Book Description
Innocent Angela Bainbridge knows her dreams of a fairy-tale wedding and finding passion in a man's embrace can never come true. So when she's swept into the arms of—and kidnapped by—notorious Lee Raven she's both righteously angry...and curiously captivated. There's something about this brazen outlaw that awakens Angela's desires. She knows any crimes he's committed are for the protection of his family, but Angela realizes that a lifetime together with Lee can never be...Lee Raven knows he's only two steps ahead of the law. But this innocent beauty has his head spinning and his heart longing for something more than a life on the run. She's made it clear that she's determined to discover all of his secrets—but how can he let her learn what's hidden in his past? And how can he let her give him her heart today, when he can't evenpromise her tomorrow?
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Not Ms. Heath's Usual.......2007-09-01
I'm afraid I agree with the reviewers who said this one is not worthy of Ms. Heath's talents. Too many implausible circumstances, beginning with a blind heroine wandering around town alone at night. And yes, the drama was overdone.
Another superb book by a master romance writer!.......2006-09-25
No, DON'T skip this one! Yes, it's emotional and full of angst. That is what makes Lorraine Heath so great. She delivers with every book she writes. Even her less than fantastic books are far better than most other writers' books. This one is one of her better ones. It is full of family ties, relationships, and twists and turns. It ties together the relationships of Kit, Gray, and Harrison and their families. The reader gets to revisit with those wonderful characters while meeting their children. With each Heath book I read, she is quickly rising to the top of my all-time favorite authors - those that I will buy and read just because her name is on the cover.
Great Romance for all.......2006-09-23
Lorraine Heath done it again. What a great romance. I started to read this book Friday night and by mid Saturday I had to put it down, just to stop rushing to the end and enjoy the read. What drove me to the plot was the fact that our heroine was blind. It is such an unusual occurrence that only a great author like Lorraine could carry it through with such a grace. Their love story is magical. It was also greatly moving to recount the life's of Kit and Ashton (remember "Never Merry a Cowboy").
Incredible!.......2004-06-01
This book steams with romance that anyone would wish to know. The characters are very real and identifiable. Heath writing at her best. Many twists and turns to keep the pages turning. You do not want to miss this one.
Skip it........2004-03-19
The story had such potential----but Lorraine blew this one big time.
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- Kay Hooper is an awesome author-Lady Thief rocks!!!
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Lady Thief
Kay Hooper
Manufacturer: Jove
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Book Description
A Kay Hooper fan must-have, Lady Thief is the very first book ever published by this dazzling author and was out of print for 20 years. Also included is a bonus historical novella, "Masquerade," which originally appeared in the anthology Hearts of Gold.
Customer Reviews:
Kay Hooper is an awesome author-Lady Thief rocks!!!.......2006-12-15
I have to be honest and start by stating I have not finished the 2nd novel (included in this book), Masquerade, just yet. I've barely started it but so far it's a great story.
As for the fist novel in this book - Lady Thief, it is a historical romance, with a mystery to solve. How awesome is that? You have a beautiful young woman who is trying to solve a mystery and while attempting to do so her search leads her to meeting the man of her dreams. This is definitely a must read! I was actually rather sad when I finished reading Lady Thief because I was so entranced with the character Jennifer that I desired to read more about her life.
If you love old England romance novels and mysteries this is an awesome book to read. Enjoy the adventure. I know I sure did.
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A Brilliant and Accomplished Woman under a Spell.......2006-11-10
I didn't come to this book "cold." I have seen interviews with and documentary TV programs about Mrs. Harris, read another book about her, and viewed both HBO's "Mrs. Harris" and an earlier, excellent TV movie about her trial which utilized trial transcripts for the dialogue. Shana Alexander's detailed, nuanced book about the life of the woman whom she quickly came to admire and sympathize with gets my vote, however, for how Mrs. Harris should be remembered. Being mesmerized by need and wonderful memories into continuing in an increasingly unrewarding, even degrading, relationship is a phenomenon which both men and women, uneducated or as impressively literate as Jean Harris, can understand. Things can go terribly wrong, particularly when one partner in the relationship seemingly is incapable of true commitment or even of empathy (Dr. T), and the other is under the spell of not only of lost love remembered but of sudden forced withdrawal from mood-altering, inappropriately prescribed medication. Ms. Alexander's book gives a fascinating, multi-faceted look at an uber-capable, extremely responsible adult female who goes through the windshield one appropriately dark and stormy night after long-term endurance of disrespect, flagrant cheating, and neglect and short-term drug-induced crashing depression and panic. Before being released from prison, Jean Harris spent years helping her fellow inmates and their children and writing lucid, compassionate books about this experience; much to her credit, her excellent biographer includes this information in this book. I hope Mrs. Harris, whenever she passes away, lives through the admiration and love of her own children, whom she cared for more than herself, as well as that of a wider audience introduced to her in this work. As for Dr. Tarnower, I hope he is remembered as what Mrs. Harris feared he would be: a "diet Doc."
A CSI of Psychology.......2002-10-23
Shana Alexander's Very Much a Lady and Diana Trilling's Mrs. Harris: The Death of the Scarsdale Diet Doctor are complementary books about a fascinating case: the murder of Dr. Tarnower by his lover Jean Harris.
It is Jean Harris' motive in killing Dr. Tarnower that interests these two writers. Jean Harris was neither psychotic nor particularly violent. In some ways, she seemed the classic example of the woman wronged. In other ways, she seemed the classic example of the 1950s woman coping uneasily and unsuccessfully in the changed world of the 1980s and in still other ways, she seemed the eternal victim of circumstance.
Both writers agree that the punishment did not fit the crime. Mrs. Harris did not intend to kill Dr. Tarnower and in law, intent does matter. Shana Alexander spends more time than Diana Trilling in exploring the mistakes made by the defense (such as their refusal to plead to a lesser charge), and she is more critical of the prosecution. Both writers, however, are primarily interested in Jean Harris' character. Their differing approaches regarding the latter are at the heart of these similar, yet ultimately distinct, books.
Shana Alexander is an objective partisan. She is honest about Jean Harris' flaws, but it is clear both from her tone and the accumulation of biographical information that she considers Jean Harris not as a victim but as a basically sane and not unlikable human being pushed beyond her limits by her culture, her background, her medical history and her own psychology. She doesn't exculpate Jean Harris but neither does she condemn her.
Diana Trilling, on the other hand, is far less partisan and far more critical. She sees in Jean Harris a woman who sacrificed her intellectual integrity for a sordid affair. She is disgusted by Mrs. Harris' behavior during the trial and appalled by the letter written by Mrs. Harris to Dr Tarnower before the killing (and never actually read by him). Shana Alexander, on the other hand, while agreeing that the letter condemned Mrs. Harris in the eyes of the jury (even in the evidence did not) bemoans the lack of prescience by Jean Harris' defense in presenting the letter in court. Her defense, Shana Alexander argues, did not understand Jean Harris and were therefore unable to successfully present the problems of the case both to Jean Harris herself and to the jury.
The similarities and differences between Shana Alexander and Diana Trilling make their two books excellent complements. I recommend reading Diana Trillling's book first since it is the "outsider's" take on the case. Shana Alexander's book then will give the reader a closer look at a troubled woman and a bizarre, perhaps avoidable, tragedy.
An excellent book about a why-dunnit.......1998-07-28
Very Much a Lady by Shana Alexander is the immensely readable story of Jean Harris. For anyone who has lost track of yesterday's headlines, Harris is the headmistress of a girls' school who shot and killed her lover, Herman Tarnower, a respected cardiologist who authored the best-selling Complete Scarsdale Diet Book. To this day, Harris maintains that the fatal shooting of Dr. Tarnower was an accident that occurred when the doctor fought with her over the gun she planned to use to kill herself. Alexander traces of the lives of Harris and Tarnower from childhood on and sees the seeds of destruction planted early on. The same character traits which brought them together as lovers doomed them to a terrible ending. Harris's relationship with her impossible-to-please father formed her early identity as a "good girl" and led to her need for a dominant male image to shore up her shaky sense of self. The classic overachiever, Harris had to excel in any project! she tackled. She craved stimulation which she failed to get from her brief first marriage to a decent but unexciting man. Harris divorced him and began a fourteen-year-long love affair with Dr. Tarnower. The latter was a dedicated physician with old-fashioned attitudes toward women. There is one puzzling aspect to the tale that deserves fuller attention than Alexander gives it: Harris's religious background. According to Alexander, Jean Harris's Mom was a devout Christian Scientist. The irony of Jean's passion for a doctor should have been examined in light of the Christian Science beliefs into which she had been indoctrinated during her childhood--but this is ignored by Alexander. The jury rejected Harris's version of events and found her guilty of murder. Alexander, who is unabashadly Harris's partisan, brilliantly dissects the defense errors which led to conviction. Amongst the chief of these were her attorney's misguided interpretation of the explosive Scarsdale ! Letter, the distance between the accused and the jury in cl! a** and background, and the failure of her attorney to understand the personality of this brittle, high-strung "lady." In a story laced with ironies, the greatest is that in the version of events told by the prosecutor and accepted by the jury, Herman Tarnower is just another murder victim whereas according to Harris's defense Tarnower died a heroic death, tragically jeopardizing his life to save hers,
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- this books rocks!!!!!!!!!!1111
- Beautiful Writing Syle, good story
- Very good with just a couple quibbles
- Loved Every Minute of It!
- One of the best books I've ever read.
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Lady of the Forest
Jennifer Roberson
Manufacturer: Zebra
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Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 0821739190 |
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this books rocks!!!!!!!!!!1111.......2007-09-22
this book was one of the best books i have ever read. I just cant seem to put it down. I cant wait to read the sequel.
Beautiful Writing Syle, good story.......2006-06-05
This is my first book by Jennifer Roberson. Her writing style is unique and beautiful. The characters and surroundings are described vividly. The love between Robin and Marian is gradually built up, and the reader can feel the love and passion between them. The characters are well developed and their stories intertwine interestingly. The diagloue between the characters was also natural. I was sometimes frustrated by SO many descriptions because sometimes it got confusing and overwhelming. Also, the author sort of just jumps into the storyline and the reader just needs to get up and go with it. Once I got used to the style of her writing and felt like I understood what was going on I enjoyed it much more and found it easier to read. This is the first book of a two part series. I plan on reading the second book.
Very good with just a couple quibbles.......2004-10-16
I liked both this book and the sequel, "Lady of Sherwood". I read both when they first came out and have recently re-read them and still enjoyed them. Marian is believable as the docile woman of the times growing into something more, and realizing that if she can stand to pay the consequences, she can be who she wishes to be rather than who she is expected to be. What more could one ask for? Robin is convincing as a sensitive man traumatized by war. I do wish some of his history could have been more fully realized. We are only allowed disjointed glances that don't really convey the depth or development of his friendship with King Richard, or the alien-ness of being a captive of the Saracens. They are experiences that have apparently changed him profoundly in some respects, but we are unfortunately not allowed to share them with him. One thing Ms Robinson does - more in the first book than the second - that drives me nuts is that she doesn't write in "scenes". She will, for example, have Robin confronting the Earl at the same time Marian is confronting the Sheriff and skips back and forth between the two confrontations as if trying to convey "real time" actions, instead of letting first one confrontation occur and build to a conclusion, and then switching to the other and letting that one do the same. This makes for very disjointed writing, and if you have to put the book down, you lose the tension of the situation and it's hard to keep track of who is doing what. It makes me want to grab the scissors and "cut and paste" the book into the proper order! Also, in every major fight in the first book, Robin loses. Little John beats him at the log bridge, Marian has to step in against the Sheriff...how did this guy ever survive the Crusade if he's that inept of a fighter? Thank goodness he won at archery! The book is also decribed as taking place in early spring (Richard finally came back to England in March of 1194), but she describes Sherwood Forest as dark, green, and leafy. I don't think a hardwood forest in England in March is any of those things, even if it is the primeval Sherwood. Those things aside, it's a good retelling, and far more believable than the obviously heroic, always clean portrayal of the 1938 movie (although I adore that movie), the sterilized belligerance and brutality of the original tales, or the more often lame than not "Prince of Thieves".
Loved Every Minute of It! .......2004-08-15
I have never tried to understand my fascination with the tales of Robin Hood. I have loved the films for many years and had expected to be content with what lay before me. It wasn't until one day I happened upon a copy of the Lady of Sherwood that I was shown something even better. I read the index and was so excited to hear of another retelling of Robin Hood. I grabbed a copy of the Lady of the Forest and the Lady of Sherwood and headed home. I read them in order and stayed up the entire night reading the Lady of the Forest. I couldn't put the book down! When the sun started rising and I still hadn't gotten a moment of sleep I knew that I was hooked for good!
This book is such a rich retelling of the tales of Robin Hood that I haven't yet been able to find another that can match it. The books included all of my favorite characters from the films and more. There is a new side to Marian and Robin that is most facinating. Marian isn't just a whimsical lady of great beauty and Robin isn't a perfected charmer of grace and strife. Each character is brought to life with each page that will draw you back a few centuries deep into the forests of Sherwood. I would recommend this book for anyone who has dreamed and let their imagination turn to a forest in England where adventures await.
One of the best books I've ever read........2004-08-03
I can't say enough just how amazing this book is. So far, I have read if 5 times and after I'm finished with my current books, I'm going to read it again. Everything from the writing style to the character development to the storyline is just wonderful. I definitely recommend this book to everybody.
Product Description
He was wanted by the law throughout the state of Texas - but the love of one special woman was the daring desperado's greatest danger...
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Lady And The Outlaw (Harlequin Historicals, 494)
DeLoras Scott
Manufacturer: Harlequin
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ASIN: 0373290942 |
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- Really good book but very predictable...
- This was absolutely excellent.
- A typical bobbi smith delight.
- Not one to miss!
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Outlaw's Lady (Leisure Historical Romance)
Bobbi Smith
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Really good book but very predictable..........2004-07-19
This is a pretty good book. In this book you will see the story from everybody's eyes & not just the 2 main characters. You get a really good sense of the characters in this book. You feel like you know them all & what they look like. I really enjoyed this book but everything was predictable & reminds me of many other books where you are led to believe that the man is going to hang for a crime he didn't commit & in the end something happens so he will be saved & then of course there's always a kidnapping of the woman & the man comes to her rescue. Overall though, this is a good read.
This was absolutely excellent........2003-08-28
Westerns aren't my favorite read but Bobbi Smith has me nearly
converted. This book opens with the undercover pinkerton man trying to round up a vicious gang. While playing the role he tries to keep harm from befalling "citizens" but in one instance he's unable to. The man is killed. Our hero is subsequently charged with his murder and is in a quandry. Does he give up his cover and forgo his mission or hang! Well he decides to trust the sheriff who doesn't believe him anyway. The judge happens to be the dead man's daughter and she has met our "outlaw" once before and been attracted to him. Of course she fights between the integrity of her job, the justice due her father and this outlaw she is coming to love. The sheriff is a wonderful. The Pinkerton "boss" comes to town to save his partner and he's a hunk. The entire book is filled with action, great characters, angst and a believable story line. It was worthy of at least one sequel.
A typical bobbi smith delight........2003-08-24
I've yet to find a BS book that I haven't enjoyed. Although westerns aren't my favorite genre, she has made me a fan. In Outlaw's Lady, the characters are so real, whether they're good or bad, you feel like u know them. Alyssa and Slade are meant for each other but the side characters in this story leave me with the feeling that there should be at least 2 sequels......Slade's friend Ken and the sheriff Rob both deserve stories of thier own. This is a winner. However the first BS book I read, "Lady Deception" is at least a 6......find that one and you'll smile all day long......
Not one to miss!.......2000-12-16
An under-cover hero falls in love with an unusual heroine. She thinks he is the outlaw responsible for the death of her father and tries to resist their mutual attraction - especially when she is the judge at his hearing! How the truth is revealed and the real desperados are caught makes a really good read.
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Ladies of the Lamplight
Kay Reynolds Blair
Manufacturer: Western Reflections Publishing Company
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ASIN: 1890437417 |
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Respectable society of nineteenth century Colorado gave women little leeway when it came to supporting themselves. Women who strayed from the accepted norm of the day soon found themselves outcasts, doomed to find their way to the bars and brothels of the West. Many of these fallen women became dance-hall girls, prostitutes, and madams - and a few adopted the lifestyles of gamblers, robbers, and rustlers. Ladies of the Lamplight tells the stories of some of these infamous women - Silver Heels, Poker Alice, Cattle Kate, Etta Place, Mattie Silks and Mollie May, to name just a few. This revised edition has been expanded to include more women whose stories continue to captivate us and hold our attention into the wee hours of the night.
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With the smashing success of Lord of Fire and Lord of Ice, Gaelen Foley has confirmed her place as one of historical romance’s hottest talents. Now with Lady of Desire, a sizzling tale in which a fiery young temptress tames the king of thieves, she delivers her most enthralling–and smoldering–novel yet. . . .
Impetuous Lady Jacinda Knight is the daughter of a scandalous woman. Though society predicts she’ll follow in her mother’s footsteps, the spirited beauty stands unashamed of her passionate nature. Then one night, in flight from a safe but loveless marriage arranged by her strict older brother, Jacinda finds herself alone on a dark and dangerous street face-to-face with Billy Blade, the notorious leader of a band of thieves. His stolen kisses awaken in her a longing for a man she can never possess.
A handsome scoundrel running from a secret past, Billy Blade has never met a woman like Jacinda–her fiery innocence and blossoming sensuality set his rebel’s heart ablaze. Having turned his back on the privilege and power of his tyrannical father’s house years before, he vows to return to his rightful place and reclaim his title, Earl of Rackford–to win the love of the ravishing beauty who has stolen his heart . . .
From the Paperback edition.
Customer Reviews:
For fans of Liz Carlyle- passionate and complex romance.......2007-08-08
The Lady Of Desire is Lady Jacinta Knight, sister to those droolworthy brothers we've encountered in The Duke, Lord of Fire and Lord Of Ice. Enough said! Jacinta behaves like every desperate female does when forced into an unwelcome marriage. She runs away, straight into the startled arms of Billy Blade, the lethal, charismatic, legendary leader of a cutthroat band of rookery thieves. Horrified to learn her identity, he takes her home. Then, in a cataclysmic betrayal, Billy is caught by the Bow Street Runners and looks sure to hang. The ensuring events are stunning. Yes, Billy is of noble blood - he will become the Earl of Rackforth (this isn't a secret, it's on the book blurb). When his father hauls him out of gaol, Billy promises to marry, to ensure his line continues. So he sets his sights on Jacinta, of course. She's rather alarmed to catch this barbaric, untamed, dangerous tiger by the tail. It's up to her to try and civilize him for Society - if she can. But the book digs much deeper than just this. Billy is deeply scarred from the savage emotional and physical beatings his drunken, abusive, hideous father gave him as a child. He considers himself unlovable and unworthy, a piece of human garbage. He struggles with this notion even as a strong, intelligent adult. Get the tissues ready - this book will blow you away with sheer emotion. Jacinta takes on this lonely, deeply troubled man and reveals his true worth through the healing power of her love. Sigh. One of my favourite scenes is after their initial violent meeting in the rookery, when Billy takes his shirt off to wash the blood from his wounds (!). Jacinta, who's never seen a man with his shirt off before, is transfixed. First of all by his incredible body, and then by his tattoos. Intrigued? So were we...
Book 4 in Gaelen Foley's Knight series.......2007-02-16
Lady Jacinda Knight is sick of being told what to do by the domineering men in her life and sick of being told that she will wind up a shameless wanton like her mother, the illustrious former Duchess of Hawkscliffe more commonly known as the Hawkscliffe Harlot. When her brother's arrange a marriage for her with one of their dullard friends in the hopes of getting her settled down before she can earn a shameful reputation, she decides to run away from home and go to Paris where she can finally be free. When she is robbed by a street urchin before she can begin her journey, she follows him into the dark underbelly of London where she stumbles into a fight between two rival criminal gangs.
Billy Blade is the leader of the Fire Hawks, one of London's most notorious gangs. After running away from his abusive father at the age of 13, Billy learned to live on the streets and has stolen, fought, and killed to get to where he is. He's currently involved in a vicious feud with another gang, the Jackals. He has promised his people that he will put an end to the Jackals' crime spree, and he has every intention of keeping his word. But when he finds the beautiful Lady Jacinda crouched in an alley after having witnessed one of his battles, seeing her reminds him of his past, and all that he gave up to become the hero that he is for the poor people of London. He wants for just a moment to be the kind of man she could fall in love with. When he gets caught committing a robbery, he just might get the chance...
Jacinda has always lived under the shadow of her mother's troubled past and has modeled herself to be the perfect lady to avoid the comparison. Still, she just wants to be free and will do anything in her power to obtain her freedom. When she meets Billy, he shows her another side of life outside of the balls, carriages, and rich upper-crust life that she longs to escape, and he makes her realize that maybe being tied down to one man wouldn't be such a terrible thing. As for Billy, he's haunted by the ghosts of his past, and has become the fierce villain known as Billy Blade to escape them. When he meets Jacinda, she tames the animal inside him and lets him know that it's okay to be vulnerable and that he didn't deserve all the hurt that came to him as a child.
Lady of Desire is the fourth book in Gaelen Foley's Knight series and tells the story of the only daughter of the infamous Hawkscliffe Harlot. You can read it without having read the previous three books (in order, The Duke, Lord of Fire, and Lord of Ice), but it does put things in better perspective when you're already aware of what's happened in the series. I enjoyed Lady of Desire more than the twins' stories (books 2 and 3), but right now The Duke is still my favorite in the series.
A Fast and Fun Read.......2006-08-06
Lady Jacinda Knight has run away from her family. Her eldest brother, Robert, has arranged for her to be married to one of his friends and Jacinda will have none of it. Believing that her family will not listen to her complaints, she decides to escape and make her way to France.
However, before she even gets to Dover, where she can buy passage, a pickpocket named Eddie steals Jacinda's money. She chases him through the streets and alleyways and finds herself in the roughest part of town, in the midst of a gang war.
Billy Blade, leader of the Firehawks, finds and rescues her. After receiving a few stolen kisses from her, he deposits her on her brother's doorstep. Billy, however, is not whom he seems. He is the second son of the Earl of Rackford. He ran away from his abusive father at the age of thirteen and has spent his life surviving in the roughest parts of town.
Billy knows that his older brother has died and he is due to inherit the earldom and all of his father's estates. But he has sworn he will never go back, not even to win the hand of the rich girl he rescued and whom he can't forget.
I can't say that Lady of Desire is one of my favorite Gaelen Foley books. The storyline was sound and the characters vibrant, lively and well conceived. I just couldn't bring myself to like Lady Jacinda Knight. She is somewhat of a feckless heroine, and comes across as spoiled and self-centered, used to getting her way regardless of the circumstances. To her credit, Jacinda redeems herself toward the end when she realizes that the absence of Billy from her life will be utterly devastating to her.
Billy Blade, however, is the epitome of the perfect dark and tortured hero. Despite the past that haunts him, his goodness shines through his actions, including saving Jacinda from her own follies. His only fault of course is falling in love with a self-indulgent twit like Jacinda.
The tale overall is fast-paced and entertaining, albeit a bit predictable.
Great Novel.......2006-06-26
Please read about story line on product overview page, it's pointless to keep at it in every review)
I'm so happy that Gaelen did not allow Lucinda (even though she was the youngest) to behave so immaturely as she could have easily done.
Lucinda is every bit of the Heroine and more, she tames wild Billy Blade!!!!
I cannot say enough good things about Galen Foley, I'm so happy I found this whole series, I'm really looking forward to the Spice Trilogy.
Billy Blade shines, Lady Jacinda underwhelms..........2006-04-26
The year is 1816. Lady Jacinda Knight runs away from the Knight estate to escape an arranged marriage with Ian, who is a good friend of her family. While she waits for the coach that will take her away from London and closer to Paris, she is robbed by a young trickster. Chasing the boy takes her straight to the London slums, where she witnesses a gang brawl. And that's where she meets the infamous "Billy Blade" for the second time (the first time was in Lord of Ice). She had felt instant attraction and curiosity for the man when she first met him at her house, but now she fears the street-smart, handsome blonde with a Cockney accent. However, Billy Blade isn't what he appears to be at first. To many, he is a Robin Hood type of criminal who likes to help the poor and the working class, but in reality, Billy Blade is the Earl of Rackford, and hides a terrible childhood that keeps him from returning to the nobility for many years. There are various twists throughout the novel.
This novel entertained me like the other offerings in the Knight series. It is filled with romance, eroticism and suspense. I loved Billy Blade. He is an interesting, gorgeous and sexy character from beginning to end, but he is especially appealing during the second half of the book. He shows just the right amount of complexity and flaws to make him real and palatable for the reader. And even though I am not partial to blond-haired heroes, and despite the fact that the Knight twins are my favorite heroes in the series thus far, I found him very attractive and very compelling. I pictured the very scrumptious Christian Bale as Billy Blade. Lady Jacinda, on the other hand, is a major disappointment. Throughout the entire series, she is portrayed as spirited, independent, rebellious and uninhibited (well, as uninhibited as a virgin could possibly be), and other than defying her brothers and running away in the beginning, she is docile, ladylike and downright underwhelming. Miranda from Lord of Ice showed more strength of character in the aforementioned book than Jacinda did in this one. The only "spirited" personality trait she seems to possess is arrogance. The subplot centering on her best friend Lizzie and her feelings for Alec was good though unsurprising to me because I read Devil Takes a Bride (book five) before reading this one. As for the setting, I like that Foley concentrates on developing London's underbelly. That to me was far more entertaining than the overdone storylines centered on the ton and its parties and balls. I liked that bit of the novel very much. This offering had its villains as usual, and for once I wish Foley would concentrate on the relationship between the protagonists as she had done with The Duke, as opposed to spending so much time with suspenseful sequences that are over the top at times. All in all, Lady of Desire is middling compared to the other offerings in the Knights Miscellany series. Billy Blade and the dark, slumming streets of London are the real highlights here. One Night of Sin (book six) is next for me. I look forward to reading wild Alec's story.
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