The Proud Viscount

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For his part, Rossmere wanted nothing to do with tying himself down to any one woman, especially not the infuriatingly independent Lady Jane. Much more to his taste was the exquisite Madeline Fulton, who offered a wealth of pleasure without demanding he pay with his freedom. But Jane was single and needed a husband. And Rossmere was poor and needed an heiress.

Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville

Which meant marriage was hard to resist--almost as hard as resisting a love that neither dared admit Paperback , pages. Published May 5th by Signet first published May 1st To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Proud Viscount , please sign up. Is this only the sequel to Holiday in Bath or part of a series? I've only read a few Laura Matthews books and picked it up after Holiday in Bath by coincidence but I was delighted to find out more about Jane's story. See 1 question about The Proud Viscount….

Lists with This Book. After finishing Holiday in Bath I was a little disappointed when Jane's story was left unfinished. I was so happy to find her story continued here in The Proud Viscount. I had hopes of a wonderful romance for Jane but instead found a rather discouraging and calculating arrangement of a marriage to suit unpleasant circumstances.

There just wasn't a sense of connection between the two main characters other than a few mentions of physical attraction. They had little trust for one another and while After finishing Holiday in Bath I was a little disappointed when Jane's story was left unfinished. They had little trust for one another and while they seemed to respect each other in some ways they were both selfish and judgemental.

The rest of the characters were weak, with the exception of the bad guys who did not get enough punishment to suit my requirements for a resolution. The "happy ending" for the romance was based on several parties having a complete shift in their basic character and just felt forced. The whole story revolved around rather dark circumstances and then I just couldn't get into the romance so the book wasn't one I enjoyed.

Some violence, sex, mild language. Themes of insanity, depression, something that sounded like preeclampsia?

Apr 23, suzi rated it it was amazing Shelves: Another awesome one from Laura Matthews. I like that both of them focused on some things not ordinarily tackled in romance novels. Dec 26, Susannah Carleton rated it liked it. A marriage of convenience story with a couple of unusual twists. The main characters are older than in many Regency romances, which I enjoyed.

Nov 26, Abra rated it really liked it Shelves: BookwormWithGoggles rated it it was ok Apr 15, Alice rated it liked it Jan 05, Zelda rated it liked it Jan 02, Beth S rated it liked it Jul 21, Polo may be a dangerous, adrenaline driven sport, but of all his accomplishments, 'Trans-Atlantic rower' is a moniker high on his own CV. I got to a certain level I'm happy with and the rowing is something that only people have ever done — rowing across an ocean.

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I'm super proud of that. The Viscount rowed across the Atlantic ocean in a 3,nautical-mile race two years ago, thirteen teams competing in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, Dundas sharing the 21ft 7m boat with former England polo team captain Henry Brett, and fellow polo players James Glasson and Fergus Scholes.

Bitten by the bug, he has now set up an extreme challenge adventure company, whose key words are 'Challenge, Wilderness, Diversity, Camaraderie and Philanthropy'. Next month, the first race, 'The Norwegian Challenge' will take place. Dundas explained what has brought him to this point. Riding the waves is harder than riding a horse. You can't prepare for it.

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It's a mental challenge more than a physical one. Obviously you've physically got to row a seven metre boat across the Atlantic, but it's the mental stability of working out exactly how you're going to get across two months of solitary confinement with three other men who are naked a lot of the time. From polo to pulling oars: He says it is the hardest thing he has ever done.

To condense it and put it in a nutshell, in 24 hours you're rowing for two hours on and two hours off every single day. The only time we did not row for two hours on and two off in pairs was over Christmas where we took a break for four hours. There were three people in the world who had our satellite phone number and they knew better not to call and waste our battery.

If you're a religious person, you're basically in heaven a lot of the time. You're in an incredible place in the world that no one has ever been. The only person who had ever been out to sea was James Glasson. He'd done part of the Atlantic in a catamaran. Not one of us had ever rowed before in our lives.

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We'd never set foot in our boat until we got down to the Canary Islands. We actually came out of harbour and couldn't work out how to turn it left or right. We got called the Jamaican bobsleigh team, or the equivalent, by all of the marines, the army, the RAF, the professional rowers. They all patted us on the back as if to say it's really nice you're here, we just hope you make it across.

They won the race. It was hairy, though. Like the 72 hours they were battened down and in the tiny cockpits in a ferocious storm. The boat is then basically flying upside down a 40 foot wave and you are basically being dragged under the water. In real time it's less than 10 seconds but it feels longer when you're in it. It feels like the end. It's impossible to get your bearings.

The storm days were horrific. Imagine being huddled up in a Japanese bamboo cage. You can never stretch out. We were in that for 72 hours without any water or food. We couldn't open the hatch door because the storm was so bad. That was five days into the race. No wonder Dundas is proud of himself and his three polo mates. But it has only given him an appetite for more adventure.

It's not the first man on the moon, or the first man rowing the ocean, but this land is so over trodden and overdone It's an exciting time to do something that has that wow factor. Educated at Marlborough College, Dundas found he loved playing polo at the Wiltshire school. It had never been in the family, like so many inveterate polo players.

She stuck two young boys on horses from a very early age, kicking and screaming. I finally found what I loved doing with horses and that was polo. That was through school.

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I started when I was I wanted to go straight into polo," he admits. It was a mutual agreement. I left and decided I wanted to take the route I did. I had about four or five horses, probably making a couple of young ones. We had a small bit of land, probably 35 acres.

We had some stables. Nothing grand, nothing huge. No exercise track or school or anything like that. Just something I could use to house the things I loved.

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