title: The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever
author:  Julia Quinn 
description: Quinn's first title since 1999 not to feature the Bridgerton clan (<I>On the Way to the Wedding</I>), this Regency concerns Miranda Cheever, who fell in love with the aristocratic Nigel Bevelstoke, Viscount Turner, when she was 10 and he 19. Now 20, and still in love, Miranda's designs are thwarted by the indiscretions of Nigel's late wife&mdash;heartbroken, Nigel isn't willing to risk another shot at love, even if it means hurting his close friend Miranda. Quinn's pitch-perfect humor remains intact, but her latest relies too much on romance conventions, including Miranda's scholarly but benignly neglectful father; an even more overused device involves Turner's hot-and-cold feelings toward Miranda, which reduce the heroine to tears more than once. However, the two make a lovable couple, and Miranda in particular shines, as do Turner's two siblings in strong secondary roles. Though a bit stale, this well-written, often funny and occasionally tender romance has much to enjoy. <I>(July)</I> <BR>Copyright &copy; Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  Julia Quinn started writing her first book one month after finishing college
  and has been tapping away at her keyboard ever since. She is the author of
  award-winning historical romance novels, including the New York Times
  bestselling Bridgerton series. She is a graduate of Harvard and Radcliffe
  colleges and lives with her family in Colorado.
  
  Please visit Julia Quinn online:
  
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  Bevelstoke Series:
  
  The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever
  
  What Happens in London
  
  Ten Things I Love About You
  
  Wyndham:
  
  The Lost Duke of Wyndham
  
  Mr Cavendish, I Presume
  
  Blyton Family Saga:
  
  Splendid
  
  Dancing at Midnight
  
  Minx
  
  Agents for the Crown:
  
  The Catch an Heiress
  
  How to Marry a Marquis
  
  Bridgerton Series:
  
  The Duke and I
  
  The Viscount 