- Mass Market Paperback: 405 pages
- Publisher: Bantam; Reprint edition (19 May 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0553592734
- ISBN-13: 978-0553592733
- Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 2.8 x 17.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 573,966 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Nationally bestselling author Madeline Hunter has captivated fans with unforgettable romance novels filled with suspense, seduction, mystery, and love. Now meet "the Saint" in this sizzling tale of a mysterious aristocrat, a high-spirited American beauty, and an affair that begins with an innocent temptation...and leads to the most exquisitely dangerous of seductions.
Vergil Duclairc was a man used to getting his way. And as the newly appointed guardian of Miss Bianca Kenwood, he was determined to find her and bring her back to live with his family. The last thing he expected was to find his new ward scandalously costumed and employed as a theatrical singer. Bianca had no interest in giving up her independence, but there was something compelling about this handsome and brooding viscount who seemed to think he owned her and her inheritance. As she allows herself to be swept back to his country estate, she discovers that Vergil is a man of secrets and sensuality, and that she is not immune to his inscrutable charm….nor is he to hers. Suddenly, in a moment that would change everything, they are thrust into a world of dangerous intrigue, where enemies abound and only the passion that ignites between them can save them—or prove their glorious undoing.
Vergil Duclairc was a man used to getting his way. And as the newly appointed guardian of Miss Bianca Kenwood, he was determined to find her and bring her back to live with his family. The last thing he expected was to find his new ward scandalously costumed and employed as a theatrical singer. Bianca had no interest in giving up her independence, but there was something compelling about this handsome and brooding viscount who seemed to think he owned her and her inheritance. As she allows herself to be swept back to his country estate, she discovers that Vergil is a man of secrets and sensuality, and that she is not immune to his inscrutable charm….nor is he to hers. Suddenly, in a moment that would change everything, they are thrust into a world of dangerous intrigue, where enemies abound and only the passion that ignites between them can save them—or prove their glorious undoing.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
What a joy to discover someone new to read, i've just finished 'The Saint' at 01.00 in the morning and ordered the rest of the series.
Vergil Duclairc is a relatively new viscount, searching to discover who drove his brother, the previous viscount, to suicide, at the same time holding the rest of his family back from financial and social ruin. The added complication of Bianca Kenwood, an independant American heiress and his ward, is added to the mix. Initially Vergil plans to have his rakish younger brother marry Bianca so keeping something of her inheritance - not specifically her money - in the family. Bianca simply wants to escape her guardianship so she can continue her training to be an opera star. She is unimpressed and undaunted by English Society and its rules and by Vergil's autocratic manner.
However, of course, unexpected passion, secrets, blackmail and attempted murder draw Bianca and Vergil together.
Now that sounds rather melodramatic but there is remarkably little hysteria or high drama in this writting. Bianca's attempts to escape her guardianship are reasonably sensible, she employs her own people and tries to arm herself with appropriate information, she is not only spirited defiance and dramatic gestures as with some heroine's. Vergil is by turns, understanding, loving, vulnerable and can even apologise for his mistakes without having his nose rubbed in it. There is subtle but real feeling for the wasted death of the brother, there is no improbable denial of Vergils feeling for Bianca or vise versa. Bianca's determination to persue her singing career despite this love could have come across as rather spoilt child but instead was understandable as a painful but informed decision where neither initial choice was perfect and the resolution, though as swift as most, lacks the jarring improbability of some others where big emotional hurts are discussed, forgiven and forgotten in 3 lines! My only slight critisism is that in avoiding high melodrama the pace of the novel is rather level which means that while i read the book in one sitting, I was not turning the pages with thrilled avidity, however i was absorbing with quiet delight.
Vergil Duclairc is a relatively new viscount, searching to discover who drove his brother, the previous viscount, to suicide, at the same time holding the rest of his family back from financial and social ruin. The added complication of Bianca Kenwood, an independant American heiress and his ward, is added to the mix. Initially Vergil plans to have his rakish younger brother marry Bianca so keeping something of her inheritance - not specifically her money - in the family. Bianca simply wants to escape her guardianship so she can continue her training to be an opera star. She is unimpressed and undaunted by English Society and its rules and by Vergil's autocratic manner.
However, of course, unexpected passion, secrets, blackmail and attempted murder draw Bianca and Vergil together.
Now that sounds rather melodramatic but there is remarkably little hysteria or high drama in this writting. Bianca's attempts to escape her guardianship are reasonably sensible, she employs her own people and tries to arm herself with appropriate information, she is not only spirited defiance and dramatic gestures as with some heroine's. Vergil is by turns, understanding, loving, vulnerable and can even apologise for his mistakes without having his nose rubbed in it. There is subtle but real feeling for the wasted death of the brother, there is no improbable denial of Vergils feeling for Bianca or vise versa. Bianca's determination to persue her singing career despite this love could have come across as rather spoilt child but instead was understandable as a painful but informed decision where neither initial choice was perfect and the resolution, though as swift as most, lacks the jarring improbability of some others where big emotional hurts are discussed, forgiven and forgotten in 3 lines! My only slight critisism is that in avoiding high melodrama the pace of the novel is rather level which means that while i read the book in one sitting, I was not turning the pages with thrilled avidity, however i was absorbing with quiet delight.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is my third Madeline Hunter after the Sinner and the Seducer (both sublime).
Once again Ms Hunter has managed to enthrall me. I give this four stars compared to five for the other two but this doesn't mean much as they're all brilliant! I love the connections between the books which give a little more insight into the characters as the stories unfold. This particular story manages to satisfy as do the others. Vergil's character initially failed to stir my interest but this was probably due to my curiosity about the characters from the other two books and my need to catch glimpses of their lives. As the story unfolds however I found Vergil growing on me as did Bianca. I will now no doubt be looking to the following books for their story now.
A very satisfying read yet again from a great author and one that makes me eager to get on to the next book, the Charmer.
This series is excellent if you fancy reading solid romantic stories with enough action, intrigue and brilliantly portrayed human interactions. Just great!
Once again Ms Hunter has managed to enthrall me. I give this four stars compared to five for the other two but this doesn't mean much as they're all brilliant! I love the connections between the books which give a little more insight into the characters as the stories unfold. This particular story manages to satisfy as do the others. Vergil's character initially failed to stir my interest but this was probably due to my curiosity about the characters from the other two books and my need to catch glimpses of their lives. As the story unfolds however I found Vergil growing on me as did Bianca. I will now no doubt be looking to the following books for their story now.
A very satisfying read yet again from a great author and one that makes me eager to get on to the next book, the Charmer.
This series is excellent if you fancy reading solid romantic stories with enough action, intrigue and brilliantly portrayed human interactions. Just great!
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Madeline Hunter is a bright star in the historical romance heaven. She is a superb writer with a clear understanding of the strength of understating emotions to put across the force in them. The cold aristocratic façade of Vergil hides many layers and passions. He made duty the altar at which he serves to protect his family. He firmly draws his ward Bianca into this circle of protection, so be it if it does not suit her purpose. Bianca's free and passionate spirit breaks open the locks to the various layers of Vergil. Through the maze of threats against the Duclairc family, as well as Bianca's firm purpose in life of establishing herself in an operatic career, they find a deep an everlasting love. The tale is tensely and colourfully woven and keeps the reader absorbed. However, Bianca's continuing vacillation in the choice between her love for Vergil and pursuing the dream of an operatic career eventually smacks of self-indulgence to the detriment of Vergil. Self-indulgence not so much in the difficulty of the choice, but in her obliviousness to the impossibility of Vergil's situation. It falls solely to him to find a solution to the impasse. Accordingly Bianca's seemingly perpetual vacillation is perceived as a brittle note echoing through what should have been a satisfying end to the novel. Having said that, it is still a thoroughly gripping read.
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