Until You

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Summary: What Else? Romantic!
Review: I've never been into what most people would call "trashy romantic books" but this book proved me wrong. Not only is it superbly well-written with just the right amount of humour and wit, the storyline is not your usual romance fare. This is one of the rare books which just puts a sharp stab in your heart when you feel the heroine's pain and a smile on your face when you share her happiness

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Summary: Dreamy !
Review: Untill You is one of McNaught's best. It transports the reader into a romantic and exciting fantasy world filled with tears, laughter and suspence. Any one who enjoys reading romance novels should not miss this one

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Summary: Completes the Westmoreland Series
Review: Readers of Whitney, My Love would have fond memories of Stephen Westmoreland, who played an important role in reuniting Clayton and Whitney. With his charm and humor, Stephen was a character that fans of Judith McNaught would have been eager to read the story of. I should know, for I couldn't wait to read Until You after reading Whitney.

When Stephen, now the Earl of Langford, inadvertently kills a baron, he discovers that the deceased was about to be married to Charise Lancaster, an American, whose ship was sailing into London the next day. As the late baron had no other known relatives, Stephen was left with the task of breaking the tragic news to Charise.

Unbeknownst to him, Charise has eloped and has left her escort, Sheridan Bromleigh, in a difficult position of breaking the news of her elopement to the baron. And so when the ship docks in London, both Stephen and Sheridan face each other, with Stephen thinking that she was Charise, but when a crane accidentally hits Sheridan in the head and knocks her unconscious, she awakens to find herself with no memory whatsoever of who she is, and under Stephen's care, who still thinks that she is Charise, and who's still wallowing in guilt over his indirect role in her current position.

As the days pass, Stephen finds himself more and more drawn to Sheridan, while Sheridan, believing that Stephen was her fiancé, finds herself falling in love with him. But Stephen, who we learn has become jaded and cynical since his heartbreak over Emily, tries to fight his feelings and enlists the help of his family in finding Sheridan a suitable husband. And so Sheridan faces the Herculean task of fighting for Stephen's love and convincing him that he is the one for her, especially when her real identity threatens to tear them apart.

Until You is a delightful novel that showcases Judith McNaught's talent for mixing humor, wit and passion. Although you may experience some deja vu if you have read her other novels (think of that scene when Stephen goes through the list of suitors for Sheridan, which was also done in Once & Always with Jason and Victoria), or the likeness of her heroines (virginal, spirited ingénues, usually orphaned by at least one parent), you cannot help but get sucked into the world that she creates and be enfolded into the love story of Stephen and Sheridan. It is also such a pleasure to once again meet the beloved characters from her other novels (Clayton & Whitney, Jason & Victoria, Jordan & Alexandra, Nicolas Du Ville), even though I got this feeling that the curtain was closing down on them for some reason.

If you have read A Kingdom of Dreams and Whitney, My Love, read Until You, which completes the Westmoreland series. Even if you do not find it as enchanting as the other two, it is still an enjoyable read.


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Summary: Beautiful
Review: Wow, this is the best romance book I have ever read. Everything about it was great. This book is a must read!

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Summary: Highly Unsettling
Review: What supposedly courageous, poised, and confident heroine marries a man who doesn't use sex and intimacy to show he cares about her but to manipulate her into doing something she doesn't want to do?! Especially one who "makes love" to her as a form of revenge? Yeah, supposedly he's tender and causes her to enjoy herself, but it was awfully close to rape for my piece of mind! However, Sherry seems perfectly happy to go ahead and marry him. At least the "getting-to-know-you" scenes in the first half of the book were sweet.

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Summary: Sherry forgives too easily
Review: I have recently purchased this book after borrowing it from the library; overall, it was a well written book. Although I have to say that Sherry was too naive and forgave too easily. I have not yet read "Whitney, My Love", but by judging the reviews, I might not even read at all. I have to to say that "Until You" was one of Judith McNaught's better novels.
I have noticed that many of Judith McNaught books, many heroines, actually all of them, are too soft heart and too forgiving.