Allreaders.com

No Place For A Lady Book Summary and Study Guide

Detailed plot synopsis reviews of No Place For A Lady




Zebra, Nov 2001, 352 pp.
ISBN: 0821770918

    In 1888 London, Lady Elizabeth Summersby learns that it takes only one indiscretion to become pregnant. Her one night stand lover Dirk Ballinger had returned to his ranch in America when Elizabeth's father sends him a letter informing him that he impregnated his daughter and expects the honorable action of marriage. Though it was not Dirk who went to London, he knows he must marry because his nefarious outlaw relative impersonated him in England.
Click here to see the rest of this review...


    When a gang holds up the coach containing Elizabeth and her maid Molly Riordan, they take the lady as a hostage.
Dirk finds an injured Molly and thinks she is his betrothed. He rejects her explanations and marries her. They begin to fall in love, but how can she persuade him to help her find her Irish émigré father and the missing Elizabeth while he must convince her he was not the rascal in London.

    NO PLACE FOR A LADY is an amusing, exhilarating western romance that engages the audience from start to finish due to the strong cast. Readers will enjoy the battle of wits between the genders as love blossoms amidst the lead couple and a secondary duet. Deb Stover provides her usual delicious tale that Americana romance readers will conclude is a delightful treasure.

Harriet Klausner

The review of this Book prepared by Harriet Klausner



Chapter Analysis of No Place For A Lady

Click on a plot link to find similar books!

Plot & Themes

Time/era of story    -   1600 to 1899 Forbidden/mismatched love?    -   Yes How mismatched?    -   loving servant Action/suspense subplot?    -   Yes Action:    -   chased by/chasing kidnapper/killer Inner struggle subplot    -   Yes Struggle with...    -   angst over past traitorous lover Hidden Identity/Secret Motive    -   Yes Is really...    -   poor/lower class

Main Male Character

Profession/status:    -   rancher/cowboy

Main Female Character

Age/status:    -   20's-30's Profession/status:    -   servant

Setting

United States    -   Yes

Writing Style

Accounts of torture and death?    -   no torture/death What % of story is romance related?    -   60% Focus of story    -   equally on him and her How much dialog    -   roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

Books with storylines, themes & endings like No Place For A Lady

Deb Stover Books Note: the views expressed here are only those of the reviewer(s).
2 Ways to Search!
Or



Our Chief Librarian