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Olivia Piel
5.0 out of 5 stars A Much Awaited Story Of The Roxton Family Saga. You Never Want The Story To End.
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2017
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Books / stories by Ms Lucinda Brant never disappoint. It is a long wait to finally be able to read another story of the Roxton family series. I just wish that Ms Lucinda Grant is able to write faster and create another book or story of either the Roxton family or a continuation of the Salt Redux series. I simply love the story line laid out by Ms Brant and the character development in each of her stories. Each and every one of her book is a page turner. This book - Satyr's Son - is simply a delicious read ... for those who had read the other books in the Roxton series , will be familiar with Henri-Antonie. It is good to finally have a book solely about him. He was painted as someone who resembles his sire greatly, from his looks to his temperament. He had fits attacks and this illness can make him sometimes self-absorbed and petulant. Like his sire, with his brooding good looks and great wealth, he had his pick of female conquests (and lovers/ mistress / flings). In this story, he finally gets to meet his soul mate - Lisa Crisp - a girl of on wealth or family connections. Lisa was pretty yet poor, living on the charities of her relatives. However, she is intelligent, has great compassion and goodness. As in all romance stories, these 2 main characters meet and feelings developed. But due to the difference in social class, many frowned upon their relationship. As usual, Henri-Antoine's brother - Julian, the 6th Duke of Roxton disapproved of this relationship. It seems that Ms Brant has written Julian as a regular snob ... he was more pleasant in his own story (Midnight Marriage) then in the other stories. I am also surprised that Ms Grant did not give Deborah (Julian's wife) a more significant role in this and other stories. She was placed in the background as someone who is loved by her husband and managed her own brood of children. I wish Deborah would have more active part in the other stories such as advising her husband (Julian) to be less of a snob.

Sex were not explicit or simply gross over in this book. This book is more focused on the character development, the depth of feelings, the interactions and characters of the other players in the stories. It is a great book for romance readers, especially a romance in the Georgian period. As said, I wish Ms Brant would write faster and publish more books of these 2 families - Roxton & the Salt Redux (Heldon family). I am savouring each page of the story and hoping in the heart that the story never ends ... or will not end too soon.

Great read, do buy the book.
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Patricia Rodels
5.0 out of 5 stars Dreams Do Come True
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2017
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I’m not sure why this book brought me to tears more than any other of Lucinda Brant’s, “Roxton Family Saga” but it did. I found myself living Miss Lisa Crisp’s life and her feelings when she finds herself falling in love with a handsome, aristocratic stranger, Lord Henri-Antoine she unexpectedly helps one night who has an affliction he tries to hide from the outside world knowing that as a poor, poverty stricken orphan she can only dream of loving him and him loving her only in her dreams. Than unexpectedly she has a chance to live two weeks in a fairytale world that she hopes will give her wonderful memories that will last a life time as she returns to her poverty stricken life. But just as in the Fairytale, Cinderella there are two evil girls that will do anything to lie and connive along with so called friends of Henri-Antoine to spoil a fairytale that is just beginning to bloom. Will Lord Henri’s Aristocratic Family as to it that this union can never come to pass.
As I said before, tears will certainly affect everyone who reads this beautifully written Book 5 of Roxton Family Saga but remember after you wipe away the tears, as in my fairytales, DREAMS DO COME TRUE.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love this family!
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2020
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I am so sorry to come to the end of this Saga. Book 8, which I have not read yet, actually was supposed to be the first of the series, as it is the love story of Reynard and Antonia, whose children and cousins are the heroes and heroines of the rest of the series. This book is the story of their younger son, who has been afflicted with the "falling sickness", now called epilepsy, for his entire life. He has a lot of psychological problems, causing him to sometimes become nasty, but Lisa turns out to be his saving grace. She was an absolutely delightful character, as described "a ray of sunshine" and a totally real person who does not take to heart his efforts to push her away. There were some really interesting situations where they were not only visible to other people, at the center of attention when they did not want to be. I found it hard to put these books down, and as I said I am very sorry to come to the end of this saga. Lucinda Brant is a great author who made this amazing family totally come to life.
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Sharyn McQuaid
5.0 out of 5 stars More than a 5
Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2019
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Henri-Antoine starts very unsympathetic. He is jaded and cynical--cuckolding one of his close friends with a mistress, drinking too much, engaging in licentious behavior. There are intimations of "the better man" fairly early on. Lisa doesn't so much save him as see him beneath his facade. Lisa is definitely a Cinderella prototype. Often times heroines will be described as intelligent and then do truly brainless things. Lisa really is intelligent although her social moxy may be ingenuous. She is a genuinely good friend to the good folks in this story and a selfless lover to Henri-Antoine. On a steamy scale, I would rate this as no more than a 3--while there is definitely sex, Brant trusts the reader to know what's happening and fill in the blanks. In some respects that is more satisfying than a more explicit description. It also makes the story appropriate for a mid to upper teen, in my opinion. It was a rewarding love story, but once again, I would like to meet these characters in a few years. They are good people who are worth knowing more fully.
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Eddie
5.0 out of 5 stars What a great read! I loved it
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 27, 2017
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What a great read! I loved it! It is the story of Henri Antoine (Harry) and Lisa who are far apart on the social scale - he is a Roxton, his family as high as it gets in the nobility. She works in a dispensary for Dr Warner, a relative-by-marriage. Lisa & Harry meet in unexpected circumstances and as their tale unfolds their pasts and connections are revealed.The story is superb - characters are interesting and three-dimensional, even ones with bit-parts - Becky Bannister, seamstress & haberdasher's assistant is a delight! There are so many good interactions between people, not just the main protagonists. Early in the book, when Harry & Lisa meet for the third time, I could really feel the fizz of attraction and excitement that they were feeling. The characters, their perspectives and their feelings are communicated so effectively that I was utterly absorbed in the story. The author's writing skills and knowledge of all things Georgian are incomparable. She consistently delivers at the highest standard. I don't want to give away the plot, so I'll just say that Satyr's Son is easily a 5 star book. It is part of a series but it can be read as a stand-alone, but if you have read the rest of the Roxton series you'll meet all your favourites and find out what they've been up to since Proud Mary - there's a lot of news!

If you have not read any Lucinda Brant books before do give Satyr's Son a go - you're about to discover a fab author!
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Regency Belle
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Loved This Book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 2, 2017
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Please note - I only review books I have purchased and read - no patsy reviews from me.

It’s no secret but I absolutely love books by this author. Miss Brant never lets you down, her books are meticulously crafted and are true to the period they are set in. This latest book in the Roxton family saga is well deserving of the reviews it has achieved. The story of Lisa and Harry is a great addition to the series and is a heartwarming look at love between the different classes in the late 18th century and an interesting look at medical practices of the period.

I do not like to give plot synopsis as other reviewers tend to give these in full detail but please trust me when I say, that if you enjoy period romance books then you will love the books of Lucinda Brant, including Harry’s story. In addition to the above, we the readers are given the opportunity to catch up with the various characters we have come to know and love in previous books in this series. To see how their families are faring and additional characters being developed is an absolute treat. Well worth the price and I look forward to even more books in these series - roll on the next Alex Halsey book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars my all-time favourite Georgian historical novelist
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 1, 2017
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Another winner from the delightful pen of Lucinda Brant, my all-time favourite Georgian historical novelist.We join the book as Henri-Antoine has grown into adulthood, and is making his way onto life's stage. I don't think I am spoiling the future enjoyment for anyone if I say that his falling sickness, which we thought had disappeared in Book 3 Autumn Duchess, never actually disappeared at all, but that H-A has introduced a coping mechanism by surrounding himself with minders to ensure that no one (other than his best friend Jack Cavendish) knows that he is anything less than a fine, fit healthy young man. Enter Lisa, a poor connected relative of Antonia Roxton/Strang's maid Gabrielle. She has worked in a Pharmacy & is not phased by illness or the poorly, sick and dying. H-A world & Lisa's collide, and the rest is told through this lovely story. My one gripe with it is that there is something that Lisa does, whilst she is at Treat with H-A, which I don't think was very nice at all. It was selfish & unthinking towards her friend Teddy, who invited her to be her bridesmaid. I didn't think Lisa was a very good friend or support to her & I thought less of her, because of her behaviour. Other than that unpleasant story element, it was good to catch up with Antonia, Jonathan, Jack & Teddy. If you decide to read this book, personally, I'd start at the beginning of the saga with Noble Satyr (my all time favourite book) and work your way through, though it can be read as a standalone, as characters & their back histories are explained. Enjoy!
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Frances Bard
5.0 out of 5 stars Cinderella reworked
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 25, 2017
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I enjoyed this because all of the Roxton series have been wonderful and because there are a number of tantalising threads left hanging that you hope will be resolved in future books. This is essentially a Cindrella story with the poor but perfect heroine living with largely uncaring relatives-slightly disappointed that women writers fall into the trope of having caring male relative and vindictive female ones- who falls in love with and is loved by socially superior hero. Saved from being a trope fest with a Mary Sue heroine by Ms Brants handling of the story. Not my favourite of the Roxtons,that honour goes to Proud Mary, but nevertheless recommended.
Also how wonderfully perfect is the male model on the front cover. So often the front covers bear no resemblance whatsoever to the characters portrayed but in this series they are perfect.
I hope we don't have to wait too long for the next book.
I hope at some point Elsie gets a book as its hard to imagine how utterly fabulous the child of Antonia and Jonathan will grow up to be!
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calendular
5.0 out of 5 stars a must read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 20, 2017
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Lucinda Brant just keeps getting better and better. her descriptions of Georgian dress and behaviour is perfect and reading along you feel you are right there [and wish you were]. it is a love story between a slightly flawed aristocrat and an ordinary girl. it is beautifully dealt with, the sexual tension is there between them all the time but miss Brant does not need to go into explicit detail for one to feel it smoking through the book. lovely, lovely, lovely.
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