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published
October 1st 1983
by Avon
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Mass Market Paperback, 576 pages
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setting
The United Kingdom
literary awards
1998 AAR Top 100 Romances #56
isbn
0380844001
(isbn13: 9780380844005)
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Debt-ridden Avery Fleming is determined to find a wealthy husband for his beautiful daughter, Erienne, so he can pay off his mountain of debts. Erienn...more
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I loved how ms. woodiwiss portrayed Lord Saxton--fierce on the outside but oh-so-tender when with Erienne. personally, the way he was described, i did not feel he was that hideous. i actually preferred him over Christopher. before any revelations were finally made open, i found myself hotly rooting for Lord Saxton. for me, Christopher (allegedly removed from Lord Saxton's presence) was cocky and outrageous. handsome as the devil of course, and totally overwhelming. but somehow he didnt quite mea...more
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Okay - I enjoyed this purely for the pleasure of reading and not for anything other than my enjoyment book. I'm taking a small break from serious stuff mainly because I've become a political junkie and can't seem to not watch CNN or MSNBC for the overviews. So, I gotta go to something light when I get upset.
Pretty good.
Pretty good.
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Read in February, 2007
Another of my favorite 'escape novels', this book has really engaging characters, and an interesting plot. I don't like all of the books by this author, but this one is high on my list of easy-read comfort books.
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Read in January, 2008
Reasonably entertaining (but predictable) Beauty and the Beast Plot. Erienne Fleming's father, the hard drinking and gambling mayor of their northern England town needs to sell her in marriage to the highest bidder to pay off his gambling debts. Handsome Yankee Christopher Seton wants Erienne, but since Christian is the one he owes the greatest debt to, Christian is banned from bidding for her hand. Instead, Erienne's hand is purchased by the mysterious Lord of Saxton who was horribly injured an...more
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Read in July, 2008
I have read a lot of books and authors in my 25 years, but I have to say Kathleen E. Woodiwiss is climbing to the top of my favorite authors chart. I loved this book. It had a good mystery that kept you guessing for a large part of the book. The romance was quite wonderful. I totally guessed the ending, before I even started reading. (This always makes my day!) Although, there were a few times when I was left in doubt to my prediction. I loved the idea of Erienne married to a man that she had ne...more
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Read in December, 1983
Yes, yes, yes, she has creamy thighs and he has throbbing manhood but this book was fabulous. I read it many many years ago and then I read it again. The poor copy has creases on its creases. When you take apart a real romance novel like this one you can see that the woman is actually very strong. She is strong enough to bring the man to his knees and this is why,in my humble opinion, the genre is so popular. Women want to be strong but they want to be women. They want to be loved by men for ...more
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Read in August, 2007
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Well, yeah. This was our first choice for our book club. Mind you, we have a librarian and a rare book expert from Christies in this group, so...so...so there!
This book wasn't nearly as bad as the first 150 pages would have you believe. Those pages were TORTURE. But buck up, young romantic: it gets much better from there. There were masks and capes and duels and highwaymen and all manner of good and exciting things. More importantly, the purple prose was a decent shade of purple and the happ...more
This book wasn't nearly as bad as the first 150 pages would have you believe. Those pages were TORTURE. But buck up, young romantic: it gets much better from there. There were masks and capes and duels and highwaymen and all manner of good and exciting things. More importantly, the purple prose was a decent shade of purple and the happ...more
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Read in October, 2006
Another of the books I consider to be great reads from this author. This book pertains to abit of trickery on the heroin by the hero. This is one of those historical reads where the girl is cinderalla type, meets hero, with a twist. Great read. I recommend this author's Shanna and Come Love a Stranger, too.
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Yes, this is girl porn...but not some cheap bodice-ripper. I love Kathleen Woodiwiss, and this book was not just a guilty pleasure; it's one worth recommending to anyone who likes the occasional historical romance novel. Being in the ten month of a deployment to Iraq makes it that much better too.
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This was my first Romance novel, and I read it at the suggestion of my mother. Although I did not care for all the lust and bust, I did really enjoy the action/mystery filled plot. Definitely not for the prude, but really was a good read.
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Read in August, 2008
This was one of Kathleen's better! I was completely wrapped up in it. I even told Ryan the story. Like all Romances...completely predictable BUT I couldn't put this one down until I figured out how it would all come together.
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This is one of my favorite Kathleen E. Woodiwiss books of all time. I love how the story evolves and I love both the male and female leads in this book. This is one of the first romance novels I ever read and still is in my top 5.
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A re-writing of Beauty and the Beast. Again, pure unadulterated guilty pleasure. One of those books you hate to take to any doctor office except maybe the OB/GYN where other women will say "Oh, I've read that, it was great!"
This was the very first historical romance novel I read. I was about 20 years old at the time. Kathleen Woodiwiss created such a powerful storyline, it remains my most favorite romance novel to this very day.
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This was the first one from this author that I ever read.
I LOVED IT! It kind of has a "Beauty and the Beast" feel to it, but BETTER! I went on to read all of her other novels and love them!
I LOVED IT! It kind of has a "Beauty and the Beast" feel to it, but BETTER! I went on to read all of her other novels and love them!
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Read in January, 1984
Another good one from Woodiwiss - I think she got her inspiration from the old Greek mythology story of "Cupid & Psyche" and mixed it up with a little bit of "Batman/The Dark Knight." Enjoy!
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I have read this many times. Out of all the romance novels that I have read this is my all time favorite (followed by Gentle Rogue by Johanna Lindsay). It is so romantic!!!!
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Read in January, 1990
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My mom was huge romance novel reader. She had all of Kathleen Woodiwiss' books. This was the first one of hers that I ever read. Good read, if you're into romance novels.
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I've read this before, but I'm reading it again. It's one of my favorite romances of all time. I love the heroine, strong, faithful, courageous.
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