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Saber, Earl of Avenall, was severely wounded, inside and out, during the war in India. Today, we would call it Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He has nightmares, he feels terrible amounts of guilt, etc. But he thinks he's going insane.

Ella, his beloved, needs him. She loves him and he pushes her away, not willing to tie her to a madman. But someone threatens to expose Ella's past and hurt her.

Saber decides to marry her, make her his heir, so when he does finally go completely insane, Ella will be taken care of.

This was a good story, with deeply emotional characters whose love for each other was tangible and real.

The only thing I don't usually like about Stella Cameron's writing is the way she often *hints* at what people want to say. I wish she would just have them *say* what is on their minds.

But I did think this was a very good book.

I had first come across this book at the library, got it on a whim and have not regretted it since. Such a romantic book and so believable! you felt the chemistry between the characters, Saber and Ella and know that their's was a true love. Quite unusual circumstances but it adds to the dramatic esssence of the novel.this has become an old favourite of mine and whenever i need a pick me up its straight to the library. Maybe i should buy it? anyway if you like stella cameron, read this!

I found this book very repetitive and also confusing. You knew the mad man Pomeroy was mad, but the motives of the others like Develin and Countess Perruche were a little too vague. Develin's love for Ella and wanting to marrying her and the Countess for a few trinkets and precious beyond anyone's understanding? Hard to believe! Develin doesn't mind that the woman he shows love for and has asked to marry is mauled and raped by a mad man, before he gets her? The Countess does what she does, for a few trinkets from Saber? Saber thinks he is going mad, but other than a few disjointed dreams he has of India, you never really know the whole story of that madness, even at the end as he has gotten better but not whole. I didn't see where Ella improved Sabers slide into madness at all, you can't call the sex they had rolling around in the mud and rain a lead to a cure, although Saber did? Ella, with a knife at her throat a couple of times at Sabers hands, would have had me getting to the bottom of Sabers problems mighty fast, but for a couple half hearted attempts, she doesn't. I have heard of loving a man blindly but Ella takes it to a new level. The end was fast, too fast with not enough of the threads pulled together for my liking. Saber ends up an ineffective hero at the last, as he supposedly was in India. Pomeroy's stabbing poker was hard to believe, too. I couldn't visualize the poker being used as a knife in Sabers back at that close a range, and how did he manage to get to Sabers back with the poker in the first place. Pomeroy ended up running, as some of the guilty were gathered up, but not all and you never hear what happened to any of the guilty except Pomeroy who made a fatal trip down the stairs. This could have been a good book, I still read it from beginning to end, but I got so tired of the repetitiveness of Ella's I love you and Sabers I can't marry you and can't tell you why,on and on! It is worth the read if you get it from your library but I wouldn't actually pay money to read it, and I didn't!

The hero is a tortured soul in a scared body. The heroine is rescued street urchin brought up to be a lady. Neither one of them is fit for polite society, but there they are, for some reason.

Saber doesn't want to marry Ella because he is afraid his madness is progressing and he will end up institutionalized in the near future. Why does he believe his post-traumatic stress will get worse and not better? That's not really clear, but he isn't getting any sleep so maybe he isn't thinking clearly.

Of course, the only thing that will change Saber's mind is if poor Ella faces physical danger, and here is where the story gets good. There is a pack of villains after her. She faces rape, humiliation, and marriage to a pervert with an equally perverted dad. And best of all is Precious Able, one of the best villainous sidekicks you'll see in a romance novel.

This had potential to be a good book, and it has some very good parts, but unfortunately it suffers from lack of focus. Parts are slow-moving, and some characters are not explained very well, such as the hero's two best friends who both turn traitor on him, and the younger brother who lures his sister into danger for no clear reason. I almost gave up on this book after the first few chapters, but I am glad I didn't. I would have missed Precious Able's uniquely memorable abduction rehearsal. That scene alone was worth reading the book for.

This was a good book, and I enjoyed reading it. The characters were believable. If you want to read a book that goes straight to your heart, read Stolen Moments by Barbara Jeanne Fisher. . .It is a beautiful story of unrequited love. . .for certain the love story of the nineties. I intended to give the book a quick read, but I got so caught up in the story that I couldn't put the book down. From the very beginning, I was fully caught up in the heart-wrenching account of Julie Hunter's battle with lupus and her growing love for Don Lipton. This love, in the face of Julie's impending death, makes for a story that covers the range of human emotions. The touches of humor are great, too, they add some nice contrast and lighten things a bit when emotions are running high. I've never read a book more deserving of being published. It has rare depth. Julie's story will remind your readers that life and love are precious and not to be taken for granted. It has had an impact on me, and for that I'm grateful. Stolen Moments is written with so much sensitivity that it made me want to cry. It is a spellbinder. What terrific writing. Barbara does have an exceptional gift! This book was edited by Lupus specialist Dr. Matt Morrow too, and has the latest information on that disease. ..A perfect gift for someone who started college late in life, fell in love too late in life, is living with any illness, or trying to understand a loved one who is. . .A gift to be cherished forever.