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4.0étoiles sur 5
Enchanting., Fév 22 2004
"Ravished" is a smooth novel flowing with intrigue and perception. Instantly, Amanda Quick entangles her reader with spellbinding ease, blending romance with a subtle cloak-and-dagger feeling.In Upper Biddleton, Miss Harriet Pomeroy fills her days with devotion. Harriet Pomeroy has an insatiable passion for fossils. She spends her time digging, collecting, and researching old bones. All is well, until Harriet discovers sinister events taking place in her fossil caves - found beneath the estate belonging to the Viscount St. Justin. Immediately, she summons the viscount. The audacity of Miss Pomeroy's commanding note fascinates Gideon Westbrook, the Viscount St. Justin. Following a six-year absence, Gideon returns to Upper Biddleton. Harriet Pomeroy is an insightful heroine gushing with innocent boldness. Gideon Westbrook glides through the pages as a gruff hero radiating honor and dignity. However, it is the humor the author employs which successfully ties the entire story together. This is smooth reading with a pleasant romance involved; however, the story has limitations. Personally, I enjoy a little more quiet lust before the actual grand event takes place and regrettably, the unending fossil theme grows tiresome. Nevertheless, the author has reached her goal with a charming book. Grace Atkinson, Ontario - Canada. -- Historical fact: In June of 1824, teeth found in Sussex, England, by the wife of amateur palaeontologist Gideon Mantell were examined at the Hunterian Museum in London. The famous anatomist Georges Cuvier concluded that they were the teeth of an extinct herbivorous reptile. -- Did the author, Amanda Quick, purposely use "Gideon" for her hero's first name? A nice touch.
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