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Title: Dearly Beloved by Mary Jo Putney ISBN: 0-451-40185-9 Publisher: Topaz Pub. Date: 01 July, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.76 (17 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful!
Comment: This book is the first I read by Mary Jo Putney when it came out in 1990, and has remained my favorite of all her books. It is perhaps the most erotic romance I have ever read. Not because it contains the crude raunch reminiscent of Virginia Henley or Bertrice Small on a bad day; it doesn't. What it contains is a complete sensuality that draws in all of your senses. It also contains some of the loveliest writing in romantic fiction. Here is my all-time favorite "love line" drawn from a romance novel:
"Without removing his eyes from hers, he continued, 'You are my salvation, and in your love I see the reflection of the loving God whom I never believed in.'"
When was the last time you ever found a hero in the mainstream romance genre (as opposed to romances specifically targeted for Christians) who found God, the source of all true love, reflected in the love of one of His creatures? This is why I forgave a particular plot twist that I especially disliked and found completely gratuitous. So it's not a perfect novel, but it is a cut above the rest.
After reading DEARLY BELOVED, try Mary Jo Putney's UNCOMMON VOWS. It is from a very different time period (DEARLY BELOVED is a Regency; UNCOMMON VOWS is a medieval), but like DEARLY BELOVED it shows characters who find God and it goes further and shows characters who take their religions seriously (in contrast to other novels that show religious characters to be fools).
Rating: 5
Summary: poignant, heart wrenching and I LOVE IT!!
Comment: Many issues were raised here and i truly empathise with the characters. Whilst Gervase unfortunately managed to be 'harmed' by his mother, Diana (whose father felt the same unnatural 'likings' towards her), luckily escaped such physical overtures. Imagine if her father had been truly deranged, he would have 'destroyed' her, and left her more wounded compared to what Gervase did to her in that inn.
Towards the end, i truly felt like strangling Gervase for spurning Diana's love. If not for Geoffrey's quick actions, Diana would have been dead...and Gervase would have thought the worst of her (thinking she'd a tiff with the Count-whom he jealously thought was Diana's lover)...but this is just my imagination..but i just hated him when he doubted Diana...
Anyway, i should've blamed his mother more..and thankfully, despite his torturous past (compared to the hero Michael Connery or 'Mikhail Kanauri' in Silks and Shadows - Gervase's past incident was still minor, correct me if i'm wrong), he turned out okay.
Rating: 4
Summary: Progressive
Comment: I enjoyed this story tremendously. Given the period of time in which it is set, Putney approached issues that were completely untalked about during that time period. I thought their coming together as a couple and healing together was a fascinating and thought provoking journey.
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Title: The Diabolical Baron (Signet Regency Romance) by Mary Jo Putney ISBN: 0451150422 Publisher: Onyx Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1991 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Slightly Sinful by MARY BALOGH ISBN: 0440236606 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 27 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: The Rake by Mary Jo Putney ISBN: 0451406869 Publisher: Topaz Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Bartered Bride by MARY JO PUTNEY ISBN: 0345437055 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 30 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Uncommon Vows by Mary Jo Putney ISBN: 0451210689 Publisher: Signet Book Pub. Date: 02 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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