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Chargement... Night in Eden (édition 1997)par Candice Proctor (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvrePrisonnière du désir par Candice Proctor
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Published in 1997, this HR straddles the line between Old Skool bodice rippers in which the only way women were allowed to enjoy sex was via rape, and more modern sensibilities. There's lots of UST but the hero won't force her against her will, and she refuses to give in because pride is all she has left. Excellent prose and historical research. ( ) C.S. Harris is one of those authors whose books I preorder every year. I've read all of her St. Cyr books and her American Civil War book Good Time Coming. I knew she also wrote under the name Candice Proctor but this is the first of those books I've read. It's historical fiction set in Australia during the Regency period when England was using the country as a place to transport criminals. The plot is intriguing. Pregnant Bryony Wentworth is transported because of her husband's death. Her baby dies almost as soon as they reach Botany Bay and she is assigned to master Hayden St John who needs a wet nurse for his baby son. He takes her to his home in the bush country where a slow-burn romance takes place. We also learn a lot about how convicts were treated. St. John is a fair master, but many of the others are not. One may whip a convict but not hit them. The women are abused both physically and sexually. The author researches her novels thoroughly so this is a sometimes horrifying view of life in early Australia. There are some good twists though the plot has a few minor holes, but all-in-all this is a good romance and good historical fiction. 2.5 stars I read this as a buddy read, to see all my thoughts, comments, and quotes: Night in Eden Buddy Read This started off really strong for me, Bryony is sentenced in the murdering of her husband and sent to Australia. There's ample description of how horrible it was for the women convicts there and I liked how the author incorporated real historical people and places (it made me search out historical non-fiction about these women). I liked how the wildness of Australia called to Bryony and that brought a connection to the man, Hayden, who ends up taking her as his servant. You're going to have to accept and like power dynamic play, there's a fair amount of scenes where Bryony finds herself attracted to Hayden with his position of power over her mingled in the desire. This is where the heat comes from between the two in the beginning and I could go along with it because I 'knew' Hayden wouldn't force her and it's all in fictional play in my mind. The second half dragged for me because the heat scenes between Bryony and Hayden were repeated too much and there was nothing new there or growing. The author didn't seem to know how or why she was incorporating Aboriginal people and it came off clumsy. There was an ending reveal to add some angst but it made me roll my eyes more than anything. I liked this, until I didn't. Candice Proctor/C.S. Harris is spectacular. This book is cracking. The initial scene is incredibly vivid--as are many others, and it's about a female convict. I wish I had the energy to write a better review, but I'm reading a lot on a beautiful weekend for a reason, which is I don't feel well, so reviews will have to wait a bit... Best I can say is--can you get your hands on this? If yes,read it. (some sensitive content though...) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
CANDICE PROCTOR Once in a great while a dazzling new writer appears on the scene with a historical romance so breathtaking that it sweeps readers off their feet. Candace Proctor is such an author. Here, in her deubt novel, she brings to vivid life a part of the Regency period rarely dramatized . . . and creates sets of characters you will never forget. NIGHT IN EDEN Bryony Wentworth's life is shattered when she is unjustly accused and sentenced to indentured servitude in New South Wales. Broken in body--but not in spirit--she fights for light, and for her life, wanting no part of the man who would save her, Captain Hayden St. John. But the mother in her cannot turn away from Hayden's needy infant and the woman in her cannot deny her passion for the rugged, enigmatic man she is bound to serve. Against the sweeping panorama of a harsh, gorgeous, and unforgiving land, two hungering souls learn to trust, to love, and to triumph over the danger that will shadow their lives--until destiny and desire become one. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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