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Captives of the Night (Berkley Sensation) [Mass Market Paperback]

Loretta Lynda Chase
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 344 pages
  • Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group; Reprint edition (2 May 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0425209652
  • ISBN-13: 978-0425209653
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 611,036 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Wrongly suspected of murdering her husband, lovely portrait painter Leila Beaumont turns to the enigmatic Comte d'Esmond, a man with a secretive past, for help. By the author of The Lion's Daughter. Original. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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This book is a sequel to the Lion's Daughter, where the Comte D'Esmond portrays the villian. He was such a good villian that I found myself rooting against him in the Lion's Daughter. Now in Captives of the Night, the boy Ismael returns as the sauve aritocrat Comte D'Esmond. He is the detective that is to prove or disprove that Leila murdered her husband. The reader knows that both characters have an entertwined past that neither character is aware of. Please read the Lion's Daughter also, you'll have a better understanding of Ismaels past crimes if you do. Both of these are wonderful novels. The never put down kind and potential keepers.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A well-written and layered book but with flaws 4 Jan 2007
By Helen Hancox TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Mass Market Paperback
First comment about this book - the cover art seemed a bit odd. We have a man with a very modern haircut peeping through some bed hangings; he's got a definite five o'clock shadow but completely hairless arms and he looks like one of my friends who's a vicar in Swindon. He certainly doesn't look like an Albanian man masquerading as a French Count in 1829 - who is described as having blonde hair which is slightly overlong and amazingly blue eyes. Once again, the cover art of a Regency Mass-market Paperback lets us down - badly.

But on to the book, if you've managed to get past the awkward cover and actually purchased the thing. It's the story of the Comte D'Esmond, French nobleman, who appears to be trying to seduce Mrs Leila Beaumont, wife of Francis Beaumont. All of these characters appeared briefly in "Lord of Scoundrels" - Francis Beaumont being a very unpleasant man who spends his time in dissolute living; his wife, on the other hand, is an amazing artist and the sole of fidelity.

Until Francis is murdered and she is the chief suspect. Fortunately she is acquitted of the murder, with the help of the Comte D'Esmond, but then it becomes clear to her that she must try to find out who actually did kill her husband, in case that person tries to murder someone else. So she goes to a figure in authority - who puts the Comte D'Esmond on the case. But is he quite who he seems?

The characters in this book are many layered. The Comte is decidedly not as he appears on the surface but he guards his secrets incredibly well. Leila Beaumont has been emotionally damaged by her husband and can't trust men at all - when she realises how many secrets the Comte is keeping she knows she can't trust him either. And yet they have to work together and she slowly begins to unpick his story and find out more about him, much against his will.

There's not a great deal of action in this book apart from small movements as the Comte and Leila move around her artists studio, picking up paintbrushes, sitting down on a chair, that kind of thing. No long carriage journeys or gunfights, it's like a still-life painting where the subjects provide all the visual interest by just being themselves. It's well written, particularly in the Comte's way of speaking English with a foreign flavour, but I did find my attention straying sometimes because of the lack of action and because there was always something more being unveiled - what you thought was true seemed to change on a very regular basis as Leila finds out more. The book definitely picked up in interest towards the end although I was very fearful about the Big Misunderstanding that was trailed from about a third of the way through - fortunately the author did something rather better with this than you would usually expect in this kind of novel. Overall her characters were different and interesting and I did enjoy the book, if sometimes getting a little confused by all the different characters and finding their focus on the murder plot a little irritating.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Loretta Chase is the best! 27 May 2006
By Anna Oxford VINE™ VOICE
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I'm so glad that this book has been re-issued. OK, so it's not quite as good as Lord of Scoundrels (but I've yet to find another historical romance to top that absolute gem of a read) but it still merits 5 stars. It's best to read The Lion's Daughter first in order to really appreicate Ismal's complex character. Loretta Chase is just a superb writer - I love the way she manages to write emotional or erotic scenes with that underlying thread of humour. Her books are never corny or sickly sweet.

For anyone who wondered about Esmond and Leila Beaumont in Lord of Scoundrels (and how he knew about the sinister goings-on at the 28 club) this book is a must. A beautiful and sophisticated love story.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific!
I wasn't sure I'd enjoy this - or not nearly as much as I did - because The Lion's Daughter mostly failed to grab me. Read more
Published 17 days ago by Venetia
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best historical romances
I've read this book several times now and each time I enjoy it immensely! The characters are perfectly written and the mystery they work together to uncover is gripping. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Pearl Anyetei
2.0 out of 5 stars OTT historical romantic thriller
There is a wise old saw which says you can't judge a book by its cover. Well, sometimes you can and this is a case in point. It's all right if you like that sort of thing.
Published 17 months ago by Mrs. K. A. P. Wright
5.0 out of 5 stars A far better book.
The Lion's daughter is weak in comparison to its sequel, Captives of the Night.
The characters are well defined and far more interesting and the plot more exciting. Read more
Published on 24 Nov 2007 by Sarah Dee
5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful romance/mystery
I loved this book. Although I had several strong suspicions at various stages of the story, I never guessed who the culprit was. Read more
Published on 4 July 1999
4.0 out of 5 stars Good book
One of Chase's other books contained a reference to the characters in this one. She said something to the effect of, "the husband lusts after d'Esmond, who's after the wife,... Read more
Published on 27 Jun 1999
5.0 out of 5 stars From villain to hero.
Very few authors make their previous villains into heroes and Lorreta Chase does a wonderful job of turning a dastardly villain into a hero to die for. Read more
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