Rating: 
Summary: Ancient Family Curse, Hot Guy, Beautiful Yet Stubborn Girl
Review: this is an interesting novel
Nicoletta is the main heroine
and Don Scarletti is the main hero
many deaths have happened in the Scarletti family
the youngest child has taken ill
and Nicoletta is summoned to Scarletti Hall/Manor/Whatever
She happens to be the village's healer
but she goes in the guise as the apprentice to a healer
because she does not want to be questioned on her methods for fear of being named a witch
after Nicoletta heals the youngest Scarletti child, the don
descides to invoke some marriage law where he can choose whichever girl from any village that he is lord over.
obviously he chooses Nicoletta.
Nicoletta tries to refuse his advances but the don dosen't know the meaning of the word 'No'
as the story unfolds, readers find out that it is Don Scarletti's
younger (and jealous) brother who was behind the deaths in the Scarletti family
he winds up dying, Nicoletta and the Don fall in love (duh, it's a romance) and the Scarletti Curse is lifted
by the way if anyone looks real close at the cover, you'll notice that the model posing as Nicoletta has a tanline on her back, at least she does on my copy.
Rating: 
Summary: Ick ack. Put it back.
Review: I absolutely couldn't stand this book!
I'm not understanding how it's sexy for a woman to give up her friends and life for a guy who wishes to control her completely. The Don was a jerk. Nicoletta is an awesome heroine in the beginning, but turns into a submissive wifey thing by the end. It's a sad thing when a woman, to paraphrase an actually part of Nicoletta's thoughts, "leaves her old life behind because he'll never like it, and because she just HAS to". Eeeeew.
I loved the Dark series, and constantly used to stalk the bookstore waiting for the next one. This one was the beginning of the end of my love for Ms. Feehan's work. I bought it to tide me over from one Dark book to the next, and it made me so angry that I wrote the author and got into a big argument over the book!
Please, please, please...read something in the Dark series, or Emma Holly's Upyr series. You'll be a lot happier.
Rating:
Summary: Ms Feehan Dan Do No Wrong
Review: I continue to love the work of Ms Feehan. She is a wonderful storyteller. Her books never seem to get old and tired.Giovanni and Nicolette come together to make a wonderful love story. They are both "different" in a world were those differences could get them burned at the stake. Giovanni can read and talk to peoples minds. Nicolette has the ability to heal with her hands. They come together over a child's sick bed. Giovanni realizes that Nicolette is the women he has been dreaming about and is determine to marry her. She is his light in the darkness that seems to surround him and his family. Nicolette is a free spirit that runs around in bare feet. Raising plants for medicine and enjoying her freedom. She always seems to be in trouble. This is a warm and wonderful story that everyone should read.
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