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Title: Winter Fire by Jo Beverley ISBN: 0-451-21065-4 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (10 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: dull and unbelievable
Comment: I picked up Winter Fire before I got on the plane for an 18-hr. ride. After a few chapters, I was snoozing. On the way back, I tried to pick it up again, and still didn't get through more than half the book. I finally finished it yesterday after a month and a half. For someone who stays up till the crack of dawn to finish various other romance books, I think this says a lot.
The Marquess of Ashart needs to marry money in order to save his estates. Genova Smith has no money. But they pretend to be engaged so that Ashart can go to his cousin's (aka mortal enemy) mansion for Christmas, in order to get revenge for an age-old mystery involving the two families. And of course, Genova and Ash end up together. However, Ash only wanted her to be his mistress because he needs to marry money. Then, the next day, he decides that he wants to marry her and the story ends.
I would say the beginning third of the book was pure, undiluted dullness. Basically nothing happened except that the main characters meet and get caught in a "bad" position and decide to be engaged. Ashart is definitely NOT my idea of a romantic hero. He is under his grandmother's power for most of the book and figures that there's no other way rather than to marry a rich heiress. He has no control of his own destiny it seems, and the hate that he has against his cousin appears to me as no more than a childish grudge that he's been brainwashed to believe by his grandmother.
Genova on the other hand, is attracted to Ash, but still hesitant to be physically close to him. However, when Ash suggests that he would give her a guinea for every kiss with her, she is not hesitant at all to provide him with those kisses (albeit the money is for Ash's so-called bastard son).
All in all, the hero is a meek man who was under the full control and influence of his grandmother until the last two pages of the book. His grandmother takes care of his estates and he basically has nothing to do. Someone who isn't his own man and doesn't have his own mind is not appealing to be in a hero. And with the addition of the murder intrigues (which haven't really been solved) and other subplots, the story had no time to develop real emotion and was a disappointment.
Rating: 4
Summary: Mhhh...
Comment: Set in 1763 England, Jo Beverley's Winter Fire tells the story of Genova Smith, an impoverished companion, and the Marquess of Ashart. He is a womanizing, "tortured" nobleman, who apparently is dominated by his grandmother. His plan in this book? Destroy the Malloren's, Beverley's characters from previous books.
I can't say I loved this book, but neither did I hate it. The beginning is a bit complicated, with too many things happening at once, and the author does not manage to describe the scenes well. Once I passed page 30, things started to make sense.
If you enjoy explicit sex scenes, this is not for you, there is one, almost at the end. But if light romance is what you are looking for...go ahead, and buy it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fabulous Georgian Period Malloren Family Addition
Comment: Setting - England 1763 --- In an effort to escape the home of her father and his new wife, Genova Smith found herself accompanying the elderly Trayce ladies, Lady Calliope and Lady Thalia to Christmas revelries at Rothgar Abbey as their companion. The tedium of the journey ended abruptly as they stopped to aid another carriage on the road. Requesting assistance, the woman, identifying herself as Mrs. Dash, requested that Genova transport the woman's child and his wet nurse to the next inn to await the arrival of Mr. Dash. Mr. Dash turned out to be the dashing and devastatingly handsome Marquess of Ashart, who just happened to be the great nephew of the Ladies Calliope and Thalia. Handsome as he was, Genova was disturbed that he refused to acknowledge the child as his and seemed more intent on vexing her with some very disturbing kisses. After discovering that his Aunts were on their way to Rothgar Abbey to visit his mortal enemy and cousin, the Marquess of Rothgar, Ash agreed to accompany them the following morning.
Unfortunately, through a series of mishaps, the next morning found both both Ash and Genova in a compromising situation, which was witnessed by two other travelers. Lady Thalia quickly covered up the imminent ruin of Genova's virtuous reputation by claiming that Genova and Ash were secretly engaged. Agreeing to carrying out the façade of a loving couple for a few days before a public breakup, Genova found that there was more to the man than his purposeful attempt to destroy his mortal enemy. While playing at pretending to be in love, Genova discovered that her feelings for him had changed. Freeing him would be the right thing to do but it would leave her with a broken heart as she had fallen hard and deep in love with the dashing devil.
Although, this was Ashart's story, featured prominently as a secondary but important player in the story, was Rothgar and of course, he was as intoxicating and sexy as always. So, in effect, what the author has given us are two heroes in one amazingly wonderful story! Discovering and proving paternity of the child was secondary to the building of a peaceful pact of peace between the cousins and the dialogs and verbal duels were fabulous with all three players taking part - Ash, Genova, and Rothgar in this fully robust and skillfully plotted confrontation. Beverley is a remarkable storyteller who once more brings Georgian England to life with golden prose and emotional feeling into one more beautifully written romance. Awesome stuff from one of the stellar authors in this genre! --- Marilyn, Official Reviewer for www.historicalromancewriters.com ---
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