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The Conqueror's Dilemma Kindle Edition
Floundering in the unfamiliar rules of the Ton, Tiffany Felton is grateful to the sympathetic Conqueror. But her chaperon’s status threatens to undermine a promising friendship. Will blows hot and cold as Tiffany’s affections grow.
Reluctant to endanger his position, William Westerham battles against the allure of Tiffany’s innocence and impish ways.
Dare Will breach the social barriers? Or is Tiffany doomed to yearn for what can never be?
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateSeptember 3, 2012
- File size1.8 MB
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- ASIN : B0095VTJGG
- Accessibility : Learn more
- Publication date : September 3, 2012
- Language : English
- File size : 1.8 MB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 353 pages
- Page Flip : Enabled
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,121,892 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,232 in Classic Romance Fiction
- #1,830 in Classic Historical Fiction
- #17,194 in Regency Historical Romance
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About the author

Elizabeth Bailey grew up in Africa with unconventional parents, where she loved reading and drama. On returning to England, she developed her career in acting, theatre directing and finally writing.
Elizabeth's latest venture is The Lady Fan Mystery series, published by Sapere Books. The novels feature amateur sleuth Lady Ottilia Fanshawe and a cast of family members including her husband and champion Lord Francis Fanshawe. She originally published Regency romances with Harlequin Mills & Boon and has many titles in her Brides by Chance Regency Adventures series, now also published by Sapere, as well as standalone Regency and Georgian romances.
Elizabeth also writes edgy women's fiction: Her dual time novel Fly The Wild Echoes, which deals with past lives, and For One More Tomorrow, where the ghost of the real Macbeth returns, protesting his villainous portrayal by Shakespeare. And she has published a romantic suspense novella, Silence of a Stranger.
Elizabeth lives in Sussex, England. She is still an inveterate reader with eclectic tastes and she spends her spare time helping other writers improve their craft.
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Customers find the book's writing quality positive, describing it as a decent read. The character development receives positive feedback, with customers finding them interesting. The story quality receives mixed reactions, with some customers describing it as a sweet romance with a satisfying storyline, while others find it a little dragged out.
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"...It is nice to see characters mature as the story moves along and then are able to make good decisions for their future; and what would a Regency..." Read more
"...I did find the characters to be original and interesting...." Read more
"...Well delineated characters, interesting, realistic impediment to the course of true love succeeding—and of course a happily ever after...." Read more
"I liked this story very much. The characters were interesting. I highly recommend it." Read more
Customers find the writing quality of the book decent.
"...romance, which I feel should be encouraged since the writing is what makes the story enjoyable and it doesn't rely on titillation or porn to try to..." Read more
"...The hero and heroine were well written and the story was sweet...." Read more
"All of Elizabeth Bailey’s Regency novels are well worth reading but The Conquerer is one of her best...." Read more
"The story line was very predictable. This was still a decent read. It reminded of Cinderella, with the prince being Cinderella." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the story quality of the book, with some finding it a sweet romance with a satisfying storyline, while others find it interesting.
"...I did find the characters to be original and interesting...." Read more
"The story line was very predictable. This was still a decent read. It reminded of Cinderella, with the prince being Cinderella." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2016Format: KindleVerified PurchaseThis is an entertaining story of two star crossed lovers who just can't seem to get their relationship running smoothly. Tiffany Felton is a young woman from the countryside who has been sent to London for a season by her guardians, her aunt and uncle, who run a shipping business. Her parents died when she was a child and her aunt and uncle feel it is their duty to see that she is introduced to the kind of society her mother had grown up in. A woman has been hired to introduce Tiffany to society but the lady is more interested in increasing her own standing in society than in helping Tiffany be accepted by the members of the ton. One of the first people Tiffany meets at a ball is Mr. William Westerham, also known as "The Conqueror" for his ability to charm the ladies. He is very popular with the ton, but it is only due to his charm and their enjoyment of his wittiness that he is accepted, and the continued friendship of a society woman he once had an affair with. As he sees it, he is only one social faux pas from being socially ostracized since he does not come from a society family and has no wealth. He knows he is a fraud but enjoys the lifestyle too much to give it up.
Tiffany makes the mistake of speaking to William publically without having been introduced. William finds Tiffany fascinating but not worth giving up his social standing to get to know better. He feels sorry for her because obviously she doesn't know how to behave in society and ends up coming to her rescue repeatedly. But, has to keep fighting his attraction to her because she doesn't have the connections he needs to continue his lifestyle. Tiffany's social climbing mentor keeps throwing Tiffany at William and doesn't recognise that she is only embarrassing herself and Tiffany by being too pushy and rude; and she threatens to arrange a marriage for Tiffany to a man three times her age who has been widowed three times already if William doesn't show an interest in her. What is William to do? If he helps Tiffany he is afraid he will come to care for her too much; if he doesn't help her he feels like a cad for letting her be treated unkindly by society. He has to marry an heiress so a inexperienced country girl won't do. And when he shows her too much attention his former lover who brought him into society starts hinting she doesn't like it when he pays attention to another woman.
Lots more happens in the story to keep things hopping, but I don't want to give too much away. This is a very traditional Regency romance with emphasis on proper social behavior and language that is accurate to the time period. One other reviewer felt the book was hard to read due to the language, but I had very few problems with it and most of the words that I was unsure of the meaning were in the Kindle dictionary. I like the stories that are accurate to the time they are set in. This is a clean romance, which I feel should be encouraged since the writing is what makes the story enjoyable and it doesn't rely on titillation or porn to try to hide the fact that there is no real story to tell. It is nice to see characters mature as the story moves along and then are able to make good decisions for their future; and what would a Regency romance be without a HEA. I think that all makes for good storytelling.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2012Format: KindleVerified PurchaseThis was a sweet romance. It was a page turner because with the horrid society restrictions you kept wondering what was going to happen next. The hero and heroine were well written and the story was sweet. However towards the end I felt the story was a little dragged out and there was a lack of the popping sparks you would see with the declerations of love they made for one another. It was a good story but no steam.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2012Format: KindleVerified PurchaseI found that this was a sweet story with a predictable but satisfying story line. I did find the characters to be original and interesting. The authors seem to have done their research about the Regency era and manners and keep their characters in that world for the most part. I feel with a little bit of polish it could move the book from good to great.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2023Format: KindleVerified PurchaseThis was different from any other book that I have read that is based in this time period. I cannot imagine that the other accounts of this time period would allow people to be alone with someone of the opposite gender without compromising the lady.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2018Format: KindleVerified PurchaseWhile I felt it dragged over some points longer than necessary, by the end i was glad to have read this book.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2019Format: KindleVerified PurchaseAll of Elizabeth Bailey’s Regency novels are well worth reading but The Conquerer is one of her best. Well delineated characters, interesting, realistic impediment to the course of true love succeeding—and of course a happily ever after. If you enjoy traditional Regencies you will love this book.
- Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2019Format: KindleI had some trouble following the ins and outs of the main characters, but I really liked them anyway. I also really like the way the author tries to write in keeping with the vernacular of the regency period. It gives a more authentic feel to the story.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2019Format: KindleVerified PurchaseI have read several books by Elizabeth Bailey and every time I am amazed bat how much I love each one. Her characters come to life in her books with real and understandable emotions and actions. I sincerely encourage everyone to read her work!
Top reviews from other countries
- Monique HarpigniesReviewed in Italy on September 8, 2019
4.0 out of 5 stars William and Tiffany ride an emotional rollercoaster, sweeping the reader along as they pursue an intensely challenging relationship
Format: KindleVerified PurchaseThe deb is delightfully playful and innocently seductive, posing a growing threat to the social ambitions of a winning upstart, who has become the Ton's self-styled arbiter with the help of sympathetic friends and the favor of a leading town hostess. Sparks fly between the unlikely pair, thrown together by chance and apparently doomed to heartache, until the tormented Swain overcomes his fears and surrenders to unconditionally to love. Some scenes are enacted more than once almost verbtim, quite needlessly in my opinion.
- Alan G. FreerReviewed in the United Kingdom on March 6, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars A delightful read!
Format: KindleVerified PurchaseI found this book delightful. The characterisation was superb, the style similar to Georgette Heyer and the phraseology was perfect, without the frequent modern phrases that makes you grit your teeth. A knowledge of the period demonstrates a deep degree of research.
Look forward to reading more of Elizabeth Bailey’s works.
- CarolReviewed in the United Kingdom on October 26, 2023
4.0 out of 5 stars Compelling
Format: KindleVerified PurchaseWhat a pair! What a lovely ending!
William as heart-torn as he is, can marry only for money. It does highlight an aspect of higher Georgian/Regency social circles, where men needed the money to enable them to marry. 2nd/3rd+ sons, were particularly in this category. Will is not a particularly good man as he used his friends to attain status. (My question is: where did he get any money he needed? Who paid his lodgings for example? His friends? Juliana?)
That they didn’t mind doesn’t alter his initial decision to climb the social ladder. It is, however, not unknown, and their were always fortune-hunters in society.
Tiffany comes across as timid, awkward, & out of place. She does find her backbone as the story moves forward. She calls Will out on several occasions, though infuriatingly the author makes her apologise later.
The phraseology on occasions was odd and confusing, the writing a little tortuous but in the end the story over-rode those negative points.
All in all recommended to all.
- Kindle CustomerReviewed in the United Kingdom on May 26, 2019
3.0 out of 5 stars alright
Format: KindleVerified PurchaseNot a bad little story not one of her better books but I liked it just the same
- Mrs. C. A. BirdReviewed in the United Kingdom on November 17, 2012
5.0 out of 5 stars A Love Story with Regency Style
Format: KindleVerified PurchaseThis hero is Beau Brummell to the life and there is more than a touch of realism in the dilemma as True Love threatens the position he has so carefully won in the select drawing rooms of Regency society. How can he resist the heroine - her melting eyes and her refreshing innocence?
As usual, Elizabeth Bailey gives us impeccable historical atmosphere and detail along with a cast of lively and entertaining characters. This book, for me, had the appeal of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer rolled into one. Brilliantly written and always kept me turning the page . . .or tapping, as I read the Kindle edition!