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Mistress of Mellyn door Victoria Holt
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Mistress of Mellyn (origineel 1960; editie 1960)

door Victoria Holt

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Mount Mellyn stood as proud and magnificent as she had envisioned...But what bout its master--Connan TreMellyn? Was Martha Leigh's new employer as romantic as his name sounded? As she approached the sprawling mansion towering above the cliffs of Cornwall, an odd chill of apprehension overcame her. TreMellyn's young daugher, Alvean, proved as spoiled and difficult as the three governesses before Martha had discovered. But it was the girl's father whose cool, arrogant demeanor unleashed unfimiliar sensations and turmoil--even as whispers of past tragedy and present danger begin to insinuate themselves into Martha's life. Powerless against her growing desire for the enigmatic Connan, she is drawn deeper into family secrets--as passion overpowers reason, sending her head and heart spinning. But though evil lurks in the shadows, so does love--and the freedom to find a golden promise forever...… (meer)
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Titel:Mistress of Mellyn
Auteurs:Victoria Holt
Info:St. Martin's Griffin (2008), Edition: Second Edition, Paperback, 336 pages
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This was the first historical romance/suspense book I ever read. One of my all time favorite teachers loaned it to me. This story still holds up after all these years. ( )
  Fish_Witch | Jul 4, 2023 |
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  archivomorero | May 21, 2023 |
A page-turning Gothic romantic suspense. ( )
  Alishadt | Feb 25, 2023 |
What a Gothic! All the elements are here: the isolated location, an orphaned governess, an unruly child needing love, the brooding master, the mystery from his past, and the danger to our heroine. Shades of Jane Eyre, anyone? Still, Holt manages to make the story her own and perhaps makes the story even creepier than Jane Eyre.

The mystery from the past was well done! It surprised me, although the clues were all there. And the danger was terrifying for me. But as any experienced reader of Gothics knows, all will come round in the end. It is the story itself getting the heroine from the start to the finish that is the joy to read. And this book was a joy.

The book is recommended for casual fans of Gothics. If you've read lots of them, this book may seem derivative. However, since I loved it, I'm giving it five stars. ( )
  Jean_Sexton | Jul 10, 2022 |
I picked this up at a local church book sale over the weekend on a whim - I'd read and enjoyed one other Victoria Holt book, was interested in reading more, and the book synopsis sounded good. It sounded, in fact, similar to a favorite Phyllis A. Whitney book Window on the Square.

Indeed, the first third of this book read as though one author cribbed the plot from the other: orphaned, well-bred, but stubborn woman, forced to seek a position as a governess in a spooky old house, overseeing the education of a troubled young child, and waging a battle of wills against the broody but enigmatic master of the house. But Mistress of Mellyn deviates from Window; here the wife is dead but haunts those who remain, and from about the 1/3 mark the story goes off in a direction entirely its own.

I loved this book right up until the last 20 pages or so. Loved it. It was so easy to lose myself in the story... but those last 20 pages sort of let down the side. They almost worked perfectly, but either the author lost steam or the publisher felt parsimonious. I never bought Connon's sudden change of heart. In fact, I suspect it wasn't supposed to be a change of heart at all, but a slow growing realisation, but something was missing so it just felt like he flipped a switch. And the ending... oh man, that ending was good. I did not see that coming and it certainly put the suspense in the book's romantic suspense tag. But the motivation of the person (no spoilers) felt incredibly flimsy. I didn't buy it.

Ultimately, these things, along with an embarrassing amount of melodrama on the part of our heroine upon her rescue, dropped my rating down to 4 stars from the 4.5/5 it was heading for. It's still a very solid, enjoyable read, but it's not quite all it could have been. ( )
  murderbydeath | Jan 17, 2022 |
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Mount Mellyn stood as proud and magnificent as she had envisioned...But what bout its master--Connan TreMellyn? Was Martha Leigh's new employer as romantic as his name sounded? As she approached the sprawling mansion towering above the cliffs of Cornwall, an odd chill of apprehension overcame her. TreMellyn's young daugher, Alvean, proved as spoiled and difficult as the three governesses before Martha had discovered. But it was the girl's father whose cool, arrogant demeanor unleashed unfimiliar sensations and turmoil--even as whispers of past tragedy and present danger begin to insinuate themselves into Martha's life. Powerless against her growing desire for the enigmatic Connan, she is drawn deeper into family secrets--as passion overpowers reason, sending her head and heart spinning. But though evil lurks in the shadows, so does love--and the freedom to find a golden promise forever...

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Martha Leigh neemt als gouvernante haar intrek in het huis Mount Mellyn om voor de kleine Alvean te zorgen.

De moeder van Alvean zou verongelukt zijn toen zij met haar geliefde wilde ontvluchten. Maar het is alsof de dode nog altijd in het grote huis rondwaart, alsof iedereen gebukt gaat onder een tragedie.

In deze beklemmende atmosfeer vindt Martha Leigh haar grote liefde...
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