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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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I enjoyed this book immensely.The story was very romantic as always with Lisa Kleypas. The plot had plenty of action and drama as well as romance. I loved the main character Vallerand, a strong, handsome hero with a tormented past. All the characters were very much alive and the story kept my interest the whole way through. The story takes place in New Orleans. Lisa Kleypas describes the people and the unique atmosphere of bayou country accurately and charmingly. I wholeheartedly recommend the book. If you enjoy this book you should read "Only With Your Love" the sequel, which tells the tale of Vallerand's rebel son Justin who becomes a pirate before meeting the love of his life. A great read!
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This is a re-write and new title for LK's first published book, "Only in your Arms". I found it particularly interesting because, unlike subsequent books, it is set in New Orleans in America in 1805. New Orleans, with its traditional French Creole society, was very much like Georgian/Regency England in its societal rules and regulations, particularly those in respect of women's place in society. Women were under the rule of their fathers or their husbands and allowed little freedom.
Maximilien Vallerand is a rich Creole with two teenage sons. His first wife was murdered, strangled, and it has been assumed by Creole society that Max was responsible even though there is no proof. Max's first wife was having an affair with Etienne Sagesse, a former friend of Max's and that is enough proof for Creole society, who largely shun Max.
Ten years after Corinne's murder, Max meets Lysette, a young society beauty who is being forced into an unwelcome marriage with Sagesse. Max decides that in revenge for Sagesse's affair with Corinne and her subsequent murder, that he will keep and marry Lysette himself as he is very attracted to her and her to him. The lonely Max allows his new wife far more freedom than is usual with the wives of Creoles and there is horror when she starts mixing with the American wives in New Orleans. For these are allowed a lot of freedom and actually air their opinions and, heavens forbid, actually contradict their husbands.
There is the mystery hanging over the Vallerand family of who did kill Corinne, as Sagesse has an alibi. What is also interesting is the sub-plot of political machinations over New Orleans joining America as a state and those opposed to it. I, perhaps like many other readers, know little about the history of America apart from the Revolution and the Civil War and know nothing about the history of individual states.
I have often wondered why American authors choose to set their Georgian/Regency novels in England, rather than in say Boston, New York or St. Louis, all of whom had similair societies, minus the titles of course. New Orleans makes an excellent subsitute for London, with its rigid Creole society. An enjoyable read.
Maximilien Vallerand is a rich Creole with two teenage sons. His first wife was murdered, strangled, and it has been assumed by Creole society that Max was responsible even though there is no proof. Max's first wife was having an affair with Etienne Sagesse, a former friend of Max's and that is enough proof for Creole society, who largely shun Max.
Ten years after Corinne's murder, Max meets Lysette, a young society beauty who is being forced into an unwelcome marriage with Sagesse. Max decides that in revenge for Sagesse's affair with Corinne and her subsequent murder, that he will keep and marry Lysette himself as he is very attracted to her and her to him. The lonely Max allows his new wife far more freedom than is usual with the wives of Creoles and there is horror when she starts mixing with the American wives in New Orleans. For these are allowed a lot of freedom and actually air their opinions and, heavens forbid, actually contradict their husbands.
There is the mystery hanging over the Vallerand family of who did kill Corinne, as Sagesse has an alibi. What is also interesting is the sub-plot of political machinations over New Orleans joining America as a state and those opposed to it. I, perhaps like many other readers, know little about the history of America apart from the Revolution and the Civil War and know nothing about the history of individual states.
I have often wondered why American authors choose to set their Georgian/Regency novels in England, rather than in say Boston, New York or St. Louis, all of whom had similair societies, minus the titles of course. New Orleans makes an excellent subsitute for London, with its rigid Creole society. An enjoyable read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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On a recent visit to America, I was given a Lisa Kleypas book to read and I was hooked. I then read three others and on returning to the U K, I searched Amazon for any others by this author. I bought this one and as usual found it very entertaining. Thank you Amazon for having such good Authors among your lists. I am about to buy another Kleypas book!
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