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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN num: 9780060837327
ISBN number: 0060837322
Label: Avon
Manufacturer: Avon
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 384
Printing Date: September 01, 2006
Publishing house: Avon
Release Date: August 29, 2006
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To burn with passion . . . to surrender to the power of a man's desire . . . Kathryn de St. Marie's years in a French convent have taught her such things are forbidden. Still the chaste Norman beauty dreams of a soul-stirring love. But cruel destiny intrudes when she is taken prisoner by Scot barbarians—though a kinder fate intervenes when she is rescued by proud, haunted Edric of Braxton Fell, a bitter Saxon lord displaced by Norman rule.
Though he despises the conquerors, Edric can sense that Kathryn is different—gentle and giving, yet possessing a fire that enflames Edric in turn—and he grudgingly allows her into his broken life. For Kathryn's capture has tainted her in the eyes of her people, and she can never again return home. Her future rests in the strong hands of her enemy champion . . . and in a long-cherished dream of a perfect seduction and a dangerous, rapturous love.
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Margo Maguire's the Bride Hunt is one of my favorite books, so I wanted to read this book as it picks up on what happens to Isabel's sister Kathryn. I have to say that the pace and writing were dissapointing. The two lead characters were not very interesting, in fact the one person who stood out most was the wife who passes away in the beginning. Her story may have been a better one to tell!
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I can't believe all those wonderful ratings for this book. All I see is a man who vowed never to marry again, but was willing to ruin a virgin maiden for his own self gratification, and not caring what this would mean to a young girl in this time setting. No hero there for me to see. As for the heroine she is a hot sex fiend and I fail to see how Love enteres this arena. It take a preist who should be commited himself to "open" his eyes and at the peril to her life to make him relaize he Loves her. Where are the scruples of these girls ? And in a time period where this is taboo. I'd love to read a REAL LOVE story where it didn't take the capitulation of the heroine into the sex act to make the Hero fall in "love" with her. How about caring, and protecting her from the scorn of people and showing his true value of her.Hot torrid sex is not necessarly an act of love. Please someone out there write a Love story. This is after all supposed to be fantasy. Not REAL life.
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I've been eager for this book ever since I read Maguire's THE BRIDE HUNT - the very first story in which the heroine, Isabel, is abducted by marauding Scots when her family castle is invaded. For a year I've wondered what happened to Isabel's younger sister, Kathryn, who was also abducted in the raid. For an ENTIRE year I have wondered! Well, I finally know. THE PERFECT SEDUCTION is Kathryn's story, and the tale of her abduction and, ultimately, her rescue (by one toe-curling, yummy hero) is fantastic! The wait was worth it. THE PERFECT SEDUCTION did not disappoint -- in fact, I think it's even better than THE BRIDE HUNT -- a great book and hard to beat in its own right.
I love a good medieval romance and, sadly, good ones are few and far between lately. Sexy-hot, action-packed, tightly paced -- I devoured this book. Margo Maguire has made it to my auto-buy list.
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Margo Maguire does keep getting better! The book has been summarized so I'll get to the good stuff.
From the moment Edric sees Kathryn he is consumed with lust for her. The sexual tension was exquisite. Edric fights.....and fights his temptation for his Norman enemy, but she is driving him mad. He's been celibate for a year after all!
The tension is perfectly drawn out so the h/h aren't in bed immediately, but when they are it's an explosion. Ms. Maguire doesn't sugar coat her love scenes with purple prose. They are raw and spicy just like our warrior-hero, Edric.
The story was told from both Kate and Edric's perspective so I could feel the torment each was in by falling in love with their enemies.
I read it in a matter of hours and was sad to see it end. I highly recommend this book. A definite keeper for fans of Saxon/Norman romance.
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In 1072 Castle Kettwyck, Kathryn de St. Marie hopes to marry for love until Scots led by Lord Ferguson raid the keep and kidnap her. At Braxton Kell on the Borders, Saxon Lord Edric and his soldiers attack Ferguson and his men for cutting through his land. Ferguson's men have already destroyed much of the keep with their raids. At the same time, Edric's Norman wife Cecily is about to give birth though she does not want the child, hates her spouse and his people, and wants to go home.
Edric rescues Kathryn from Ferguson, killing him just before he tried to rape the Norman. Edric takes Kate to his keep. Though he is wary of Norman women, he also finds he wants her. Kate thinks Edric is what she wants in a husband, but he loathes Normans and is married that is until he learns his wife died giving birth to his son Aidan who has no wet-nurse to care for him. Kate ends up with the role as Aidan takes to her holding him and her using an artificial device. Kate says she will stay until he finds a wet nurse then will continue to nearby Evesham Bridge Abbey as she cannot go home. She hides form him the knowledge that her dad is lord of Kettwyck. As they fall in love treachery threatens both their lives.
The lead couple and most of the support cast are nice likable individuals who bring to life the very first decade after the Norman Conquest. The story line is action-packed, but emphasizes the distrust between the Normans, Saxons, and Scots. Though the villain is obvious and his demise too easy, Conqueror romance fans will immensely appreciate Margo Maguire fine historical.
Harriet Klausner
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