About this title: She had hoped to have the chance to win the heart of Paul, her childhood love, but socialite Whitney Stone is married off by her father to the Duke of Claymore instead.
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780671671389ISBN:0671671383
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. No stamps, writing or remainder marks. No creases on the covers. Some spine creases. Some tanning to pages from age. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780671737641ISBN:0671737643
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. No stamps, writing or remainder marks. Some spine creases and roll to spine. Crease on back cover. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 538 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780671776091ISBN:0671776096
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Light edge and corner wear. No marks. Spine is slightly warped. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 736 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. SOFTCOVER. MMPB. Very Nice Condition copy. Slight paper toning only. Some spine creases. All pages are present, clean and un-creased. Cover has no tears. No underlining, highlighting, tears, stamps, bookplates, remainder marks, price clips, etc. Not an Ex-library copy. I ship International orders by Air Mail. read more
Edition: Sixteenth Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780671737641ISBN:0671737643
Description: Good. Spine/hinge creasing, average cover & edge wear, marker line on outside edge of pages, clean inside, page yellowing. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780671737641ISBN:0671737643
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Light wear to corners and edges, spine creased. text appears unmarked, binding is strong. overall nice very copy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Severn House Pub Ltd
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780727816948ISBN:0727816942
Description: Fair. Ex-library. copyright@1989. hardback book with dust jacket. mylar protection on dust jacket. has library markings. soiling to edges. has stains on right edge. spine creased. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780671671389ISBN:0671671383
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Clean pages, Tight Binding, Bookseller stamp inside front cover. Cover no longer fresh and attractive. Good reading copy. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pocket, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780671776091ISBN:0671776096
Description: Good. 0671776096 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in good condition, varying degrees of shelf wear, some spine creases, m..._ read more
Description: Very Good in Unknown jacket. 0671737643 100% guaranteed. Good condition overall. Clean pages. Yellowing pages. Tight Spine. Creased spine. Creased cover. Bent corners on cover. Light shelf wear. We work hard to make you happy. read more
"First thing's first. Turn your brain off. Go ahead, I'll wait...
Is it off? Terrific! Then this is the wonderful, romantic story of a young, headstrong girl who meets her match when a powerful duke decides he wants to marry her. Full of cycles of anger, passion, and love, this story is a roller coaster of emotions from beginning to end.
Now, for those of you who refused to turn your brain off, you may take exception to a few details. This story is not at all logical. If you try to apply logic to this story your head might explode. The duke represents the strong, powerful, somewhat dangerous older man who can awaken a young girl's passions. The trouble is that if you take it too seriously then you can't help but notice that he's an angry, somewhat violent jerk. He is arrogant, possessive, and a slut. (I believe they call men rakes...but it's the same thing.) He thinks he's better than everyone else, he is quick to anger, a poor communicator, and terrible judge of character. Most of these things are mentioned in the book, but they are given that seductive spin which works amazingly well if, and only if, you turn off that brain.
Since this was precisely what I was looking for when I picked up the book, I rated it highly. I recommend this book to seasoned romance readers, only."
"I don't normally read romances; I've probably read 5 in my lifetime. But this was recommended by a girl in my book club so I picked it up for my vacation. It did not disappoint. I loved the heroine, I loved her love interest(s), and the plot was more complicated than I expected it to be. I was immediately sucked in. The only reason it didn't score higher was because I had a hard time with some characters being vaguely (if not outright) abusive. Also, I felt the last twist/miscommunication/misunderstanding was not necessary. Really, this was a 700 page book. It could've ended nicely at 600 pages. But, I did really enjoy the tale; I read the last 400 pages in one sitting."
"I wish I could give this book a 3.5 I really enjoyed this book and thought overall it was very well written. The only reason I did not give this book a higher score was because I felt like to many obstacles and bad things came between the couple. It was almost getting ridiculous towards the end. The book had a strong beginning and middle but at the end I just felt like it could have been better. I wish there had been more trust on his end of the relationship. Overall, I would read this book again someday and still recommend it to anyone who enjoys historical romance."
"I LOVED the first two hundred pages of this book - and then it was downhill for me from there. I thought the heroine and hero had too many misunderstandings that resulted in such horrible behavior from the hero that you couldn't really forgive him - or understand why the heroine would ever want to. Sort of makes the reconciliation less fun to read when you're actually rooting for the heroine to pick up her skirts and run in the other direction. But the first two hundred pages were quite fun, and I like some of McNaught's other books (Kingdom of Dreams, Something Wonderful)"
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