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Bezig met laden... Shattered Rainbows (1996)door Mary Jo Putney
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Catherine Melbourne, hija y esposa de oficiales, nunca permitió que ningún hombre se le acercara con la palabra amor en los labios. Por eso, cuando percibió que entre ella y el oficial y caballero Michael Kenyon nacÃa una pasión imposible, decidió alejarse, huir, resistirse. No sabÃa, ciertamente, que el destino es capaz de vencer cualquier voluntad. This series just keeps getting better and better. I have to wonder if these were the first books that Ms. Putney published. While are the books are very good there is marked improvement in each story. This story is just a single romance much like THUNDER & ROSES. This story is different from the others in that it covers several years. In covering that period of time there are wonderful glimpses of history. There are scenes after the battle at Salamanca. There are also the days Michael Kenyon and Catherine Melbourne spent in Brussels before the Battle at Waterloo. Ms. Putney make you see the carnage and suffering that must have occurred. I am glad that Michael was so willing to get past the things that have happened to him through his life. He is a very confident solider but he is emotionally scarred from living with his tyrant of a father and what Caroline (see Thunder & Roses) put him through. I am also very glad the Michael and his brother were able to get past the abuse that they both received from their father. I liked Michael very much. He over came a great and became a wonderful man. Catherine is a great mate for him. Catherine is one of the very unusual woman that followed her husband while he was on campaign during the war with Napoleon. It wasn't an easy life and a lot of women died in the camps that were setup near the fighting. Catherine is a caring, intelligent and very resilient. She is capable of riding a horse for hours as well as finding a way to make ends meet on an officers salary. Catherine is a good nurse and likes taking care of the people that she loves. She is also like so many of the woman of this time, she has no idea that sex can be enjoyable. Her first husband was more concerned with his own pleasure that of his spouse. I like Catherine a lot and I was very glad that she was able to find a mate that care for her. I look forward to reading the last two books in this series. Ms. Putney is a very good writer and she does and wonderful job of keeping her readers entertained. She has done a good deal of research for this time period. These last few books have gone very quickly. There is so much going on and I love that I learn something that I didn't know before. This is a reissue of a 1996 release--good news for those of us who missed some of the Fallen Angels series the first time around. Michael Kenyon has been in love with Catherine Melbourne for some time, though she's unaware of it. Catherine has also been in love with Michael, who's likewise unaware of her feelings. They met while she was married to another man, and both kept their feelings secret. Now, her husband is dead, and Catherine asks Michael to masquerade as her husband so that she can claim an inheritance for her daughter. Those are the bare facts. What's missing from the brief recital is the depth of emotion found in this story. Ms. Putney manages to make the reader feel all the heartache, joy, and fear these characters experience, making Shattered Rainbows a particularly satisfying read. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Fallen Angels (5)
Fiction.
Romance.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:A Romance Writers of America RITA finalist for best Long Historical Romance Broken Dreams and Second Chances... Honed by danger and haunted by the past, Lord Michael Kenyon finds it easy to risk his life for his country's sake. But in the shadow of Waterloo, he faces a far more dangerous threatâ??the loss of his heart to the beautiful battlefield nurse who saves his life, yet can never be his. Called a saint for her virtue and selfless courage, only Catherine Melbourne knows the tragic flaw at the core of her spirit. In Michael Kenyon, she sees the strength and kindness she craves, yet for honor's sake she must conceal her love and send him away. Even when freed from her empty marriage, she conceals the truth because of the bleak knowledge that she can never again be any man's wife. Then fate offers Catherine a fortune, a title, a heritage for her daughterâ??if Michael will impersonate her husband on a visit to a wild Cornish island. Reluctantly he agrees to the masquerade. But what begins as a simple journey leads them into a shattering vortex of danger and betrayalâ??and a fiercely passionate love that can no longer be denied. PRAISE FOR SHATTERED RAINBOWS: "An extraordinary reading experience. Darkly erotic and sizzling with sensuality, this love story dazzles the senses and steals your heart away. Romance just doesn't get any better than this." â??Melinda Helfer, Romantic Times, 4.5 GOLD rating "Rarely have I read a book about two such wonderful characters...Catherine is a beautiful, intelligent woman with integrity and Michael a noble, moral hero...Although many historical romances have used the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars and the Battle of Waterloo, Putney's description of the actual battle is electrifying...Books of quality such as Shattered Rainbows can only raise the standard for all romance novels. This is one of the best books of this year or any year." â??Dede Anderson, TheRomanceReader.com "Ms. Putney makes me proud to be a romance reader. She writes beautiful stories about mature people with complicated lives and emotions that draw you in and will not let you go." â??Lenore Howard, Old Book Barn Gazette Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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It's a beautifully written story with lots of action and romance. The characters are terrific, with so many small details making them real people I just loved. It can be tricky for an author to write a man in love with a married woman, but Ms. Putney nails it with a delicate balance and lots of longing.
This can be read as a stand-alone book (it's the 5th book in a seven-book series), but I immediately got the rest of the series because some of the other protagonists appear, and I need to know their stories. ( )