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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781416594925
ISBN: 1416594922
Label: Pocket
Manufacturer: Pocket
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: September 22, 2009
Publisher: Pocket
Studio: Pocket
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Product Description:
New York Times bestselling author Liz Carlyle continues her enthralling historical series with the story of an impetuous, illegitimate beauty and the forbidding nobleman who protects her -- while fighting an obsession to possess her....
Miss Zoë Armstrong is beautiful, charming, rich -- and utterly unmarriageable. So, while she may be the ton's most sparkling diamond, her choice of husbands looks more like a list of London's most unsavory fortune hunters. Since a true-love marriage seems impossible, Zoë has accepted -- no, embraced -- her role as society's most incomparable flirt and mischiefmaker...until in one reckless, vulnerable moment, her future is shattered.
Stuart Rowland, the brooding Marquess of Mercer, has been part of Zoë's extended family since she was a child. As dark and cynical as Zoë is lively, Mercer has always known they would be the worst possible match...until his scapegrace brother Robert does the unthinkable, and winds up betrothed to Zoë. Now, secluded on Mercer's vast estate to escape a looming scandal and the ton's prying eyes, Zoë and Mercer may find that a dark obsession has become a tempestuous passion that can no longer be denied....
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Rating:  -
I've read a bunch of romance novels in recent months and perhaps a quarter of them were to my liking. Yet I see many of those I disliked have 4- or 5-star average ratings. Many of the reviewers here are critical of this new novel by Liz Carlyle because its story does not appeal to them as much as some of her previous romances. OK, I can see that I would not want to BE this heroine and I don't find some of the actions taken by the hero to be what I would want him to do. But, for gosh's sake, it's a novel. I'm reading it, not living it. The thing is that even if these people are doing things we don't want them to do, their actions are plausible and this author has decided that this is what her characters are going to do. The story is well written, the characters (although only minimally for Robin) grow and mature, the love and affection the family members feel for each other is pleasant, especially since they are characters we have met in other Liz Carlyle romances. The slow development of the story (which I did not feel was overly long) was needed so that the characters could grow and develop. That takes years in real life and in the book only required 400 pages. I enjoyed reading a character-driven novel, rather than having the usual villains trying to kill the hero or abduct the heroine. So I liked this book. Perhaps not 5 stars worth, but that's my attempt to counteract one or two low ratings by other reviewers.
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I hate to agree with many of the other reviewers but to my mind Carlyle was having an off-day when she wrote this book. This is a shame because usually her books are stunning. There are a number of reasons why I don't like it. First of all, it's far too long. I love slow charaterisation and building up of a story usually but I skipped to the end of this book after the first few chapters. I felt disappointed by the behaviour of the chaps compared to my memories of them as boys/young men. And I am afraid that I didn't like Zoe's immature behaviour - she just didn't capture my sympathy...far to self-absorbed and selfish for my liking. I can't believe either family would let Zoe and Robin ruin their lives like they were ...I am sure that both sets of parents would have stepped in and not kow-towed to the ton for the sake of it and ruin their children's happiness. Read Carlyle's earlier books...they are brilliant.
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This is a great book. The story of Zoe and her quest for love and acceptance. I really loved reading it.
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Zoe is a delightful character with a complex background that she struggles to overcome and she does this with a joie de vivre that is endearing and courageous. Although this story doesn't have the strongest story line that Carlyle is so capable of creating, it is a good book and very enjoyable.
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I really enjoyed this novel the connection between Zoë and Rowland was great. Zoë sits on the fringes of ton because of because of her of her birth and therefore pushes the boundaries of the society. Zoë and Robert have been childhood friends and after an intense encounter they are forced to marry. Zoë does love Robert that way but had unexplored feeling with Stuart Rowland, the Marquess of Mercer; Robert's older brother. Fun, exciting, romantic read - Enjoy!
If you enjoy this genre I would also suggest; To Wed a Wicked Earl, Sleepless in Scotland (The MacLeans) and How To Tempt A Duke.
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