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Beauty Like The Night (Sonnet Books)
written by Liz Carlyle
Studio : Pocket
by Pocket
Release Date : 2000-10-31
Publisher : Pocket
Released : 2000-11-01
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780743410540
UPC : 000743410548
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 24 reviews)
List Price : $6.99
Our Price : $2.50
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Product Description |
Beauty is like the night, fleeting and hard to hold, a truth the forbidding Lord Treyhern is about to discover. Let the opulence of Liz Carlyle's prose immerse you in the beauty of England while plunging you into the midst of the outrageous Rutledge family, where scandal is served up like a soup course and dangerous secrets are everywhere. The daughter of London's wickedest widow, Helene de Severs has struggled to overcome her heritage. Renowned within Europe's emerging psychiatric field, Helene has a gift for healing children. When fate sends her back to England, the country she left in disgrace, Helene is confident she has learned to govern her own reckless emotions. Ruthlessly, Treyhern has dragged his notorious family from the brink of ruin. But a disastrous marriage has left him with a traumatized child, and his rebellious brother is just one step ahead of the bailiffs. When his dissolute father drops dead while debauching the governess, Treyhern's infamous temper is truly tested. But the forceful earl means to straighten everyone out -- as soon as he has hired a reputable governess. Yet the moment she steps from his carriage, Treyhern's cold reserve is melted by a rush of desire he had long thought dead. With her elegant clothing and mountain of luggage, the woman is not who he expected. Or is she? Sometimes the workings of the mind are as dangerous as those of the heart. And soon, danger is truly everywhere... |
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reunited lovers with a twist |
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this could have been a boring book but all the characters,major & minor, were so well developed, that one couldn't help but be drawn into their world. i especially liked helene's understanding of the traumatized child whose type of affliction was a twist to the usual governess stories and cam's deep affection for his child. i'm not a big liz carlyle fan but i would read this book again. |
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A beautiful and hard to forget story. |
Liz Carlyle gives me makes me feeing that I am reading a true classic. For some odd reason I found this book to be on the rather dark and dreary side.
Yet I still really liked it.
The characters of Cam and Helene are wonderful. I only wish there had been more romance in the story and less mystery.
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It's a keeper; great story; great writing |
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Here's another (rare) 5 star book. It's not often that one is that worthy. I get tired of reading lame books. You'll truly enjoy the story of Camden and Helene in this one. I plan on reading more from L. Carlyle. I hope you like this one as well as I did. Happy reading. |
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3 1/2 stars |
No one writes unrequitted love like Liz Carlyle. She has a way of drawing her reader into the story. However, "BLTN" was about 100 pages too long. I found myself skimming over quite a few parts.
The love scenes were steamy and well written. Her dialogue is brilliant...except for the repetitive usage of the phrases: "is it not?", "does it not?", are you not?", etc. I found that to be extremely ponderous.
That said, Cam and Helene are very likeable characters and clearly love each other. Not my favorite LC, but not so bad. A bit slow going in parts but not a bad read. |
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Couldn't Put It Down |
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Cam and Helene are true soul mates...from the beginning you know Cam will never look at another woman the way he looks at Helene....this book has a subplot that involves the early days of mental illness as a recognized medical problem. Helene is a governess trained to help children who have been traumatized like Cam's daughter. Helene and Cam have a prior history, Helene's mother was Cam's father's mistress. As youngsters they fell in love but their parents forced them apart and out of duty to his family Cam enters an arranged and loveless marriage. His wife ends up dying in a fire and his daughter witnesses it. She is mute and suffers from unknown horrors and that's why Cam has hired Helene. Helene and Cam try to fight their attraction but cannot, they give into it. However, secrets from the past are tearing them apart along with Cam's vulnerable daughter. This book never bores but is much more than a simple romance. |
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