I've read a lot of Nora's books but this one was disturbing subject not to my likening. This is the first time I ever gave up on Nora after about a quarter of the book.

A los veinticinco años, la princesa Adrianne lleva una vida que la mayoría de la gente envidiaría. Bella y elegante, emplea los días en organizaciones benéficas y las noches volando, envuelta en glamour, de gala en gala. Pero esta pose de niña rica y consentida no es más que una estratagema, un esfuerzo calculado al milímetro para esconder una peligrosa verdad. Adrianne ha alimentado durante diez años el deseo de venganza. Cuando era niña, todo lo que vio en casa fue la crueldad que se escondía tras el matrimonio aparentemente ideal de sus padres, el reverso de un cuento de hadas. Ahora, Adrianne tiene el plan perfecto para hacer pagar a su famoso padre. Le arrebatará un objeto que él aprecia por encima de todas las cosas: el Sol y la Luna, un fabuloso collar de precio incalculable. No obstante, cuando está lista para la venganza, surge en su vida un hombre que parece adivinar hasta su último secreto.
Philip Chamberlain es un tipo inteligente, encantador y enigmático que tiene sus razones para acercarse a la princesa Adrianne. Y solo cuando sea demasiado tarde Adrianne se dará cuenta del peligro que se cierne sobre ella... a la vez que se encontrará entre dos hombres imponentes: uno capaz de robarle la libertad, y otro con el poder de quitarle la vida.

I liked this book not as much as other books by Nora Roberts I've read before. This one was quite romantic, but in my opinion, it lacks suspense.

It was interesting to read about the life of women in the Muslim country, and even more interesting to hear that those women were used to it, even enjoyed it.

The main heroine, Adrianne, is a very strong woman. All the things she has were achieved by her own efforts. I felt really sorry for her because of things she saw in her childhood. That's extremely hard to live a life not being able to trust men or being afraid to love them. But this thing about revenge... I kind of understood why she needed it but I also didn't think she'll be satisfied after that. So I was not too eager to see her get her own back.

The setting of the book (Jaquir, the USA, and all the places they visited) was really wonderful, it added brightness to this story. The ending of the novel seems quite abrupt to me. It had to be the climax of the story, but it wasn't so tense to really become it. ( )

Interesting book about a woman from another culture and how her life is consumed by the treatment her mother endured at the hands of her father. ( )

Good not great. Fairly typical contemporary romance. ( )