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Summary: Chillingworth falls hard!
Review: This was the first of the Bar Cynster series that I read. After reading this book I read all of the other books in the series. I enjoy Stephanie Laurens characters and their committment to home and family. She writes these sensual stories filled with believable characters. Keep up the good work!
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Summary: Very passionate -- a great love story
Review: Lots of tension between both characters. Lots of passion. I really liked Chillingworth and Franchesca. She was so outwardly passionate and he was pretty smoldering under a smooth veneer. Yes it's a silly suspense story -- but the love story more than makes up for it!! Definitely a great read!
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: This book was one of the best books I've read in awhile.I like everything by this writer.I think all the cynster books are great but she out did herself this time .The love scenes where just great very hot and heavy just like I like them.I cant't wait for the next 2 books about the twins to come out.
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Summary: A good read, but a bit heavy on sexual gymnastics. . .
Review: You know, I've been a Stephanie Laurens fan since devouring her first book several years ago, but this one struck me as more erotic than romantic. Gyles holds out too long before admitting his feelings for Francesca, and frankly, I still don't understand why. His parents obviously were a very loving and happy couple, and the tragic accident that took his father's life doesn't give him a good reason to fear love the way he does. Francesca is an admirable character with depth and wisdom beyond her years, but Gyles comes across as a typical male chauvinist determined to have his own way no matter who it hurts. Not very lovable, unless you consider his prowess in the bedroom...which, apparently, Francesca does. But Francesca's love chips away and eventually melts her husband's cold heart, leaving him nearly human in the end. An enjoyable read, but far too dependent on sexual gymnastics to earn five stars from me.
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Summary: All about being bored!!
Review: I have never submitted a review, but this book was such a disappointment I felt the need to. I've read all the other "Cynster" books and thoroughly enjoyed them. As I started the book, I kept reading thinking that the story would pick up and it would get better. As time went on it became a real struggle to "make myself" finish the book. It was long and lacked much of a story.
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Summary: Historical Romance with a classy feel.
Review: Gyles Rawlings, Earl of Chillingworth, is ready for
marriage. His marriage must be one of convenience; so he is
looking for a gentle, quiet wife. He thinks he's found her in
his cousin Francesca Rawlings. He has seen a frail, sweet little
blond on her uncle's estate but is enchanted by a dark,
passionate Italian gypsy and wants to sink into her
lush charms. He resists, for he has a fear of emotional
attachment. That fear explodes into life when the wrong woman
walks down the aisle. That dark, lush gypsy is Francesca, and
the pale wraith is her cousin, Franni.
Gyles and Francesca settle into a passionate married life,
but Gyles cannot admit to emotion, even when strange things
happen around the estate--possible attempts on Francesca's life. The fairly obvious villain does not at all detract from
Stephanie Laurens' smooth, delicious writing style, and the
character of Francesca is a fiery delight.
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Summary: All About Passion
Review: Chillingworth is every woman's dream man adamant never to fall in love and ends up marrying sensual headstrong Francesca. I was unable to put the book down from the moment I started reading it. A big thumbs up for Stephanie Laurens for delivering such a fab romantic novel. I've read all her novels except for Promise in a Kiss, the next one on my list.
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Summary: Oh so beautiful
Review: I've loved all the books in this series, but this one was beautiful and magical. By far one of the best. I had low expectations, feeling that maybe the series storyline was being stretched to the limit - but Laurens tells a wonderful and heartwarming story here. The characters will really make you root for them.
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Summary: It's a "Laurens"
Review: I've often read the reviews in the front of novels where reviewers claim 'If it has so-and-so's name on it, I'll buy it!' I've often thought of those as publicity, but after reading the Bar Cynster series, and now the story of Chillingworth, I can assure you that I've now purched 2 Laurens books sight unseen through Amazon before they've even been released. I haven't been so consistently pleased by an author's abilities since the early days of Kathleen Woodiwiss. Let's just hope Stephanie doesn't succumb to the same strange malady that later afflicted Woodiwiss' writing. These characters are real, they're sensual, they're interesting, and despite the aforementioned obvious dearth of a good mystery, this romance propels you through 400+ pages with little thought for anything that might be missing. I'm a Laurens fan for life.
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Summary: He's no Cynster but..
Review: Compared to all the other Cynster Chillingworth was a child. The book did lack in story and character. Hardly any motivation, but I did happen to like Francesca. She was great. She saw what she wanted and fought for what she knew was there. She to me was more of a Cynster. And I agree with another reviewer who said that Chillingworth had no motive for not being able to love. A good read if you're looking for good love scenes, otherwise you might want to skip it and what for "The Promise in a Kiss."
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