- Mass Market Paperback: 441 pages
- Publisher: Fawcett Books; Reissue edition (April 1990)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0449146138
- ISBN-13: 978-0449146132
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 9.7 x 1.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,998,135 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Rivals
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle .
Learn more
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. |
Product details |
More About the Author
Product Description
Product Description
"A sure-fire winner."
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Flame Bennett was a successful advertising executive, who owed part of her success to her mentor Malcolm Powell. Powell wanted more than just thanks, but Flame had fallen for brash and powerful real-estate mogul Chance Stuart. He wanted Flame at any cost, but his lover, opera diva, Lucianna Colton, was determined that he would never have her. But without their knowing it, the fate of Flame and Chance had been sealed by the past,and a century-old legacy of greed, adultery and murder, would reach out its hand from the grave to ensare them both....
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Flame Bennett was a successful advertising executive, who owed part of her success to her mentor Malcolm Powell. Powell wanted more than just thanks, but Flame had fallen for brash and powerful real-estate mogul Chance Stuart. He wanted Flame at any cost, but his lover, opera diva, Lucianna Colton, was determined that he would never have her. But without their knowing it, the fate of Flame and Chance had been sealed by the past,and a century-old legacy of greed, adultery and murder, would reach out its hand from the grave to ensare them both....
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organise and find favourite items. |
Customer Reviews
There are no customer reviews yet on Amazon.co.uk.
5 star
4 star
3 star
2 star
1 star
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
5 reviews
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Started off strong...
4 Aug 2000
Format:Mass Market Paperback
but faltered and lost me. Once the story went to how the Morgan-Stuart rivalry started back in the 1800s, it became way too slow and boring. Why did the author feel the need to rehash the whole thing in such detail? Especially when it didn't involve the main characters? She could've told that part of the story in half or even a quarter of the space and still conveyed the essence of it and how it affected the lives of the main characters. Unfortunately that wasn't the only problem with the book -- the primary reason I'm giving it only 2 stars was the ending. There was a lot of pain in this story -- as another reviewer said, the main characters hurt each other a lot. Throughout it all I kept thinking to the end when they would see the error of their ways and get back together. They got back together but we got less than a chapter of it. I felt jipped...after everything they did to hurt each other, we got a nice tender scene and then the end. These two characters needed to talk...a lot...and we deserved to read about their reconciliation and forgiving each other. I would not have minded the pain if we got a good dose of joy in the end...but I guess this book was more like reality in that sense. No thanks, I read for magic, not reality. I really liked the way the Flame and Chance started out, I wanted to see them like that again -- so in love and head over heals for each other. I wanted to see Flame trust Chance again and him forgive her for everything. I think the author went to far with Flame's hatred for Chance...she really became bitter and vindictive...I didn't like her anymore. And I got sick and tired hearing about the plans for Morgan's Walk...again, way too much detail -- spare us and get back to the heart of the story -- the relationship between the lead characters. Not enough of that. Could've been an excellent book. If we had gotten some real closure and less unnecessary detail, it would've been a 5 star rating.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Nineties melodrama
7 Jun 2005
Format:Hardcover
Flame Bennett is the daughter of an upper class San Francisco family, who moves in the right circls and holds down a top job with an advertising company. Her chief client is Malcolm Powell, a multi millionaire who is forever trying to turn their professional relationship into a more personal one. When she meets another successful businessman, Chance Stuart at a social function, bells start to ring for both of them and they begin a torrid love affair. Chance is the presumed heir to a large ranch in Oklahoma, owned and run by his Aunt Hattie, an embittered old maid who hates the thought that, because of the wording of the family will, the ranch must pass to a blood relative. Chance is the son of her sister who married a man way beneath her socially, and because of this, Chance has always been the despised heir, even though he has become one of the top businessmen in the state. Chance has been secretly making plans for the day when he inherits the ranch, when he plans to flood the valley and house, turning it into a vast holiday complex. Flame and Chance marry after knowing each other for only a few weeks and it is only then that Chance realises that Flame has more claim to the ranch than he has. When Hattie discovers Flame's whereabouts, she poisons her mind with doubts and suspicions about Chance's true motive in marrying her. The plot thickens with many more dramas as befits a story with the principals named Flame and Chance, but it was a good, if guilty read!
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Too much pain
9 Dec 1999
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I felt the 2 main characters did too many hurtful things to each other to even consider getting back together at the end. I don't think I would forgive Flame if I were Chance. She was delibertly hurtful and untrusting, considering she didn't even know the old lady. I was disappointed and didn't have a good feeling at the end of the book.
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
