of the story itself, and therein lies the dichotomy.
I don't know quite what I was expecting from this book, but the blend of sci-fi and regency romance wasn't badly written, really. The characters were perhaps a bit two dimensional and maybe an argument could be made that they were very cliched, but in all honesty, that's sort of the nature of a regency romance and I'm very familiar with the themes. It WAS a bit odd to see so classic a theme as the ton and society mavens parading around in a genetically engineered predisposed m/m culture, but it wasn't done poorly. From the standpoint of plot development and characterization, I'd simply say I wish there had been a bit more fleshing out of the world, making the blend of historical and futuristic a bit more visceral and clear. And while I don't think there was anything wrong with the plot of the action part of the book in which an IN captain goes undercover in the house of the King of a Regency planet to discover the perpetrator of massive weapons theft and ends up discovering a conspiracy that threatens war between worlds, I didn't think it was given enough attention to really be the core of the story.
Admittedly, it is a personal genre preference when reading romance novels that the romance happens either in hand with or AROUND a central core that is not related to the romance and not the other way around.
But it wasn't badly written. I did think some of the situations were a bit too contrived and didn't really feel organic to the plot and story, especially as the conflict reached it's somewhat disappointing and too-pat peak. I did like the characters, though. I would've really enjoyed much more about the King and King-Consort and their children. I thought their characters were quite interesting and would revel in reading more about them, especially with a vehicle that fleshed them out and gave them more face time. I enjoyed the main characters, uber-alpha naval captain Nate Hawkins and artistic dream boy with a flash of spine Aiden to be interesting and likable, and there was enough story there to provide both some depth.
Honestly, if I was rating the story itself and how it was told, I'd give it a 3.5 stars, but I've realized that neither this particular genre - the scifi-regency - nor this particular type of m/m pairing with the big brawny alpha and the submissive effeminate boy to be my cup of tea for m/m romances. I prefer a bit more equality between males - that doesn't have to always be sexual equality, I don't mind a bit of bondage or dom-sub in the bedroom - but I really don't prefer when submissive becomes synonymous with feminine and it extends beyond the bedroom, like it did in My Fair Captain.
 a great escape February 23, 2010
Mark Hawkins (St. Charles, IL United States)
looking for easy fluff read for airplane and airport readimg. most excellent. no matter how many time the kindle was stowed under the seat in front of me, it was an enjoyable read and easy to jump back into again.
now i just have to figure how to backspace to fix my typos here.
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An Entertaining Read December 9, 2009
Angel (Hialeah, Fl. USA)
Anyone that has read a J.L. Langley book knows their in for a real adventure. This is a start of a regency series set to Sci Fi but it totally delivers. J.L. created characters that make you want to keep reading late into the night, just to see what happens next or get a good laugh. The Townsend boys are pretty similar to the Malorys in Johanna Lindsey's Regency romance series. The mystery element of My Fair Captain is enjoyable and gripping. These characters are spicy and playful, the story has adventure and intrigue. If you like Regency m/m romances with all these flavors added in then I highly recommend this book. But if you're like me and has read other J.L. Langley books then you don't need anyone's recommendations you'll just buy the book because you know you're getting you're money's worth and a great read.
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