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|| Lady Pamela ||

Last review(s) added 9/21/98

Lady Pamela isn't interested in a marriage and all this time has been able to avoid the proposals. But now she thinks it is time for her to settle down and so she decides to marry the love from her youth, Adolphus, Lord Babcoke. This Lord hasn't thought he will ever get a positive answer on his proposel and he is more than suprised when he has a fiancée.

Lord Nevans, Pamela's grandfather, works for the English government and one day a top secret document is missed from his Foreign-Office-Box. Pamela doesn't want to disturb her grandfather, who is ill with the gout, with that and decides to solve this case by herself. She is afraid her younger and careless brother Wyn is a part of the disappear and so she follows him, without a chaperone, to stop him.

On the way, her coach has an accident and she must rest with an arrogant coachman in a little inn. Here Pamela finds a wonderful possibility to travel incognito. She changes her clothes with a patient's and passes herself off as a servant. She makes a bet with Carlin, the coachman, that he will not find a position in Whiston Castle, the destination of her travel. In the beginning Carlin isn't interested to help the stubborn Pamela.

Finally, in the castle, Pamela starts immediatly with her investigatons. But her suspect, Cedric Mannsell, a friend of her brother, isn't at home. Of course, from now Lady Pamela makes more than one mistake in her disguise as a servant. And when the impudent coachman Carlin arrives at Whiston Castle and claims to be Lord Dalven, the chaos is perfect.

Because Pamela can't find the mysterious document in the castle, Carlin wants from her to return home to London. He promise to help her to find the missing object. But also, London can't protect Lady Pamela from herself and she doesn't stop with her confusing investigations.

The Whistons also decide to travel to London and this isn't helpful because how should an English Lady explain why she dressed up like a servant and works for other people. And there is that damn document which can't be found? And in addition, Lady Pamela is more than shocked when she finds out that Lord Davlen (her coach-man Carlin) is a real aristocrat and that he thinks he is the right man for her.

A cheerful and enjoyable story about two terrific characters. I can highly recommend this book to all Regency fans. I had such a lot of fun while reading it.