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For Love Alone [Mass Market Paperback]

Shirlee Busbee
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (May 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0446605328
  • ISBN-13: 978-0446605328
  • Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11.2 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 455,266 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Vowing that she will never marry again, except out of love, widow Lady Sophy Marlowe is disturbed when she is suspected of murder and is forced to marry Viscount Ives Harrington in exchange for escaping the gallows. Original.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good story line 28 Dec 2012
By Razia
Format:Mass Market Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This was a good read. Different from her normal books but thoroughly enjoyable. I like strong female characters giving trouble!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, but not that good either... 3 Mar 2002
By Layla Halabi - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Mass Market Paperback
The first pages promise a good book, unfortunately, they fail to deliver. Sophy never seems 'right' somehow, alternating between strong willed and yielding.. Her character has promise that is never really fully developed in the book.

The hero, Ives wants revenge, then he forgets about revenge and decides he wants Sophy, then he wants revenge again, then he wants the spy..?? It seems that the author never really managed to get it all together. There are a lot of loose ends throughout the book and too many questions left unanswered..

Overall, I found the plot too thin and too unbelievable. The bit about the spy was obviously forced to add an 'interesting dimension' and had the writer managed to tie all the pieces together, the story would have been excellent..

I did manage to finish the book since it did have its moments and it does get better towards the end, so it's not a total write-off.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars No Love for Love Alone. 27 Dec 2000
By Iphiginia - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Mass Market Paperback
To the point: Too formulaic and contrived.

I always hate to put down a book before I've given it a chance, but I gave this one several and finally decided to let it go. For one thing, after reading such wits as Julie Garwood and Jo Beverley, I found that the dialogue here was not up to par. Too contrived. Too, shall we say, purple prosey. I tired of the arching brows and saucy comebacks. It seems like the author just added the sparring because it seems expected in a romance. It just didn't ring true.

More importantly, I disliked the characters. The hero in particular; his unimaginative name--Harrington--it sounds like a fifties style coat or a couch you'd want to get rid of, and in fact, he was about as much fun as a moldy couch. Yes, I want a beautiful hero, with angst, and arrogance, but Ives Harrington was a cookie-cutter hero with all the right stuff and nothing out of the ordinary--interesting, that is. Same with the heroine. It seems like the author wanted her to be everything: innocent but worldly, saucy but shy, irritated with Harrington for practically stalking her (I sure was) but all giggley and blushing because he was handsome and interested. Can you say gag me! If you like unimaginative plots and devastatingly beautiful characters that follow your basic romance recipe in an un-interesting sort of boring way, this is the novel for you.

The only reason why I gave it 3 stars was because my attention was unwittingly snagged by the suspense. I yawned through the hero's blustering and the heroine's lovesick sighs and blushing, but was actually quite curious to find out the identity of The Fox, and was making guesses all through the book. Also, it was unimaginative, but well written.

In keeping with my not good, but not too bad theme, I give it three stars. I certainly do not recommend it, but if it were the last book on the planet, I would still read it.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Comparison with other books by Shirlee Busbee 24 Aug 2000
By Penny Gerbracht - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Mass Market Paperback
If you have never read a Shirlee Busbee book then you don't know what your missing. She always has some kind of suspense and mystery along with the great romance that she writes. The first book I ever read by her was Lady Vixen (which I consider to be an awsome book) so I compare all of her other books to this one. This book has all the fine makings of a great book but kind of falls flat with the historical part. The suspense and mystery are there and this is one of the reasons this book is a page turner. You don't know who the spy is until the end.
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