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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780671744205
ISBN number: 0671744208
Label: Pocket
Manufacturer: Pocket
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 384
Printing Date: July 01, 1993
Publishing house: Pocket
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Orpahned and besieged, Princess Alesandra knew that only hasty marriage to an Englishman could protect her from the turmoil in her own land. To the amusement of her makeshift guardian, Colin, younger brother of the Marquess of Cainewood, the bold raven-haired beauty instantly captivated London society. But when Alesandra was nearly abducted by her unscrupulous countrymen, the fighting instincts that won Colin a knighthood for valour were kindled.
Deceiving himself that he wanted only to protect her, Colin swept her into a union meant to be a marriage in name alone...yet Alesandra's tender very first kiss and hesitant caress ignited a wildfire in his soul. As the lovely princess dashed headlong into unforseen dangers, Colin would follow, knowing he must claim her as his own forever. Now he would risk life itself before he would lose this sweet, tempestuous angel...
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The fourth book in the series tells the wonderfully warm story of Caine's brother Colin and Princess Alesandra. Although not my favorite book in the series (Lion's Lady is my favorite followed by The Gift) I still couldn't put it down.
Though this book CAN be read on it's own, I do recommend that you read the other three before you delve into this one as characters mentioned in Castles are revisted from the previous books.
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This is not the same old Regencies with so much of the story being... The ton... Duke... Earl... Duchess... Marquess... It's something a bit different and I LOVED it. While I do love those stories, here is one that takes an average guy and makes him a Hero. Okay, Maybe Colin's not average, but very likeable. Alessandra is just as likeable. I especially like that she was so intelligent. I laughed outloud and loved this little tale.
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Being a big fan of Julie Garwood and having read Lyon's Lady and Guardian Angel I looked forward to reading about Colin. I was extremely disappointed. Whereas the female characters in the previous two novels, Jade and Christina were very strong and interesting - challenging the respective heros in the novels, Alesandra was rather weak and suffered from a rather nondescript personality. After the promising beginning showing her as a problem to the convent, I expected a bit of non conformity from her, but instead was given a non descript not fully realized, rather weak individual. I'm still a Garwood fan, but couldn't even finish Castles.
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Maybe it's that I didn't read the two (or is it three?) books that came before this one in the series, but I just didn't enjoy Castles. I love Julie Garwood, so not liking this book won't stop me from reading more of her work, but it's hard to imagine how someone who can be write so well can sometimes just write so badly. Maybe this is one of the earlier novels. That might explain the fact that every action is meticulously detailed from start to finish. Princess flees convent for England. Princess's guardian falls ill. Princess must stay with guardian's son. Princess must get married. It was like reading one of those See Jane Run books, and I'm a bit too old for those now. The characters themselves were well developed and likeable despite the fact that the story was predictable and boring. Oh well. I still love Garwood, but I'm recommending The Bride and Honor's Splendour way before this one...
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I couldn't stop laughing! Julie Garwood is one of my very favorite writers, I read all of her historical romance novels so far...actually, I read again and again!
The plot is predictable, no great mystery there. However, the interaction of the characters, even the secondary ones like Colin's young butler, was always live and witty. One of my favorite scenes is when they try to make a list of candidates to wed Alesandra and Colin gets so work-up!
The only thing I didn't understand is this whole story about HOW Colin and Nathan were betrayed. I have read the previous books in the series, Guardian Angel and The Gift. It was never really said how and who betrayed them...who shot Nathan and tortured him? And who was the woman involved? ((This doesn't really affect the story but for someone who read the books, you'd like to know))
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