- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Kensington; 1st Printing edition (Jan 1 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0758204450
- ISBN-13: 978-0758204455
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 13.7 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 431 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #761,672 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Marie-Laure Vernet couldn't believe the arrogance of Joseph Dupin, the viscomte d'Auvers-Raimond. She saved his life; at least he could remember her name! Even though Joseph shows no sign of recognizing his family's new scullery maid, he remembers "Marianne" from when she was working in her father's bookshop, and Joseph, in the guise of a wounded book smuggler, showed up at her door one night only to disappear the next morning. When his lecherous father shows an interest in Marie-Laure, Joseph pretends to have already taken her as his mistress and the two enjoy innocent nights passionately discussing books and writing. Soon their sweet trysts turn into something much more sensual as the aristocrat and the commoner discover they share more than just an interest in literature. On the eve of the French Revolution, a heroine who loves books and reading vows to uncover an elegant aristocrat's true story, in Rosenthal's richly sensual, intimately detailed love story, one that will enchant readers with its lush prose, fascinating historical setting, and beautifully nuanced characters. John Charles
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For Marie-Laure Vernet, serving as a scullery maid to a bored, aristocratic family isn't without its dangers. Trying to avoid the unwelcome predations of the men and their guests is one. Keeping the china in one piece is another - especially when she finds herself serving Viscount Joseph d'Auvers-Raimond. Only Marie-Laure knows that Joseph is also a smuggler of forbidden books who'd once fallen ill in her late father's bookshop. That fateful meeting led to an innocent flirtation, fuelled by a shared passion for books and ideas, but it had awakened desire that changed Marie-Laure forever. Joseph hasn't forgotten the encounter either. His papers are littered with drafts of an erotic story about a girl who bears a distinct resemblance to the servant spilling his tea. While pleasuring the jaded women of the aristocracy, he'd pictured this girl with the coppery hair and the ink-stained fingers who could indulge both his intellect and his most feverish desires. Now the only way to save her from becoming his family plaything is to seduce her first, and the lady seems extremely willing to comply...
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3.0 out of 5 stars
An average read,
By A Customer
This review is from: Booksellers Daughter (Paperback)
I liked the setting of the book and Joseph was a refreshingly diffrent hero. I however had problems with Marie Laure's characterisation and her quest for freedom and independence towards the end.I also dont like novels where the hero and heroine are separated for a long period of time, and in this book they did not have any scenes together for almost a hundred pages in between! Hence the three stars.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Creative and originial,
By Monica Wanat "ua1vm" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Booksellers Daughter (Paperback)
I really liked this story about Marie-Laure and Joseph. Joseph is the second son of a duc and, due to past scandal, is at the monetary mercy of his family. Marie Laure works for his family, but is pretty enough to have gained the attention of Joseph's father and brother. In order to protect Marie-Laure, as she once saved his life, Joseph pretends to have already claimed her 'personal services.'This is an original story because it is about two people who have to deal with the whims of fate. Although he is an aristocrat, he isn't powerful enough to save himself, but he does his best to save Marie-Laure. Marie-Laure may be powerless against some of the things fate has thrown at her, but she isn't a doormat. Overall, this was a passionate, compelling story without some of the convetions overused by some romance authors.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Yuck,
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This review is from: Booksellers Daughter (Paperback)
I read her first book *Almost a Gentleman* and liked it..The story was fun and different, but as soon as the sex comes into the book, it just goes downhill for me. This book was exactly the same way. Pam Rosenthal is gifted; I just do not know why her books become so nasty, and sexual.. and unromantic.. half way through them. This is truly, what people call a trashy romance. I just do not like them. I love sex in my books, but when it gets so descriptive and the words become porn and not romantic. It just turns me off. I threw this away in the trash half way in the book. I do love the exotic, and Pam Rosenthal is truly exotic. I just do not like trashy. Take the F words out and every position known to have sex in and there is no story anymore. It starts out wonderful and just come to a complete halt.. When the sex starts.
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