Edith Layton Gypsy Lover

Gypsy Lover

Edith Layton

Avon, Nov 2005, Nov 2005, 384 pp.

ISBN: 0060757841

Seventeen year old Rosalind Osborne has run away from her family. While her companion Margaret Shaw tries to find the headstrong young lady before she is hurt, former convict Daffyd Reynard also hopes to locate her and bring her home. The two wannabe rescuers meet when Daffyd saves Meg's life. He attempts to persuade her to go home as the quest is dangerous, but she refuses. Though a staid on the shelf female, Meg tells him if he will not allow her to accompany him, she will go it alone. As they work together, they fall in love, but neither expects a future with the other.

When they find the runaway and bring her home, Rosalind and Daffyd go their separate ways, although her reputation is ruined. He still believes his past and his half-gypsy heritage leaves him beneath the woman he loves. However, a few days apart and he still cannot forget her, but wonders if she will still have him as her husband.

The sequel to ALAS, MY LOVE is a fun Regency romance because of the escapades of the delightful lead couple who struggle with love, scandal and finding a missing young lady. Meg is a brave individual willing to risk scorn, scandal, and sacking to do what she believes is right, while the daring Daffyd starts off feeling she is a nuisance, but soon wants her with him, though he courageously rejects her under the mistaken belief of what he assumes is best for her sake. Edith Layton writes a wonderful winner for her audience.

Harriet Klausner