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Capturing the Crown #4
Royal Betrayal
She was the king's private physician. Until the explosion tore through the royal palace, leaving Zara Smith with disturbing visions and no memory. A risky place to be in a sovereignty rife with intrigue and danger in the form of one roguishly sexy doctor with an irresistible bedside manner....
Famed medical consultant Walker Shaw was thrilled when his new patient turned out to be the passionate blue blood with whom he'd shared an unforgettable night seven years before. Walker was determined to reignite Lady Zara's memories of their connection and prove to his once and future lover that dreams could come true....
Famed medical consultant Walker Shaw was thrilled when his new patient turned out to be the passionate blue blood with whom he'd shared an unforgettable night seven years before. Walker was determined to reignite Lady Zara's memories of their connection and prove to his once and future lover that dreams could come true....
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published July 1, 2006
About the author
Nina Bruhns
73 books551 followersNew York Times and USA Today best selling author Nina Bruhns is an avid world traveler and adventurer with two graduate degrees in archaeology -- all great fodder for her stories, giving them broad dimension, vivid settings and characters that are out of the ordinary. In addition to hitting both the NY Times and USA Today bestseller lists, her novels have earned two RITA nominations, and won numerous other awards, including three prestigious Daphne du Maurier Awards of Excellence for Overall Best Mystery Suspense Novel of the Year, five Dorothy Parker Awards, several RT BookClub Awards and a National Readers Choice Award.
A native of Canada, Nina grew up in California and currently resides in beautiful Charleston, South Carolina.
A native of Canada, Nina grew up in California and currently resides in beautiful Charleston, South Carolina.
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January 9, 2010
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ONLY HIS KISS WOULD WAKE THIS SLEEPING BEAUTY...
She was the king's private physician. Until the explosion tore through the royal palace, leaving Zara Smith with disturbing visions and no memory. A risky place to be in a sovereignty rife with intrigue and danger in the form of one roguishly sexy doctor with an irresistible bedside manner...
Famed medical consultant Walker Shaw was thrilled when his new patient turned out to be the passionate blue blood with whom he'd shared an unforgettable night seven years before. Walker was determined to reignite Lady Zara's memories of their connection and prove to his once and future lover that dreams could come true...
This was only an OK read to me. Walker and Zara were nice and likeable enough, but I didn't connect with them because I never fully understood why either stayed away from the other for 7 years. Pressing agendas? Sorry, I didn't buy it. Different goals in life? That was more like it, but that hadn't changed over the years. So why pursue a relationship now?
Also, I felt kind of lost in the story sometimes. I knew this book was part of a multi-author series, but I didn't think it would be necessary to read the previous books. Based on my experience, this kind of series doesn't usually require that. As it was, I can't say whether my "confusion" would have been cleared if I had read the previous books, or whether Ms. Bruhns's writing was lacking.
This isn't the last book in the series and the overall mystery that connects all the books was left unresolved, as expected. I'm not curious enough to keep reading the series to find out how it ends, though.
ONLY HIS KISS WOULD WAKE THIS SLEEPING BEAUTY...
She was the king's private physician. Until the explosion tore through the royal palace, leaving Zara Smith with disturbing visions and no memory. A risky place to be in a sovereignty rife with intrigue and danger in the form of one roguishly sexy doctor with an irresistible bedside manner...
Famed medical consultant Walker Shaw was thrilled when his new patient turned out to be the passionate blue blood with whom he'd shared an unforgettable night seven years before. Walker was determined to reignite Lady Zara's memories of their connection and prove to his once and future lover that dreams could come true...
This was only an OK read to me. Walker and Zara were nice and likeable enough, but I didn't connect with them because I never fully understood why either stayed away from the other for 7 years. Pressing agendas? Sorry, I didn't buy it. Different goals in life? That was more like it, but that hadn't changed over the years. So why pursue a relationship now?
Also, I felt kind of lost in the story sometimes. I knew this book was part of a multi-author series, but I didn't think it would be necessary to read the previous books. Based on my experience, this kind of series doesn't usually require that. As it was, I can't say whether my "confusion" would have been cleared if I had read the previous books, or whether Ms. Bruhns's writing was lacking.
This isn't the last book in the series and the overall mystery that connects all the books was left unresolved, as expected. I'm not curious enough to keep reading the series to find out how it ends, though.
August 4, 2008
Book 4 of CAPTURING THE CROWN mini-series
She has haunted his dreams for years…
Now she is a target…but doesn’t remember why.
Do fairy tales come true?
Once upon a time there was a beautiful doctor, Lady Zara Smith, living in the island kingdom of Silvershire. One day a bomb goes off, nearly killing her, and she suddenly finds herself in the center of a deadly royal palace intrigue, complete with poisoned princes, nasty villains, hit-and-run drivers, hidden passages, frightening visions and buried secrets. But she can’t remember why anyone would want to see her dead….
Enter one handsome Cinderella knight: Dr. Walker Shaw, who arrives to help cure our Lady’s temporary amnesia. But the sexy psychiatrist has his own problems. A false accusation has ended his illustrious medical career, throwing him into professional disgrace. And a commoner with a murky past has no chance for a relationship with the noble Lady Zara.
Or does he…?
She has haunted his dreams for years…
Now she is a target…but doesn’t remember why.
Do fairy tales come true?
Once upon a time there was a beautiful doctor, Lady Zara Smith, living in the island kingdom of Silvershire. One day a bomb goes off, nearly killing her, and she suddenly finds herself in the center of a deadly royal palace intrigue, complete with poisoned princes, nasty villains, hit-and-run drivers, hidden passages, frightening visions and buried secrets. But she can’t remember why anyone would want to see her dead….
Enter one handsome Cinderella knight: Dr. Walker Shaw, who arrives to help cure our Lady’s temporary amnesia. But the sexy psychiatrist has his own problems. A false accusation has ended his illustrious medical career, throwing him into professional disgrace. And a commoner with a murky past has no chance for a relationship with the noble Lady Zara.
Or does he…?
January 22, 2014
not that great
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