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3.0 out of 5 stars Not Coulter's Best Work, 4 Dec 1997

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While I normailly find Catherine Coulter's work stunning, "The Offer" was a grave disappointment. This book is a re-write of "An Honorable Offer," published by Regency in 1981. I did not read the original and am now glad. I may have been angry with Coulter for changing the story. Phillip Mercerault (Viscount Derencourt) and Sabrina Eversleigh (second granddaughter of the Earl of Monmouth) are fairly good characters in and of themselves. As a couple, they just don't click. Other than the Viscount's kindness to Sabrina when they first meet, he has no endearing qualities to make the reader actually LIKE him and want the couple to get together. Thus, when he begins to act as a chauvanist, the reader wonders why Sabrina doesn't just pack up her broken heart and leave. When she professes to love him, he claims that she is simply hero-worshipping him. Other than her angry reactions to his infidelity and unsensitive nature, Coulter gives the reader no evidence that this is not true. When he suddenly "realizes" his love for her less than thirty pages from the end of the novel, it seems a farce. The heroine, Sabrina, is described fabulously at first--from her grandfather's adoration of her violet eyes, so like his late wife's, to her wild auburn hair. But when she becomes ill and disheartened, she is remarked simply as "skinny." Did Coulter's discriptive tastes end before the book did? While this read has spunk, I feel it has lost something vital to all historical romances in this re-written version. Believability.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Quite Disappointed, 27 April 1999

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This was my first coulter's book. Most disappointed that I bought the book. I didn't want to judge her writing by this book so I go for another (Lord Harry) of hers. Same plot like hero nursing the naked heroin. I hope she can write better than this. I want to try another of hers, can anyone suggest?

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1.0 out of 5 stars worst book, 1 April 1999

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Why is it that authors love to make the herione look like her grandmother or mother? The grandfather in this book did a terrible job of raising his grand children. No wonder the older sister Elizabeth turned out so bad. The grandfather showed favoritism to this granddaughter who looked like his dead wife, and he ignored the older sister. I heartily dislike the heroine. Oh, Please! She is so beautiful with auburn hair and violet eyes that every man she meets loves her. There was the Duke named Richard who acted like a lovesick puppy. He actually like Sabrina's blood off her finger when she accidentally jabbed herself with a needle. Of course the grandfather loves her more than anything (it seems like the grandfather is in love with her not just love her, it seems like he wish she was his wife instead of grandchild), and Philip loves her too. I wish I never bought this book. This was the worst heroine I ever read. I am tired of the heroine always being the apple of her father's eyes or grandfather's eyes. Why do the parents always love the heroine more than their other children? I just don't get it. Parents should love all their children not just one, this includes grandparents too.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Ohhhh dear me
I'm also a big fan of coulters. But this book was very disappointing.I noticed another reader was asking if anyone could recommend on some of her better novels.... Read more

Published on 25 Oct 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars To the reader from New York, August 22, 1998
Richard Clarendon, Duke of Portsmouth, was the leading male character in Coulter's book The Deception, and I liked the book better than this one.

Published on 20 Aug 1999

2.0 out of 5 stars Pass it by
Predictable- unlike her other stuff, a disappointment. Hero is a jerk (A1)and he's really not worth redeeming- yuck!

Published on 25 May 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars This book was hideous! Thin characters, lame plot.
Gimme a break. The characters are silly stereotypes. I only made it through the first few chapters. Read more

Published on 4 Mar 1999

2.0 out of 5 stars This book was a comeplete disappointment
Don't get me wrong, I love Coulter's books, but I must say that this book was the first time when I felt as if I had wasted my time and money on one of her books. Read more

Published on 28 Aug 1998

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, but somewhat confusing; lacks passion.
The book was interesting but somewhat confusing as there were too many characters and the love story never had a chance to truly develop -- one minute the lovers hold themselves... Read more

Published on 22 Aug 1998

4.0 out of 5 stars typical, but I am left wondering...
I liked the story, but it seems like characters appear out of nowhere, (like Richard Clarendon, and Charles) that leave me wondering if the book is part of a trilogy or series... Read more

Published on 29 Jun 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars a truly moving, touching, can't put it down romance!
Coulter has out-done herself with this one. Read this book only if you have several hours, because you won't want to put it down!!! Read more

Published on 20 May 1998

4.0 out of 5 stars Not all that bad when you think about it.
While most of Coulter's books involve cruelty in one form or another, this one at least didn't leave me feeling gloomy. Read more

Published on 28 April 1998

4.0 out of 5 stars I enjoyed it most of the time
Phillip and Sabrina were likeable enough, and I liked the first part of the book. After their 5 days together, I don't think that Coulter gave them enough time together. Read more

Published on 16 Jan 1998

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