Passion…Intrigue…Scandal…Some marriages have it all Lady Margaret Landor first met Sebastian Townshend as a child. Tall, dashing and handsome, he cut a romantic figure, and she never dreamt that one day she would be living at his family’s magnificent estate with his father, the Earl of Edgewood, as her guardian. But by this time, Sebastian has been banished after a duel which ended tragically. When Margaret starts to fear for the life of her beloved guardian, she suspects his younger son may be impatient to succeed to the title. She travels to France to enlist the aid of the one man she believes can help her… and discovers that Sebastian has taken on the identity of The Raven, a deadly mercenary who undertakes any mission however dangerous. Sebastian has vowed never to return to England, but Margaret persuades him to pose as her husband in order to uncover the plot against his father. A fierce passion flares up between them despite their frequent clashes, and as they uncover the dark intrigue they fall relentlessly and passionately in love.
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'Deliciously sexy historical romance with a clever twist' (Booklist )
'She understands a woman's secret fantasies...Johanna Lindsey creates fairy tales that come true' (Romantic Times )
'Lindsey has mastered her craft, she creates fantasy...You want romance - you got it! (Inside Books )
'High-quality entertainment...The charm and appeal of her characters are infectious' (Publishers Weekly )
'First-rate romance' (New York Daily News ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
'She understands a woman's secret fantasies...Johanna Lindsey creates fairy tales that come true' (Romantic Times )
'Lindsey has mastered her craft, she creates fantasy...You want romance - you got it! (Inside Books )
'High-quality entertainment...The charm and appeal of her characters are infectious' (Publishers Weekly )
'First-rate romance' (New York Daily News ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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The new passionate historical from the New York Times bestselling Queen of Romance.
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I've read most of her other books and must say that in recent years they have seriously dropped in quality. This is the worst yet - preposterous storyline, two-dimensional characters and sloppy period research. Give this one a miss!
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I have to admit to some disappointment with this book. It lacked the sparkle of other Lindsey novels, and lacked the punch of the Mallory series. However despite this I will always buy any Lindsey book because normally she can't be beaten. I hope her next one recaptures the old magic.
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I enjoyed this book up until the explanations are made of what actually happened eleven years ago. Those explanations are so far-fetched as to be ludicrous and somewhat spoilt the book for me.
I'm also amazed that an author of the standing of Johanna Lindsey should have made such basic errors when it came to English hereditory rights and entail. I'm no expert, but even I picked it up straight away and then looked it up on the Internet just to make sure.
1.Under English law a heritory title usually passes through the male line and normally would neither be inherited by a daughter or her son (there was apparently one rare exception to this made by Parliament to the Duke of Malborough). So, there was no way that Margaret's son would inherit her father's title. 2. Entail - the original entailed estate given with the title would pass to the nearest male relative of the male line as with the title e.g. a distant cousin or even an uncle.So "White Oaks...the entailed manor of the Earls of Millwright" would not pass into the "possession" of Margaret, a daughter.
Other property could also be entailed by the owner and by Regency times these entails had to be renewed by each succeeding owner. However, these entails would also pass down the male line.
I would have thought that a young Regency aristocratic lady would not keep using the word "bloody" as freely as Margaret does. Also, nit-picking here, I do wish American authors would realise that we British do not use the word "fall" for Autumn, its an Americanism that ought to be picked up by the publisher's proof reader. Margaret was supposed to be English in origin, not American.
All the criticism above sounds as if I didn't like the book and in fact I did. However, it would have been vastly improved by better research and a better final reason for what happened eleven years ago. Bearing in mind that the man in question was supposed to be a best, childhood friend,plus the involvement of his brother, this part just does not sit right.
I'm also amazed that an author of the standing of Johanna Lindsey should have made such basic errors when it came to English hereditory rights and entail. I'm no expert, but even I picked it up straight away and then looked it up on the Internet just to make sure.
1.Under English law a heritory title usually passes through the male line and normally would neither be inherited by a daughter or her son (there was apparently one rare exception to this made by Parliament to the Duke of Malborough). So, there was no way that Margaret's son would inherit her father's title. 2. Entail - the original entailed estate given with the title would pass to the nearest male relative of the male line as with the title e.g. a distant cousin or even an uncle.So "White Oaks...the entailed manor of the Earls of Millwright" would not pass into the "possession" of Margaret, a daughter.
Other property could also be entailed by the owner and by Regency times these entails had to be renewed by each succeeding owner. However, these entails would also pass down the male line.
I would have thought that a young Regency aristocratic lady would not keep using the word "bloody" as freely as Margaret does. Also, nit-picking here, I do wish American authors would realise that we British do not use the word "fall" for Autumn, its an Americanism that ought to be picked up by the publisher's proof reader. Margaret was supposed to be English in origin, not American.
All the criticism above sounds as if I didn't like the book and in fact I did. However, it would have been vastly improved by better research and a better final reason for what happened eleven years ago. Bearing in mind that the man in question was supposed to be a best, childhood friend,plus the involvement of his brother, this part just does not sit right.
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