Midsummer Magic, Catherine Coulter
Midsummer Magic, Catherine Coulter
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Midsummer Magic

Author: Catherine Coulter

Narrator: Anne Flosnik

Abridged: 5 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2012


Synopsis

Dear Listener:Midsummer Magic, the first novel in the Magic Trilogy, was published at the end of 1987.Philip Hawksbury, the Earl of Rothermere, obeying his father's dying wish, hies himself to Scotland to offer for one of the daughters of Alexander Kilbracken, the Earl of Ruthven. Frances Kilbracken, informed of the earl's arrival and his mission, disguises herself as a bespectacled dowd so she won't be the one selected by the young earl. But choose her he does, and for all the wrong reasons.The newly married couple return to England, together but not at all happy. Philip dumps Frances at Desborough Hall, his ancestral estate, and heads back to his old life in London. Ah, but Desborough has a stud farm and racing stable, and Frances is magic with horses.When the earl returns to his home, driven by guilt, he discovers the woman he married has grossly deceived him. What follows is a battle of the sexes that will have you chuckling, maybe even howling with laughter.Let me know what you think of this first of the Magic novels—it's one of my own favorites.Catherine Coulter

About Catherine Coulter

If you could begin you full time job at 7:30 a.m. and be completed for the day by 11:00, wouldn't that be a great job? American author, Catherine Coulter has her dream job with just that schedule. She begins every morning at 6:30 a.m. checking and answering her emails, and begins writing at 7:30 a.m. After writing her quota for the day, she finishes at 11:00! Coulter usually plans to write one suspense novel and one historical romance novel each year.

Coulter began her career as a speech writer for an executive on Wall Street while her husband was a medical student. She did a lot of reading herself to fill her time as he studied or was on duty. During one particular reading episode, she got so aggravated by the lack of good writing in the book she was reading, that she threw it across the room. As she did this, she yelled, I could do so much better than that! Her husband said, then go ahead, prove it! Thus began a career that has led her to writing over fifty books, with 42 consecutive novels on the New York Times best seller list. Among them: The Cove, The Maze, The Target, The Edge, Riptide, Knockout, Hemlock Bay, Blindside, and many others in her suspense thriller series.

Coulter currently resides in Marin County, California just across the Golden Gate Bridge, with her husband and their three cats. They enjoy travel, skiing, and she is still a very avid reader.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Heather on 2007-10-10 11:30:09

This book is a wonderful book, the comedy in it had me had me laughing so hard i cried. From start to finish i couldnt put it down. Definately one to own.

Goodreads review by Wendy Darling on April 29, 2023

This was a favorite of mine from back in the day when I first started reading romances. Upon rereading, I'm glad to see it holds up, with some reservations. First off: it's VERY dated. Romances, and historical romances in particular, are written and read with a very different eye from the way they ar......more

Goodreads review by Olga on March 15, 2020

Philip Hawksbury, the Earl of Rothermere, obeying his father's dying wish, hies himself to Scotland to offer for one of the daughters of Alexander Kilbracken, the Earl of Ruthven - Frances Kilbracken. The story was very intrigued from the beginning. However, I didn't like it much. I put 4 stars becau......more

Goodreads review by Laurie on July 15, 2017

***DO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO THE NEGATIVE REVIEWS*** I think people tend to forget that they are reading a HISTORICAL Romance and that things were done differently then and people were different. Don't let them deter you from reading the book, I'm starting on the next in the series now. As far as this......more

Goodreads review by Inga on October 19, 2015

No No No. I don't know why this book is considered so highly by Smart Bitches Trashy Books. It is extremely outdated and even circa the Victorian era, marital rape was a no no no. Read how much the heroine loved it. NOT. It's a witty book, that's true, but the era of raping your wife into loving you......more