Enticed [Paperback]

Virginia Henley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1994

Though famine holds her beloved Ireland in its deadly grip, young, innocent Kitty Rooney is a survivor.  An exotic gypsy lass with cascading curls of ebony silk and eyes of brown velvet, Kitty vows that someday, somehow, the riches of the earth will be laid at her feet.  Then Patrick O'Reilly walks into her life, his eyes burning hungrily over her body, his lips promising her the world, making a woman of her in one sweet, scorching night.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Henley's first historical romance was published in 1985 as The Irish Gypsy . Doubleday Book Club selection.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Though famine holds her beloved Ireland in its deadly grip, young, innocent Kitty Rooney is a survivor. An exotic gypsy lass with cascading curls of ebony silk and eyes of brown velvet, Kitty vows that someday, somehow, the riches of the earth will be laid at her feet. Then Patrick O'Reilly walks into her life, his eyes burning hungrily over her body, his lips promising her the world, making a woman of her in one sweet, scorching night.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Island Books (July 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440217008
• ISBN-13: 978-0440217008
• Product Dimensions: 4.3 x 1.1 x 6.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,152,978 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #24 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Romance > Authors, A-Z > ( H ) > Henley, Virginia

More About the Author

New York Times best-seller Virginia Henley is the author of 26 lush and lusty historical romances and 5 short stories. Her books are published in 16 languages around the world. She is the recipient of a dozen awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award from Romantic Times, A Maggie Award for Excellence from the Georgia Romance Writers, and a Waldenbook Award for top-selling long historical for 1994.

The St. Petersburg Times calls Henley "The Queen of Steamy Romance."

Kathe Robin, RT Book Reviews says: "Henley's gift for bringing remarkable women to life in colorful, turbulent times is what turns her romances into keepers. Henley heats up the pages with her love scenes, and her skill at portraying actual historical personages with humanity while maintaining historical accuracy wins our minds. Henley knows what historical romance is all about and always gives the readers what they want."

Henley says: "My hero is always dark, dominant and dangerous. Then I create a woman who is a match for him...or more than a match!
Men come up to me at conferences and thank me for writing my books. One man said, "I don't read them, but I always know when my wife is reading a Henley!"

My next book The Dark Earl goes on sale September 6 and is the third in the series following The Decadent Duke, and The Irish Duke.

I have just turned two of my backlist books into Kindle ebooks. Wild Hearts and Bold Conquest are historical romances. My novella Hot As Fire, also available on Kindle, is my only contemporary. I have a short story up on Kindle called Letter of Love that is FREE.

Next month I will be offering a new ebook that is a Southern family saga.
MASTER OF PARADISE tells the story of Nicholas Peacock who is disinherited of his title and wealth in England. He sails to Charleston, South Carolina, and starts a cotton plantation just before the Civil War disrupts everyone's life.

Customer Reviews

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22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars My least favorite Henley, May 17, 2000

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Tina "tinaellorascave" (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Enticed (Paperback)

Ms. Henley is one of my top 10 authors, but that wasn't enough to make me like this book. I don't think the publisher did her any favors by reprinting this story from the early eighties.

Enticed is well written, I'll give Henley that much. But then again, she hasn't written a book yet that fails to intrigue me. The problem I had with this novel had nothing to do with it lacking in interest, it's just that I found myself disliking both the hero and the heroine immensely. What good is a romance if you can't stand the people its written about?

The hero Patrick has many chances to make Kitty his wife, but doesn't realize his feelings until she's married to someone else. After that husband dies, he could marry her again, but sets sail for America instead. The heroine, idiot that she was through this entire ulcer-inducing epic, trots off to America to find him, only to be thought a mulatto and sold into slavery <sigh>.

Kitty is rescued by Charles, the man who is to become her next husband. The sad part for the reader is that you actually WANT the heroine to stay with Charles and to forget about Patrick. Charles is good looking, treats Kitty like a queen, etc. But no, Henley is intent upon returning Kitty to Patrick, the sorriest excuse for a hero Ms. Virginia's ever written.

To make a short story perhaps too long, this is the only book I've read by Henley that I've truly disliked. If you like romances with infidelities and selfish heroes and heroines, you'll like this one too. If not, skip it. Try A Year and a Day or Enslaved instead.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars So Disappointed!!!, September 6, 2000

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laurie massi (south holland, illinois USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Enticed (Paperback)

I have loved every Virginia Henley book I have ever read, except this one. I went from appauled to angered to very flustrated. First of all I think it is dangerouse and unrealistic to have, what can only be called RAPE, turn into love between the two main charaters. Especially sence the rape took place when Kitty was just a child and Patrick was a grown man. It really turned my stomach. I have to agree completely with one of the other reviewers who said, it is really hard to like either one of these charaters. If you are thinking of starting to read some of Virginia Henley's work please do not start with this one. All of her other books that I have read have been wonderful.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 3 1/2 Stars..., September 1, 2007

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Reader10 "Reader10" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Enticed (Paperback)

Dear readers,

This is one of those books you either love or hate. With that in mind, I did not find this book as horrible as some people states. There are worst romance books out there then this... I guess it all depends on the person. For example I found Seduced by this author a lot worst than this because that book dragged on while this particular book had many twists to the story.

Yes, the heroine ends up marrying 2 other men before actually ending up with the hero at the end, it actually had a plot! I found this book to be very emotional, the heroine more likable than some of VHs books...

If you're looking for a romance novel with many twists that takes the H/H from one side of the earth to the other, with events that makes it seem like they'll never end up together.... you might like this romance novel. Its not one of those same old, same old fluffy books...

Take heart, this book isn't as bad as people made it seem, I myself "dreaded" reading it, haha. Maybe this is why I didn't find it so awful.. *shrug*