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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780345503947
ISBN: 0345503945
Label: Ballantine Books
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: September 22, 2009
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date: September 22, 2009
Studio: Ballantine Books
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A witty and inviting tale of secrets, seduction, and scorching passion from award-winning author Jillian Hunter.
What is a neglected wife to do while her husband disappears on clandestine missions and unknown gambits? Play the spy game herself, if only to fill lonely nights once flush with erotic delight. When Eleanor Prescott married the handsome infantry officer who pursued her between missions, she anticipated anything but a six-year estrangement. Now the enigmatic husband who fired her body with his sensual touch is back–to woo her, win her, and unwrap all her secrets.
Sebastien Boscastle is prepared for battle when it comes to his crumbling marriage, but not to catch his wife prowling about the night in disguise. And yet Eleanor’s game of espionage and seduction only heightens his devilish desire to reclaim every inch of her. From the back alleys of London to the silken sheets of the marital bed, Sebastien inflicts the sweetest of sensual assaults, ready to possess everything Eleanor is willing to surrender.
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gee, jillian what were you thinking or not thinking when you wrote this book? others have already summerized this book over and over so let me say i just could not get into this one. how can any wife who has any self-worth accept a husband back as easily as this one did after six years. i know he made brief appearances prior to his last three year absence, i could have gone with an absence of a year or so, but to leave right after the wedding and then such a long span until he decides to show-up, no way. i have EVERY one of your books, but my favorite is GLYNLYON'S BRIDE. for those of you who have not read glynlyon's bride give it a chance, it is a great experience, a fun read definitely a keeper for me as has all of her books up until this one. i had to skip pages to get through this book. pick a shorter time frame for separation in your next books, i know there was a war, but his excuse for not returning for the last three years of the six was assinine, and spoiler here: being completely faithful to her all this time somehow i could not buy it when truthfully he hardly knew his wife. look forward to your other books.
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I ordered the book because of the author and the fact the it was part of the Bocastle series. I found the characters and the plot interesting. I truly enjoyed the book and found myself wanting to read more about the other brothers. I would recommend this one to my friends and it is definitely a keeper
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This book is so disjointed I had to reread the first few pages to make the next make sense - and it only helped a little, I ended up just reading past what didn't make sense and got some clarification later. The rest of the story flows smoother, but is so disjointed its distracting. The hero of the story, Sebestian, leaves his wife for 6 years and no one knows why, he comes back reinvigorated with love for his wife Eleanor and she receives him happily. I was reading this on a Kindle and so don't have the usual sense of where in book I am, but it seemed like the first half this book was only content from the two main characters and the author realized there is nothing else going on besides this "oh-so mysterious" intrigue that all the sudden other characters popped up. Its intrigue was not intriguing. There was no mystery. The characters were likable enough, but lacked depth. If your husband leaves off and on for 3 years and then just gone for 3 years - would you ask questions? I guess Eleanor was so relieved to have him back and continue her "spy-work" that she just accepted his return. The entire thing was tedious to get through. And towards the end, well it sucked. Things just happened because you made it to a new page. The story had potential, but overall its disjointed and lacking.
It must be known that an author like Jillian Hunter can sell based on her name alone, but now I just feel taken advantage of - this book is not worth your money. With a disappointment like this...I'm not sure how she'll redeem herself.
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Sebastien Boscastle leaves his wife Eleanor the day after their marriage, is gone for three years on government war missions, then is back only sporadically for the next three years. Six years after their marriage, he returns to finally settle down and make it up to his wife. A wonderful premise for a book, with the potential for some great scenes and relationship building. Unfortunately, none of that ever happens. Why he decided to be gone for so long is not explained satisfactorily. Instead, the book is mostly taken up with an ill-advised plot where Eleanor, as a favor to the Duchess of Wellington, dresses as a swashbuckling gentleman and breaks into houses at night to retrieve some supposedly indiscreet letters that have something to do with the Duke. How these letters end up in all these different houses, why, and how the Duchess finds out about them is never properly explained (the Duke doesn't care about them). Also, the only letter the reader is privy to, has nothing to do with the Duke's sex life. Eleanor doesn't seem to have much of a problem welcoming her husband back to her bed after six years of mostly absence. While there is some minor discussion of Sebastien having to prove he loves her, we're not given any real conflict between the two. They seem to get along just fine, in spite of the absence, so the reader doesn't care much either. The upshot is that the potentially interesting aspect of these people is never explored, while we are treated to a silly plot that is uninvolving and makes no sense. Ms. Hunter has shown herself in the past to be quite able to write a moving and involving story of interesting people. What happened here?
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I had always liked Jillian Hunter's books, most of the time I couldn't but one of her books down when I start reading it. I always liked her Boscastle families. But this one I couldn't get through it. Finally a little over half way done with it, I threw it out. I thought maybe if I keep reading, it would get better, it didn't. In my opinion it stunk, I hope the next one coming out at the end of October is better than this one. If it isn't, I will write her off my list of authors to look for when their new books come out.
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