A Knight in Shining Armor

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Summary: Happily ever before?
Review: I bought this book 2 evenings ago in an English bookstore in Paris (whilst looking for Johanna Lindsey books)and finished it last night, in between having to go to work and a few hours sleep. This is my first Jude Devereux book and I really enjoyed it. I have been on the look out for time travel/regression romance novels ever since reading Barbara Erskine's Lady of Hay as a teenagaer. I enjoyed Knight in Shining Armour but it's not the best I have read in this genre. Both lead characters are likeable. Nicholas is absolutely gorgeous but Dougless is weak (or stupid?) Do real women actually let men walk all over them like Dougless allows her past lovers to? The author's references to Elizabethan details are interesting to discover and Nicholas' discovery of the modern world is amusing. The friendship and relationship which evolves between the 2 lead characters keeps you involved in the book and you can truly believe that there is a great love between them. My only complaint is that there could have been a stronger love, a love throughout an eternity but this is not achieved because Dougless remains the same person in physical body, mind and sole whilst Nicholas changes.

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Summary: Typical Deveraux
Review: I had really high expectations for this book after reading all of the great reviews it earned on this website, but once I finally got to read it, I was disappointed. It's exactly like all of Deveraux's other books, basically - girl meets guy from past, they spend a short amount of time together in which they fall in love, and right when they realize this love, they are separated. The girl spends awhile grieving, then it ends with her miraculously meeting the reincarnation of her love from the past. I had read several of Deveraux's other books before I read this one (all of them pretty much following the same formula), and I was really hoping it would be different. While the hero of the book was kind of endearing, I found Dougless to be downright annoying. However, putting all of this aside, it was an enjoyable light read, which is why I gave it three stars instead of one or two. So read it if you have nothing better to do, but if you want something really excellant, read Diana Gabaldon.

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Summary: Much, much worse than I remembered
Review: I first read this book when it originally came out in the late 80s early 90s and remembered liking it. Then I saw it in the bookstore and thought I'd pick it up for nostalgia's sake. MY GOD it was awful. Just about the worst written novel I've read this year and unfortunately that is saying something. Dougless is a completely unlikable, and spineless character, and Ms. Devereaux' explanation at the end that she was trying to shine a spotlight on alcoholism through the use of an emotionally abusive - but dry - relationship was nothing short of bizarre.
Anyway - don't waste your time.

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Summary: Are you ready for a tear jerker?
Review: I thought this book was great. I find that sometimes Jude Deveraux's books are hit or miss. This one was great. I read this book years ago and I still classify it one of the best that I ever read. Although the ending was just a bit sad I still adored it. I understand that not eerything can have a truly happy ending.

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Summary: Everyone should try this!
Review: This is my first book I read from Jude Deverauz, and I am attracted right from the begining to the end. Although I fully understand things could never happend that way,. Who care! This is a novel! I am also very attached to her other marvelous works, such as her Velvet series, I love every one of them.

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Summary: Weep, weep, weep
Review: It seemed like all this broad did was cry, cry and cry. I guess with an ending like this she was justified. A few historical factoids thrown in, but the heroine was extremely unlikeable. I will never read anything by this author again.

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Summary: CLASSIC DEVERAUX
Review: Just simply one of the best reads of my life. I have collected every one of Jude's books over many years and this is simply one of her best. This book deserves to be bought, cherished and shared with your loved ones. This novel is an awesome example of why Ms. Deveraux is a New York Times Bestselling Author. A Montgomery Family Classic Novel. The way Deveraux should always write for her avid fans.

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Summary: I don't read Romance Novels for Anti-Happily-Ever-After
Review: There are plenty of other novels for tragic endings. I read this book years ago when it first came out. Can't seem to recall much good from it. What still stand out in my memory after more than a decade are the scenes where Dougless finds Nicholas' infant/toddler in a terribly neglected state, and in the end, where Dougless sits next to a Nicholas-look-alike on the plane back home. Neither generated good feelings in me. The infant/toddler scene was too cruel, and the airplane scene too cheesy.

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Summary: Once Upon a time...
Review: Are you in to historical romances? What about modern romances? Well you are in store because you get both in this very touching, very lovable novel. Set in 1988, a young, wealthy woman is left stranded by a spiteful lover. But when she sheds a tear, transported to her is a handsome hero. She believes him to be an amnesiac, he knows he is there, not to help her, but to help himself restore honor to his family name. Together they embark on a journey to right the wrongs of history mistold. To find the answer to a question that means life or death, they tour castles of Englands which he is sure holds the answers to his questions.
As soon as he had come to her he disappeared to leave the heroine in despair, until she discovers that what they thought would be the answers to his life, were not. Mysteriously, she finds herself in the 16th century to once again help to preserve the name and honor of his family. She is met with skepicism and doubt, but also with humor and fascination. Together, with perseverance and determination, the ultimate goal is achieved. With a beautiful leading lady and a gorgeous male, this story brings tears of joy and sorrow and of hope. One of the best romance novels I've read. It makes you believe in love time and again.

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Summary: Absolute joy to read!!!!
Review: I don't remember the first time I read this book, but I do know that I've read it 6 times since. It just gets better every time. I know it sounds cliche, but it made me laugh, it made me cry, and I will definitely read it again!! It's pretty much every woman's fantasy(well, maybe not spending a month in the 16th century!!), with the light-hearted right alongside the sad.
This is very easily one of my favorite books of all time. Second perhaps only to Julie Garwood's "The Bride". But I digress. I can't really pinpoint the exact thing that makes this book so wonderful, but I can tell you that by the last page, you'll be crying and laughing at the same time you're cheering for Dougless. Truly a great read, and one that I have trouble putting down no matter how many times I've read it.
If you don't buy another book this year, please, PLEASE treat yourself and buy this one!!!!!! A fabulous story, great characters, a beautiful plot, the works!!! Buy it, or you'll have missed a true gem of a book.