- Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Fanfare (Sep 1 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0553577735
- ISBN-13: 978-0553577730
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 9.9 x 3.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,705,260 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The spy who loved her...
Gavin Graham works alone, trusts no one, and never, ever gives his heart. But the spy may have met his match in an ex-governess. Laura Devane has been handpicked to fulfill an important mission: distracting him from the deceptive charms of a Russian countess. Once, years ago, she defiantly rejected his marriage proposal. Now she meets his cool mockery and sensual advances with a maddening self-possession. And she plunges headlong into a perilous investigation that leaves him fearing for her safety. Clearly the woman is a menace--to international peace and to his peace of mind. For Laura's passion for intrigue matches his own, and her touch leaves him stunningly aroused, tempting him to join her in a life of dangerous desires....
Gavin Graham works alone, trusts no one, and never, ever gives his heart. But the spy may have met his match in an ex-governess. Laura Devane has been handpicked to fulfill an important mission: distracting him from the deceptive charms of a Russian countess. Once, years ago, she defiantly rejected his marriage proposal. Now she meets his cool mockery and sensual advances with a maddening self-possession. And she plunges headlong into a perilous investigation that leaves him fearing for her safety. Clearly the woman is a menace--to international peace and to his peace of mind. For Laura's passion for intrigue matches his own, and her touch leaves him stunningly aroused, tempting him to join her in a life of dangerous desires....
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British spy Gavin Graham is utterly bored, idling about committee tables at the Congress of Vienna. Then ex-governess Laura Devane appears, engaged by England to lure him from the deceptive charms of a Russian countess. Suddenly his assignment seems more attractive. For Laura's passion for intrigue matches his own, and her touch leaves him stunningly aroused, tempting him to join her in a life of dangerous desires.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
one of my favorites,
By Jessie Saunders (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Charmed and Dangerous (Mass Market Paperback)
Since I was just scanning Amazon to see if there was a new Jane Ashford in the offing (please!), I felt compelled to put my two cents in about this book, considering some other reviews here. Along with some other notables--Elizabeth Thornton, Joan Wolf, Mary Jo Putney, Connie Brockway, and Judith Ivory spring to mind--Jane Ashford writes some of the most interesting, complex and satisfying historical romances around. To each her own, but if you like a little edge to your romance reading, try Jane Ashford.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Gosh Awful!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Charmed and Dangerous (Mass Market Paperback)
With luxurious colors and a romantic landscape, the cover was intriguing. What I found inside was rancid. Set in Jane Austen's time, Charmed's "hero" is Gavin Graham. The reader is quickly informed that Gavin sleeps around, I suppose to make him dangerous. Yes, well, during that time period it certainly would make him dangerous--he would have rampant venereal disease and no way to cure it. I don't find this attractive.As for Laura Devane,I found myself wishing she'd been knifed instead of Gavin. Ashford attempted to make her spunky but she just ends up seeming to have terminal stupidity--making choices that a supposedly intelligent governess wouldn't no matter how starved for true-life adventure she might be. By the time I had read 50 pages, I put this stinker where it belonged--in my bathroom. That seemed a more appropriate place to read it, and that way it was for only 5 to 10 minutes at a time. I wonder how Jane Ashford managed to get good professional reviews on this porker. She must have good contacts in the business but she'll never get another cent of my money and I no longer trust the opinions of Affaire de Coeur.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Wonderful Escape Novel,
By Tasha B. (Colorado) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Charmed and Dangerous (Mass Market Paperback)
This was the first Jane Ashford book I read and, I think, one of her best. The plot was well laid-out and grabbed me right away. The hero was suitably dashing :), and the heroine (thank god) did not sink into the depths of Romance Heroine Stupidity, a disease that seems to be going around. The exotic locales and espionage make this wonderful escape story. I'd recommend this book to anyone who likes Elizabeth Peters, Barbara Michaels, Susan Wiggs, or Lisa Kleypas.
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