Peggy By Request - it was okay

Done with Peggy. It was okay, but not as fabulous as some of the other novels. It took a looooong time to get to anything, and then I think the author actually missed some opportunity for buildup. Peggy and Noel had FUN times together when she was six and he was twenty-two! They should have at least reminisced about that and smiled together! But it was almost like two people met casually, liked each other and gradually fell in love in the normal course of things. There's some drama when disgraceful behavior on Noel's part is revealed, and Peggy reacts in a slightly unexpected way, which develops the characters-- but the solution, frankly, is pretty stupid and contrived, and so's the denouement. Peggy should have married Captain Turner, who loved her enough to fight for her! Nope, I wasn't overly impressed, and I'll just list it again on Ebay.

The Hundredth Chance online at Google books

Hehe, I no sooner said it than I found it  :-) 

http://books.google.com/books?id=EJQOAAAAIAAJ

Links to other free Ethel Dell stories

Death's Property
Eleventh Hour, The
Experiment, The
Her Own Free Will
Knight Errant, The
Looker-On, The
Nonentity, The
Place of Honour, The
Question of Trust
Return Game, The
Sacrifice, The
Safety Curtain, The
Swindler's Handicap, The
Tidal Wave, The
Without Prejudice
Woman of His Dream, The

http://www.classicreader.com/author/334/

I don't see a link to The Hundredth Chance... I'd like to read that one.

link to GREAT scanned dust jackets!

There's a whole BUNCH of them here!  Cool! 

http://www.ladybluestocking.com/List%20of%20Jackets/Unrestored%20Jackets.html

And one "restored" of Rocks of Valpre...

http://www.ladybluestocking.com/List%20of%20Jackets/njv/Rocks%20of%20Valpre%20DJ.html

Way of an Eagle - Cartland edition

Greatheart cover

Found on Google images... there's a nice large view of the same dust jacket! 

The Lamp in the Desert cover