It all started with a silly prank, a play, and a dance—a love so enduring, so indestructible that it would survive against all odds. Elizabeth Sorrill is the junior matron at Foxton's elite School for Boys. Blessed with the kind of beauty others only dream about, her attractions prove irresistible to Alexander Belmayne, the 17-year-old son of the Lord Chief Justice. But their passionate affair is shortlived as bitter lies and scandal force them apart. Angry and frustrated at Oxford, Alexander thrives on his reputation as a heartbreaker, until Bohemian beauty Jessica Poynter draws him into a fast life of glittering excess and depravity in London's high society. But when a chance meeting brings Alexander and Elizabeth together again, their passionate reunion leads to a breathtaking crime fired by an overwhelming obsession—a hatred so violent it knows no limits.
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In the conventional romance tradition, British writer Lewis ( A Class Apart ) wastes no time hurling her protagonists into a passionate situation that colors the futures of both. Junior matron (nurse) Elizabeth Sorrill is the first crush of most of the boys at Foxton's, an English public school, and she unwittingly encourages the lustful fantasies of senior student Alexander Belmayne, son of the lord chancellor. Only a few years older than Alexander, Elizabeth cannot deny her own attraction, and the two have a brief affair that ends badly. Angry and hurt, Alexander goes off to Oxford and launches a career of debauchery at the same time he begins his law studies. Pregnant with Alexander's child, Elizabeth returns briefly to work at her father's carnival, but is rescued from this tawdry life by wealthy art dealer Edward Walters, whom she marries. The older man becomes obsessed with eradicating Elizabeth's memories of Alexander, while her former lover marries Jessica Poynter, upper-crust bohemian, as a kind of perverse penance for his previous womanizing. There are many other complications, related in a breathless, portentous style, and though the plot often strains credibility, fans of the genre may find a new favorite here.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
About the Author
Susan Lewis is the bestselling author of 24 novels, including Cruel Venus, Dance While You Can, Darkest Longings, A French Affair, Obsession, Vengeance, and Wildfire. Her novel The Hornbeam Tree was short-listed for the Romantic Novelists' Association Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2005.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Ouch...So Painful,
By A Customer
This review is from: Dance While You Can (Paperback)
Wow...I just finished the unabridged audio version of this book...it has to be the most heartwrenching story I have ever read/heard/watched. I am really uncertain about my rating because I am uncertain how I feel about it. I may have a weak heart...but there was so much heartache and pain, almost to the point that I felt like continuing to read it was masochistic. I did stop listening to it at times because I couldn't take anymore. There were few, fleeting moments of joy (mainly at the beginning), lots of twists and turns, so many complex, almost crazy characters. I don't think there was one healthy relationship in the whole story (except maybe for Henry and Caroline). I'll never forget it. It's almost more of a pyschological study of the torment that people put each other through. I don't understand why Alexander stayed with Jessica all that time. Guilt can only go so far...she was a coniving, lying, manipulative, demented, miserable person -- theirs was a codependent relationship if ever there was one. I know reality has worse, sadder stories but I read to escape from reality. The love between Elizabeth and Alexander was very special and real but I didn't think either of them did right by that love...they let circumstances control them time and time again, instead of taking control of their lives. ENDING SPOILER: I needed to know this and couldn't find it anywhere so here it is...they DO end up together...whew!...but that's with a whole heck of a lot of torment to get there. At the very ending I expected it to hold true to form and finish tragically but it didn't. I just wish we could've enjoyed their happiness with them in an epilogue.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Most enjoyable reading,
By A Customer
This review is from: Dance While You Can (Hardcover)
I read this book a while ago but I see no one has done a review for it yet. May be in reading my review, you now may want to read the book. This was the first Susan Lewis book I have read and I have read many more since then. I am reading her latest one at the moment "Chasing Dreams" which I see isn't on the list of her books here. She writes really well. May be after you have read seven or eight of them like I have, like many authors, a lot of her books and characters tend to become rather too similar to each other but her books are always a very enjoyable read and I would definitely recommend this book. Her books have got romance and intrigue, mystery, sometimes murder. She always has an interesting plot and nothing is ever quite what it seems. There is often a twist at the end of her books. I can't remember if there is one in this one because as I said, I read it a while ago.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love story of a lifetime,
By Ella (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dance While You Can (Paperback)
This amazingly realistic novel delves into the complicated lives of Alexander and Elizabeth, two people who are meant to be. The story accompanies both characters through their lives from teens to parents. It proves that love conquers all, and cannot be erased by time or distance. Susan Lewis uncovers a variety of relationship issues which everyone can relate to in one way or another.I found this book to reignite my own hopes and dreams, and felt that it helped me to deal with my own situations in life, since reading it.
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