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Evening Star (Paperback)

by Catherine Coulter (Author) "Giana, I must fix that bow in your hair, it's hanging over your ear ..." (more)

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Paperback: 532 pages
Publisher: Onyx (MM) (Jun 20 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451407091
ISBN-13: 978-0451407092
Product Dimensions: 17 x 9.9 x 3.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 205 g

Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

Amazon.ca Sales Rank: #1,646,345 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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First in the star quartet from the #1 New York Times bestselling author

When Alex Saxton wins virgin Giana Van Cleve in the infamous Roman Flower Auction, he never expects to lose his heart... --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Catherine Coulter is the author of fifty novels, thirty-eight of which have been New York Times bestsellers. She earned her reputation writing historical romances, but in recent years turned her hand to penning--with great success-- contemporary suspense novels. The Cove spent nine weeks on The New York Times paperback bestseller list and sold more than one million copies. The Maze was Coulter's first book to land on The New York Times hardcover bestseller list.

A review of The Maze in Publisher's Weekly stated that it "was gripping enough to establish Coulter firmly in this genre." Coulter continues to live up to that promise with her subsequent New York Times bestselling FBI thrillers The Target, The Edge, Riptide, Hemlock Bay, and Eleventh Hour.

Catherine Coulter's first novel, The Autumn Countess, was published at the end of 1978 when she had just reached puberty. It was a Regency romance because, as she says, "as any publisher will tell you, it's best to limit the unknowns in a first book, and not only had I grown up reading Georgette Heyer, but I earned my M.A. degree in 19th century European history."

Following The Autumn Countess (a Gothic masquerading as a Regency, she says), Catherine wrote six more Regency romances. In 1982, she published her first long historical, Devil's Embrace. She has continued to write long historicals, interspersing them with hardcover contemporary novels, beginning with False Pretenses in 1988.

She pioneered the trilogy in historical romance, each of them very popular. They include: Song, Star, Magic, Night, Bride, Viking, and Legacy trilogies. She enjoys trilogies because she doesn't have to say good-bye to the characters and neither do the readers.

Catherine grew up on a horse ranch in Texas. She graduated from the University of Texas and received her masters at Boston College. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, she worked on Wall Street as a speechwriter for a company president. She loves to travel and ski, reads voraciously, and has a reputation for telling jokes--believing the publishing business is too crazy not to laugh. Catherine lives in Marin County, California with her physician husband.

Catherine Coulter loves to hear from readers. You can write to her at P.O. Box 17, Mill Valley, California 94942, or e-mail her at ReadMoi@aol.com. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Waste of money and time, Jan 5 2004

By	Marie "Marie" (Alabama) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Evening Star (Paperback)

The heroine Giana is an idiot who willfully falls in love with a fortune hunter. By the end of the book she has been enlightened by a tacky summer trip to Italy with her Uncle Daniele to tour brothels, etc. In one instance in particular, her uncle makes Giana strip in front of himself and another whore. Giana gets home and immediately dumps fortune hunter boy because she all of a sudden recognizes his faults. Her mother technically okays the trip. It is hard to believe; however, that the whole fiasco could ever have happened because, regardless of her mother's business practices, a typically well bred english woman would never do this to her daughter. The story jumps around too much. The hero Alex practically rapes the heroine both the first time they meet (without success) and the second (with success and even though she is sick with the flu). He then forces her to marry him after she makes it clear to us and to him that she doesn't like him. He treats her badly and she still falls in love with him despite all she learned about him during her Italy trip. The only story in this book worth reading is the one about Giana's mother, Aurora. The author should have written this as her story from the beginning instead of wasting time on the other two sorry main characters. Giana's character really seems like two different people. Spoiled little idiot rich girls don't change that much or that quickly. This is a silly book. This author does not write books that I consider be good and this one is no exception. I won't be reading any more of her books.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Engrossing ride through the gamut of human emotions, Aug 24 2003

By	Trisha A. Howell "Howell Canyon Press author" (Los Angeles, CA, United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Evening Star (Paperback)

Evening Star is one of those rare wonderful books that the reader feels forlorn after it is over. Our hero and heroine, Alex Saxton and Giana Van Cleve, are such well-drawn and fascinating human beings that they become the reader's riveting intimate friends as their very realistic yet exciting lives are played out in a delightfully sensual, heartbreakingly emotional and always entertaining plot with endless twists. The novel is so engrossing that I had to read its 420 pages in one sitting.

The willfully independent Giana is saved from the matrimonial clutches of a cunning fortune hunter when her wealthy shipbuilding mother Aurora sends her from London to Rome for a very enlightening summer education with her Uncle Daniele. What Aurora doesn't know is that Daniele not only gives her a glimpse of the seedier side of life but makes her hang out in a high class brothel posing as one of its girls, though no one is allowed to touch her.

Her ultimate test is her posing as one of the virgins to be sold at the astounding Roman Flower Auction. But nothing goes as planned, and Alex Saxton wins the bid for the intriguing and saucy Giana.

Four years after her incredible escape from him and his festering humiliation, he encounters her again in London-a formidable opponent in a major business negotiation. He becomes obsessed with revenge, and the desire to have her no matter what. What he gets is something he never bargained for.

For a breathtaking and thoroughly entertaining ride through the gamut of human emotions, don't miss Evening Star. Like many Catherine Coulter novels, it's a sure bet.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I Think everyone need's to judge for themselves, Jul 26 2002

By	Chris Hayes (shingle springs, ca. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Evening Star (Paperback)

Unlike our friend in Honolulu Hi, I have read everyone of Catherine Coulter's books. I can honestly say I have loved everyone of them. I have no idea what this person is talking about. Her stories are romantic yes, but they all hold a certain amount of excitment, intrigue, suspense and the out come is a very interesting book. I love the Bride series, as well as the Star and Song series. And most of all I would never judge a writer by one book. You might want to try her books that are more contemporary, like the Maze, the Edge, Etc.

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