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The Silver Casket
Laura knew there was no future for them
Right from their first meeting, Laura felt that Tom Farrell would change her life.
Somehow he brought her painfully out of her cocoon of work and uninvolvement as no one else had done. At last she was fully aware of herself as a woman; aware of new dreams coming into her life.
But Tom Farrell had made it perfectly clear that he could offer nothing but an affair--and loving him as she did, Laura realized that for her it just wouldn't be enough....
Right from their first meeting, Laura felt that Tom Farrell would change her life.
Somehow he brought her painfully out of her cocoon of work and uninvolvement as no one else had done. At last she was fully aware of herself as a woman; aware of new dreams coming into her life.
But Tom Farrell had made it perfectly clear that he could offer nothing but an affair--and loving him as she did, Laura realized that for her it just wouldn't be enough....
- GenresRomance
188 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 1, 1982
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August 22, 2020
"The Silver Casket" is the story of Laura and Tom.
Dear god, WHY.
Heroine and hero see each other in a bar. Their eyes clash, and they cannot look away- instant lust! Heroine is told hero is a famous playwriter and married playboy with an invalid wife. Heroine (a successful illustrator) is then approached and propositioned by the hero, but refuses because she does not go out with married men. Anyways, this does not stop her from mooning over him throughout the book. She's crazy in love with him in seconds, he is equally obsessed with her. The drama in the book comes from her being an impulsive idiot and running away every second, her also being an oblivious femme fatale and every man in the book drooling over her- creepily, also the hero's son. There's a lot of back and forth, and event thought their chemistry is bomb, the plot was just NOT my cup of tea.
PS. Not judging, but also judging because it's my profession.. I feel pity for the heroine's poor lungs. She was bathing in cigarettes.
Unsafe by definition
2/5
Dear god, WHY.
Heroine and hero see each other in a bar. Their eyes clash, and they cannot look away- instant lust! Heroine is told hero is a famous playwriter and married playboy with an invalid wife. Heroine (a successful illustrator) is then approached and propositioned by the hero, but refuses because she does not go out with married men. Anyways, this does not stop her from mooning over him throughout the book. She's crazy in love with him in seconds, he is equally obsessed with her. The drama in the book comes from her being an impulsive idiot and running away every second, her also being an oblivious femme fatale and every man in the book drooling over her- creepily, also the hero's son. There's a lot of back and forth, and event thought their chemistry is bomb, the plot was just NOT my cup of tea.
PS. Not judging, but also judging because it's my profession.. I feel pity for the heroine's poor lungs. She was bathing in cigarettes.
Unsafe by definition
2/5
March 1, 2019
Ugh. Lousy cheating Hero. If this is a trigger for you, stay away.
The Hero and heroine have an eye locking instant attraction moment in a restaurant and it all starts from there.
However, the Hero is married, he says he has been separated from his wife for 16years, but he is not divorced! That doesn’t stop him constantly making passes at the heroine, and her succumbing. 🙄
I was just so fed up with both of them. The heroine is a ninny, who doesn’t want to be a cheater with the Hero but she can’t help herself. So she cries or moans, is always exhausted.. I was exhausted... and runs away. But as we know in HP land, she inadvertently finds herself in the cottage owned by the Hero.
She meets his 19 year old son, whom the Hero is also jealous of... she sees the Hero brooding, it turns out his wife has died. But they haven’t resolved anything because she knows he has a mistress in London and she’s probably just another notch on his belt.
Anyway she runs away again, but the mistress finds her and confesses that they are just friends, she and her husband are staying with the Hero. Then she rats the heroine out to the Hero so he comes to drag her to a secluded location so he can confess his great love for her, by telling her he initiated divorce proceedings the day he met her.
Gee thanks! 🙄 I didn’t like the characters, I didn’t like the story.
Not recommend.
The Hero and heroine have an eye locking instant attraction moment in a restaurant and it all starts from there.
However, the Hero is married, he says he has been separated from his wife for 16years, but he is not divorced! That doesn’t stop him constantly making passes at the heroine, and her succumbing. 🙄
I was just so fed up with both of them. The heroine is a ninny, who doesn’t want to be a cheater with the Hero but she can’t help herself. So she cries or moans, is always exhausted.. I was exhausted... and runs away. But as we know in HP land, she inadvertently finds herself in the cottage owned by the Hero.
She meets his 19 year old son, whom the Hero is also jealous of... she sees the Hero brooding, it turns out his wife has died. But they haven’t resolved anything because she knows he has a mistress in London and she’s probably just another notch on his belt.
Anyway she runs away again, but the mistress finds her and confesses that they are just friends, she and her husband are staying with the Hero. Then she rats the heroine out to the Hero so he comes to drag her to a secluded location so he can confess his great love for her, by telling her he initiated divorce proceedings the day he met her.
Gee thanks! 🙄 I didn’t like the characters, I didn’t like the story.
Not recommend.
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December 13, 2012
an oldie that was mentioned on an amazon forum: the very non-PC hero, the shy, virginal heroine, the chase, the big misunderstanding, the seduction.....an OK story
November 22, 2013
Heroine smokes like a chimney every other page. Huge turn off as far as I'm concerned.
December 5, 2023
Giving it a 4 to find it again although it's probably more of a 3. Illustrator Laura, virginal chainsmoker, falls heavily for chainsmoking married playwright Tom Farrell. Starring highly - in spite of both of their disgusting smoking (different times) habits - for eyes locking early encounter scene ( one of my favourite types), excellent sexual tension, 2 very tempting OMs (an Italian artist and the Hs own son - be still my taboo-flirting heart). The estranged wife dies before they consummate but if you're squeamish about such things, probably not for you. I'd have succumbed much earlier, lol, a 38 year old craggy intellectual being just my type 😂 The plot was on the weak side but who cares.
Ps the female cover model looks 40 if she's a day, whereas our h is 22 or 23.
Ps the female cover model looks 40 if she's a day, whereas our h is 22 or 23.
August 30, 2020
I like Patricia Lake’s books, because the heroes are such wonderful men. The men in her books are warm, generous, supportive of the woman, handsome, rich manly men. They give the most beautiful compliments to the woman, they are sexy and desirable and they don’t hide their feelings for thr woman. The men are true heroes and every woman’s dream. I actually read her books because the men in her books make me all warm and fuzzy, lol.
What I don’t like in her books is that the women in her books are so stupid and biased. And a turn-off is that the women in her books all smoke cigarettes like chimneys.
All in all I definitely recommend her books. Because of the men.
What I don’t like in her books is that the women in her books are so stupid and biased. And a turn-off is that the women in her books all smoke cigarettes like chimneys.
All in all I definitely recommend her books. Because of the men.
July 24, 2013
A terribly lot of a drama going on this novel and yet it was pretty god. There was a hell of a lot of assumptions thrown around though.
November 17, 2023
Decent book that has one of my favorite trope, the hero is married and doesn’t want or cannot divorce his wife. This one is not willing to divorce his wife because she would fight to have his son, and since she’s a psycho and he doesn’t want to let his son with her, he doesn’t ask for a divorce. So when he meets the heroine is insta love for both, but she tries to resist since he is married. He pursues her relentlessly and when she is willing to give him her v card he refuses because he can’t offer her more than an affair. The heroine then leaves London to go with one of her friends to Scotland, where she meets and interesting 19 yo who of course is immediately smitten with her. Guess who’s him? The hero’s son, so of course the hero comes there with him and starts fOllowing the heroine again trying to sex her up. There’s a flood, an accident, some unpleasantness and in the end they have sex. His wife is dead now, drowned while drunk. But the heroine doesn’t think the hero wants her for more than one affair. She goes back to London and the hero finds her a couple of days later explaining that he filed for a divorced the day after meeting her, because of course he wants to marry her. There’s a ow who’s not an ow, two om wo are in love with the heroine, one is his own son. The hero’s behavior is suspicious because he repeatedly tells the heroine that he can’t offer her more than an affair, but if he really filed for a divorce why did he behave like he wanted to avoid any entanglement? Maybe he wanted to wait until he was divorced? Who knows. And the heroine, too many cigarettes baby, and not much strong on her decisions. It was all I want you, no I don’t, I want to make love with you, no I hate you. Ok, decide once for all and then regret, maybe. Anyway, it was angsty and the hero was besotted and jealous of everyone. Cute.
October 25, 2019
Laura knew there was no future for them
Right from their first meeting, Laura felt that Tom Farrell would change her life.
Somehow he brought her painfully out of her cocoon of work and uninvolvement as no one else had done. At last she was fully aware of herself as a woman; aware of new dreams coming into her life.
But Tom Farrell had made it perfectly clear that he could offer nothing but an affair--and loving him as she did, Laura realized that for her it just wouldn't be enough.... (less)
Right from their first meeting, Laura felt that Tom Farrell would change her life.
Somehow he brought her painfully out of her cocoon of work and uninvolvement as no one else had done. At last she was fully aware of herself as a woman; aware of new dreams coming into her life.
But Tom Farrell had made it perfectly clear that he could offer nothing but an affair--and loving him as she did, Laura realized that for her it just wouldn't be enough.... (less)
October 25, 2021
Sweet ingénue + cynic married older man who has a son h's age and thinks he can demand h's trust and surrender without telling her a thing about himself
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August 30, 2025Not the most morally repugnant romance novel I've read by far, but still...gross.
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