- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Signet (MM) (May 27 1992)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0451171020
- ISBN-13: 978-0451171023
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.4 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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- #17 in Books > Romance > Series > Signet Regency Romance
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Revenge is sweet... or is it? December 28, 2002,
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This review is from: Christmas Beau (Paperback)
Eight years ago, Max, then Viscount Evendon, was engaged to Judith Blakeford. But, with a month to go until the wedding, she eloped with Andrew Easton. Judith found her fiancé cold and forbidding, whereas Andrew tempted her with romance and passion. Yet marriage disillusions her: her husband is a drunken debaucher who spends most of his time away from her and their children, engaging in seduction.Eight years later, Judith, now widowed, returns to London, and encounters her former fiancé once more. Max, now the Marquess of Denbigh, has nursed a desire for vengeance for the entire eight years since she ran off, leaving her father to break the news that he'd been jilted. His once-time love for Judith has turned to hatred, and he wants revenge. Max ensures that his and Judith's paths cross as frequently as possible, doing his best to charm his way into her children's good graces and those of her sister-in-law, Amy - that seems to be the easiest way to get Judith to spend time with him. When he succeeds in getting her to accept his invitation to spend Christmas at his estate he knows that his plan is succeeding. All he needs to do is to make her fall in love with him, the way he once loved her, and then abandon her, just as she once abandoned him. Then his revenge will be complete. But this is Christmas, a time for love and peace and forgiveness, not a time for darkness and hatred. Can Max really sustain his desire for vengeance in the face of the woman he still loves? Can Judith overcome the memory of her fear of Denbigh and her guilt for what she once did to him - and her conviction that he means only to hurt her? Can these two people ever learn to trust one another? This is a lovely book, and one of Balogh's better Christmas novels, a period she does so well. Its theme is very seasonal, with love, forgiveness and hope at the core of the book, and a cast of supporting characters who are alone and in need of love. There is also a very sweet secondary romance featuring two characters both of whom thought themselves never likely to fall in love or marry. The book is very hard to find, but well worth it! wmr-uk
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great, great, great!,
By SusieQ (New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Christmas Beau (Paperback)
Another 5-star novel from Mary Balogh's backlist! The hero & heroine are perfectly drawn; the setting is romantic & the tension between the two is palpable; the hero's crisis of conscience is believable...Justa wonderful keeper & highly, highly recommended.
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of Balogh's best,
By "rudyoliver" (Toledo, OH USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Christmas Beau (Paperback)
Eight years ago, Judith Easton eloped, breaking her betrothal to the Viscount Evendon. Now newly widowed, she is maneuvered into spending the Christmas holidays with him, along with her two children and sister-in-law. She doesn't trust the now Marquess of Denbigh, and for good reason; he is setting her up to break her heart, in revenge for his earlier heartbreak. Both have loads of pain and guilt to deal with. A reconcilliation would take a miracle. But, fortunately, Christmas is a time for miracles..... This shows Mary Balogh at her best - no contrived plots with runaway heiresses or French spies, just two people who fight the overwhelming odds to reach for love. The final scene is heartrending, and truly inspired. Both display a newly-found maturity that allows them to put aside their past mistakes and start again. I truly love this book.
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