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Stormswept

door Sabrina Jeffries

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The first wedding night that Lady Juliana St. Albans spent with the dark and daring Rhys Vaughan was intoxicating, the heady culmination of her new husband's driving hunger and her own awakened sensuality. When he mysteriously disappeared the next morning, she waited for him in hope and desperation. And when he was finally proclaimed dead in a shipwreck, she bitterly mourned the loss of her love. The second wedding night that Juliana spent with Rhys Vaughan was six years later, after he returned to claim her just as she was about to wed another. This Rhys was different-bolder, harder, and convinced that she'd betrayed him. Only their blazing passion remains from their years apart. But is it enough to light their way through the maze of mystery, menace, and mistrust-to the love they once shared and would have to find again? Contains mature themes.… (meer)
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Sabrina Jeffries rocks the boat with a turbulent romance shrouded in suspense. Juliana is mesmerized by Rhys. Those emotions culminate into a night of love, lust and gratification that have her head over heels for her new husband. After Rhys disappears without a trace leaving behind a heartbroken and desperate wife is when the true story begins. A mysterious disappearance leads to years of unanswered questions and emotional turmoil in the life of Lady Julia. When he reappears years later a change man it will shake up the foundation of this stormy marriage. I received an ARC of Stormswept in exchange for an honest review. Not one of my favorite stories. I liked the plot but found the story to be bland and slow moving.
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  Lashea677 | Feb 16, 2019 |
Very good book, written in 1995 and recently revised by the author. It is a story of second chances, pride, trust and ultimately love. Julianna is twenty one when she meets Rhys. She is the daughter of an English lord, living on an estate in Wales. She is fascinated by the Welsh culture and language, in spite of her family's viewpoint of it as barbaric. This leads her to secretly attend a meeting of local radicals, where she meets Rhys. He is a man who is a proponent of preserving the Welsh lifestyle, taking their lives back from the English. He is also the son of a man who lost his estate to Julianna's father and then killed himself in shame. There is an immediate connection between Rhys and Julianna, until he discovers who she is. But in spite of his common sense, he can't stay away from her. Over the next few weeks they meet secretly, sharing their passion for Welsh culture, while the attraction between them grows. Rhys talks her into eloping with him. But the next morning, Julianna wakes to discover that Rhys has disappeared. Six years later he returns from the dead, determined to have vengeance on the woman he believes has betrayed him. While he's no longer the idealistic crusader he was, Julianna has also changed from an innocent young girl to a woman with the strength to stand up to him.

The beginning of the book was taken up with their meeting and courtship, such as it was. Julianna is innocent and a bit naïve, not realizing the trouble she could get into. I loved her fascination with all things Welsh and her determination to learn as much as she can. She doesn't understand her family's attitude, and continues her activities in spite of it. She is immediately drawn to Rhys and his passion for his country. Rhys is fascinated by her also, but when he finds out who she is, he is angry and believes the worst of her. He's rather hotheaded and does something that gets her into trouble before he realizes what he has done. His apology is heartfelt, and his fascination with her continues, as they meet secretly each evening in her room. They manage their elopement and their wedding night is sweet and passionate, but all too short. Rhys is kidnapped by her brothers while she sleeps, and handed over to a press gang, but not before they fill his head with lies about Julianna. They then continue their interference by lying to Julianna. But things don't go quite the way they planned, as Julianna has developed a bit more backbone than they expected. I loved seeing her stand up to them and her father regarding her marriage to Rhys.

Six years later she has lost hope. She has made a life for herself at Llynwydd, and now wants more. She's about to announce her engagement to another man when Rhys reappears. She is stunned, and overjoyed to see him, until he begins to speak. Rhys has spent six years believing that she betrayed him and was responsible for his kidnapping and impressment. He is determined to have his revenge, and make her pay for his actions. The scene with him, Julianna and her brothers is heartbreaking, as she proclaims her innocence and he believes the lies her brothers continue to spout. He makes his plans clear, to claim "his" estate and his wife.

Now Julianna must fight for her marriage and her husband's love if her life is to be at all bearable. There's no denying that the passion is still there between them, but that isn't enough for her. I loved her determination to stand up to him until he can accept the truth. Julianna realizes that until he trusts her again, there is no chance for them to have a true marriage. There were times that I wanted to reach through the pages and shake Rhys for his stubbornness. How he could believe her brothers, when he knew their attitudes toward the Welsh people, over Julianna, I simply couldn't understand. There were some fantastic scenes with Julianna resisting his attempts to get her back in his bed, and Rhys experiencing great frustration. I loved seeing how her actions often confused Rhys, as they were contrary to everything he believed about her. I liked how she broke down his walls, little by little, but there was still a core of distrust that she couldn't get past. I loved that she continued to hold out for everything rather than accept less than she deserved. The final hurdle was the hardest and I ached for her as she laid her heart on the line for him. I loved the ending and his big moment, as he finally faced the fears that had been driving him all along.

The concurrent story, involving Rhys's friend Morgan and Julianna's maid, Lettice was also good. He was taken at the same time as Rhys, leaving Lettice to face her own challenges. Julianna's older brother had a large part in this. I loved Morgan and his far more clear-headed reaction to everything that happened. His belief in Lettice, in spite of appearances, was great. I enjoyed his attempts to make Rhys see the truth, and his frustration with his blindness. It was especially satisfying to see the retribution they visited on Julianna's brother.

Her family was a group that was easy to dislike. Julianna's mother was rather cold and stuck on appearances. Her father was ruthless and conniving and I loved seeing how Julianna ultimately won in her battle with him. Her brother Darcy was an arrogant ass, who believed that he deserved to get whatever he wanted. He pretended he was looking out for his sister, but it was really all about him. It was interesting to see the effects his actions ended up having on his life Overton was pretty much spineless when it came to standing up to him. I liked seeing him finally do the right thing in the end.

One of my favorite characters was young Evan, the Welsh boy who Julianna was teaching. I loved his intelligence and desire to learn. I loved how Rhys and Julianna were able to make his dreams come true. I also enjoyed how he defended Julianna to Rhys. ( )
  scoutmomskf | Mar 2, 2017 |
Stormswept by Sabrina Jeffries (writing as Deborah Martin) is a 2016 Pocket Books publication. I was provided a copy of this book as an XOXOpert, the official street team of XOXO After Dark.

I like to think I’m pretty knowledgeable about authors, but time and again, I discover I don’t know much at all. I never knew Sabrina Jeffries wrote historical romance novels under the pseudonym of ‘Deborah Martin.’

Originally published back in 1995, this novel has been re-issued by Pocket Books, and I am so happy I had the chance to discover ‘Deborah Martin’ and her backlisted titles.

Lady Juliana St. Albans and Rhys Vaughn fall in love, in this ‘Romeo and Juliet’ meets “The Count of Monte Cristo” setup.

Swept up in their ardor and passion for each other, forbidden lovers run away and get married, but are separated in a diabolical plot, that will keep them separated for six long years, and has Rhys convinced his beloved wife betrayed him.

Now, he has returned to reclaim Julianna and the property she manages, which is now his, by rights, preventing Juliana from finally remarrying.

But, the marriage appears to be doomed as Rhys refuses to listen to Juliana’s protestations that she took no part in the plan to ‘impress’ him, that left him scarred and angry. While the fiery passion that ignited between them all those years ago is still burning as hot as ever, the severed trust between them has left them both feeling frustrated and heartbroken.

Will the truth ever be revealed? Will Juliana ever regain Rhys’ trust so that their marriage can be real and happy?

For those accustomed Sabrina Jeffries regency romances, this one may feel heavier, with a slightly darker tint than you are used to. But, for a person so burned out on regency romance, this one was right up my alley, and very welcome change of pace.

'And though in the desert night
I've wandered many a year
And often had to drink
Of the bitter cup, despair
The yoke I suffered was my gain
And not for nothing came that pain'
William Williams Pantycelyn
'Fair Weather"

I loved the political Welch backdrop, which is something different, for a change, and I’m a sucker for forbidden romance and all the intrigue that implies. While Rhys finds it hard to let go of his lust for revenge and all his hate and bitterness, he eventually comes to see how it will poison his life forever, and ruin all he has worked to gain, if he doesn’t learn to trust his wife.

Juliana plays her hand well, and is a strong female protagonist, with a big heart, I couldn’t help but cheer for.

I really liked this story, and would love to see more of these backlisted titles reissued! ( )
  gpangel | Jul 21, 2016 |
I love a good second chance romance if it's done right. This one was great. The love between the two was still there fighting to the surface.

Thanks to Netgalley Netgalley for the ARC. ( )
  amdrane2 | Jun 23, 2016 |
*** I received this book courtesy of Netgallery in exchange for an honest review

1.5 stars, rounded up out of the goodness of my glacial heart

On any other day i would read a book like this and be excited at the amount of angst. Not today.
At the 15% mark , i lost some of the will to continue. I hate instant loves, cant stand it. When the two MC's made their declaration of love, i knew that was tantamount to a tectonic shift for me because again, if there's anything i hate in a book , its people who say they love each other after having known each for only a couple of weeks. As it happen, i was right about how this would turn out.

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Juliana kept going on about her "my poor Rhys" her "dear sweet husband" . Talks like these are the reason i hate insta love. Rhys was a jerk. When he first met Juliana , she had attended one of his radical speeches dressed as a maid. When he found out she wasn't a maid, he figures she might be a spy for her father , the English Lord who had the deeds to his estate after his father lost it in a card game. He decides to confront her father with his wild accusation , with no proof whatsoever , leading to Juliana's father finding out she snuck out to attend a speech of his "enemy" and in his apoplectic rage , wanting to cane her "within an inch" of her life . I was more forgiving at his jumps to conclusion. Then he comes and does it again.

Rhys and Juliana decide to get married and run off because they know her parents would not agree to the match. They get married and consummate the marriage. Juliana's brothers find the letter Juliana penned about their plot and decide they are going to find a way to get rid of Rhys, because apparently one of her brothers, Darcy, intends to run/join a political party and he cant have a brother-inlaw who is a well known radical and he also wants Letty, Juliana's maid who is one of the radical's lover. He finds Rhys, spins a tale of Juliana not wanting him anymore and that she divulged all the secrets of their seditious meeting. Rhys believing his Juliana is impulsive and fickle, would do anything to avoid the consequences of her actions refuses to believe and vows to return after being put in a ship run by British soldiers whom hate radicals . When he returns six years later , on the night of Juliana's betrothal ceremony, the first thing he does after stopping the ceremony is accuse Juliana of being in cahoot with her brothers. I mean , really. This was at page 95 and i already had so many issues with it. Typically , i would DNF right about now but for some reason i can't imagine, i continued on.

Did it get any better? No,not really. Rhys gets mad Juliana wanted to remarry after waiting six years. I guess she's suppose to remain alone until she dies. He implies she is loose and might have sampled her betrothals wares. What crap.

The bit about Letty and Morgan. Again, another Dunderhead of a semi-MC. Darcy, being the character we want to hate, also captures Morgan and puts him on the ship with Rhys. He makes Letty his mistress because she's fiery and his wife, Elizabeth is not. Letty is 'mistressing' because that's the only way she can take care of her son whom Darcy thinks he fathers when in truth Morgan fathers. Anywho, Morgan after believing all the lies Darcy spewed, returns and blames Letty for his impression with the British navy without even a 'How do you do'.

I got pretty tired of the rigmarole between Rhys and Juliana. I did not even skim through this book, i was flipping and picking pages at random to see if they had resolve their issues. They did almost at the very end, i'm glad i skipped though 10's of pages which would only have contained their squabbles.

The resolution, i didn't enjoy. I wanted Rhys to grovel for not trusting Juliana, the entire book would have ended 50 odd pages ago if Rhys had just trusted Juliana but nope. We go on a lengthy lengthy case of marital dispute. Juliana forgives him after Rhys "finally" believes her over her brother and that's it. Scene. Pfft , time wasted that can never be gotten back. I could have spent the entire time watching cat videos on youtube but alas i was reading ze's book.

I occasionally enjoy Sabrina Jefferies but this is just breathtakingly bad. Or maybe i just subconsciously hate her pseudonym. ( )
  invincible005 | Jun 4, 2016 |
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Dear Papa and Mama,
Don't be alarmed, Rhys Vaughan and I have decided to marry, and since we knew you wouldn't allow it, we've run off together. Please try to be happy for us. Rhys and I are very much in love, and hope you will come to accept this marriage in time.
With great affection,
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John Myddelton, current leader of the seat for M. P. of the borough, is dead. Northcliffe is trying to force through his own candidate tonight at the council meeting, so the Sons of Wales are planning to storm Common Hall. They're already furious over what Northcliffe did to us, and now they're determined to route him. I fear there will be bloodshed. But they'll listen to you. They're meeting in the basement of Gentlemen's Bookshop, as usual. Come help m stop them before it's too late.
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Dearest Rhys,
I've gone to Northcliffe Hall, If you search your heart, you'll understand that I must settle matters between me and Lord Devon, Ialso wish to be reconciled with my brothers, devious though they are.
I know you don't see mattress I duo and will be furious at me. I realize that my furtive departure may only increase your distrust of me, but you left me no choice. I only pray you can find some measure of forgiveness in your heart.,br.YOu told me you wanted me to share your life in every way, and I agreed to that. Now I'm asking you to share mine. Put aside your fears and come to me at Northcliffe Hall. Sit beside me when I face Lord Devon. Show me that you trust me to do the right thing.
I well know what a great thing I ask of you. If you can't do it, I will understand. In either case, know this: You always have my love.
Juliana
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The first wedding night that Lady Juliana St. Albans spent with the dark and daring Rhys Vaughan was intoxicating, the heady culmination of her new husband's driving hunger and her own awakened sensuality. When he mysteriously disappeared the next morning, she waited for him in hope and desperation. And when he was finally proclaimed dead in a shipwreck, she bitterly mourned the loss of her love. The second wedding night that Juliana spent with Rhys Vaughan was six years later, after he returned to claim her just as she was about to wed another. This Rhys was different-bolder, harder, and convinced that she'd betrayed him. Only their blazing passion remains from their years apart. But is it enough to light their way through the maze of mystery, menace, and mistrust-to the love they once shared and would have to find again? Contains mature themes.

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