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Summary: Great Book!
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I instantly connected with both Deborah and Tony -- both very likable characters who deserved each other. I especially enjoyed Maxwell's character development, in that she shared the thought processes of Deb and Tony as their relationship blossomed and evolved.
Many times you read these historical fiction novels with the male lead as a rake, rogue, or hellion, who is a lothario with a legion of women in their past. I liked reading this historical novel showing that there were men during this time who valued relationships and wouldn't give up on someone they cared for.
I recommend this book, and look forward to reading more of Cathy Maxwell's book!
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Summary: Too tempting to put down...
Review: This book is by far the best book I have read in a very long time. From the instant the main characters met, I was hooked and felt the connection with them. Cathy Maxwell successfully draws you right into this story so you feel every bit of excitement, pain, happiness and distress that these characters feel. I loved the fact that this book was not about two people denying their attraction and feelings for eachother...instead, their relationship was intense, honest, open and very sexy. The storyline was so different from anything I've read before and kept moving so I was never bored. This is a very enjoyable book to read and I definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to escape into a unique story.I'm disappointed that I finished this book, and can only hope my next read is half as good!
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Summary: For the true romance reader this one is a keeper
Review: This book is great, I picked it up and rarely but it down for two and half days. I was cheering on deborah and tony from the moment they came in to contact with each other in the story. I was amazed at how real the charatcers felt, and how well the story fell into place; I was disappointed when I finished the book I wanted more. I have been reading historical romances for 15 years now, and Cathy Maxwell has reminded why I love them so much.
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Summary: Get thee to Gretna Green!
Review: This book jumps right in, racing to establish the character's backstories and bring our anything-but-merry widow and our tortured hero to the rapidly boiling water of their first meeting (which is also their first sexual encouter). I found this unusually speedy approach a little startling, and almost put the book down when the hero and heroine's instant, irresistable attraction to each other resulted in our priggish widow shedding all her inhibitions behind the door of an inn...that could never happen, could it? Get real. Of course it could. Desperate people do desperate things. Once I had reconciled myself to the possibility of this kind of overwhelming encounter, I was able to let go and enjoy the rest of the story. Deborah is poignant and charming, if a little downtrodden. Anthony must ultimately figure out what "the right thing" is, and whether or not he will do it. Cathy Maxwell's skillful grasp of human motivations enables us to safely experience a roller-coaster ride of lust, self doubt, longing, desperation, and ultimately, love.
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Summary: A very endearing love story
Review: This is my first Cathy Maxwell book & I wasn't disppointed. I do have mixed feelings about it though. It was a very sweet, if somewhat heart-wrenching romance - which I almost always love (as long as it's not totally depressing). However, most of the secondary characters were real jerks; Tony & Deborah were the only ones I could really enjoy & admire. I had to raise my eyebrows a bit about how quickly the very moral, very responsible Deborah allowed herself to fall into bed with Tony - BUT given what her life had been for 27 yrs AND what the rest of it may turn out to be, I didn't fault her! lol (A girl HAS to have a little fun in life! lol)
The storyline did keep moving & didn't allow me to grow bored with them "looking into each others eyes & thinking this & that", which I never enjoy. However, I was more than a bit disappointed that while Tony fully expected Deborah to understand that he had to act with honor, he didn't think that she had to. That really bothered me. But, in the end, he did accept her decision gracefully & support her in it. All in all, it was a very enjoyable, satifying love story. CM did an excellent job of making me actually feel the love between the two. I will be trying another CM book.
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Summary: A very endearing love story
Review: This is my first Cathy Maxwell book & I wasn't disppointed. I do have mixed feelings about it though. It was a very sweet, if somewhat heart-wrenching romance - which I almost always love (as long as it's not totally depressing). However, most of the secondary characters were real jerks; Tony & Deborah were the only ones I could really enjoy & admire. I had to raise my eyebrows a bit about how quickly the very moral, very responsible Deborah allowed herself to fall into bed with Tony - BUT given what her life had been for 27 yrs AND what the rest of it may turn out to be, I didn't fault her! lol (A girl HAS to have a little fun in life! lol)
The storyline did keep moving & didn't allow me to grow bored with them "looking into each others eyes & thinking this & that", which I never enjoy. However, I was more than a bit disappointed that while Tony fully expected Deborah to understand that he had to act with honor, he didn't think that she had to. That really bothered me. But, in the end, he did accept her decision gracefully & support her in it. All in all, it was a very enjoyable, satifying love story. CM did an excellent job of making me actually feel the love between the two. I will be trying another CM book.
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Summary: Get thee to Gretna Green!
Review: Yes, this lady is VERY satisfied with this newest offering from Cathy Maxwell. There had to be something better in life than being forced into marrying another man whom she didn't love. Deborah Percival had done that once already, for the sake of her step-mother and half-sisters. In order to save them all she had been married to a man 37 years her senior and now her life was being planned again to marry her off to Parson Ames and step-mother his six horrendous children. Not again! She would be off to London to help out her other sister. Along the way, providence stepped in in the form of washed out bridge forcing her to take a room for the night. The other boarder in the house was the newly betrothed, Earl of Burnell, Anthony Aldercy. He was everything she dreamed of and before the night was over the most electrifying attraction between the two of them would result in the most tempting offer Deborah would ever receive. Would she accept...well of course, how else could we have this wonderful regency romance! One thing, you can always expect from Cathy Maxwell is a deeply satisfying romance and that is exactly what you get from the Lady is Tempted. While I usually expect more humor from Ms. Maxwell - the lack of it was more than made up for in the deeply satisfying love scenes. Great writing one always expects from Ms. Maxwell.
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Summary: This Lady is Satisfied
Review: Yes, this lady is VERY satisfied with this newest offering from Cathy Maxwell. There had to be something better in life than being forced into marrying another man whom she didn't love. Deborah Percival had done that once already, for the sake of her step-mother and half-sisters. In order to save them all she had been married to a man 37 years her senior and now her life was being planned again to marry her off to Parson Ames and step-mother his six horrendous children. Not again! She would be off to London to help out her other sister. Along the way, providence stepped in in the form of washed out bridge forcing her to take a room for the night. The other boarder in the house was the newly betrothed, Earl of Burnell, Anthony Aldercy. He was everything she dreamed of and before the night was over the most electrifying attraction between the two of them would result in the most tempting offer Deborah would ever receive. Would she accept...well of course, how else could we have this wonderful regency romance! One thing, you can always expect from Cathy Maxwell is a deeply satisfying romance and that is exactly what you get from the Lady is Tempted. While I usually expect more humor from Ms. Maxwell - the lack of it was more than made up for in the deeply satisfying love scenes. Great writing one always expects from Ms. Maxwell.
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