Cliquer sur une vignette pour aller sur Google Books.
Chargement... The Heartbreakerpar Rexanne Becnel
Aucun Chargement...
Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. From BackCover: THE LONDON TATTLER -- FEBRUARY 6 AN UGLY REMOR HAS ARISEN, ONLY TO BE PROVEN NO RUMOR AT ALL, BUT RATHER, THE UNADULTERATED TURTH. IT SEEMS THE PROPER LORD FARLEY HAS BEHAVED IN A DECIDEDLY IMPROPER MANNER... James Lindford, Viscount Farley, has returned from the Orient, feted and celebrated ... until his past catches up with him. It seems the Viscount's randy ways have resulted in the juiciest scandal of the season: he has brought his natural-born children into his household to raise. Now, abandoned by his fiancee and hounded by the gossips, he has retreated to his country estate, only to find his children more than a handful of trouble. Worse, the most tempting woman on earth is right next door... Phoebe Churchill's peaceful country life, tending her cottage and rearing her abandoned niece, is disrupted when Viscount Farley becomes her new neighbor. Undoubtedly, his powerful build and sensual charm have lured countless women to abandon all reason ... except for Phoebe -- she's far too wise to be seduced by a heartbreaker. But when she agrees to help James manage his unruly household, she finds herself drawn to the man whose lingering kisses leave her yearning for so much more. And before she knows it, a stunning twist of events will lead her toward an impossible task: teaching a notorious heartbreaker the true meaning of love… aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Appartient à la sérieMaker (4)
After returning home from adventures in the Orient, James Lindford, Viscount Farley, causes quite a stir in London society. The viscount's womanizing past has caught up with him, and he decides he must take his illegitimate children into his household to raise. Doing the right thing, unfortunately, costs him both his fianc?e and his political aspirations. With the gossip hounds soon on the prowl, he escapes to the calm of his country estate. But between his rowdy children and the beautiful woman next door, James is not about to get any peace. Phoebe Churchill's quiet life of raising her niece and tending to her cottage is quickly upended upon the arrival of her new neighbor. When she discovers his daughter is stealing from her, James entreats her to be the children's governess. It is a job Phoebe accepts with great caution. Though she yearns for the viscount's kiss, she cannot ignore her mother's warning-that all men are lustful creatures not to be trusted . . . After returning home from adventures in the Orient, James Lindford, Viscount Farley, causes quite a stir in London society. The viscount's womanizing past has caught up with him, and he decides he must take his illegitimate children into his household to raise. Doing the right thing, unfortunately, costs him both his fianc?e and his political aspirations. With the gossip hounds soon on the prowl, he escapes to the calm of his country estate. But between his rowdy children and the beautiful woman next door, James is not about to get any peace. Phoebe Churchill's quiet life of raising her niece and tending to her cottage is quickly upended upon the arrival of her new neighbor. When she discovers his daughter is stealing from her, James entreats her to be the children's governess. It is a job Phoebe accepts with great caution. Though she yearns for the viscount's kiss, she cannot ignore her mother's warning-that all men are lustful creatures not to be trusted . . . Rexanne Becnel is the author of more than twenty historical romance and contemporary mainstream novels, many of which appeared on the USA Today bestseller list. With the publication of her first novel, My Gallant Enemy, Becnel won the Waldenbooks Award for Best First-Time Romance Author and the Romantic Times Award for Best Medieval Romance by a New Author. While growing up, Becnel lived for a time in Germany and England, where she became fascinated by medieval history. After studying architecture at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, she worked as a building inspector for the Vieux Carr? Commission, the agency of the City of New Orleans charged with protecting and preserving the distinct architectural and historic character of the French Quarter. Becnel lives in New Orleans with her husband and two children. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
Discussion en coursAucun
Google Books — Chargement... ÉvaluationMoyenne:
Est-ce vous ?Devenez un(e) auteur LibraryThing. |
Phoebe has spent the last eight years taking care of her mother and her sister’s illegitimate daughter, Helen, on the family farm. They barely make ends meet and when things start disappearing, Phoebe is determined to catch the thief. When she discovers that her thief is the 10 year old daughter of the Viscount Farley, she marches Izzy to Farley Park to meet him. Phoebe, who has never felt much attraction to men finally feels the lust her mother has always warned her about upon meeting James. Over the next few days, Phoebe quickly finds the solution for Leya’s stomach upset and starts to show progress with Izzy’s behavior. James is determined to have Phoebe as governess to his girls despite his growing attraction. He is actually determined to make Phoebe his mistress as well as his girl’s governess. At this point, I feel, the story falls apart. Several reviewers comment on the fact that if James is indeed trying to mend his rakish ways and has learned his lesson, he wouldn’t even be considering trying to make Phoebe his mistress, he would be trying to find some way to marry her, despite the class differences.
To add insult to injury, Phoebe’s sister shows up and we find out that her daughter, Helen, whom Phoebe has been raising, is actually James’s 3rd illegitimate daughter. Is there anyone James hasn’t slept with?? To make matters worse, his ex-fiancee shows up again wanting him back - or at least not wanting to marry the old man her father is pushing on her. She doesn’t seem like much of a catch and doesn’t even seem to react negatively to Phoebe being the object of James’ affections.
What starts out a wonderful, meaningful story about a rake trying to reform seems to be derailed about 2/3rds of the way through and even the inevitable happy ending doesn’t completely recapture the feeling at the beginning of the story! ( )