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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780449004852
ISBN number: 0449004856
Label: Ivy Books
Manufacturer: Ivy Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 384
Printing Date: October 31, 2000
Publishing house: Ivy Books
Release Date: October 31, 2000
Sale Popularity Level: 17187
Studio: Ivy Books
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To escape marriage to a despised man twice her age, Lady Aurora Demming makes a scandalous arrangement with Nicholas Sabine, a dangerously handsome American facing execution for murder and piracy. She agrees to become his wife for one day . . . and one glorious, intoxicating night. Widowed, Aurora returns to London society with Nicholas's orphaned sister at her side to face a lifetime without love--until her 'dead' husband returns, insisting that she honor their vows and haunting her dreams with promises of forbidden desire. . . .
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THIS USUALLY LOVE STORY WAS SEXY FROM THE BEGINNING, WHEN LADY AURORA DEMMING MARRIED SEXY NICHOLAS SABINE, TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO RAISE AND NUTURE HIS SISTER. LITTLE DID LADY AURORA KNOW, THAT SHE WOULD HAVE A SEXY ONE NIGHT HONEYMOON WITH HER HUSBAND. THOUGHT HE WAS BEING HANG, THE NEXT DAY, AFTER THEIR SEXY NIGHT TOGETHER. LITTLE DID SKE KNOW, THAT HER HUBBY FAKE HIS DEATH AND WANTED TO GET HIS RESPECT BACK AND HER HEART. GOOD READ!!!
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I was very disappointed in this book. The beginning was so good but that was the only part that was, unfortunately. The heroine Aurora was upset at the hero's death yet after Nicholas came back from the dead, Aurora didn't want anything to do with him. She didn't want him around her, wanted him to travel back home to Virginia, USA and she wanted to live her life as if she wasn't married. Knowing she'd never be able to marry again, she was fine with that, which was just unbelievable to me. There was no chemistry between the characters and to the reviewer who said there were twelve love scenes in the book, there were no more than five or so.
The secondary character Raven, half sister to hero Nicholas, who has her own book, ECSTASY, wasn't interesting in the least and was featured throughout this whole book. In fact, she's the reason the hero/heroine married each other.
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This book started off with great promise. Now, I've read and loved other books by Ms. Jordan, but I'm not sure where she went wrong with this book. I was fully involved with the hero and heroine - witty dialogue, chemistry jumping off the page ... but then when the book returned to England, it was like a completely new book started. The heroine changed from a take charge kind of person, to a wimpy 'I don't know what I want.' kind of person, and it just lost me as a reader. I put it down and moved onto something else. This book had great promise, but didn't live up to it.
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Where to start? This was the very first book I'd read by this author. It started off quite well, with an interesting, if somewhat far-fetched premise. However, if one can suspend disbelief (and I usually can), this book captured the reader's interest...at first.
I blasted throught the very first 100 pages. The book was shaping up well. The characters were likeable, and I cried a little when Nicholas "died", even though I knew he wasn't really dead. The plot was moving swiftly, and the focus appeared to be firmly on the relationship between hero and heroine. That's just as is should be. So far, so good.
But then the book started to fall apart. Aurora really began to get on my nerves. She was lamenting about how much she missed Nick and what might have been. Then Nick returns from the dead, and suddenly she doesn't want him anymore. Then she doesn't want a true marriage with him (kind of late for that, chickipoo!) unless it's based on love. So then he falls in love with her, and admits it to her, and again, she changes her mind and decides that she doesn't want him anymore. Then she realizes she's in love with him too, but casts him aside for someone else based on some pretty lame excuses about honor and duty. Then she wants him again. Arrgh! As my English mother would say, "changeable as the bloody wind!" I wanted to smack her and tell her to make up her stupid mind already--choose the man you love, the one who's name you already share! I'd started out liking her, but this pretty much killed any warm feelings I had about her.
And then there was the overabundance of sex in this book. I'm no prude, but it got to be ridiculous. There had to be at least a dozen sex scenes in this book, and most lasted for almost 10 pages. I was starting to roll my eyes and mutter, "Oh, for Pete's sake, are they doing it AGAIN?" It seemed like they were either fighting or screwing (mostly screwing) for the last 2/3 of the book. I was like, get on with the story. Where's the love, the romance in my romance novel? If I wanted erotic fiction (I don't), then that's what I'd buy. I started skimming whole sections of this book, and skipping scenes entirely because I was getting bored.
I was barely able to make myself finish this. If I can borrow another book by this author from the library, I might consider trying it. Otherwise, I'll save my money. Unless you're a die-hard fan of this author, I'd suggest you save your money and skip this book.
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I read this one a few months ago, and I liked it very much. Though I would not call it excellent, it is very good.
The only thing that really annoyed me in the book was that the hero had the annoying habit of using sex to win the heroine over, rather than talking to her. All problems were solved with a quick roll in the hay, and she bought it hook, line, and sinker each & every time.
I do have to say I was anxious to read about the American cousin
Nicolas, but since reading this book, I'm even more anxious to read about his friend, Lord Clune. But, I have 2 more (Estacy &
Desire) to go before I can read Lord Clune's story.
One more thing about this book -- there was one scene in particular, involving some playtime while riding a horse ... :)
You will just have to read the book & discover this interesting passage for yourself! Let just say, for me, it was probably the steamiest scene in the book.
1-10 scale: 9.7 Star scale: 4 1/2
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