- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Signet (MM) (Jan 25 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0451195000
- ISBN-13: 978-0451195005
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.7 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 544 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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Compromised, disgraced, and banished to the care of her freethinking, slightly scandalous aunt on the Cornish coast, 18-year-old Lady Sylvia Sutherland swears off love, consoles herself with her painting, and resigns herself to spinsterhood. Ten years later, however, Nicholas Morley, Earl of Longueville, returns to Cornwall, and Lady Sylvia's life suddenly becomes less predictable and a lot more romantic. A pair of beautifully matched, emotionally wounded, and socially ostracized protagonists come to terms with the past, deal with a bit of pure evil, and learn to trust and love in this involving, well-crafted Regency that, while darker and more realistic than some, delivers a satisfying romance with a mysterious touch. Oliver, a popular writer of Regencies (An Inconvenient Wife, Signet, 1998), lives in Texas.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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A talented, passionate artist spends her days at the Cornish white cliffs, yearning to recreate nature's beauty on her humble canvas, until the Earl of Longueville threaten to remove the lady from his estate. Despite the gossip surrounding the Earl's tragic past, she gives him the benefit of the doubt, and when he asks her to paint his portrait, she is aghast. The scandalous proposition demands hours of close intimacy, staring into each other's eyes, and feeling the fire of secret passions within their hearts.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
I was disappointed,
By A Customer
This review is from: Lady In Gray (Paperback)
I am a big fan of Patricia Oliver's, but this book didn't please me as much as her others. Maybe it was the over-the-top rudeness of Nicholas, the main male character, when we are first introduced to him. Maybe it was that Sylvia had lots of social interaction in the neighborhood, even though she was "disgraced." Maybe it was the irritating love affair between her aunt and her aunt's paramour. I almost put the book away twice unfinished. However, Patricia Oliver is an excellent writer, and I will continue to read her books.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing for Oliver,
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This review is from: Lady In Gray (Paperback)
This is the lowest rating I've given any book by Patricia Oliver; I normally rate her books at five stars, with one or two at four stars. For some reason, this book didn't grip me at all, and I found parts of it boring. The characters were not as interesting, and the plot not as entertaining, as her other books.The sub-plot with the painting, and the mystery about the Earl's past and his dead first wife, just didn't appeal to me, and when, close to the end, the heroine's life was at risk I wasn't remotely gripped by any sense of danger. The hero and heroine's antagonism didn't seem to ring true for me either. Not sure why... but this wasn't up to Oliver's usual standards as far as I was concerned. Still way ahead of many other authors in this genre, though!
3.0 out of 5 stars
For me, not up to Oliver's usual standard,
By A Customer
This review is from: Lady In Gray (Paperback)
I bought this book because I'd loved everything else I've read by Patricia Oliver. Her series of linked books, using recurring characters, is entertaining and very enjoyable and I had initially hoped that this book would be another in the series. It isn't, unfortunately.It was well written, certainly, but the plot unfortunately did not grip me in the way her other books did. That's not to say it isn't a good and well-plotted book, just that for me it doesn't come up to the standard of 'An Unsuitable Match,' or 'Lord Gresham's Lady'.
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