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Chargement... A Twist of Fatepar Susannah Carleton
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In a moment of chivalry, Lord David Winterbrook comes to Madeline Graves' rescue, and finds his true heart's desire. But will he be able to convince her of his sincerity when she's been hurt so many times before? Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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This is a slow-paced Regency romance novel that gradually develops the relationship between David and Lynn. Although David's previous marriage wasn't very good, he's not scarred from it, so the only issues the couple have to deal with are Lynn's. She has to come to believe that she is worth being loved, that a man like David might actually respect her mind and her opinions, and that David would never hurt her, no matter how angry he got. Carleton also includes the minor complication of a secret - David doesn't admit to Lynn that he is Lord David Winterbrook, allowing her to believe that his social station isn't that much more different from hers.
For the most part, I enjoyed this book - I don't think I've ever read a Regency romance before, so this was a new experience. Some people might find this book boring, though. During most of it, nothing much happens, since both David and Lynn are stuck at Lynn's house. Other than that, there's a lot of thinking (about their pasts, about their developing feelings for each other, etc.) and a lot of conversation. David is unimaginably perfect - he rarely gets angry, he respects Lynn's mind, he would never dream of hurting a woman and looks down on those who do, he's the first person to ever take the time to figure out how best to keep her deafness from being a problem, and he apologizes frequently for any trouble he might cause Lynn with his presence. Although I wished Lynn wouldn't burst into tears and run away from David so much (it got a little bit annoying), her reactions were believable, considering her past and her experiences with her family. Once David finally manages to go home and bring Lynn with him, his daughter instantly accepts that she will have a new mother and is happy about the news - that seemed almost too perfect to me.
There's not much in the way of sex in this book, which I didn't consider all that surprising - it would've been socially unacceptable for David and Lynn to do much about their feelings for each other before their marriage at nearly the end of the book. About the most they do is the occasional kiss, and even then I wondered a little if that sort of thing would actually have been allowing during that time period. Probably not, but then, I think they were already breaking a few rules by being stuck alone together in Lynn's house - maybe it didn't really count, because Lynn was a widow? I don't know. Anyway, although Lynn and David do consummate their marriage, Carleton skips over the actual act. This book should be tame enough for pretty much anyone, and, in my opinion, David and Lynn's feelings for each other and their slowly developing relationship keep things from being uninteresting. The characters are too one-dimensional to truly be interesting, but they're still pleasant to read about.
(Original review, with read-alikes, posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.) ( )