Crimson Lace

by Linda Francis Lee

Ten years after a devastating scandal led to her downfall from turn-of-the-century New York society, Lily Blakemore returns to the city, finding romance with Morgan Elliot, who must resist her charms and learn the truth about Lily's past. Original.

Genres: Historical Romance, Romance

306 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published December 1, 1997

About the author

Linda Francis Lee is a native Texan now calling New York City home. Linda's writing career began when her article "There Is No Finish Line" was published in her university's quarterly magazine. But she got sidetracked from writing when she started teaching probability and statistics. Later she found her way back to writing, and the Atlanta Journal Constitution called her breakout novel, Blue Waltz, "absolutely stunning."
Now Linda is the author of nineteen books that are published in sixteen countries around the world, in languages as diverse as Japanese and Russian. Two of her most recent novels are in development for feature films, and she is in the process of co-developing a television series set in her beloved Texas. Lee's next novel, her twentieth, is a large work of fiction about the redemption of a man, and will be released in 2011.
When Linda isn't writing, she loves to run in Central Park and spend time with her husband, family, and friends.

Reviews

[Nancy · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm so glad Linda Francis Lee found a genre to write in and/or learned how to write well. It's definately not this one. This book is twice as long as it needs to be. It drug along horribly. The phrase "Crimson Lily" was "over"used to the point of obsession. The heroine was silly and manic depressive. I don't know what the hero found to fall in love with about her other than he kept talking about how beautiful she was and how much he lusted for her. Yeah, that sounds like love to me.

[LadyAileen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Non è il primo libro che leggo di quest’autrice ed ho già notato alcuni punti ricorrenti. Per esempio, per l’ambientazione sono spesso utilizzati gli Stati Uniti. Anche per quanto riguarda il periodo storico stiamo sempre attorno 1890-1896. Infine, la caratterizzazione delle protagoniste: donne irriverenti, selvagge e sfrontate. Ho notato, inoltre, che la componente artistica sembra essere presente in più di un romanzo.
La trama nasconde vari colpi di scena che si scoprono man mano che il lettore procede nella lettura. I più eclatanti sono sicuramente quelli finali. Alcuni invece erano facilmente intuibili. È scorrevole e cattura l’attenzione del lettore senza annoiare. La presenza di un livello di sensualità alto ma senza mai essere volgare o noioso.
Alcuni dialoghi mi hanno colpito per il sottile senso dell’umorismo per cui altro buon motivo per leggere questo libro. Una lettura leggera senza troppe pretese.