A Woman of Virtue [Unknown Binding]

Product Details

• Unknown Binding
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743422678
• ISBN-13: 978-0743422673
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,324,720 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

During her frequent travels to London, Liz always packs her pearls, her dancing slippers, and her whalebone corset, confident in the belief that eventually she will receive an invitation to a ball or a rout. Alas, none has been forthcoming. While waiting, however, she has managed to learn where all the damp, dark alleys and low public houses can be found.



When Liz isn't living in the 19th century, she resides in Cary, North Carolina with her husband, a corporate attorney, and their four very fine felines.

Customer Reviews

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42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At Last My Prayers Are Answered!, March 9, 2001

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Philamina Hollandsworth (Native American Valley, Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Woman of Virtue (Mass Market Paperback)

Finally! A book that's worth $6.50 the publisher is asking! Liz Carlyle delivers what I hunger for, and seriously BIG kudos go out to Sonnet for publishing a full-bodied romance instead of a 385-page version of "romance light." If this book were a desert, it would be filled with fat, calories, sugar, and every other wicked-good substance known to woman. No silly fluff, no big misunderstanding plot, no too-stupid-to-live heroine. Carlyle's books are erotic enough to be worthy of the name ROMANCE without scrimping on emotional depth. Yes, this book is one of those now-endangered species -- a romance with a plot, as well as a troupe of wonderful characters. (And I'm not even talking about the hero and heroine yet.) My only question is, if Sonnet can publish books like this, why can't other publishers?

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely wonderful and deserves more than 5 stars!!!, March 2, 2001

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Guppie - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Woman of Virtue (Mass Market Paperback)

I just finished the book and I don't want it to end. Like all of Liz Carlyle's books, A Woman of Virtue is an absolutely wonderful book to read!!!

The story of Lord David Delacourt and Lady Cecila Markham-Sands will tug at your heartstrings. It is a story of love lost and love found. Six years ago, David almost ruined Cecilia by almost compromising her. He offers her marriage, but our feisty heroine declines his offer. David, good looking, titled, rich but has been living a life of a dissolute rake could not fathom the idea that a woman like Cecilia would throw his offer back at his face. Now six years later they meet again, for David has lost a wager to his brother-in-law Cole (hero of Liz's previous book A Woman Scorned) and must work at his mission for 3 months while he is away in the country with his wife Jonet. To David's surprise he comes face to face with the now widowed Cecilia who also works at the mission. Still wildly attracted to each other, they try to work side by side, while trying to solve a mystery concerning a murder of one of the women who stays in the mission. Of course, the mystery in this book does not overshadow their romance.

A Woman of Virtue does not have a big misunderstanding. The characters are open and very adult about their feelings for each other. David is a wonderful hero, though very tortured about his past. Cecilia is a feisty heroine who is not ashamed to share her feelings, sensual or not with David. Great secondary characters support our h/h. Hilarious Kemble, the valet, (meet him in My False Heart), Etta the lady's maid, Max de Rohan the chief inspector and of course characters from Liz Carlyle's previous books.

The love scenes in this book are truly hot, but written so sensually it will warm your insides and make your toes curl with pleasure. The prose is heaven, for only Liz Carlyle can write a book and virtually transports you back in time. With her vivid descriptions she can make you feel like you are there yourself. All your five senses will be working when you read a book written by Liz Carlyle and A Woman of Virtue is definitely a book worth reading and enjoying. You will be able to feel the characters joy, sorrows and love. You will be able to see and smell the places, taste the food and wine, and hear the music playing.

Don't walk to the bookstore but run for A Woman of Virtue will not disappoint, it will only leave you wanting more books written by Liz Carlyle. And like me, you will not be able to wait for her next book to come out called Lady Catherine's Fortune.

Go! Buy A Woman of Virtue and read it! NOW!!!!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A STELLAR STORY, April 14, 2001

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This review is from: A Woman of Virtue (Mass Market Paperback)

Liz Carlyle gets better and better. Before this book, Beauty Like the Night was my favorite, but this one delivers more. Humor (thank you LC), mystery, a strong female lead (but not too strong), a hero to salivate over (of course), a great love story with a little seduction on the side (again, thank you LC - I love the seduction) and hot love scenes. But more than that, LC makes her secondary characters so interesting you want to know more about them. Kemble is a hoot! Where did he come from and how did he pick up so many talents? Max de Rohan (and his dog) is so interesting, you wonder where he goes and what he does after each leave taking. It's easy to spin a story around two characters and draw you into their lives, but when an author fully and lovingly developes minor characters too. . .well, you're in for a treat. Still waiting for Bentsen's (from Beauty Like the Night) story, LC!