The premise for LORD
DARVER’S MATCH, my popular Regency time travel romance, began one dark morning
with me snuggling next to my husband. My eyes were closed and his arm held me
against him. Suddenly, an idea for a new Regency popped into my head. What if a
married woman realized that the arm curved around her wasn’t her husband’s? How
would she react? Would she scream? Yell for help? Start pummeling the man? And
then, here’s the kicker: what if somehow, she’d been transported back into the
past... now vulnerable and alone and at the mercy of this stranger?
This idea developed into
Hillary Logan’s plight... transporting her back to England in the early
nineteenth century and the Marquess of Darver’s bed!
AN INNOCENT
WISH--Little did modern day Hillary Logan realize when she made her innocent
wish for a happy marriage, that she’d be waking up in bed next to a handsome
nobleman--in 1815. Struggling to adjust to Regency England, she teaches the
dashing marquess a thing or two about love and “a woman’s place.”
A PLEASANT
DIVERSION--Seeking a diversion from the ongoing horrors of the Napoleonic
Wares, Simon Altmont, looks forward to a liaison with the attractive woman in
his bed. She would make a perfect new mistress! He soon learns just how
different his mysterious Mrs. Logan really is. Has the Marquess of Darver
finally met his match?
LORD DARVER’S MATCH was
great fun to write. And to read! LIONHEARTED PUBLISHING offered me a contract
and made this novel one of the first in their new publishing line.
What if a woman woke up next to a man who was not her
husband?
Print book available (2001 edition) at www.susanneknight.com/orders.htm
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MATCH
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A flurry of 5 star reviews
soon followed including from Affaire de Coeur Magazine, Amazon.com, Goodreads,
and Sime-Gen Reviews, along with a Love Romances Golden Rose Nominee for Best
Regency and the winner of the Heart-To-Heart Award!
LORD DARVER’S MATCH became a
reader favorite, won the Reader’s Choice Award, and achieved Best-Seller
status! When the contract expired, I arranged my book to be available at
Amazon.com along with other internet sites.
What happens when a modern woman’s wish
for a happy marriage lands her back in time, in bed with a handsome nobleman?
This book is part of the
Elegant Regencies line.
For those of you who like to read reviews, here they
come!
5 STARS! A charming read
filled with spirited characters and unusual situations. A delightful journey in
time. Fast, fun, unpredictable and compelling. An unusually spirited heroine
for a Regency romance.--Affaire de Coeur Magazine
5 STARS! Charming and such
fun, LORD DARVER’S MATCH is a time-travel Regency filled with spirited and
sprightly dialogue. Susanne Marie Knight offers believability coupled with
unpredictability to make for a fast paced read. Her characters are diverse. Her
situations are humor filled and unusual. All which make for one heck of a
satisfying read.--Sime-Gen Reviews
5 STARS! Great Story! Another great
story written by Susanne Marie Knight. She does it again with a wonderful time
travel story. Love the characters and the whole plot, I think she did a great
job and wished that it was longer. Another time travel book of hers that I
recommend is "Timeless Deception."--Amazon.com.
5 STARS! I always love
Susanne Marie Knight books and would recommend them above other. Please note I
don't get paid by anyone to give this review nor related to any book writer...
I am not gonna tell you the story line but definitely worth your time and
money. Other books that I would recommend by this author: Regency Society
Revisited, Sojourn Through Time, and Timeless Deception (my all time
favourite.--Amazon.com (Please note: Also in the Regency time-travel vein
is: Have Christmas Card... Will Travel, The Questing Box, and short story,
“Lady Elizabeth’s Excellent Adventure)
5 STARS! This book is worth your time. Its a good story and one
you will laugh with. I'm not one for a long review, I will just say if I think
it's worth your time and that I enjoyed it or not. This book is a good escape,
enjoy.--Amazon.com
5 STARS! I LOVED Lord
Darver's Match. This book is utterly fantastic. Simon is instantly charming and
the story is smooth, compelling, and skillfully written. It's a great introduction
to the Regency era, too. I've recommended Lord Darver's Match to my
friends.--Amazon.com
4 1/2 STARS. Susanne Marie
Knight’s Regency is one of the best time travel novels I’ve read in years.
Hillary’s final understanding and acceptance of what has happened to her is
well written and very believable. This is often a stilted area of a time travel
novel but Ms. Knight handles her characters and their reactions with the skill
of an experienced writer. She also knows how to hold your interest and keep a story
going. I read LORD DARVER’S MATCH in one evening and I’m definitely looking
forward to more novels by Susanne Knight.--Scribes World Reviews
The plot is not necessarily
a new one but Ms. Knight writes it extremely well. Ms. Knight has a penchant
for creating realistic characters, even if Hillary is from the second
millennium and Simon is from the middle of the first, they both fit will
together. LORD DARVER’S MATCH is to be read with thirst as it speeds crazily
from the beginning to the end, with dialogue reminiscent of William Powell and
Myrna Loy in the Thin Man movies. This is a book to buy, to keep forever, and
to take out once a year, blow the dust off and devour it all over again.--Word
On Romance
Susanne Marie Knight as a
writer is well seasoned and well spiced. A tale well told, LORD DARVER’S MATCH
makes for a splendid read. The heroine is a thoroughly modern woman who has
opinionated ideas about love, romance, and “a woman’s place.” The hero is
charming, chivalrous, and a devil-may-care Regency rogue. When it comes to time
and place, readers will be drawn in and hate to leave. An unpredictable,
compelling plot makes for a fun and fast-paced read. Ms. Knight offers
believability and reality, fantasy, and humor. What more can a reader
ask?--Romance At Its Best
For those of us who like a
dash of fantasy in our Regency (or other) romance novels, I can heartily
recommend LORD DARVER’S MATCH. If not experienced with the Regency genre, then
this is a great starting point. Of course, all will come right in the end, and
there is a lot of plot not gone into here, but Susanne Marie Knight has created
a delightful story that could and should appeal to any reader. She carefully
and thoroughly marks the line between the twenty-first century heroine, and the
nineteenth century hero. They each have their very own voice and vocabulary,
very different from each other, yet the language of love wins over the marquis
who thought he didn’t want to marry, and the sensible woman who changes his
mind for him. Lord Darver has, indeed, met his match!--Word On Romance (2)
A fast-paced novel filled
with sparkling dialogue and memorable characters.--Joan Overfield,
award-winning author
Knight brings the Regency
Era to sparkling life in DARVER. Regency and time-travel readers are in for a
real treat!--Vicki Hinze, best-selling
author
Recommended reading! LORD
DARVER'S MATCH, A CONTINENTAL MARRIAGE, and LOVE AT THE TOP. I thoroughly
enjoyed these books.--M.T.
LORD DARVER'S MATCH is a
masterpiece! I love it, I love it!!--E.R.
LORD DARVER'S MATCH is my
absolute fave. Will you be writing anymore Regencies?--K.L. (Please note:
Available are: THE MAGIC TOKEN, TIMELESS DECEPTION, THE RELUCTANT LANDLORD, THE
CONTRARY CONTESSA, A CONTINENTAL MARRIAGE, REGENCY SOCIETY REVISITED, HAVE CHRISTMAS
CARD... WILL TRAVEL, SOJOURN THROUGH TIME PAGING MISS GALLOWAY, A NOBLE
DILEMMA, THE QUESTING BOX and short stories “Lady Elizabeth’s Excellent
Adventure” and “A Very Special Christmas Present.”)
The seniors in the state-run
nursing home where I volunteer already fight over who I have to read Lord
Darver's Match to next, so maybe I'll get lucky and win this one and they can
fight to have me read both books. LOL.--D.H.
I recommend LORD DARVER'S
MATCH!--C.M.
4 Stars. This book is worth
your time. Its a good story and one you will laugh with. This book is a good
escape, enjoy.--The Main Book Lover
I LOVED Lord Darver's Match
& Grave Future was a close second..just need to read more! :)--S.S.
I got hooked on the first
page with Hillary waking up with an unknown man! My wife and I got a kick out
of that one!--A.C.
I LOVED LORD DARVER'S
MATCH!--S.S
I think this book is utterly
fantastic. I loved this book and recommend everyone go out and get this
book!--K.L.
I *LOVED* LORD DARVER'S
MATCH!--J.S
Loved the book!--C.M
I really loved LORD DARVER'S
MATCH. Simon is instantly charming and the story is smooth and
compelling.--J.E.
Light and fun! An enjoyable
read.--A.G.
Engaging and skillfully
written. A captivating romantic story.--M.H.
I enjoyed LORD DARVER'S
MATCH!--S.S.
A delightful tale.--B.D.
Wonderful, wonderful,
wonderful!--C.M.
I thoroughly enjoyed LORD
DARVER'S MATCH!--M.C.
Couldn't stop reading. I
absolutely love LORD DARVER!--N.W.
I've recommended LORD
DARVER'S MATCH to all my friends!--K.P
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As I’ve written previously,
I enjoy using bits and pieces from real life to add realism and inspiration to
my novels. So in addition to the genesis of the book as an experience from my
life, I also had an “incident” with a rowboat. Happily for me, my rowboat
didn’t overturn as Hillary and Simon’s did. The following passage describes
what almost happened to me!
Feeling Simon’s hands on
hers, Hillary jerked away and started rowing. Her spencer jacket ripped under
the arms. Great. How had such a lovely day turned into such a disaster?
“Hillary, I apologize.
Here, let me have the oars.”
Well, she could be
stubborn, too. Concentrating on her strokes, she avoided looking at him.
“M’dear, the boat is
going in circles. Let me....” He leaned over to her.
“No! You’ve done enough.”
To evade him, she thrust
her weight to the side. Wrong move. The boat lurched. She just had time to cry,
“Simon!”
The rowboat overturned,
and dumped her and Simon into the cold waters of the Serpentine.
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Under a magic moon, two
hearts can become as one, as Lord Darver finds out as he meets his match!
I
hope you enjoy Hillary and Simon’s story.
Happy
reading,
Susanne
Marie Knight
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