A wealthy and bitter exile, he most dangerous and desirable man in all of England, he burns to possess a proud, headstrong beauty who is promised t...
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Sep 29, 2008
Julie (Mom2lnb)
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Prince of Dreams started off with an excellent, engaging story that was hard to put down, but like it's predecessor in the Stokehurst series, Midnight Angel, it tends to loose steam during the second half. The book is arranged in four sections, and the first two sections are full of the deep, dark emotions that have become a Lisa Kleypas trademark. Prince Nikolas is quite possibly the darkest hero that Ms. Kleypas has written and that I have read, yet I found him to be thoroughly fascinating. He
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Aug 23, 2011
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Narrated by Susan Duerden
As I listened to Prince of Dreams, I heard the theme song from Doctor Zhivago, Somewhere My Love, playing in my head. I can’t quite grasp why I long for a Russian historical romance when one can’t easily ignore the misery associated with that country’s history. But there you have it. I love even a hint of a Russian historical and Prince of Dreams provides that and much more while the bulk of the story is set in Victorian England.
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As I listened to Prince of Dreams, I heard the theme song from Doctor Zhivago, Somewhere My Love, playing in my head. I can’t quite grasp why I long for a Russian historical romance when one can’t easily ignore the misery associated with that country’s history. But there you have it. I love even a hint of a Russian historical and Prince of Dreams provides that and much more while the bulk of the story is set in Victorian England.
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Dec 10, 2008
Lady Danielle "The Book Huntress"
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I do have to say that Nikolas is a very unique hero. He's dark and conflicted. He wants Emma but doesn't know what to do with her when he gets her. He does everything he can to destroy her love for him. But at the same time, he yearns for her love with all his heart. A romance novel, for certain. But I felt it was also a character study. Nikolas is a character that makes you want to keep reading to see if he'll get a clue and turn his life around. He almost waits too late, but a magical t
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Jan 30, 2012
Lady Jaye
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This one had me trying not to cry as I read it. I don't think this romance is typical of Lisa Kleypas in that it featured a hero who was insanely tortured - literally and figuratively.
Emma is such a marvelous heroine, but the star of the story for me, was Nikolas. Lisa Kleypas did an amazing job in drawing up his character. He was such an awful person for the first third of the book, but I found that it didn't bother me as it would have because Ms. Kleypas is very careful in showing More...
Emma is such a marvelous heroine, but the star of the story for me, was Nikolas. Lisa Kleypas did an amazing job in drawing up his character. He was such an awful person for the first third of the book, but I found that it didn't bother me as it would have because Ms. Kleypas is very careful in showing More...
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Jun 03, 2008
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An overbearing hero who would do anything to get what he wants. He's also an unfaithful husband who visits brothels. True, he's been abused, had a horrible childhood, but c'mon! There were no redeeming qualities. I could not help just keep hating him.
The only reason he changes his ways is because he basically goes back in time and has, what seems to me, an incestuous relationship with a great-grandparent who was similar to his current wife. When he comes back to the present, I couldn More...
The only reason he changes his ways is because he basically goes back in time and has, what seems to me, an incestuous relationship with a great-grandparent who was similar to his current wife. When he comes back to the present, I couldn More...
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Sep 22, 2011
Barbie29
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Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well yeah i am gonna rate this book as good not very good or excellent but you have to give some credit to Lisa Kleypas for this one. Well I am a huge fan of Lisa Kleypas and when I am saying huge means very huge. I have read her Wallflower series and Hathaway series and just fell in love with her good work. Prince of Dreams cannot be compared to her previous work but it's still a very good book with extremely nice characters.
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Aug 24, 2011
Nadya
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Apr 28, 2011
Zahu
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Aaah, one of my favorite kinds of heroes!! Nikolas is dark and conflicted and all things delicious!! He takes one look at Emma when she was twelve years old and decides she belongs to him. And when Emma grows up and has suitors, Nikolas ruthlessly gets rid of them and claims her for himself.
Of course, once he gets her, Nikolas doesn't know what to do with her. I have a sickness, I know, but I so enjoyed his torment, his confusion where he wants her, but at the same time, doesn't want t More...
Of course, once he gets her, Nikolas doesn't know what to do with her. I have a sickness, I know, but I so enjoyed his torment, his confusion where he wants her, but at the same time, doesn't want t More...
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Aug 20, 2011
Kathie (katmom)
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In this book we get to see Emma Stokehurst, the 12 year old child from the first Stokehurst book, all grown up. It's her third season and she just hasn't found a husband yet. She's very unique, smart, funny, TALL and she has a menagerie of animals, including the tiger that Prince Nicholas gave her in the first book.
He is a dark man, rich beyond belief. And he has wanted her since she smacked him over the head with an umbrella when he kidnapped her step-mother in book one.
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He is a dark man, rich beyond belief. And he has wanted her since she smacked him over the head with an umbrella when he kidnapped her step-mother in book one.
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Aug 21, 2011
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Jun 08, 2011
Holjo
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There was a lot that I loved about the beginning of this book. Nikolas is a gorgeous bad-boy type (my favorite kind of male character) and Emma is a strong minded confident woman. I wanted to see them together from the very beginning, and I was completely engrossed in their courtship. I didn't care that Nikolas was being a little shady in his pursuit of Emma because it seemed to clear that they were meant to be together, and I didn't want to see Emma settle for her other suitor.
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Dec 06, 2011
Kasey
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I was filled with mixed feelings for this book. I really like Nikki and Emma. I love a tortured hero and Nikki fit the bill. Emma was a strong leading woman and the two had lots to overcome before things were quite the HEA and somehow this one didn't completely work for me.
Nikki has had a rough life and I would love to have actually gotten to learn more about his history and watch him overcome his past to be happy in his life and future. He made lots of mistakes with Emma and w More...
Nikki has had a rough life and I would love to have actually gotten to learn more about his history and watch him overcome his past to be happy in his life and future. He made lots of mistakes with Emma and w More...
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Jan 20, 2011
Ashley
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This book was okay. There were certain aspects I really liked... and then some I didn't really care too much for. Things I liked.... I liked how Emma was a strong, fiery heroine. I liked how Nikolas' personality developed toward Emma and Jake toward the end. However, I didn't like...
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The reincarnation thing. It just didn't really flow for me. Maybe it also doesn't help that I don't believe in reincarnation, but I don't think that was it. Also, there were little th More...
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The reincarnation thing. It just didn't really flow for me. Maybe it also doesn't help that I don't believe in reincarnation, but I don't think that was it. Also, there were little th More...
Nov 10, 2010
Keri
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Jul 06, 2011
H.
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Rating: 4 stars
I am so immensely relieved that what I had predicted about the Stokehurst series was true. As it turns out the previous book (Midnight Angel) was just an apptizer to this lovely main course. I didn't really enjoy Midnight Angel as much as I enjoyed Prince of Dreams which had all the elemnets to make a good historical romance read. Prince Nikki is a great hero with lots of secrets that are fun to discover as they are slowly unveiled. Also, I love the fact that he did no More...
I am so immensely relieved that what I had predicted about the Stokehurst series was true. As it turns out the previous book (Midnight Angel) was just an apptizer to this lovely main course. I didn't really enjoy Midnight Angel as much as I enjoyed Prince of Dreams which had all the elemnets to make a good historical romance read. Prince Nikki is a great hero with lots of secrets that are fun to discover as they are slowly unveiled. Also, I love the fact that he did no More...
Aug 09, 2010
Mary
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LK intoduces us to a very dark character - Nikolas, who is filled with mixed emotions. He is a man who is tender and caring one moment, and cold and callous the next. He has an undying love for Emma, but he has no idea how to handle his feelings or how to make Emma happy. Emma is confused by his nature, and her emotions are tarnished by a past love, but feels compelled to act on the strange attractions she slowly develops for Nikolas, even though initially it is purely for convenience.
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Dec 15, 2011
Leilani
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It's kind of amazing to me that this book came from the same mind that produced my beloved Devil in Winter and other books like Again the Magic. Prince of Dreams is just sort of meh. I never really liked Nikki and his sudden change from total a-hole to wonder dad and husband gave me whiplash. The dream sequence/time travel aspect really came out of left field and kind of fit with the rest of the book, but mostly was just weird. The big crises at the end was predictable and, as such, boring.
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Feb 13, 2012
Marilyn
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Three and a half stars. I won't repeat the plot, since that's repeated in detail in other reviews. This was very different from what I've been reading. A hero more tortured than Dain from Lord of Scoundrels. Some purple prose, some unlikely time-travel/reincarnation/visions stuff, but the emotions rang true for me and I'll put up with all kinds of nonsense to have emotions written so cleanly and with such truth.
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Mar 23, 2008
Sandra
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i give it two 'cause of the tiger, but not cool at all...
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Nov 27, 2011
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May 16, 2011
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Jul 07, 2011
Nance
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I can't really say that this was one of my favorite Lisa Kleypas books because the middle of the story was a little boring, and a little bizarre. The story starts off with an exiled arrogant Russian, Nikolas Angelovsky, who has set his sights on marrying Emma Stokehurst since the age of 13. Emma, however, thinks she's in love with Adam Milbank, a scheming fortune hunter. Nicholas conveniently gets rid of Adam, therefore, breaking Emma's heart. Emma is crushed because of Adam's desertion, and tur
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Apr 22, 2011
Bekah
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4.5 *
Prince of Dreams is the second and last book in the Stokehurst series. Nikolas is the coldly dangerous villain from book 1, Midnight Angel and he is just as cold and dangerous in this installment as well. He wants Emma Stokehurst and will do anything to possess her. Though when he gets her satisfaction is not quite his.
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Prince of Dreams is the second and last book in the Stokehurst series. Nikolas is the coldly dangerous villain from book 1, Midnight Angel and he is just as cold and dangerous in this installment as well. He wants Emma Stokehurst and will do anything to possess her. Though when he gets her satisfaction is not quite his.
This is Lisa’s second time travel romance and the last one to date. I really liked this one a bit more than the last. I felt the use of time travel More...
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Oct 03, 2011
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I know many Kleypas fans don't care for this book. It's darker than some of her others and features elements many romance readers shy away from. I can't help myself, I adore it. There's something so raw about Nikolas, some indefinable thing that makes him worthy, even when he shouldn't be. It doesn't hurt that Emma is amazing. She's strong and caring and compassionate, but she isn't a doormat. Though parts of this are hard to read, it's an excellent novel.
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Nov 06, 2009
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Aug 30, 2011
Kikkasole
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....E la mia visione cambia quasi nettamente.
Per le prime 50 pagine mi sono sentita presa in giro, gabbata, raggirata!
Se avevo amato Luke e tasia nel libro scorso, in questo m'è venuta voglia di pigliarli a padellate in faccia.
Emma poi, niente più che la solita vergine insicura e impaurita di restare senza l'amore.
Il libro comunque non è male, specialmente quando Nicholas si ritroverà a vivere la vita di un suo antenato , indietro nel tempo di centosett'anni (o giù di lì)
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Per le prime 50 pagine mi sono sentita presa in giro, gabbata, raggirata!
Se avevo amato Luke e tasia nel libro scorso, in questo m'è venuta voglia di pigliarli a padellate in faccia.
Emma poi, niente più che la solita vergine insicura e impaurita di restare senza l'amore.
Il libro comunque non è male, specialmente quando Nicholas si ritroverà a vivere la vita di un suo antenato , indietro nel tempo di centosett'anni (o giù di lì)
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May 23, 2009
完全なAquit
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I waited years to read "Prince of Dreams" and when I did, I barely last 30 minutes with it.
I can go on and on but I didn't finish it (even though I did skim it) so I don't want to waste time writing a review for it.
Emma was too annoying, acted like a spoiled brat, too hot-tempered, and just plain uninteresting for my taste. If anyone needed a slap—it was her.
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I can go on and on but I didn't finish it (even though I did skim it) so I don't want to waste time writing a review for it.
Emma was too annoying, acted like a spoiled brat, too hot-tempered, and just plain uninteresting for my taste. If anyone needed a slap—it was her.
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Aug 27, 2011
Holly
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I know many Kleypas fans don't care for this book. It's darker than some of her others and features elements many romance readers shy away from. I can't help myself, I adore it. There's something so raw about Nikolas, some indefinable thing that makes him worthy, even when he shouldn't be.
Emma is amazing. She's strong and caring and compassionate, but she isn't a doormat. Though parts of this are hard to read, it's an excellent novel.
Emma is amazing. She's strong and caring and compassionate, but she isn't a doormat. Though parts of this are hard to read, it's an excellent novel.
May 01, 2011
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