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The Ivory Cane
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"Shut up, Sabrina," said Bay with barely controlled anger. "Maybe when I can think clearly I'll be able to offer an apology. Right now all I want to do is wring your neck!"
Sabrina would not consider the possibility that Bay had been prompted by desire for her. Her blindness had touched him - his emotion was based on pity.
All at once she could no longer regard Bay as a friend. She had started thinking of him as a man...and for her that was dangerously foolish!
"Shut up, Sabrina," said Bay with barely controlled anger. "Maybe when I can think clearly I'll be able to offer an apology. Right now all I want to do is wring your neck!"
Sabrina would not consider the possibility that Bay had been prompted by desire for her. Her blindness had touched him - his emotion was based on pity.
All at once she could no longer regard Bay as a friend. She had started thinking of him as a man...and for her that was dangerously foolish!
219 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1977
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Janet Dailey
400 books1,855 followersJanet Anne Haradon Dailey was an American author of numerous romance novels as Janet Dailey (her married name). Her novels have been translated into nineteen languages and have sold over 300 million copies worldwide.
Born in 1944 in Storm Lake, Iowa, she attended secretarial school in Omaha, Nebraska before meeting her husband, Bill. Bill and Janet worked together in construction and land development until they "retired" to travel throughout the United States, inspiring Janet to write the Americana series of romances, where she set a novel in every state of the Union. In 1974, Janet Dailey was the first American author to write for Harlequin. Her first novel was NO QUARTER ASKED.
She had since gone on to write approximately 90 novels, 21 of which have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List. She won many awards and accolades for her work, appearing widely on Radio and Television. Today, there are over three hundred million Janet Dailey books in print in 19 different languages, making her one of the most popular novelists in the world.
Janet Dailey passed away peacefully in her home in Branson on Saturday, December 14, 2013. She was 69.
Born in 1944 in Storm Lake, Iowa, she attended secretarial school in Omaha, Nebraska before meeting her husband, Bill. Bill and Janet worked together in construction and land development until they "retired" to travel throughout the United States, inspiring Janet to write the Americana series of romances, where she set a novel in every state of the Union. In 1974, Janet Dailey was the first American author to write for Harlequin. Her first novel was NO QUARTER ASKED.
She had since gone on to write approximately 90 novels, 21 of which have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List. She won many awards and accolades for her work, appearing widely on Radio and Television. Today, there are over three hundred million Janet Dailey books in print in 19 different languages, making her one of the most popular novelists in the world.
Janet Dailey passed away peacefully in her home in Branson on Saturday, December 14, 2013. She was 69.
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September 20, 2022
Just loved it!
December 16, 2019
"The Ivory Cane" us the story of Sabrina and Bay.
Our h is an artist, who loses her vision in a car accident. Struggling to cope with her blindness and bleak future, she imagines herself a burden on her caring father and his critical girlfriend. Her life changes when an almost accident leads her to the H, and after some misunderstandings and slapathons, they strike a friendship of sorts. The H continually pushes the h beyond her inhibitions- from making her leave her home to achieving a new career in clay sculpturing. However, she believes it is all out of pity, hence all her responses are focused on pushing him away, while having wallowing in self pity.
I think the H was sweet and showed great patience with the h, who took a considerably long time to be comfortable with her disability. I was afraid they would show a miraculous recovery after the doctor's appointment, but this book actually deals with that in a sensible manner.
Enjoyed it!
Safe
3/5
Our h is an artist, who loses her vision in a car accident. Struggling to cope with her blindness and bleak future, she imagines herself a burden on her caring father and his critical girlfriend. Her life changes when an almost accident leads her to the H, and after some misunderstandings and slapathons, they strike a friendship of sorts. The H continually pushes the h beyond her inhibitions- from making her leave her home to achieving a new career in clay sculpturing. However, she believes it is all out of pity, hence all her responses are focused on pushing him away, while having wallowing in self pity.
I think the H was sweet and showed great patience with the h, who took a considerably long time to be comfortable with her disability. I was afraid they would show a miraculous recovery after the doctor's appointment, but this book actually deals with that in a sensible manner.
Enjoyed it!
Safe
3/5
May 9, 2021
So different in the sense that the h is blind. It’s a feelgood romance.
The h was a painter, but she has become blind and she therefore doesn’t paint anymore. The H falls in love with her and guides her through some of her anxieties which comes with being blind like walking with a white stick, eating in a restaurant. This is a stubborn, loving H.
I would like it if we had more ‘different’ HP h’s nowadays. Different in the sense that the HP h isn’t the usual beautiful and thin and the standard blonde or red haired. So not the typical HP h. I would like a chubby h or a h in a wheelchair or a h with another skin colour than white or a h from a different culture than the western culture, for instance an American man with an Indian woman.
The h was a painter, but she has become blind and she therefore doesn’t paint anymore. The H falls in love with her and guides her through some of her anxieties which comes with being blind like walking with a white stick, eating in a restaurant. This is a stubborn, loving H.
I would like it if we had more ‘different’ HP h’s nowadays. Different in the sense that the HP h isn’t the usual beautiful and thin and the standard blonde or red haired. So not the typical HP h. I would like a chubby h or a h in a wheelchair or a h with another skin colour than white or a h from a different culture than the western culture, for instance an American man with an Indian woman.
March 3, 2010
What a great book.
It is not only a wonderful romance story but gives the reader the insight of the struggles that come with being blind and without control in strange places. Having to fully depend on another.
Great read.
It is not only a wonderful romance story but gives the reader the insight of the struggles that come with being blind and without control in strange places. Having to fully depend on another.
Great read.
March 18, 2018
Read a second time And I raised it by one star. It wasn't bad it was just okay. I liked that she finally told him what she overheard. She did Frustrate me though. She made her own heartache. The bust of Bay at the end was a little cheesy. But I like Janet Dailey and my Mom did too so they are sentimental reads for me. We read this Americana series together a long long time ago. Great Memories!
September 1, 2015
Clean romance about a blind girl and the man who falls in love with her. I love elephants, always have so I didn't really like the carved ivory cane but I guess this was written before that became illegal.
August 10, 2018
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January 17, 2026
Having a handicap isn’t a barrier to those who love you
An artist, a senseless accident that took her sight and her belief in herself. Her only talent resided in her artistic ability to bring life on canvas with oils. It was gone. Her father’s confidence that she would be safe and well living on her own was gone. The accident had even put a hold on her beloved parent’s wedding to the woman he’d fallen in love with. The saying that “two’s a company and three’s a crowd” was never truer. And her father couldn’t see Sabrina living on her own, even after resigning herself to the fact that she would never see light again.
Until he came along, Bay Cameron. He took an interest in her company. Pushed her boundaries to step out into public places, in crowds of people and even go to a party filled with strangers she’d have to meet and speak with. Then he asked a question that would change her life, show her there was something that would give her back her art. And just as she was trying this new direction for her talent, falling in love with him, she overheard his conversation with a woman, making her realize that his interest in her was merely his compassion for a lovely lady with a disability, a way to bring her back to life while stirring a bit of jealousy in the eyes of a woman he truly loved.
I throughly enjoyed this book. I don’t often find romance tales that talk about someone with disabilities. Sabrina had run the gamut of emotions about becoming sightless, and was now sitting in a vacuum. Not knowing what to do with herself. Even those closest to her didn’t soft pedal her life but didn’t know how to help her move forward. Bay Cameron was a strong character that was guiding Sabrina towards finding a way to come back to life, offering direction showing her that though one door had closed for her, there was another way that would allow her artist eyes to create art.
There is an HEA with great love that laces through the pages, but without any of the newer spiced filled scenes.
An artist, a senseless accident that took her sight and her belief in herself. Her only talent resided in her artistic ability to bring life on canvas with oils. It was gone. Her father’s confidence that she would be safe and well living on her own was gone. The accident had even put a hold on her beloved parent’s wedding to the woman he’d fallen in love with. The saying that “two’s a company and three’s a crowd” was never truer. And her father couldn’t see Sabrina living on her own, even after resigning herself to the fact that she would never see light again.
Until he came along, Bay Cameron. He took an interest in her company. Pushed her boundaries to step out into public places, in crowds of people and even go to a party filled with strangers she’d have to meet and speak with. Then he asked a question that would change her life, show her there was something that would give her back her art. And just as she was trying this new direction for her talent, falling in love with him, she overheard his conversation with a woman, making her realize that his interest in her was merely his compassion for a lovely lady with a disability, a way to bring her back to life while stirring a bit of jealousy in the eyes of a woman he truly loved.
I throughly enjoyed this book. I don’t often find romance tales that talk about someone with disabilities. Sabrina had run the gamut of emotions about becoming sightless, and was now sitting in a vacuum. Not knowing what to do with herself. Even those closest to her didn’t soft pedal her life but didn’t know how to help her move forward. Bay Cameron was a strong character that was guiding Sabrina towards finding a way to come back to life, offering direction showing her that though one door had closed for her, there was another way that would allow her artist eyes to create art.
There is an HEA with great love that laces through the pages, but without any of the newer spiced filled scenes.
January 15, 2025
This novella was first published in 1977, and it shows. I ignored the rotary dial telephones and other outdated stuff, but I couldn't ignore the abusive behavior of our so-called "hero" (Bay Cameron), an arrogant and demanding brute. He's a wealthy, physically attractive member of San Francisco's elite, but he's a bully at heart. When Bay meets our reclusive heroine (Sabrina Lane)--an artist who was recently blinded in an accident--he decides to force her out of her seclusion, no matter what it takes.
Bay's actions might have been excused in the 1970's, but hopefully not today and not by me. For example, despite Sabrina's hesitation, Bay takes her to a party filled with strangers. When she panics and calls for a taxi to take her home, Bay forces her away from the cab with his fingers "biting into the soft flesh of her waist." Her ivory cane clatters onto the sidewalk as she's violently jerked against him, his arm "curved punishingly between her shoulder blades." His hand "gripped the back of her neck, forcing her head back while he drew her onto her tiptoes" for a "brutally violent embrace."
Calling his abuse an "indiscretion," Bay claims he had a right to lose his temper because Sabrina tried to walk out on him. "I probably should have turned you over my knee." Then he has the nerve to blame Sabrina, calling her a "pigheaded, spoiled brat." He "tricked, maneuvered and bullied" her into doing what he wants. Sabrina puts up with this abuse because "she had fallen in love with Bay Cameron. She was literally a blind fool." At least he didn't beat her with her ivory cane.
Women may have enjoyed this story five decades ago, but I hope we know better now. Abuse of any kind--emotional or physical--should never be tolerated.
Bay's actions might have been excused in the 1970's, but hopefully not today and not by me. For example, despite Sabrina's hesitation, Bay takes her to a party filled with strangers. When she panics and calls for a taxi to take her home, Bay forces her away from the cab with his fingers "biting into the soft flesh of her waist." Her ivory cane clatters onto the sidewalk as she's violently jerked against him, his arm "curved punishingly between her shoulder blades." His hand "gripped the back of her neck, forcing her head back while he drew her onto her tiptoes" for a "brutally violent embrace."
Calling his abuse an "indiscretion," Bay claims he had a right to lose his temper because Sabrina tried to walk out on him. "I probably should have turned you over my knee." Then he has the nerve to blame Sabrina, calling her a "pigheaded, spoiled brat." He "tricked, maneuvered and bullied" her into doing what he wants. Sabrina puts up with this abuse because "she had fallen in love with Bay Cameron. She was literally a blind fool." At least he didn't beat her with her ivory cane.
Women may have enjoyed this story five decades ago, but I hope we know better now. Abuse of any kind--emotional or physical--should never be tolerated.
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September 27, 2021O... M... G!! The title...
Did he really give her an ivory cane? What animal did they kill to do it? Other than being white, she shouldn't accept it for this reason. 😣
“Sabrina dug her fingers into the soft rabbit fur of her night coat ...”
How nice to have a skinned animal over her! 🤢
Geez these extracts... 🤢🤢
“He surrounded her tightly with the
shoulders and took her by the nape of her neck, forcing her head back.
Her cry of alarm was silenced by Bay's hard mouth. ”
"Sabrina hadn't recovered yet
from the BRUTAL pressure of the first kiss, when she was punished by the second.
She made an effort to push him away, but her strength couldn't match the strength of his embrace. ”
“-Get in the car! -the harsh command was like a slap in the face. ”
“-Bay... - Her weak voice was barely a whisper.
-Shut up, Sabrina! -The short, harsh tone of his voice told her that the words were
pronounced with clenched jaws. -Perhaps when I can think more clearly, I will make excuses for you. But all I want to do now is twist your damn neck. ”
“(...) Her hurt mouth retained the fire of his demanding kiss. (...) ”
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April 16, 2018
The Ivory Cane
This is a good love story but it takes awhile to get interested in it. The main person that the book is about is a strong person who is adjusting to a devastating disability and is relearning social skills. She’s been isolated by choice too long!
This is a good love story but it takes awhile to get interested in it. The main person that the book is about is a strong person who is adjusting to a devastating disability and is relearning social skills. She’s been isolated by choice too long!
March 8, 2022
Me gusto.
La protagonista es fuerte, trata de salir adelante con todo y su ceguera no la límite, le permite explorar otro lado de su arte.
Y el protagonista la impulsa a valorarse porque ella piensa poco de si cuando es todo lo contrario y él se lo hace saber.
La protagonista es fuerte, trata de salir adelante con todo y su ceguera no la límite, le permite explorar otro lado de su arte.
Y el protagonista la impulsa a valorarse porque ella piensa poco de si cuando es todo lo contrario y él se lo hace saber.
February 15, 2026
Kudos for a wonderful suject.
Loved that the story was about a blind person who felt her life had slipped away due to blindness. Yet through persistence and the help of a caring loving man she discovered a new way to be creative plus the benefit of real love.
Loved that the story was about a blind person who felt her life had slipped away due to blindness. Yet through persistence and the help of a caring loving man she discovered a new way to be creative plus the benefit of real love.
September 8, 2017
Sabrina had mixed feelings about Bay Cameron was strong and noble, but insufferably rude.
March 26, 2018
It was written in 1977 when men were macho and women not so much. It showed its age.
December 28, 2018
ΣΥΛΛΟΓΗ Νο 3 - Τζάνετ Νταίηλυ - Νυχτολούλουδο
August 9, 2021
Not only a great story by my favorite romance writer, but it shows the problems and struggles of of a blind person fining true love
February 10, 2023
This book was short, but the story line was good. The author used strong vocabulary words to relay her story.
November 29, 2023
my new comfort book
May 2, 2024
Lovely classic novel
December 26, 2025
Keeps you guessing
Very good! Great storyline. I couldn't put it down. Gives great information on what it feels like to be blind
Very good! Great storyline. I couldn't put it down. Gives great information on what it feels like to be blind
January 30, 2023
Excellent read. I enjoyed it very much.
January 27, 2021
"Shut up, Sabrina," said Bay with barely controlled anger. "Maybe when I can think clearly I'll be able to offer an apology. Right now all I want to do is wring your neck!"
Sabrina would not consider the possibility that Bay had been prompted by desire for her. Her blindness had touched him - his emotion was based on pity.
All at once she could no longer regard Bay as a friend. She had started thinking of him as a man...and for her that was dangerously foolish!
Sabrina would not consider the possibility that Bay had been prompted by desire for her. Her blindness had touched him - his emotion was based on pity.
All at once she could no longer regard Bay as a friend. She had started thinking of him as a man...and for her that was dangerously foolish!
February 20, 2015
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April 17, 2013
i included this in my GR challenge 'coz of a unique (in a way) plot.
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August 9, 2013Read 2/99
March 16, 2016
love this book
Love Janet Dailey books !
She is one of my favorite authors that
I really enjoy reading over and over !
Love Janet Dailey books !
She is one of my favorite authors that
I really enjoy reading over and over !
June 18, 2015
Novelita rosa.
September 25, 2012
A wonderful romance story :)
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