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Litchfield #2
Silk and Steel
SHE COULD TAKE HIS NAME,
Lady Kathryn Grayson is a gently bred noblewoman with a privileged future ahead of her... until her greedy uncle decides to steal her fortune by committing her to an insane asylum. Her only escape is to stow away in the carriage of Lucien Montaine, Marquess of Litchfield, who hears her story with disbelief and suspicion. Yet Kathryn's instincts tell her Lord Litchfield is a man of honor -- and her only salvation. Desperate to save herself, she attempts to seduce him and forces him into marriage.
BUT SHE COULDN'T TAKE HIS HEART.
The moment Lucien encounters the ragged, hungry waif with the dignity of a queen, he fights against wanting her. Though captivated by her intellect, strong will and beauty, he will never love the woman who has deceived him.
OR SO HE THOUGHT...
Though their battle of wills grows stronger every day, desire threatens to overpower his fury. Can this maddening woman who is now his bride melt his heart of steel? Or will her silken touch only strengthen his vow never to fall prey to the dangers of love?
Lady Kathryn Grayson is a gently bred noblewoman with a privileged future ahead of her... until her greedy uncle decides to steal her fortune by committing her to an insane asylum. Her only escape is to stow away in the carriage of Lucien Montaine, Marquess of Litchfield, who hears her story with disbelief and suspicion. Yet Kathryn's instincts tell her Lord Litchfield is a man of honor -- and her only salvation. Desperate to save herself, she attempts to seduce him and forces him into marriage.
BUT SHE COULDN'T TAKE HIS HEART.
The moment Lucien encounters the ragged, hungry waif with the dignity of a queen, he fights against wanting her. Though captivated by her intellect, strong will and beauty, he will never love the woman who has deceived him.
OR SO HE THOUGHT...
Though their battle of wills grows stronger every day, desire threatens to overpower his fury. Can this maddening woman who is now his bride melt his heart of steel? Or will her silken touch only strengthen his vow never to fall prey to the dangers of love?
368 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 5, 2004
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Kat Martin
189 books3,173 followersKathleen Kelly Martin (aka Kathy Lawrence, Kasey Mars)
Kathleen Kelly was born on 14 July 1947 in the Central Valley of California, USA. She obtained a degree in Anthropology and also studied History at the University of California in Santa Barbara. She was a real estate broker, when she met her future husband, Larry Jay Martin. A short time after the two became acquainted, Larry asked her to read an unpublished manuscript of an historical western he'd written. Kat fell in love with both the book and the author! Then, after doing some editing for him, she thought she'd try her own hand at writing. She moved on to become a full time writer.
Published since 1988, she signed her books with her married name, Kat Martin, but she also used two pseudonyms: Kathy Lawrence for a book in collaboration with her husband Larry Jay Martin, and Kasey Mars for her first contemporary romances. The New York Times bestselling writer, among her many awards, has won the prestigious RT Book Review Magazine Career Achievement Award. To date, Kat has over eleven million copies of her books in print. She has been published in seventeen foreign countries, including England, South Africa, Spain, Argentina, Germany, Italy, Greece, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Bulgaria, China, and Korea.
Currently residing with her husband, a Western-writer and photographer, in Missoula, Montana, USA. But when they are not writing, they also enjoy skiing and traveling, particularly to Europe.
"I've always loved books. I was an avid reader, with any number of my own stories rolling around in my head. Writing them down seemed a logical step."
"I love anything old," Kat says. "I love to travel and especially like to visit the places where my books are set. My husband and I often stay in out-of-the-way inns and houses built in times past. It's fun and it gives a wonderful sense of a by-gone era."
Kathleen Kelly was born on 14 July 1947 in the Central Valley of California, USA. She obtained a degree in Anthropology and also studied History at the University of California in Santa Barbara. She was a real estate broker, when she met her future husband, Larry Jay Martin. A short time after the two became acquainted, Larry asked her to read an unpublished manuscript of an historical western he'd written. Kat fell in love with both the book and the author! Then, after doing some editing for him, she thought she'd try her own hand at writing. She moved on to become a full time writer.
Published since 1988, she signed her books with her married name, Kat Martin, but she also used two pseudonyms: Kathy Lawrence for a book in collaboration with her husband Larry Jay Martin, and Kasey Mars for her first contemporary romances. The New York Times bestselling writer, among her many awards, has won the prestigious RT Book Review Magazine Career Achievement Award. To date, Kat has over eleven million copies of her books in print. She has been published in seventeen foreign countries, including England, South Africa, Spain, Argentina, Germany, Italy, Greece, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Bulgaria, China, and Korea.
Currently residing with her husband, a Western-writer and photographer, in Missoula, Montana, USA. But when they are not writing, they also enjoy skiing and traveling, particularly to Europe.
"I've always loved books. I was an avid reader, with any number of my own stories rolling around in my head. Writing them down seemed a logical step."
"I love anything old," Kat says. "I love to travel and especially like to visit the places where my books are set. My husband and I often stay in out-of-the-way inns and houses built in times past. It's fun and it gives a wonderful sense of a by-gone era."
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November 10, 2017
3.5
Me ha gustado, mucho más la primera parte que la segunda.
Es una novela de las de antes, quizás demasiado previsible pero la historia es bonita
Mi problema ha sido el personaje de ella, hay demasiadas cosas que no puedo comentar pero que me han resultado muy difíciles de creer no tan solo en referencia a los temas legales que la envuelven sino a su situación y el modo de hacerle frente.
Como personaje me ha gustado mucho, es de esas mujeres independientes, fuertes y decididas... pero me ha faltado credibilidad.,,
El me ha gustado, es de esas personajes estiradas que tanto adoro, convencidos de que lo que quieren no es lo bueno y de forma algo cobarde tienen a decantarse por lo cómodo y lo poco arriesgado.
Su relación con altibajos y giros se lee muy bien, sobre todo al principio. Mi problema es que llega un punto que me ha dado la sensación (esto es algo muy personal) de que la autora no sabía por dónde seguir y da un giro y a partir de ahí... la historia se me ha desinflado mucho... y más con un final que creo que no está a la altura de todo lo que acontece.
Seguramente hace unos años con menos lecturas me hubiera encantado.
Una historia bonita, con algunas partes que no he podido creerme
Me ha gustado, mucho más la primera parte que la segunda.
Es una novela de las de antes, quizás demasiado previsible pero la historia es bonita
Mi problema ha sido el personaje de ella, hay demasiadas cosas que no puedo comentar pero que me han resultado muy difíciles de creer no tan solo en referencia a los temas legales que la envuelven sino a su situación y el modo de hacerle frente.
Como personaje me ha gustado mucho, es de esas mujeres independientes, fuertes y decididas... pero me ha faltado credibilidad.,,
El me ha gustado, es de esas personajes estiradas que tanto adoro, convencidos de que lo que quieren no es lo bueno y de forma algo cobarde tienen a decantarse por lo cómodo y lo poco arriesgado.
Su relación con altibajos y giros se lee muy bien, sobre todo al principio. Mi problema es que llega un punto que me ha dado la sensación (esto es algo muy personal) de que la autora no sabía por dónde seguir y da un giro y a partir de ahí... la historia se me ha desinflado mucho... y más con un final que creo que no está a la altura de todo lo que acontece.
Seguramente hace unos años con menos lecturas me hubiera encantado.
Una historia bonita, con algunas partes que no he podido creerme
March 4, 2017
The first 85% of this book was fantastic. I cannot forgive the ending. Truly. So be forewarned, Spoilers ahead. This sequel follows Lucien Montaine, a cynical lord who for some reason, seeing how happy his friend Jason is (but remembering how much pain he endured) has decided that love is not for him. So he's engaged to a useless twit of a woman. Along comes Kathryn Grayson, who has been committed by her uncle to control her fortune and will stop at nothing to keep it. So Lucien sets out to protect her and finds himself falling in love (she goes first though!).
Here's the thing. First, and this is forgivable, she betrays him into marriage. And he is righteously angry. Livid. With reason. But he sees things differently after a while, though he has trouble accepting some of her hobbies. She is an absolute coward who acts without discussing her actions because she's afraid of his reaction. She's already (seemingly) ruined his life with a marriage he didn't want and forced him to face scandal because he has to cry off of his previous engagement. Then she proceeds to muck about in her studies risking even more scandal (though I understand she needs to do this.) The two of them have a very passionate, yet rather angsty and turbulent relationship. All of this could still be a great book, really!
But then, while Lucien is out realizing he loves her, she runs away. And so rather than facing him and giving him the chance to admit it, she just disappears on him. And he goes on a frantic search to find her (not only Lucien, but also his close friends and his aunt who are quite worried about her). Now while she's away for a year, she gives birth to his son and she feels a bit lonely. While she's gone he stops eating, loses weight, becomes a recluse, begins to lose faith and actually accepts that he will never see her again. Then she suddenly shows up with his son. After her cowardly escape because she was afraid to face him, I wanted her to feel some serious guilt. She destroyed the man that she loved and it wasn't until the following day when faced with the little boy that she had practically adopted into the family and then abandoned that she doubted her decision to leave. She made him suffer like that and she hardly suffers at all. She doesn't even apologize. The selfish, cold-hearted bitch. I can't forgive her. In the absence of her guilt, I would have preferred Lucien's anger - but no, by this time he's a broken, doormat of a hero. No thanks.
Here's the thing. First, and this is forgivable, she betrays him into marriage. And he is righteously angry. Livid. With reason. But he sees things differently after a while, though he has trouble accepting some of her hobbies. She is an absolute coward who acts without discussing her actions because she's afraid of his reaction. She's already (seemingly) ruined his life with a marriage he didn't want and forced him to face scandal because he has to cry off of his previous engagement. Then she proceeds to muck about in her studies risking even more scandal (though I understand she needs to do this.) The two of them have a very passionate, yet rather angsty and turbulent relationship. All of this could still be a great book, really!
But then, while Lucien is out realizing he loves her, she runs away. And so rather than facing him and giving him the chance to admit it, she just disappears on him. And he goes on a frantic search to find her (not only Lucien, but also his close friends and his aunt who are quite worried about her). Now while she's away for a year, she gives birth to his son and she feels a bit lonely. While she's gone he stops eating, loses weight, becomes a recluse, begins to lose faith and actually accepts that he will never see her again. Then she suddenly shows up with his son. After her cowardly escape because she was afraid to face him, I wanted her to feel some serious guilt. She destroyed the man that she loved and it wasn't until the following day when faced with the little boy that she had practically adopted into the family and then abandoned that she doubted her decision to leave. She made him suffer like that and she hardly suffers at all. She doesn't even apologize. The selfish, cold-hearted bitch. I can't forgive her. In the absence of her guilt, I would have preferred Lucien's anger - but no, by this time he's a broken, doormat of a hero. No thanks.
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September 21, 2021
Mucho drama pero me gustó, el final se me hizo un poco apresurado pero lo demás todo bien
March 23, 2012
this is the first i read kat's book, and i love it so much ;)
the story is begin about Lady Kathryn Grayson who is a gently bred noblewoman with a privileged future ahead of her until her greedy uncle decides to steal her fortune by committing her to an insane asylum.
Kathryn decided to escape from the trouble place and the fortune came when the night she excaped and found a carriage and then jumped to the carriage but that she dont know is that the carriage belong to Lord Litchfield who is a man of honor and probably her only salvation.
Desperate to save herself, no other choice, she attempts to seduce him and forces him into marriage.
but one thing she knew exactly that she couldn't take his heart.
The moment Lucien encounters the ragged, hungry waif with the dignity of a queen, he fights against wanting her. Though captivated by her intellect, strong will, and beauty, he will never love the woman who has deceived him.
Will kathryn success to gain his heart and will lucien finally open his heart and admit that he cant life without the woman who actually captured his heart from the fist time their meeting? meanwhile kathryn's uncle still trying to gain what he think that belong to him?
my review in indonesia
Lady kathryn adalah wanita bangsawan yg mempunyai masa depan yg cerah dikarenakan kekayaan yg diwariskan oleh yg sgt byk sampai akhirnya paman yg seharusnya menjadi walinya sblm dia dpt mengambil alih kekayaan ayahnya malah memasukkannya kerumah sakit jiwa karena pamannya adalah org serakah dan bermasuk mengambil semua kekayaan kathryn.
Krn tdk tahan dgn perlakuan rumah sakit jiwa yg sgt mengerikan hingga suatu malam kathryn melarikan diri dan ditengah jalan dia menemukan sebuah kereta dan tanpa pikir panjang dia pun menaiki kereta tsb yg ternyata adalah lord lucien Litchfield seorg bangsawan dan mgkn adalah satu2nya tmpt penyelamatannya.
Putus asa utk menyelamatkan dirinya, kathryn mencoba utk menggoda lucien yg pdhl saat itu sdh bertunangan dan akhirnya membatalkan pertunangan tsb dan menikah kathryn. dan kathryn tau dgn pasti bhw dia tdk akan pernah memenangkan hati lucien.
Sementara itu lucien yg berusaha menepis ketertarikannya kpd kathryn akibat masa lalu akhirnya hrs mengakui bhw dia tak dpt melawan rasa ketertarikan diantara mrk berdua.
Mampukah kathryn memenangkan hati Lucien dan apakah lucien dpt membuka hati dan akhirnya menerima bhw dia tdk akan bs hidup tanpa kathryn yg sebenarnya tlh menjerat hatinya sejak awal mrk bertemu sementara itu sang paman terus berusaha mendptkan kembali apa yg diyakininnya adalah miliknya
the story is begin about Lady Kathryn Grayson who is a gently bred noblewoman with a privileged future ahead of her until her greedy uncle decides to steal her fortune by committing her to an insane asylum.
Kathryn decided to escape from the trouble place and the fortune came when the night she excaped and found a carriage and then jumped to the carriage but that she dont know is that the carriage belong to Lord Litchfield who is a man of honor and probably her only salvation.
Desperate to save herself, no other choice, she attempts to seduce him and forces him into marriage.
but one thing she knew exactly that she couldn't take his heart.
The moment Lucien encounters the ragged, hungry waif with the dignity of a queen, he fights against wanting her. Though captivated by her intellect, strong will, and beauty, he will never love the woman who has deceived him.
Will kathryn success to gain his heart and will lucien finally open his heart and admit that he cant life without the woman who actually captured his heart from the fist time their meeting? meanwhile kathryn's uncle still trying to gain what he think that belong to him?
my review in indonesia
Lady kathryn adalah wanita bangsawan yg mempunyai masa depan yg cerah dikarenakan kekayaan yg diwariskan oleh yg sgt byk sampai akhirnya paman yg seharusnya menjadi walinya sblm dia dpt mengambil alih kekayaan ayahnya malah memasukkannya kerumah sakit jiwa karena pamannya adalah org serakah dan bermasuk mengambil semua kekayaan kathryn.
Krn tdk tahan dgn perlakuan rumah sakit jiwa yg sgt mengerikan hingga suatu malam kathryn melarikan diri dan ditengah jalan dia menemukan sebuah kereta dan tanpa pikir panjang dia pun menaiki kereta tsb yg ternyata adalah lord lucien Litchfield seorg bangsawan dan mgkn adalah satu2nya tmpt penyelamatannya.
Putus asa utk menyelamatkan dirinya, kathryn mencoba utk menggoda lucien yg pdhl saat itu sdh bertunangan dan akhirnya membatalkan pertunangan tsb dan menikah kathryn. dan kathryn tau dgn pasti bhw dia tdk akan pernah memenangkan hati lucien.
Sementara itu lucien yg berusaha menepis ketertarikannya kpd kathryn akibat masa lalu akhirnya hrs mengakui bhw dia tak dpt melawan rasa ketertarikan diantara mrk berdua.
Mampukah kathryn memenangkan hati Lucien dan apakah lucien dpt membuka hati dan akhirnya menerima bhw dia tdk akan bs hidup tanpa kathryn yg sebenarnya tlh menjerat hatinya sejak awal mrk bertemu sementara itu sang paman terus berusaha mendptkan kembali apa yg diyakininnya adalah miliknya
August 5, 2008
Have you ever read a book that just took one step over the believability line? This is one of those books. While some things were believable, some just had me rolling my eyes in annoyance. It just seemed like there were one too many elements to the plot and not all of them were carried off successfully.
Something that also bothered me was Kathryn. She wants to study medicine and learn all there is to know and yet she doesn't want to actually practice medicine... and yet she does. Maybe I just didn't get the difference between being a doctor and helping the local people with their ailments. Is that not the same thing? Kathryn also overacts too much and frequently jumps to conclusions instead of waiting things out. She runs away with little to no cause and plans to stay away forever.
This book could have been better, but it annoyed me too much.
Something that also bothered me was Kathryn. She wants to study medicine and learn all there is to know and yet she doesn't want to actually practice medicine... and yet she does. Maybe I just didn't get the difference between being a doctor and helping the local people with their ailments. Is that not the same thing? Kathryn also overacts too much and frequently jumps to conclusions instead of waiting things out. She runs away with little to no cause and plans to stay away forever.
This book could have been better, but it annoyed me too much.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 9, 2022
3.5 stars
Why does the FMC lick her lips incessantly!!!! If she licks them so much, they’ll inevitably get dryer and then he’ll be making out with some crusty ass lips and that’s just not hot.
However, pet peeve aside, this is actually the best Kat Martin book I’ve read. In fact, this is the one instance where I’ll refrain from calling her poor man’s McNaught. It was a unique plot, a bit weak on the historical sure, the writing could have been flushed out a bit more (i.e. put something else in there instead of the FMC’s licking her lips 150 times in the span of one book- even as she’s about to be killed) but overall, it was enjoyable.
I actually liked that for once the MMC wasn’t some veritable king who controlled the world at the tip of his fingers. He exhausted nearly all resources and he still couldn’t get her out with money :)
No idea why it’s called silk and steel though. No silk nor steel mentioned in the duration. Or maybe it was and I was just waiting for the boinking and I missed it haha.
Why does the FMC lick her lips incessantly!!!! If she licks them so much, they’ll inevitably get dryer and then he’ll be making out with some crusty ass lips and that’s just not hot.
However, pet peeve aside, this is actually the best Kat Martin book I’ve read. In fact, this is the one instance where I’ll refrain from calling her poor man’s McNaught. It was a unique plot, a bit weak on the historical sure, the writing could have been flushed out a bit more (i.e. put something else in there instead of the FMC’s licking her lips 150 times in the span of one book- even as she’s about to be killed) but overall, it was enjoyable.
I actually liked that for once the MMC wasn’t some veritable king who controlled the world at the tip of his fingers. He exhausted nearly all resources and he still couldn’t get her out with money :)
No idea why it’s called silk and steel though. No silk nor steel mentioned in the duration. Or maybe it was and I was just waiting for the boinking and I missed it haha.
February 25, 2015
Lucien Raphael Montaine, Marqués de Litchfield es un hombre de palabra, inmensamente rico y muy atractivo. En un viaje de vuelta a su castillo se encuentra a una joven escondida en su carruaje que le pide ayuda, como buen caballero que es, decide ayudarla y descubre que la mujer ha escapado de un hospital psiquiátrico donde estuvo internada durante el último año por obra de su tío, un conde que decidió internarla ya que ella descubrió que su tío estaba gastando su fortuna que heredo luego de la muerte de sus padres.
La joven es cuestión es Katryn Grayson, es huérfana y su única familia es su tío, en el que obviamente no puede confiar. Al comienzo parece una mujer frágil pero en realidad es cautelosa, ya que ha sido defraudada y maltratada toda su vida. En Lucien encuentra un amigo en el cual confiar y protección, pero sabe que tarde o temprano todo esa buena racha se va a acabar; Lucien está comprometido para casarse y su tío no tardará en encontrarla y volverla a meter en el hospital. Katryn inventa un plan para seducir al marqués y los descubren en una situación comprometedora que lleva a que Lucien se tenga que casar con Katryn y acá es cuando todo se pone más interesante!!
Después de la boda Lucien se siente traicionado por Katryn, a quien el consideraba su amiga y ella se arrepiente de haberle mentido y manipulado. Su tío se queda sin la forutuna de Katryn, que ahora le corresponde administrar a su marido. Lucien con la ayuda de su amigo Jason y la esposa de este, Velvet, comprende lo que Katryn debió de sentir y comprende sus acciones en momentos de desesperación.
Bueno otra historia con trama muy enredada pero igual o más atrapante que el libro anterior. Me encantó la determinación de Kathyn en sobrevivir, a veces tomando decisiones extremas y no del todo acertadas pero demostrando determinación e independencia algo totalmente admirable en la época en la que está contada la historia.
La verdad que está historia tiene elementos que la época deben de haber sido tabú; Katryn tras la muerte de sus padres se interesó en la medicina y la anatomía humana, cosa totalmente fuera de lugar para una mujer, el Dr Canaghan era amigo de su padre y al ver la determinación de la joven en querer aprender le enseña todo lo que sabe, así que Katryn es algo así como una médica sin título que se pasa todo el día entre libros estudiando en vez de bordando o pintando. Usa su conocimiento para ayudar a las personas y eso saca de quicio a Lucien que no comprende su vocación pero ella sigue haciéndolo incluso después que él se lo prohíba.
Me pareció totalmente innovador en una novela romántica histórica encontrar descripto una mujer que estudia y nada que medicina, una profesión que en esa época era exclusivamente para varones. También otro tema innovador es la adopción de Michael, un niño que nació en el hospital psiquiátrico y que Katryn le pide a Lucien que lo saque de ese lugar y el decide adoptarlo... otro tema tabú que el marqués decida que su primer hijo sea un hijo adoptado, todo un escándalo para el momento.
Hermosa historia con muchos temas que realmente da para pensar y le aportan un toque totalmente novedoso a un novela histórica.
La joven es cuestión es Katryn Grayson, es huérfana y su única familia es su tío, en el que obviamente no puede confiar. Al comienzo parece una mujer frágil pero en realidad es cautelosa, ya que ha sido defraudada y maltratada toda su vida. En Lucien encuentra un amigo en el cual confiar y protección, pero sabe que tarde o temprano todo esa buena racha se va a acabar; Lucien está comprometido para casarse y su tío no tardará en encontrarla y volverla a meter en el hospital. Katryn inventa un plan para seducir al marqués y los descubren en una situación comprometedora que lleva a que Lucien se tenga que casar con Katryn y acá es cuando todo se pone más interesante!!
Después de la boda Lucien se siente traicionado por Katryn, a quien el consideraba su amiga y ella se arrepiente de haberle mentido y manipulado. Su tío se queda sin la forutuna de Katryn, que ahora le corresponde administrar a su marido. Lucien con la ayuda de su amigo Jason y la esposa de este, Velvet, comprende lo que Katryn debió de sentir y comprende sus acciones en momentos de desesperación.
Bueno otra historia con trama muy enredada pero igual o más atrapante que el libro anterior. Me encantó la determinación de Kathyn en sobrevivir, a veces tomando decisiones extremas y no del todo acertadas pero demostrando determinación e independencia algo totalmente admirable en la época en la que está contada la historia.
La verdad que está historia tiene elementos que la época deben de haber sido tabú; Katryn tras la muerte de sus padres se interesó en la medicina y la anatomía humana, cosa totalmente fuera de lugar para una mujer, el Dr Canaghan era amigo de su padre y al ver la determinación de la joven en querer aprender le enseña todo lo que sabe, así que Katryn es algo así como una médica sin título que se pasa todo el día entre libros estudiando en vez de bordando o pintando. Usa su conocimiento para ayudar a las personas y eso saca de quicio a Lucien que no comprende su vocación pero ella sigue haciéndolo incluso después que él se lo prohíba.
Me pareció totalmente innovador en una novela romántica histórica encontrar descripto una mujer que estudia y nada que medicina, una profesión que en esa época era exclusivamente para varones. También otro tema innovador es la adopción de Michael, un niño que nació en el hospital psiquiátrico y que Katryn le pide a Lucien que lo saque de ese lugar y el decide adoptarlo... otro tema tabú que el marqués decida que su primer hijo sea un hijo adoptado, todo un escándalo para el momento.
Hermosa historia con muchos temas que realmente da para pensar y le aportan un toque totalmente novedoso a un novela histórica.
July 27, 2015
When caught in a compromising position, Lucien Montaine, the Marquess of Litchfield, is forced to marry Lady Kathryn Grayson. Knowing that she would be despised by Lucien for her act of treachery, Kathryn knew no other way to escape from the evil clutches of her guardian uncle Douglas Roth, the Earl of Dunston. Lucien was attracted to Kathryn’s beauty but it took awhile for him to forgive her for what she had done. Lucien was an organized man who had his life all planned out until he met the whirlwind that was Kathryn.
I loved the story of Lucien and Kathryn. Another great romance from Kat Martin.
I loved the story of Lucien and Kathryn. Another great romance from Kat Martin.
February 21, 2009
Shelly's review here pretty much captures my opinion of the book. There were lots of features of it that I just didn't find believable. It was annoying. Super annoying.
It was also published in 2000, but there was a real 1980s "bodice ripper" feel to it. Maybe it's because the hero ripped the heroine's clothing repeatedly while ravishing her. I don't know. That "taste" of the 1980s was really disappointing to me. I don't expect that in recently published romance novels.
It was also published in 2000, but there was a real 1980s "bodice ripper" feel to it. Maybe it's because the hero ripped the heroine's clothing repeatedly while ravishing her. I don't know. That "taste" of the 1980s was really disappointing to me. I don't expect that in recently published romance novels.
February 27, 2014
This was the very first book I read that got me interested in historical romance! Years later I still come back to it, there are moments that are unexpected and just when the reader thinks they know what's going on (since we've all read so many plots/books) it shifts. I've read other books by Kat Martin but nothing compares to my first love.
August 22, 2018
Meh. I didn’t read the back cover before starting this but I guess it clearly states the heroine, Kathryn, forces the hero, Lucien, into marriage. Not a fan of that, I must say.
Katherine is under her evil uncles care, who basically locks her away in an insane asylum and wastes away her fortune. She escapes and happens across the hero’s carriage and stows away. He finds her and thus they meet and get to know each other.
She traps him into marriage by planning to seduce him, although her feelings are (somewhat) genuine and writes a note beforehand to secure an audience.
Did not like this! I get that it’s a part of this plot but I just felt so bad for the hero.
Also random side romance plot about the hero’s aging aunt that I could well do without. Enjoyed her character in the book but really dislike split romances.
Then as it keeps going, it seems like they are falling in love and dumb miscommunication enters the plot. She says she still wants an annulment (she doesn’t) so he gets upset and annoyed that she has no feelings for him. So instead of telling her how he feels he MUST impregnable her! I’m all for a good impregnating 😆, don’t get me wrong but just TALK TO EACH OTHER!!!
They end up thwarting her uncle and live happily ever after. Not a horrendous book but not one I loved
Katherine is under her evil uncles care, who basically locks her away in an insane asylum and wastes away her fortune. She escapes and happens across the hero’s carriage and stows away. He finds her and thus they meet and get to know each other.
She traps him into marriage by planning to seduce him, although her feelings are (somewhat) genuine and writes a note beforehand to secure an audience.
Did not like this! I get that it’s a part of this plot but I just felt so bad for the hero.
Also random side romance plot about the hero’s aging aunt that I could well do without. Enjoyed her character in the book but really dislike split romances.
Then as it keeps going, it seems like they are falling in love and dumb miscommunication enters the plot. She says she still wants an annulment (she doesn’t) so he gets upset and annoyed that she has no feelings for him. So instead of telling her how he feels he MUST impregnable her! I’m all for a good impregnating 😆, don’t get me wrong but just TALK TO EACH OTHER!!!
They end up thwarting her uncle and live happily ever after. Not a horrendous book but not one I loved
May 20, 2024
(2.5/3)
I was honestly really intrigued by this plot because I’ve never heard of a story like this before. However, I usually can overlook the suspicious instant attraction, the characters being through situations where they’re hurt but miraculously recovering quickly, and the annoying miscommunication… I couldn’t totally get over that in this book.
First of all, she truly thought the only way to save herself was to take advantage of the only man who has helped her? And then she gets mad when he wants her to give something up? And on that topic, he likes her because he can talk to her about philosophy and respects her knowledge of medicine but then once they’re married deems those topics inappropriate for his wife???
These two could not catch a break and wanted them to so badly. I also cannot respect that she had a child and kept it from him for months.
Overall, there were things I liked about this story but a lot that I could disappointing.
I was honestly really intrigued by this plot because I’ve never heard of a story like this before. However, I usually can overlook the suspicious instant attraction, the characters being through situations where they’re hurt but miraculously recovering quickly, and the annoying miscommunication… I couldn’t totally get over that in this book.
First of all, she truly thought the only way to save herself was to take advantage of the only man who has helped her? And then she gets mad when he wants her to give something up? And on that topic, he likes her because he can talk to her about philosophy and respects her knowledge of medicine but then once they’re married deems those topics inappropriate for his wife???
These two could not catch a break and wanted them to so badly. I also cannot respect that she had a child and kept it from him for months.
Overall, there were things I liked about this story but a lot that I could disappointing.
February 24, 2018
Opening a hole in the suffocating boy`s throat was almost identical with another book. Couldn't check which book was written first since I couldn't remember the name that book.
April 11, 2020
Es un libro fácil de leer que te engancha apenas inicia pero por la mitad siento que pasaron cosas poco creíbles.
Los protagonistas me gustaron. P
Los protagonistas me gustaron. P
October 8, 2020
Useful for passing the time.
May 27, 2012
3 Stars!
The first 3/4's of the book was pretty good. I liked the heroine (Kathryn) who was a determined survivor. Kathryn,an orphaned 20 year old on the run from an evil uncle who controlled her fortune and her life had been declared insane and hospitalized in a brutal assylem. She managed to escape and right into the center of the hero's world....(Lucian) He believed her story and set out to protect her. They quickly built a solid friendship and grew to appreciate and respect one another.
But Lucian was engaged was looking forward to a placid, quiet life with a wife who stayed in the background, gave him children and was the perfect hostess...nothing more. Kathryn starts to believe that even Lucian can not keep her safe from her uncle and traps him in marriage to save herself. He is furious at first for her ruining his plans and for being betrayed and lied to.
This is where all the misunderstandings start happening. When a man doesn't look for or know what love is, runs into a woman who has a brain and is independent and strong...oh and happens to love him...you can imagine all the problems that might happen. And they do. Kathryn eventually leaves him (pregnant) thinking he doesn't want her and he finally realizes his feelings for her and searches for months for her.
Then it got really silly. She returns with their child because she feels she has stolen his birthright and he just takes her back...no bitterness, anger or frustration. and within a day they are falling into a easy pattern of life. I some how think that human beings might not really work this way in real life. I was a little disappointed in the ending after spending alot of time reading the novel. I liked the feelings that Kathryn was feeling. I got a real sense for what she was thinking and feeling but Lucian kinda fell flat for me.
All-in-all: Not bad.
The first 3/4's of the book was pretty good. I liked the heroine (Kathryn) who was a determined survivor. Kathryn,an orphaned 20 year old on the run from an evil uncle who controlled her fortune and her life had been declared insane and hospitalized in a brutal assylem. She managed to escape and right into the center of the hero's world....(Lucian) He believed her story and set out to protect her. They quickly built a solid friendship and grew to appreciate and respect one another.
But Lucian was engaged was looking forward to a placid, quiet life with a wife who stayed in the background, gave him children and was the perfect hostess...nothing more. Kathryn starts to believe that even Lucian can not keep her safe from her uncle and traps him in marriage to save herself. He is furious at first for her ruining his plans and for being betrayed and lied to.
This is where all the misunderstandings start happening. When a man doesn't look for or know what love is, runs into a woman who has a brain and is independent and strong...oh and happens to love him...you can imagine all the problems that might happen. And they do. Kathryn eventually leaves him (pregnant) thinking he doesn't want her and he finally realizes his feelings for her and searches for months for her.
Then it got really silly. She returns with their child because she feels she has stolen his birthright and he just takes her back...no bitterness, anger or frustration. and within a day they are falling into a easy pattern of life. I some how think that human beings might not really work this way in real life. I was a little disappointed in the ending after spending alot of time reading the novel. I liked the feelings that Kathryn was feeling. I got a real sense for what she was thinking and feeling but Lucian kinda fell flat for me.
All-in-all: Not bad.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 13, 2017
Leído en Junio 2010
SEDA Y ACERO, NUMERO 2 DE LA SAGA LITCHFIELD
SEDA Y ACERO, NUMERO 2 DE LA SAGA LITCHFIELD
RESUMEN: Ella podía llevar su apellido... pero él había jurado que nunca tendría su corazón.
Lady Kathryn Grayson era una joven de nobleza, preparada desde la cuna para un futuro privilegiado... hasta que su ambicioso tío decidió internarla en un asilo para enfermos mentales a fin de apoderarse de su fortuna. Kathryn logra introducirse en el carruaje de Lucien Montaine, marqués de Litchfield, quien escucha su historia con incredulidad y recelo. Sin embargo, los instintos de Kathryn le dicen que lord Litchfield es un hombre de honor... y su única salvación. Desesperada, despliega todos sus encantos para seducirlo y logra que se case con ella.
Desde el momento en que la vio por primera vez, hambrienta y con las ropas desgarradas, Lucien tuvo que luchar contra su deseo por ella. A pesar de sentirse cautivado por su inteligencia, fuerza de voluntad y belleza, había jurado no enamorarse de la mujer que lo había hecho caer en su trampa. Sin embargo, la atracción que siente por Kathryn irá creciendo con la misma violencia con que se enfrentan una y otra vez. ¿Logrará esa exasperante joven, que ahora es su mujer, derretir su corazón de acero?
March 16, 2021
Lady Kathryn je obeťou svojho pažravého strýka. On si svoju budúcnosť predstavuje ako užívanie si peňazí. K tomu, aby tak mohol učiniť je potrebné zbaviť sa svojej netere. Rozhodne sa vyhlásiť ju za nesvojprávnu a pošle ju do ústavu pre choromyseľných. Kathryn však nie je žiadne naivné a hlúpe dievčatko. Je dospelou a rozumnou ženou. Preto sa jej podarí ujsť. Ochranu nájde u lorda Litchfielda, ktorému narozpráva, že ju uniesli a jej sa našťastie podarilo utiecť. Lucien patrí k pravým džentlmenom a neodmietne pomoc "slečinke v núdzi".
Romantický príbeh patrí už ku klasikám. Dejová linka je bohatá na udalosti, čo čitateľa núti obracať stránku za stránkou. Hlavný hrdina sa zmieta medzi rozumom a citom. Je cynik, ktorý neverí na lásku. Vie, že sa musí oženiť a splodiť potomkov, na to si už aj vybral vhodnú manželku, no absolútne nerátal s tým, že sa zamiluje. Navyše do ženy, ktorá mu klamala. Zmietaný neznámymi pocitmi spraví niekoľko hlúpostí.
Román prináša veľmi pekný príbeh lásky. Páčilo sa mi ako sa Kathryn podarilo vznietiť lásku v mužovi, ktorý jej existenciu popieral.
Príjemné, snivé, hrejivé.
Romantický príbeh patrí už ku klasikám. Dejová linka je bohatá na udalosti, čo čitateľa núti obracať stránku za stránkou. Hlavný hrdina sa zmieta medzi rozumom a citom. Je cynik, ktorý neverí na lásku. Vie, že sa musí oženiť a splodiť potomkov, na to si už aj vybral vhodnú manželku, no absolútne nerátal s tým, že sa zamiluje. Navyše do ženy, ktorá mu klamala. Zmietaný neznámymi pocitmi spraví niekoľko hlúpostí.
Román prináša veľmi pekný príbeh lásky. Páčilo sa mi ako sa Kathryn podarilo vznietiť lásku v mužovi, ktorý jej existenciu popieral.
Príjemné, snivé, hrejivé.
February 19, 2014
Publicado no Brasil como: Armadilha para Um Marquês. Um homem que não aprendeu a amar e uma mulher que precisa de proteção e amor. Internada num hospital de loucos pelo tio, Kathryn consegue fugir e esconder-se na na carruagem de Lucien. Lucien se sente atraído pela jovem. Mas quando ela arma para forçar um casamento entre os dois, Lucien se sente profundamente traído. E o casamento deles acontece e prossegue com momentos de sedução, (bons momentos!) e distanciamento. Kathryn era uma jovem obstinada e desejava ajudar as pessoas com sua dedicação e interesse pela medicina e queria ser mais que uma jovem fútil, um fato que Lucien não aceitava que uma marquesa se dedicasse a tais coisas.
Uma história que fala da falta de liberdade que as mulheres tinham, obrigadas a casarem com quem não desejavam ou internadas por aqueles que deviam protegê-las. Ou até mesmo proibidas pelos maridos de se dedicarem ao que queriam.
Uma história que fala da falta de liberdade que as mulheres tinham, obrigadas a casarem com quem não desejavam ou internadas por aqueles que deviam protegê-las. Ou até mesmo proibidas pelos maridos de se dedicarem ao que queriam.
July 18, 2015
Silk and steel is another fantastic historical romance by Kat Martin.
Lady Kathryn is the victim of her greedy uncle who decides to steal her fortune by committing her to an insane asylum so when she escapes and ends up in the carriage of Lucien Montaine, Marquess of Litchfeild, she begs him to help her and saves her from her greedy guardian.
This is an amazing historical romance with lots of twists and turns, passions, dangers and emotions.
Thank you Kat Martin
Lady Kathryn is the victim of her greedy uncle who decides to steal her fortune by committing her to an insane asylum so when she escapes and ends up in the carriage of Lucien Montaine, Marquess of Litchfeild, she begs him to help her and saves her from her greedy guardian.
This is an amazing historical romance with lots of twists and turns, passions, dangers and emotions.
Thank you Kat Martin
April 10, 2016
ชอบค่ะ สนุกดี เป็นนิยายที่ดึงดูดเราหลังจากอ่านไปไม่กี่สิบหน้า ปกติอ่าน Historical Romance เกือบ 100 หน้า ถึงจะรู้สึกว่าน่าติดตาม แต่เล่มนี้ทำได้เพียงไม่กี่สิบหน้า อ่านแล้วอยากรู้ว่าเรื่องราวจะเป็นไงต่อ
October 17, 2015
Enjoyed this one, it was a little different story with some interesting twists. Lady Katheryn escapes and ends up needing Lucien to help her. She is frightened and therefore often does things that keep the story interesting.
February 27, 2017
Best romance novel I ever read. Hands down.
October 6, 2016
ก็สนุกอยู่ แต่ชอบเล่มแรกมากกว่า เข้มข้นกว่า
เริ่มแรกมาก็ลุ้นดีว่านางเอกจะรอดจากลุงขี้โกงได้ยังไง
แต่หลังจากนั้นก็เอื่อยๆไปหน่อย ไปเร่งรีบเอาตอนจบซะงั้น
เริ่มแรกมาก็ลุ้นดีว่านางเอกจะรอดจากลุงขี้โกงได้ยังไง
แต่หลังจากนั้นก็เอื่อยๆไปหน่อย ไปเร่งรีบเอาตอนจบซะงั้น
December 21, 2017
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December 10, 2018
Kat Martin is so good, Kathleen Woodwiss good. This story had so many twists and turns, she knows how to keep you reading till the very end.
September 14, 2022
The first part was fun and exciting but that ending? Oof. And not in a good way. So much build up and then just super anticlimactic
June 14, 2025
3⭐ Me costó demasiado ponerle la nota ya que hay dos versiones de mi leyendo este libro. La primera que pensaba que leería un libro rosa y la segunda que se dio cuenta que eso no era lo que quería la autora.
Al comienzo me incomodó demasiado que él estuviera interesado en ella siendo que estaba comprometido, tanto la parte de los pensamientos como también los besos y miradas, puedo entender que no quisiera a su prometida pero aun así yo no lo podía ver como algo bonito. Además fue choqueante leer sobre el asilo, no tanto sobre lo que le pasó a ella sino más bien por el niño. Si bien la autora da a entender que no le sucedió nada, aun así siento que en el mundo real pudieron existir tantos momentos para que ocurriera abuso en todos los sentidos que de solo pensarlo me bloqueaba la lectura.
El wtf de la lectura siguió hasta cuando ella decide hacerle esa encerrona, no entendía donde estaba el amor y lo cuestionaba.
A medida que seguía la lectura comprendí que por los traumas de Lucien y las necesidades de Kathryn la autora no nos quería dar esto, corazones y flores. Ahí la lectura se volvió un poco más ligera, me gustó eso que él se enojara con ella, y que ella le gustara cosas diferentes como la anatomia y medicina, lo volvía más interesante y llevadero. Me cuestioné demasiado que la protagonista esperara tanto para pedirle a Lucien que buscara al niño siendo que sabía que había un viejo verde, sólo pensaba en ella y su libertad. En mi caso no odié que Lucien no le permitiera ejercer lo que quisiera porque lo vuelve más real, asumo que así era en el pasado. Me gustó que ella se fuera, le dio más drama a la historia. Lo único sensato de esta relación fue la lejanía para que los protagonistas pudieran pensar y estabilizar sus emociones. Me gustó mucho la presencia del amigo y su esposa, fueron de gran apoyo pero creo que no fueron tan épicos porque no me interesó leer su libro ni un poco.
Creo que desde un comienzo Lucien la veía a ella como alguien que lo necesitaba y que por ser hermosa, sexy y seductora estaba ahí para ella, pero no creo fuera así con otra persona y eso habla mal de él, para nada atrayente su personalidad. Por otro lado, ella lo veía como un medio para lograr su liberación y puedo lograr entenderlo pero no tanto en una novela romántica.
Al comienzo me incomodó demasiado que él estuviera interesado en ella siendo que estaba comprometido, tanto la parte de los pensamientos como también los besos y miradas, puedo entender que no quisiera a su prometida pero aun así yo no lo podía ver como algo bonito. Además fue choqueante leer sobre el asilo, no tanto sobre lo que le pasó a ella sino más bien por el niño. Si bien la autora da a entender que no le sucedió nada, aun así siento que en el mundo real pudieron existir tantos momentos para que ocurriera abuso en todos los sentidos que de solo pensarlo me bloqueaba la lectura.
El wtf de la lectura siguió hasta cuando ella decide hacerle esa encerrona, no entendía donde estaba el amor y lo cuestionaba.
A medida que seguía la lectura comprendí que por los traumas de Lucien y las necesidades de Kathryn la autora no nos quería dar esto, corazones y flores. Ahí la lectura se volvió un poco más ligera, me gustó eso que él se enojara con ella, y que ella le gustara cosas diferentes como la anatomia y medicina, lo volvía más interesante y llevadero. Me cuestioné demasiado que la protagonista esperara tanto para pedirle a Lucien que buscara al niño siendo que sabía que había un viejo verde, sólo pensaba en ella y su libertad. En mi caso no odié que Lucien no le permitiera ejercer lo que quisiera porque lo vuelve más real, asumo que así era en el pasado. Me gustó que ella se fuera, le dio más drama a la historia. Lo único sensato de esta relación fue la lejanía para que los protagonistas pudieran pensar y estabilizar sus emociones. Me gustó mucho la presencia del amigo y su esposa, fueron de gran apoyo pero creo que no fueron tan épicos porque no me interesó leer su libro ni un poco.
Creo que desde un comienzo Lucien la veía a ella como alguien que lo necesitaba y que por ser hermosa, sexy y seductora estaba ahí para ella, pero no creo fuera así con otra persona y eso habla mal de él, para nada atrayente su personalidad. Por otro lado, ella lo veía como un medio para lograr su liberación y puedo lograr entenderlo pero no tanto en una novela romántica.
January 9, 2026
The ML was just a walking red flag:
-He would stare at barmaids rears and excuse himself by saying I'm not being satisfied at home. Eww
-"I mean to have you, Kathryn. You may as well resign yourself." He tried to SA the FL. The book was like but he's soo hurt.
-"There were a number of handsome young rogues in the village, and he had experienced firsthand her passionate nature. He'd be damned if he would allow her to trifle with one of them." This is just after he visited his mistress. Also she wasn't even meeting them so double standards!!
-"You're as mad as she is." The FL was locked in an insane asylum by her crazy uncle. This moment is a couple chapters after he had told his friend maybe she is crazy. To which she overheard, and he begged her forgiveness.
-"She will have to give them up, of course." If someone refers to your passions like this, they don't truly love you. The FL is interested in medicine after the loss of a loved one and helps villagers who can't afford medicine to which he continually minimizes and discredits.
-"She's a woman. She has no business engaging in that sort of pasttime." At the beginning of the book, he would let her reading and found it endearing if a bit odd, but than later in the book, he is completely against it.
-"Oddly, as soon as it was certain the child would live, Lucien had left the house and Kathryn hadn't seen him since." like what the heck
I also didn't really like the FL as she kept running away, making promises she had no intention of keeping, and kept his kid away from the ML for a year.
-He would stare at barmaids rears and excuse himself by saying I'm not being satisfied at home. Eww
-"I mean to have you, Kathryn. You may as well resign yourself." He tried to SA the FL. The book was like but he's soo hurt.
-"There were a number of handsome young rogues in the village, and he had experienced firsthand her passionate nature. He'd be damned if he would allow her to trifle with one of them." This is just after he visited his mistress. Also she wasn't even meeting them so double standards!!
-"You're as mad as she is." The FL was locked in an insane asylum by her crazy uncle. This moment is a couple chapters after he had told his friend maybe she is crazy. To which she overheard, and he begged her forgiveness.
-"She will have to give them up, of course." If someone refers to your passions like this, they don't truly love you. The FL is interested in medicine after the loss of a loved one and helps villagers who can't afford medicine to which he continually minimizes and discredits.
-"She's a woman. She has no business engaging in that sort of pasttime." At the beginning of the book, he would let her reading and found it endearing if a bit odd, but than later in the book, he is completely against it.
-"Oddly, as soon as it was certain the child would live, Lucien had left the house and Kathryn hadn't seen him since." like what the heck
I also didn't really like the FL as she kept running away, making promises she had no intention of keeping, and kept his kid away from the ML for a year.
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