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An English estate and a haunted castle in Spain provide scenic backdrops for best-selling Joyce's tale of two sisters, Tracy and Cass de Warenne, in love with a professor of medieval studies, Antonio de la Barca. When the affair between drop-dead gorgeous jet-setter Tracy and Antonio sours, the dashing Spaniard concentrates on Cass, a self-effacing romance novelist with a penchant for history. Strangely enough, their family trees are intertwined, spanning centuries of intrigue, revenge, and mysterious deaths. Once Joyce delivers her characters to Antonio's remote ancestral home, the stage is set for a beautiful ghost to take possession of her unsuspecting victims. Intent on making up for the suffering she endured long ago, Isabel wreaks havoc on the descendants of all whom she counts as enemies. With myriad twists and turns, much bloodshed, and plenty of passionate embraces, Cass and Antonio triumph over the unearthly obstacles threatening their happiness. And Isabel's spirit finds peace at last. Alice Joyce
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An unquiet ghost stalks her living descendants, seeking vengeance for a long-ago betrayal.Cassandra de Warenne, who writes historical novels, had never heard of her ancestral relative Isabel de la Barca until the fateful night of her sister's swanky party for her rich and famous friends. Tracey de Warenne just wanted to give her pals first peek at a priceless antique ruby necklace which is to be auctioned off by Sotheby's, where she more or less works. (All these characters inhabit the moneyed dreamland where those mythical beings known as jet-setters and playboys still flourish.) But Tracey's latest flame, an "internationally-renowned" professor of medieval studies named Antonio de la Barca, points out that the necklace is identical to one adorning the snowy bosom of Isabel de la Barca in a portrait dated 1554. And Antonio adds that Isabel's maiden name, before she married into his illustrious family, was de Warenne. Cass is intrigued . . . and instantly smitten with the darkly handsome Antonio. Strange things begin to happen that very night, causing one and all to pack their bags to head for Antonio's spooky family castle in Spain. Yes, intones Joyce (The Third Heiress, 1999), the place is crumbling and sinister; and yes, the eyes in the portraits seem to follow everyone around. Ere long, Isabel's malevolent spirit raises all kinds of ghostly hell, and eventually possesses Tracey, who is so blond, chic, and thin that she represents an irresistible target. Cass must fight her very own sister practically to the death-but not before enjoying several emollient bouts of sex with the ever-smoldering Antonio. Guess who wins the good sister/bad sister shriekfest.Wide-eyed genre clichés alternate with steamy boudoir scenes, in a romance sure to delight readers who can't find paperbacks featuring white-clad damsels fleeing moonlit Gothic towers anywhere in their local supermarkets. -- Copyright © 2000 Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --Ce texte provient d'une édition qui n'est plus publiée ou qui est non diponible.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 Good story, but needs a proofreader and a thesaurus, Déc 26 2002
Par Jackie M. Bachenberg "theoriginaljfmmb" (Canton, GA United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: House Of Dreams (Mass Market Paperback)
Ms. Joyce tells a good tale, she just needs a good proofreader and needs to invest in and use a thesaurus.

The tale itself is a mixture of mystery, historical novel, and romance. The base of the story is that a woman who died 400 years ago is linked to two families. She feels that these two families betrayed her and she's still out to get them. The story mixes modern world with the story of this woman from 400 years in the past. Meanwhile, in modern times, you've got a pretty scary ghost story going on. The story itself is highly entertaining, as long as you don't pay attention to the details. Think of it as that highly entertaining, but critically unaclaimed movie that you watch just for fun. If you get caught up in the details that just aren't right, then make a game of it, because otherwise, it will make you crazy.

When I say it needs proofing, I'm not kidding. There are places where a man is described as wearing a black coat and then two pages latter it's blue. She describes a young boy as having polio. Now this takes place in modern times and this child is less than ten years old. To my knowledge, a case of polio hasn't been reported in Western Europe in the last 10 or 20 years, so that's just totally bogus!! And then there was my favorite proofing error, "She hid her hands behind her face." I'm not sure this is anatomically possible.

Ms. Joyce needs to get a thesaurus to try and cure her overuse of the word gaze. She loves this word, both as a noun and a verb and in one nights reading, I kept track. The longest Ms. Joyce could go without using some variation of this beloved word was two pages.

If you want a fun read, go for it. But don't be looking for literary excellence.

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1.0étoiles sur 5 Skip this one!, Aoû 12 2002
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This review is from: House Of Dreams (Mass Market Paperback)
I don't know why I keep giving Ms. Joyce another chance. This one goes in the discard pile. I agree with the reviewer who described the book as "disjointed." I would describe all of her books that I have read this way. I may read any future of the "Deadly" series just to see where that story could possibly go, but I don't think I will be reading any others.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 A scary but great romance story, Juil 12 2002
Par Pat Dubiel (Tewksbury, Ma) - Voir tous mes commentaires
This review is from: House Of Dreams: A Novel (Hardcover)
When Cass de Warenne (the historian) and her sister Trace (the jetsetter) go to Spain as the uninvted guests of the (noted historian) Antonio de le Barca, everything starts to tumble out of the closets. Trace is there for one reason: to lure Antonio back into her net; this is the man for her. There's only one rather scary problem: Isabel. There has been a long standing feud (only 445 years)between Isabel and both familes. Once Isabel made her debut I couldn't put this book down. You never knew what terrifying deed would happen next. This book is definitely worth taking the time to read.
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1.0étoiles sur 5 did not like it.
I had never read a Brenda Joyce book before picking up her "Deadly..." series written as BD Joyce. I Am finding them wonderful, engrossing and fun reads. Read more
Publié le Jui 24 2002 par T. M. Wheaton

5.0étoiles sur 5 WOW! MIND BLOWING
This book was terrific. Unlike most of Brenda Joyce's novel's I have read, and I love all I have read this one was very different. I was ready for different. Read more
Publié le Mai 2 2002

5.0étoiles sur 5 Not The Third Heiress but...........
I loved this book! This is the second book by Ms. Joyce I have read, the first being The Third Heiress. Read more
Publié le Fév 13 2002

3.0étoiles sur 5 Couldn't put it down, but SCARY!
I promised myself to read another BJ book after the Third Heiress. Like that read, if you love a love story that combines the past with the present to bring two people together,... Read more
Publié le Déc 30 2001

1.0étoiles sur 5 Not the best
I really love Breda Joyce's previous works. She is an excellent author. This one though, I feel she has lost her way just a wee bit. It is disjointed, and does not flow. Read more
Publié le Nov. 7 2001

1.0étoiles sur 5 Terrible
This is the first book I've read from this author and I must say I'll think twice about ever reading another. Read more
Publié le Oct. 29 2001

5.0étoiles sur 5 excellent, excellent, excellent
This was the first book I read by her and I absolutely loved it. I can't wait to read more.
Publié le Oct. 2 2001 par LAURA ANN BLANDO

3.0étoiles sur 5 Well I finished it.
This was the first Brenda Joyce book I have read and it is possible I may try another, although I am not too sure about that. Read more
Publié le Sep 12 2001 par J. Krantz

3.0étoiles sur 5 Tight suspense but weak romance
Cassandra de Warenne is inexorably intrigued by her sister's new attraction - Antonio de Barca and soon their fateful meeting spells doom for both families. Read more
Publié le Sep 7 2001 par Desmond Chan

5.0étoiles sur 5 a book that felt like a movie
I have to disagree with many of the reviewers who did not find this book absolutely thrilling. The characters were wonderfully developed. Read more
Publié le Sep 7 2001 par tlms23

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