Searching for his missing wife but finding instead her look-alike, fiery-tempered Catherine Courtnay, Marcus Lytton, the Earl of Wrotham, asks Catherine to pose as his wife in order to help his investigation.
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It's 1815, and Catherine Courtnay lives the life of an independent woman in London, writing opinion pieces for one of the city's leading newspapers. Until the evening Marcus Lytton, Earl of Wrotham accosts her outside a brothel, sure she's his missing wife, Catalina. Catherine may look exactly like his Spanish bride, but as he gets to know her, Marcus sees that Catherine is nothing like the deceitful wench who tricked him into marriage and ruined his life three years before. But Catherine may be able to help him anyway. Marcus believes Catalina is in England. He also believes she intends to remain hidden until he has been killed and she can claim the Wrotham fortune. Marcus wonders what his wretched wife would do if her place was usurped, if an impostor paraded around London as Lady Wrotham. It might just be enough to bring Catalina and her helpers out into the open where he can deal with them. To Marcus's surprise, Catherine agrees to his half-witted scheme. Catherine may not be his Spanish wife, but she has her own reasons to hate the Earl of Wrotham. Indeed, her only reason for agreeing to pose as his wife is to bring the mighty Earl down herself. She more than anyone else knows just how black his heart truly is. And finally, irrevocably she is going to make him pay for destroying her life.A page-turning adventure from the very beginning! Don't start this book near bedtime, or Dangerous to Hold will become dangerous to your sleep. You'll have to stay up half the night to find out what happens! Once again, Elizabeth Thornton has taken the perfect ingredients--tight plotting, strong conflict, and smooth characters, and sewn them into a seamless romp! No one knows how to keep the action building better than Elizabeth Thornton!Annette Carney -- Copyright © 1994-97 Literary Times, Inc. All rights reserved -- From Literary Times
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"Spellbinding, intoxicating, riveting . . . Elizabeth Thornton's extraordinary gift for romance is nothing less than addictive. Dangerous to Hold spans three years and two countries, weaving a tale of deception all the while. From beginning to end, Ms. Thornton keeps you interested and wanting more. A definite must read." Hilary Flynn, The Time Machine, May 1996
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YOU'LL HOLD ONTO THIS BOOK TO READ AGAIN,
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Wow! A heroine who really can take care of herself and doesn't need a hero to rescue her. But take heart, ET works our hero into the story and all is well. Another original plot. Another prologue that grabs you. Good secondary characters. Another great one from ET. If you haven't read her books, you will be thrilled with all of them.
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No Damsel In Distress Here!,
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This review is from: Dangerous to Hold (Mass Market Paperback)
I noticed a trend in her stories, and how most of the females I'd read about were in need of some kind of help or "damsels in distress". Although the back cover's description sounded disappointing, it surprised me when I discovered Catherine was no damsel in distress. In fact, she was her own brave gun-wielding woman, a spy and a fighter--and for once, a real heroine. I highly recommend this to others.
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Great read, unusual twists and turns, likable primary and secondary characters,
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I would definitely recommend this book; I had only read one other Elizabeth Thornton book and it was a while ago, but I thought I would get "Dangerous to Hold" as it looked interesting and I'm running out of HR authors to read! The story definitely has some twists and turns (one literally had me exclaiming out loud and I had to take a few seconds before I could continue reading!) and the underlying storyline is one of those mystery/suspense ones; it IS essential to the novel, though, and not annoyingly superfluous as you sometimes find.
Setting: Spain and England, early 1800s Sensuality rating: 6 (underlying tension was consistent and good, progression of the relationship was appropriate) PROS: (1) Catherine (the heroine) and Marcus (the hero) are likable, accessible, and well-defined (2) Their relationship felt authentic and the sexual tension was good (3) There are some cute moments of jealousy (not that many) (4) It wasn't one of those books where it's just misunderstanding after misunderstanding until you want to shout out in frustration; the issues or emotions that come up are actually dealt with nicely and relatively promptly and I was very thankful for how mature the characters are and how understanding they are of each other (5) Supporting characters are good and are also well-defined and just add to the cast (6) There is a secondary romance that occurs but it only adds to the novel, it doesn't detract CONS: (1) There was a lot going on and after I finished the book and sat back and thought about it, there were maybe a couple loose ends and I would have liked there to be an epilogue (2) *Kind-of-spoiler* You do kind of have to suspend belief, as part of the mystery/suspense storyline seems ... well, not really authentic; I don't want to give away too much, but I guessed the "bad guy" pretty quickly and the measures he took to achieve his aim and that whole premise were overly-dramatic and not very plausible. Also the heroine's role in the whole mess doesn't seem like it would have actually occurred, BUT the book is very good and so despite these minor issues, I still really enjoyed it CONCLUSION: A great read that I would definitely recommend; worth buying, so read and enjoy!
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