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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780373773718
ISBN: 0373773714
Label: HQN Books
Manufacturer: HQN Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: September 01, 2009
Publisher: HQN Books
Studio: HQN Books
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Product Description:
He'd returned from war a duke. Now Rafael Daughtry was battling a force more terrifying than Napoleon's army—his family. Thankfully, his childhood friend Charlotte Seavers had agreed—reluctantly—to a bargain. While Rafe would provide her with the home she'd lost, Charlotte would provide him with a chaperone for his unruly twin sisters.
But who would chaperone Rafe? For the feisty young girl he remembered had blossomed into a sensual woman—a woman whose haunting beauty and deeply kept secrets drew him like no other. Charlotte had good reason to mistrust men—yet could Rafe's sizzling seduction convince her to give in to temptation?
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Rating:  -
I actually liked this book. It had just enough humour/romance/passion for a light read. I'm obviously not going to look at it as a deeply intense erotic & emotional affair like say Lisa Valdez's "Passion" but it stands good on its own. I particularly liked the characters Charlotte and Rafe. Their banter was natural and witty, and them being childhood friends was very believable. I was swept along by their romance and really felt for them by the end. I teared up during a particular part, the author was very good at wrenching sympathy, even for secondary characters. I don't think I've ever felt so much for a secondary character before. So the emotion is definitely there, with passionate endearing characters, perfect dialogue and interesting plot. For me this is a keeper.
Rating:  -
I'll skip the summary and get right to the problems that I had with the story. First I think that some authors can mix romance and mystery and have a successful story. We know there is a mystery because of how Rafe became a duke. I don't think that Ms. Michaels is one of those authors. My second problem was that she would skip over weeks at a time and tell us how Rafe and Charolette relationship was progessing. I don't want to be told I want to read for myself how their childhood affection is blossoming into love. My next problem was that I felt too much time was spent on Rafes twin sisters. They were not interesting or orginial. There was Lydia the shy bluestocking and Nicole the trouble maker. Nicole was conniving and selffish overall a terrible character. Another big problem was Charolettes relationship with her parents. There were obivious issues besides the one mentioned in the book but Charolette never spoke to her parents or rather her father about them. We know that there are problems but they are not resolved or even discussed; it felt incomplete.
Lastly, I didn't feel the connection between Charolette and Rafe. The author would skip over several weeks and tell us that they were getting closer. Well like I said before I want to read that for myself. I felt that they only fell in love because they comfortable with each other. I didn't see any passion. How can there be passion when for 3/4 of the book they hardly touched.
I do not recommend this story.
Rating: -
I have read other books by this author in the past and enjoyed them. This book was a major disappointment.
The characters were types from this genre and never well developed and the book was nothing but a lot of hackneyed Regency conventions and unpleasantness. The only potentially interesting character was killed off.
So glad that I did not waste more money on the sequel.
Rating:  -
I will not summarize this book, since previous reviewers have already done so. I can't believe the rave reviews this book has received. The entire "romance" was spoiled for me for most of the book. The heroine could not stand any physical contact from the hero the first 1/2 of the book because she had been raped by the hero's cousin. I'm sorry, I read romance to escape reality and this ruined the entire book for me. I had to share this with others who feel like I do. I wish someone had mentioned it in other reviews so I would not have spent my money and time on this book!
Rating:  -
This book introduces you to the Daughtry Family - Rafe, the eldest brother and his two twin sisters Lydia and Nicole.
Rafe has returned from the Pennisula to assume the title of Duke after the deaths of his uncle and cousins. He brings his friend Fitz with him. He finds that his childhood friend Charlotte is in charge of the estate and that she has a secret that she doesn't want to divulge. Rafe and Charlotte (Charlie) fall in love and learn to trust again.
This story was both funny and bittersweet(Lydia/Fitz). The mystery plays out and is resolved. I'll be honest, I was in tears at the end, but anxiously looked forward to the future for all these characters.
This is definitely a good read!
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