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Summary: The Air Crackles with their Suppressed Desire! Wonderful!
Review: A stunning debut book! I look forward to many more keeper shelf stories from Deborah Hale.
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Summary: A truly great May-December romance!
Review: Edmund's only intention in marrying Julianna is to save her from her evil stepbrother after her father's unexpected death. He is well aware that she is promised to his nephew Crispin, who is away on a long sea voyage. Besides, he is twenty years her senior, in poor health, and a confirmed bachelor. The idea is to keep the marriage unconsummated and have it annulled upon Crispin's return.But after Julianna is instrumental in saving his life through her vigilant nursing during a life-threatening illness, he begins to have feelings that are NOT strictly avuncular. But how can he betray his beloved nephew by stealing his fiancée? Julianna regrets her attraction to her husband because of her pledge to marry Crispin and because she knows her husband does not return her feelings. But there are times when she senses the sexual attraction between them. . . or is she imagining it? Even so, where does Crispin fit into all of this? Will the two of them be able to overcome their mutual guilt to admit their feelings and fulfill their love? The difference in their ages is 20 years, no more than Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester. This age difference was not uncommon in 18th century marriages. Frankly, I think vulnerable older heroes can be a welcome change from the younger ones, who have a tendency to flit from one woman to another in the blink of an eye. I'd like to see more older, mature heroes like this because, well, as exciting as it is to imagine being in love with a real Corinthian man-about-town, it's a bit harder to imagine him settling down with just one woman for the rest of his life. In any case, the attraction fairly sizzles between these two conscience-stricken lovers, and I couldn't put the book down. This is an author who knows how to keep the reader's attention riveted.
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Summary: Tedious
Review: I bought this on the strength of 8 strong (4 or 5 star) Amazon.com reviews, and boy was I disappointed. I like Deborah Hale, she can write, but what a long-winded tease this book was. (And I don't mean that there weren't enough sex scenes.) I just found this book really tedious to read and I had to force myself to finish it. As I said, I've liked other things Ms. Hale has written, she has talent, but frankly she's never a keeper, and this one was just dull. Neither hero nor heroine caught on to my imagination.
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Summary: The Air Crackles with their Suppressed Desire! Wonderful!
Review: I was intrigued to read a book about an "older" gentleman who marries his nephew's betrothed to save her from a horrible fate at the hands of her stepbrother. The sexual tension between Edmund and Julianna is incredible. By denying themselves release, each character learns to love and care about each other for other reasons! I've read this book several times and each time I see more about Edmund and Julianna that I like. All the supporting people in the book are well fleshed out, making everything so believable. The descriptions of the countryside made me want to run through the morning dew in my bare feet! It all adds up to a delightful afternoon of reading!
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Summary: What a delight!
Review: If you can imagine a story that focuses on the growth of a relationship with the sweet artistry of Lorraine Heath while weaving in details of setting with the grace of Roberta Gellis, you'll get an idea of the flavor of this delightful book by Deborah Hale. Edmund is a hero I will long remember.
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Summary: Looking forward to more from this new author!
Review: This was a wonderful book to read on a weekend. It was refreshing to read about two souls in love with other, but fearing their partner did not reciprocate. Julianna needs a savior (Edmond)to take her from her cruel stepbrother, Jerome. But her fiance, Crispin, is away on a sea voyage (and what I saw of him later, he should have stayed away). Crispin's older uncle saves Julianna by marrying her, keeping her chaste, to wait Crispin's return. Not surprisingly the couple fall in love but they don't share their thoughts and most of the rest of the book involves their thoughts of love and what the other would do if their partner knew their true feelings. This was not a long book, but to me it was just the right length for an overnight read. Any longer and it would have become tedious and I would have run out of patient with the couple not realizing their love for each other. It was a breath of fresh air.
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Summary: Refreshing and light weekend read.
Review: This was a wonderful book to read on a weekend. It was refreshing to read about two souls in love with other, but fearing their partner did not reciprocate. Julianna needs a savior (Edmond)to take her from her cruel stepbrother, Jerome. But her fiance, Crispin, is away on a sea voyage (and what I saw of him later, he should have stayed away). Crispin's older uncle saves Julianna by marrying her, keeping her chaste, to wait Crispin's return. Not surprisingly the couple fall in love but they don't share their thoughts and most of the rest of the book involves their thoughts of love and what the other would do if their partner knew their true feelings. This was not a long book, but to me it was just the right length for an overnight read. Any longer and it would have become tedious and I would have run out of patient with the couple not realizing their love for each other. It was a breath of fresh air.
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