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5.0 out of 5 stars
An extrodinary historical romance..., June 21, 2003
This review is from: Borrowed Dreams (Mass Market Paperback)
Five years ago, after her husband was killed, Millicent Wentworth went about trying to right all the wrongs her husband commited. Millicent knew from experience exactly what the slaves had to endure at the hands of her brutal husband. Given into marriage by her uncle who only wanted to get rid of her, Millicent was more than relieved to become a widow. Then her husband's creditor, Jasper Hyde, started calling in her debts. When the dowager countess of Aytuon requests that she marry her son in return for all her debts to be paid, Millicent's refuses, for she knows she can never endure being a man's possession again. When the dowager talks her into it, Millicent has no idea how much her husband will come to mean to her, or how wrong for him she is. Lyon Pennington, Earl of Aytuon didn't care one way or another if he was married. Crippled on the night that his wife fell off a cliff, Lyon took refuge in the medicine that the doctors insisted he take. When taken to Melbury Hall, he soon is brought out of his drug induced stupor by the woman he doesn't recall, but knew he married. I would give this book six stars if I could. Millicent is one of my favorite historical heroines. With her courage and compassion, Millicent saved many lives, include Lyon's. Even after getting through five hellish years of marriage and almost dying, Millicent still has good in her heart. McGoldrick brings the reader two people who help each other come to terms with their pasts and heal their hearts, all while falling in love. The secondary characters in this book are unforgettable. The whole storyline was great, not like most historicals where the most pressing issue is what is fasionable to wear. Don't miss it!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Engaging Georgian romance, June 12, 2003
This review is from: Borrowed Dreams (Mass Market Paperback)
In 1772 though she owes a fortune due to her nasty deceased husband's debts to Jasper Hyde, Millicent Wentworth spends more than she can afford to buy an elderly Jamaican slave. Millicent immediately frees Ohenewaa while Jasper goes wild over learning he was outbid because he obsesses over owning the aging former slave. Needing money badly, Millicent agrees to wed Lyon Pennington, a wealthy invalid wallowing in self-pity. His family pays off her debts and he is moved to her home where many free former slaves earn a wage. As Millicent pushes Lyon around and with the aid Ohenewaa a healer, he begins to recover much of what he lost in the accident that left his first wife dead. As the English couple falls in love, Jasper becomes desperate to get hold of Ohenewaa so he can force her to "free" him from her curse. He is willing to kill anyone in his way of achieving his goal. This engaging Georgian romance works on several layers besides the obvious romance between the lead couple. The secondary players provide depth to the high morality of the prime protagonists so that the audience feels the mental anguish and physical pain of Lyon and the need bordering on guilt for Millicent to make retribution for her odious first husband's treatment of people. Though the Jasper subplot adds little to the prime tale except suspense and action, sub-genre readers will strike gold with this deep tale. Harriet Klausner
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
**TOTALLY AWESOME**, November 29, 2006
This review is from: Borrowed Dreams (Mass Market Paperback)
I haven't even finished this book and I can rate it already. Have had all of her books for quite some time but waiting for my daughter to read. I am finally reading them and I am so sorry I took this long to do it. I find it hard to believe that the last one is only rated four stars.
The thing I love so much about this book (don't get me wrong, have loved them all) is the way Millicent & Lyon "Aytoun" interact. Their verbal encounters are so very real. It makes you feel like you could be in the room with them. Even though he is an Earl of the peerage and she is highborn, Jim & Nikoo are able to make it quite everyday. I don't know if I am speaking of this correctly but this book is by far one of the """BEST""" books I have ever read. All of her books are on my KEEPER shelf. The thing of it is...I DON'T WANT IT TO END. :):):)
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