Forever My Love (Signet) [Paperback]

Lisa Kleypas (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 419 pages
• Publisher: Onyx (December 6, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451401263
• ISBN-13: 978-0451401267
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #616,961 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lisa Kleypas graduated from Wellesley College with a political science degree. She is a RITA award winning author of both historical romance and contemporary women's fiction. Her novels are published in fourteen different languages and are bestsellers all over the world. She lives in Washington State with her husband Gregory and their two children.

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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Masquerade, Murder, Blackmail, True Love & Romance!!, December 7, 2003

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Jana L. Perskie "ceruleana" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Forever My Love (Signet) (Paperback)

Masquerade, murder, blackmail, deceit, seduction, ROMANCE and true love await the reader in this early (1988) Regency romance by Lisa Kleypas. Ms. Kleypas is one of my favorite authors and she has maintained her originality and talent for well over fifteen years. "Forever My Love" is a sequel to "Where Passion Leads." It is not necessary to have read that book to enjoy this one, as the plot and the characters from the first novel are covered here.

Alex Falkner, the very hunky Duke of Hamilton, meets Mira, (Mireille), Germain at the stately and lavish Sackville Manor in Hampshire during a hunting party. William Sackville, the elderly host, flouts Mira before his friends and acquaintances as his mistress while, in fact, their entire relationship is a ruse. Mira has lived at the Sackville manse for two years but her presence is purely ornamental. Sackville, a very powerful and vain man, is extremely sensitive about his "performance problems." When he found Mira, destitute, after recently arriving from France, he offered his protection in exchange for her pretense. Mira also wants to hide her past. She is French, well educated, very polished and quite a beautiful young woman. But she does not want anyone to know where she comes from.

She and Alex are inevitably drawn to each other. He is driven to learn Mira's secrets, not only about her relationship with Sackville but also about her years in France and her childhood.

This is a wonderful romance, filled with intrigue and action. Mira's best friends from the prior novel, Rosalie Belleau and her husband, Lord Randall Berkeley, play important roles in the plot, as do a number of other interesting characters, French and British. Ms. Kleypas' narrative clips along at a good pace and Mira and Alex will delight you. You will find yourself reading "Forever My Love" well into the night - it's a page turner!
JANA

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars All is not as it seems!, September 18, 2009

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srndpt "Regency chick" (Milwaukee WI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Forever My Love (Signet) (Paperback)

In this historical set in the Regency period, Alex Falkner, Duke of Hamilton is invited to a hunting party and meets and is very much attracted to a beautiful young lady, Mira. He finds out minutes later, and much to his dismay, that the young lady is none other than the very much flouted and mysterious " mistress" to his host, Lord Sackville, Mira. Mira however is just window dressing for the elderly lord who has had issues with " performance" following a riding accident.

Ms. Kleypas has been one of my favorite authors and in this book, her talent is very much apparent as a writer! I felt unwitting sympathy for Alex as he struggled to honor his friendship with his elderly host, his duty to his title and his futile attempt to deny what he feels for Mira. I could not help but admire the strength of Mira as she struggled to keep her dignity by declining offers from the hunky Duke to be his mistress, as she struggled to find her place in the world as well. Her struggles are complicated by a very shady past and brother, Guillaume. Throw in the appearance of Alex's very wise, unconventional mother and Lord Randall Berkeley and his wife, Lady Rosalie Berkeley ( from Where Passion Leads) you get a signature Kleypas novel with twists to the plot and a novel that I was unable to put down until I got to the end... even then, I was sorry to get to the ending.....