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Lavender Morning (Edilean #1)

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Jocelyn Minton is a woman torn between two worlds. Her mother grew up attending private schools and afternoon teas, but she married the local handyman. After her mother died when Joce was only five years old, her father remarried into his own class, and Joce became an outsider -- until she met Edilean Harcourt. Although she was sixty years Joce's senior, Miss Edi was a kin...more

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Published March 31st 2009 by Atria Books (first published January 1st 2009)

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Sep 06, 2010 bookczuk rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: bookcrossing, give-me-my-time-back

Not sure why I keep trying this author. When I was much younger, I used to like her historical romances for light diversion from grad school. HEr writing evolved, and she wrote a couple of books with time travel in the plot that I really enjoyed (Knight in Shining Armor is one that comes to mind. But for the last few years, every time someone leaves a book of hers on a OBCZ shelf or gives me a copy of one of her books to BookCross, and I read it, I've been terribly disappointed. This one certain...more

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Jan 05, 2013 Ana Luisa rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Esta foi uma leitura realizada com um pouco de atraso. Já tinha lido o livro “Desejos do Coração”, que foi o último título que saiu e fiquei com bastante curiosidade acerca dos livros anteriores. Infelizmente, demorei um pouco até conseguir reunir todos. Como o tempo foi passando e outras leituras foram sendo feitas, fui também esquecendo pormenores importantes que acabariam por ser considerados spoilers deste mesmo livro e que por isso fiquei contente por esquecer. Quem não deve ter ficado cont...more

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Jun 05, 2013 Samyann rated it 3 of 5 stars

Audiobook Review. Lavender Morning is the story of a girl who inherits a large home in Maine from her mentor, an elderly woman the main character has spent her life adoring. The story reveals the mentor's life, WWII fiction, and the main character's search for explanations. I'll not provide any spoilers beyond this fundamental information, which you'll get from simply reading a blurb. The story is a touching memoir to this elderly lady, her unrequited love of WWII. It's not a good audiobook, in...more Audiobook Review. Lavender Morning is the story of a girl who inherits a large home in Maine from her mentor, an elderly woman the main character has spent her life adoring. The story reveals the mentor's life, WWII fiction, and the main character's search for explanations. I'll not provide any spoilers beyond this fundamental information, which you'll get from simply reading a blurb. The story is a touching memoir to this elderly lady, her unrequited love of WWII. It's not a good audiobook, in my opinion. There is way too much use of the word 'said', distracting ... it may not be annoying in print as a reader tends to skim over extraneous words, but in audio format it makes me lower the star rating. Jos said, Luke said, said Jos, said Luke ... not every line of dialogue, but it sure seemed like it, and it took away from the story.

Sort of interesting, in the sections that involved WWII action, to envision the characters as young and beautiful people, in love during a violent time. Those sections are part of a story/diary written by the elderly woman. As these stories are read in the form of 3rd and 1st person stand-alone Chapters, I've some problem with the point of view sometimes being that of other people and this woman writing about it...confusing imagery. She's relating feelings and emotions of men and other characters speaking about herself as a young woman. How would she know what they thought or did when she wasn't present? A bit picky, but I shook my head in wonder at what up and coming writers today would get crucified for...why would an agent or publisher let Devereaux get away with this approach? Well, because she's Jude Devereaux, no other reason. People will spend money on Jude Devereaux books, which is all the publisher/agent cares about. If you like romance novels and can look beyond that which by some standards is considered "bad writing", you'll probably enjoy Lavender Morning. However, I don't think the Jude Devereaux style is something you should emulate if you're attempting to get published today and you're an unknown. You'd be toast.(less)

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Sep 19, 2012 →kelly♥[: rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-romance

My Rating: 2.5

After reading some of Jude Deveraux's Edilean series and loving them, I decided to try Lavender Morning, the book that began it all. To my disbelief, I didn't love the book at all. Unlike Jude Deveraux's other books, Lavender Morning was draggy, long, and boring. The romance was a major disappointment too and the ending wasn't satisfying at all. To sum it all up, Lavender Morning was a bunch of fluff.

I loved the way Jocelyn and Luke had a rough start - Jocelyn because she thought...more

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Feb 01, 2012 heather rated it 2 of 5 stars

Jude Deveraux used to be a quite good author. Not anymore. In fact, reading this I had the disturbing feeling she was using a ghost writer, a really talentless one. The plot is supposed to convoluted, intriguing, romantic, suspenseful and surprising. None of those adjectives describe this book. What it actually is, is the rather bland story of Jocelyn, a smart, supposedly elegant girl(I have to say girl, she doesn't come off as a real woman) who grows up kind of the white sheep in a black sheep...more

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Oct 15, 2011 Eva rated it 4 of 5 stars

Lavender Morning is the first in a series of three books set in the fictional town of Edilean, Virginia. As usual, Deveraux creates a realistic world with distinctive characters who help each other out and get in each other’s way. Our heroine, Jocelyn, is detached from the world before she arrives in Edilean to claim the house she’s inherited from an elderly friend from her childhood. The story gets off to a choppy start, though, because the prologue introduces characters that have little role...more

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Oct 29, 2009 Maggie rated it 4 of 5 stars

I loved this book and hated the ending. I decided to listen to the unabridged version on CD since I was super busy this week and I really got into the story line. It was distracting that the reader did not have much voice inflection change between characters so it was somewhat difficult to tell who was talking during the dialogue. I loved that there were 2 romantic interests in the book and it wasn't immediately obvious which one Joss would choose. I absolutely LOVED the secondary story of Eddie...more

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Oct 11, 2009 Cynthia rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Don't get put off by the slightly boring title or cover. This book is fun, poignant, and wonderful.

Joce is practically raised by lonely old Miss Edi in Florida and is left everything, including a house in a town Edi never mentioned. Turns out this town is Edilean and Miss Edi is the last of the family that founded it.

Edilean is a proud, small, quirky, historical town where everyone knows everything and news travels faster than light. Two residents are Ramsey and Luke, the super hot lawyer and ga...more

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May 09, 2009 Cindy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009-read

This was the first book in Deveraux's new Edilean series, and I am looking forward to reading the next one!
Romance type books are not usually my first pick, but this one contained enough of a mystery that it continued to hold my interest, and I didn't feel that the romance was too over the top.
Jocelyn didn't fit in with her family; her father, stepmother or 'wicked' stepsisters. Her mother had died when she was very young. An older neighbor named Edilean took Jocelyn under her wing and became m...more

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Oct 02, 2009 Rhonda rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, love-stories

As a young girl, Jocelyn Minton lives between two worlds. Her mother had attended private schools but yet she married the handyman. After her mother died, Joce lived with her father, step-mother and two beautiful step-sisters. Sounds a bit like Cinderella but that is where the stories become different.

The neighbor, Miss Eli, became Joce's best friend and showed her many of the good things in life. A strong bond was formed between them and Joce felt she knew everything about Miss Eli. When she d...more

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Jun 05, 2011 Kristine rated it 3 of 5 stars

I needed to take a break from my nerdy reads and found this one at just the right time. I've never read any of Jude Deveraux books, but I'm familiar with the genre she's in. After reading this one, I'm intrigued and will probably read the other books in her Edilean series.

In this story, Jocelyn has just lost her oldest and dearest friend, Edilean Harcourt. Miss Edi ends up leaving Jocelyn everything including an 18th century manor tucked in the backwoods of Virginia, a town called Edilean. Jocel...more

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Jan 05, 2010 MJ rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance, liked-it, books-i-stole-from-grandma

When Miss Edi Harcourt passes away she leaves everything to her friend Jocelyn Minton, including her house in Edilean Virginia. Along with a note saying she had found the perfect man for Jocelyn in this small town. Jocelyn is hurt that there was a part of Miss Edi life that was kept hidden from Jocelyn and a little reluctant to move. But move she does and there she meets not one but 2 men. Cousins that are always competing with each other over everything and now Jocelyn is in the middle of it al...more

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Jul 02, 2009 Maggie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Recommended to Maggie by: Found it on the library shelf

Shelves: july-09

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I really liked the new book by Jude Deveraux. It had memorable characters, and a good mystery. Although I have to admit, the first 200 pages were kind of boring, just some fluff and filler, with the mystery barely mentioned at all.

I really and truly loved the relationship between Miss Edi and Joce. Miss Edi was the only person Joce had, pretty much, and I thought that the relationship between the two was really sweet. I also loved the twist of the love triangle in the book--Luke or Ramsey? Ther...more

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Jan 24, 2013 Silvana rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Este foi o livro ideal para quebrar com o estado de espírito (diga-se pesado) que o livro anterior deixou. Jardim de Alfazema é um romance leve e muito romântico que conduz o leitor por lugares bem descritos e que apetece conhecer.
Comparando este livro com o livro anterior que li da mesma autora, Ninguém para amar,este possui uma narrativa mais dinâmica que deixa o leitor preso à história desde a primeira página.

Joce é uma mulher jovem, muito calma, com umas piadas engraçadas (conseguiram desp...more Este foi o livro ideal para quebrar com o estado de espírito (diga-se pesado) que o livro anterior deixou. Jardim de Alfazema é um romance leve e muito romântico que conduz o leitor por lugares bem descritos e que apetece conhecer.
Comparando este livro com o livro anterior que li da mesma autora, Ninguém para amar,este possui uma narrativa mais dinâmica que deixa o leitor preso à história desde a primeira página.

Joce é uma mulher jovem, muito calma, com umas piadas engraçadas (conseguiram despertar-me alguns sorrisos) que herda uma mansão num lugar que ela nunca ouviu falar na vida. Quem lhe deixou este mansão foi uma velha senhora, Edi, com quem ela partilhou grande parte da sua vida e a ajudou a suportar uma família que fugia aos padrões da sua personalidade. A própria Edi tem um história de vida fantástica que Joce vai descobrindo com a evolução do livro. Confesso que fiquei com pena de o livro não ter mais uns capítulos com a história de Edi... As passagens que aparecem no livro são deliciosas e deixam o leitor com vontade de ler e saber mais.

Joce muda-se para a nova mansão e vê-se obrigada a lidar com um conjunto de personalidades que chocam um pouco com a sua pacatez e introversão... Pessoas que lhe aparecem pela casa adentro; dois homens que entram na sua vida, um que ela simpatiza desde o início e outro que é o oposto daquilo que ela é (mas será mesmo o oposto). Estes dois homens são o Ramsey, um advogado, e Luke, um jardineiro. As interações entre Luke e Joce, no início do livro são muito engraçadas. Luke encerra em si um mistério que vai despertando o coração das leitoras... No meu caso, simpatizei logo com Luke desde o início, o Ramsey era meloso de mais e parecia-me sem carisma.

É uma narrativa misteriosa, envolvente, cativante. Proporciona-nos momentos descontraídos, calmos e que nos despertam os sentidos. É uma boa leitura para momentos em que sentimos o nosso pensamento pesado, para momentos em que nos sentimos em baixo... É um livro optimista!(less)

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Jan 14, 2010 Laurel rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Jude Deveraux is a new find for me and a delightful addition to my growing list of favourite authors. She can write!

This book is the first in a series. It is the story of a modern day woman called Jocelyn whose elgant mother died when she was small leaving the child in the care of a loving, but clueless father his second trashy wife and the "steps". Twin girls who grow to become super models. The family thinks of a monster truck rally as high society. All except for Jocelyn.When she is befriende...more Jude Deveraux is a new find for me and a delightful addition to my growing list of favourite authors. She can write!

This book is the first in a series. It is the story of a modern day woman called Jocelyn whose elgant mother died when she was small leaving the child in the care of a loving, but clueless father his second trashy wife and the "steps". Twin girls who grow to become super models. The family thinks of a monster truck rally as high society. All except for Jocelyn.When she is befriended by elderly Miss Edi("eddie")another world opens for her. Miss Edi introduces her to literature, ballet, symphony, takes her to Europe, New York, send her to college. In essence, raises her (from next door) to be a lady. Miss Edi has a knack of knowing when a couple is right for each other. When she dies, she leaves Jocelyn a house in a town named for Miss Edi's family which she never told Jocelyn a word about. She also left her a man. "The perfect man for you." she said in her will. But there appears to be two men. Cousins. Both handsome, both sexy. One a wealthy lawyer who would be able to support the upkeep of this big white elephant Miss Edi left her. The other a surly gardener working on the estate of her new home. Miss Edi wants her to marry the lawyer. But will she?

The other story is the back story of Miss Edi and her "true love" David. In exciting undercover WWII adventures she and David find each other. As Jocelyn unearths more and more of the story from the clutches of Miss Edi's old friends, a stunning surprise unfolds. Several of them, in fact.

I found this book's plot pulling me forward brilliantly. I was as interested in the current story as I was in the past, which is unusual. Normally, if one is really good you hate to move away from it, but not in this case.

The only complaint I had was in two sentences which involved more than one female where the author said blah-blah-blah so that's what she told her, Jocelyn. Bad writing that. 1. She knows her own name. 2. We can figure out what you mean, you don't have to clarify who she was speaking about in that hackneyed way. I cringed. But hey, it was two sentences. Not enough to dim my approval by even one star.

What I liked about it was she had the Nora Robert's standard story with 3 protagonists so you can see a series in the offing featuring the other two women's stories yet to come. BUT, the story is well-executed and you don't know where the story will go and there are suprises. Nora's books never surprised me, you can see the plot a mile away. That being said, I read the excerpt of the coming sequel and surprise, it isn't about what you'd think it would be about. You see, surprises.(less)

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Oct 10, 2009 Kathy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance

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Jul 24, 2011 Shawna Washabaugh rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: jude-deveraux

I keep reading jude deveraux because I'm hoping that her passion for writing will come back. Legend, Black Lyon, Knight in Shinning Armor, even Twin of Ice/Fire--the passion and excitement made you never want to put the book down. Over the past few years--I've just been unimpressed. This book--sigh...was just "eh." **next bit contains possible spoilers***The best part of the book was the back story of Miss Edi and David. And even that was sub-par to her earlier love story writing skills. The sto...more

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Jun 23, 2012 Linda rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is the first book in the Edilean series and it sets the stage for characters and stories that follow. I've read several of the books in this series, but I must say that I enjoyed this book most of all. The main character, Jocelyn, grew up in a family where she felt totally out of place. That is, until an older neighbor, Miss Edi, took her under her wing and brought the lonely girl out of her shell and showed her the world. The bond between Miss Edi and Jocelyn grew and when Miss Edi died, s...more

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May 03, 2012 Nykki rated it 3 of 5 stars

I enjoyed the mystery that surrounded the story line plot and that the author took us back to letters that the mysterious character miss Edi had written (I enjoyed the wartime stories). However, I still do not understand why the crazy headgames were played between all the characters, especially Ramsey and Luke. I also guessed the last final twist of the story way before the author revealed it at the end of the book.

There were too many characters and I sometimes became confused between who the au...more

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Apr 30, 2013 Cata rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: biblioteca, 2013

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Jardim de Alfazema foi daqueles livros que me prendeu logo desde o início. Jude Deveraux tem um estilo leve, humorístico e muito aprazível que fez com que devorasse o livro.
Uma coisa que me agradou bastante foi que Jude não se focou somente no romance entre os protagonistas, presenteando-nos com dois romances e meio [Luke e Jocelyn, Edi e David, e o meio romance, Tess e Ramsey]

Tess e Ramsey penso que são daqueles casais que, apesar de não terem livro próprio [eu pesquisei!], vão desenvolvendo a...more

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Nov 16, 2009 Nancy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Jocelyn's mother and father were from two different worlds. When her mother died, her father re-married to a woman who shares his world and Jocelyn feels left out. She meets Miss Edi, who fills the void and introduces her to the finer things in life. When Miss Edi died, she leaves her home in North Carolina to Jocelyn, with a letter telling her that when she meets the love of her life she'll know it. In North Carolina, Jocelyn meets two different men: one of them is an attorney, the other works...more

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Mar 04, 2011 TBML rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, historical-fiction, vicki-picks

The first of the Edilean series is very enjoyable. Jocelyn moves to a small town of Edilean after inheriting a large historical house from her beloved friend and mentor, Miss Edi. Not knowing why she inherited a house in a town she has never heard of. Through the course of the book, Jocelyn uncovers some of Miss Edi’s secret family history and falls in love in the process of making Edilean her new home.

This book contains romance, mystery and historical information all in one. Although I read the...more

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Nov 16, 2010 Shay rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Mar 18, 2013 Joanne rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: audio-books

A cute story. Jocelyn inherits a stately historic home in Virginia from an older woman she was close to in her Florida neighborhood. After the surprise wears off, she heads off to her new hometown where everyone is related and everyone know each other’s business. Jocelyn is taken with the affections of two competing cousins Ramsey and Luke. Behind the inheritance there is a story that goes back to WWII and Jocelyn discovers many things about her friend Miss Eddi that surprises her! It’s hard to...more

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Jun 15, 2010 Debby added it · review of another edition

Shelves: romance

Born to a blue collar father and upper crust mother, Jocelyn Minton is a duck out of water, especially after her mom and her parents die and her father reverts and remarries, saddling her with obnoxious twin step-sisters. Her savior, turns out to be elderly neighbor Miss Edilene Harcourt of Edilene, VA. who teaches her about the finer things in life. When Miss Edi dies, Jocelyn is amazed to learn she has inherited Edilean Manor and the town - a delightful small town where everyone knows everyone...more

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Sep 26, 2012 Kym Collar rated it 2 of 5 stars

Just finished this. Well, I tried. I started skipping pages within 30. The main plot, that of a kind of super-hero in colonial America, wasn't too bad. But I really HATED the main characters. The female character is a flake, and the male has identity and self-esteem issues. Really, the boy is gone for 4 years and comes back fat and effeminate, and no one questions this? If my son was gone for 4 years and came back so different in character, I'd have to sit him down and ask him what happened. And...more

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Jun 29, 2011 Maeleah rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: adult-romance, contemporary, southern-setting

This the first one in the Edilean series and I am very excited to read the rest of the series. As a young girl, Jocelyn Minton befriends an older neighbor, Miss Edi, because she has more in common with her than her biological father and obnoxious twin step sisters. After Miss Edi dies, Joce finds herself inheriting Miss Edi's fortune- a house in Edilean and loads of money. But when she arrives in Edilean, she discovers there is no money, but there is a whole town of endearing and aggravating peo...more

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Feb 19, 2013 Faelivrin rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, libros

Un libro fantástico, empezaré por ahí, es una historia que engancha y mucho llena de misterios, al menos para una mujer que anhela descubrir el pasado de la mujer que fue su verdadera familia durante casi toda su vida sin saberlo, una persona que acabaría siendo su familia real. Esta chica viaja al pueblo de su "amiga" Eidilean porque le dejó en herencia una mansión, al parecer la casa más importante del pueblo, además de una serie de cartas que la animan a indagar en una historia que acabará si...more

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Jan 24, 2010 L.D. rated it 2 of 5 stars

I'm one of those readers, when I see a cover I like I will usually read the book. This book was such a choice. The other draw, never before read a Jude Deveraux book. Getting to know the characters was not hard. The story line was interesting. There were times I had trouble following the conversation. After a few lines there was no indication who was speaking and I needed to go back to follow the line again. I liked the twists and turns. To understand the whole story one must finish to the end....more

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Dec 06, 2009 Elizabeth rated it 1 of 5 stars

Gave up after about 70 pages. This just isn't my favorite type of book. That's not to say it wasn't well written and perhaps I'm just not in the mood for this.

Too fluffy, too predictable, I actually skipped to the last page and confirmed my predictions. Then, quickly returned it to the library because there are tons of people waiting to read it.

I've never read Deveraux before. She obviously has a big following and is very prolific. It might just be me.

I'm not totally crossing this author off...more

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About Jude Deveraux

Jude Gilliam was born September 20, 1947 in Fairdale, Kentucky. She has a large extended family, and is the elder sister of four brothers. She attended Murray State University and received a degree in Art. In 1967, Jude married and took her husband's surname of White, but four years later they divorced. For years, she worked as 5th-grade teacher.

She began writing in 1976 and her first book, The En...more Jude Gilliam was born September 20, 1947 in Fairdale, Kentucky. She has a large extended family, and is the elder sister of four brothers. She attended Murray State University and received a degree in Art. In 1967, Jude married and took her husband's surname of White, but four years later they divorced. For years, she worked as 5th-grade teacher.

She began writing in 1976 and her first book, The Enchanted land was published in 1977 as Jude Deveraux. Following the publication of her first novel, she resigned her teaching position. Now, she is the author of thirty-one New York Times bestsellers. Jude won readers' hearts with the epic Velvet series, which revolves around the lives of the Montgomery family's irresistible men. Jude's early books are set largely in 15th- and 16th-century England, in which her fierce, impassioned protagonists find themselves in the midst of blood feuds and wars. Her heroines are equally scrappy -- medieval Scarlett O'Haras who often have a low regard for the men who eventually win them over. They're fighters, certainly, but they're also beauties who are preoccupied with survival and family preservation. Jude has also stepped outside her milieu, with mixed results. Her James River trilogy (River Lady, Lost Lady, and Counterfeit Lady) is set mostly in post-Revolution America; the popular, softer-edged Twin of Fire/Twin of Ice moves to 19th-century Colorado and introduces another hunky-man clan, the Taggerts. Deveraux manages to evoke a strong and convincing atmosphere for each of her books, but her dialogue and characters are as familiar as a modern-day soap opera's. "Historicals seem to be all I'm capable of," Jude once said in an interview, referring to a now out-of-print attempt at contemporary fiction, 1982's Casa Grande. "I don't want to write family sagas or occult books, and I have no intention of again trying to ruin the contemporary market." Still, Jude did later attempt modern-day romances, such as the lighthearted High Tide (her first murder caper), the contemporary female friendship story The Summerhouse, and the time-traveling Knight in Shining Armor. In fact, with 2002's The Mulberry Tree, Deveraux seems to be getting more comfortable setting stories in the present, which is a good thing, since the fans she won with her historical books are eager to follow her into the future.

Jude married Claude Montassir, with whom she had a son, Sam Alexander Montassir in 1997. They were eventually divorced. On Oct. 6th, 2005, Sam died at the age of eight in a motorcycle accident. Jude has lived in several countries and all over the United States. She currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina and also has a home in the medieval city of Badolato, Italy. (less)

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“Miss Edi: My brother Bertrand is the laziest person in the world.
David: Oh yeah? And how lazy is that?
Miss Edi: When he was three and saw all his gifts under the Christmas tree, he said, 'Who's going to open them for me?'
David: I've heard worse.
Miss Edi: When he was six, my father bought him a bicycle and took him out to teach him to ride it.
David: And?
Miss Edi: Bertrand did very well. My father ran along behind him, holding on, and my brother balanced perfectly. But when my father let go and the bicycle stopped, Bertrand asked why. When my father said he had to push on the pedals, my brother left it lying there in the street, and he never got on a bicycle again.
David: Not bad, but I've heard worse.
Miss Edi: When he was twelve, my parents took us out to a restaurant, the first one we'd ever been to, and my father ordered steaks for each of us. When my brother's came, he looked at it and asked how he was to eat it. My father showed him how to cut the steak, then how to chew it. My brother called the waiter back and ordered a bowl of mashed potatoes.
David: Okay, that's getting up there, but I have heard a few worse.
Miss Edi: When he was sixteen, my mother arranged for her beloved son to go to a dance with a very nice young girl. He was to pick her up at six pm. At six-thirty Bertrand was sitting in the living room and my father asked him why he hadn't gone on his date. My brother said, 'Because she hasn't come to get me yet.” — 11 people liked it

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Lavender Morning (Edilean #1)

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