- Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks (Jan 15 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0312977670
- ISBN-13: 978-0312977672
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.8 x 2.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #390,458 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Seasoned historical romance writer Brenda Joyce recently branched out into contemporary fiction with a new series (House of Dreams), written under the pseudonym B.D. Joyce. Beautiful socialite Francesca Cahill is a determined bluestocking who prefers learning and good causes to society's dizzying whirl. As a reluctant guest at a family ball, she meets New York's handsome, young, but feckless police commissioner, Rick Bragg, while unbeknownst to both of them, a young child is being abducted next door. Soon a series of cryptic notes begins to arrive, each more terrifying than the last. Francesca jumps into crime-solving, and in the process moves from tentative friendship to passion with the dynamic but mysterious Bragg. The implausible crime (for example, how did the child's abductorAhis father, an ineffectual socialiteAget hold of the tip of an unidentified person's ear?) and its flimsy resolution are unsatisfying, even for a lighthearted book. In contrast, Joyce excels at creating twists and turns in her characters' personal lives. The steamy revelations that confront Francesca as she probes into the secrets of friends and family are genuinely intriguing, and just enough of them are left unresolved at the book's end to leave readers waiting eagerly for the series' next installment. (Jan.)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
In the first of a projected series that seems to derive its inspiration from Nora Roberts's J.D. Robb romantic suspense novels, Joyce takes a rebellious New York socialite who wants more from life than simply marrying well and a new police commissioner with a past. She then gives them a kidnapping to solve that drags them into New York's seamy underside and into a romantic relationship as well. Fast-paced, sensual, and intriguing, this title will hold special appeal to fans of Joyce's earlier Bragg family series because the powerful, dynamic hero is one of their own. Joyce is a popular author of a number of types of romance, including some earlier violently sensual works; this is her first book under the B.D. Joyce pseudonym.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Absolutely terrible,
By A Customer
This review is from: Deadly Love (Mass Market Paperback)
I was horribly disappointed by this book. When I bought it I though it would be a romance mystery. Unfortunately,its not a romance. The most romance in this book is a kiss between two main characters who can never get togeather, in this book or any other in the seiries. unexpressable unrequited love that is not overcome is not my idea of a romance. In addition to this, the myster part of the story is a major let down, boring and predictable from a mile away. If you want a romance or a mystery get a different book about the only thing this book is a waste of time. And for all of you who think that this may only be the case in the first book of the series i'm sorry to disappoint, none of the others in this series change this situation.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A not to miss cannot put down book!,
By Randi (SC United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Deadly Love (Mass Market Paperback)
If anyone likes Brenda Joyce then they will love this book. You will swept away in amzing sexual tension, a complex mystery, and drop dead gorgeous brothers who persue Francesca, the heroine.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very Entertaining!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Deadly Love (Mass Market Paperback)
I had read Deadly Affairs first, then Deadly Love, but I am glad because I know why Rick Bragg just wanted to be friends with Francesca Cahill. If I had read this book first, I would of felt it just left you hanging there, and there would be no completion to the story, like some other readers did. Everything made sense. There is really no character development or interaction, but do remember that they have just met and it is a beginning of a series. I had a problem with Montrose's attitude toward his infidility. He felt that he did nothing wrong because adultery is very wrong, even though it was legal to keep a mistress back then. Overall, it was more of a mystery than romance, but still had you hanging on the edge of the pages.
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