The Garden of Dreams [Mass Market Paperback]

Sara Craven (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Harlequin (1975)
• ASIN: B001RR92FE
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tangled Web, April 6, 2010

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Merry Reader "Sissy" (Indianapolis IN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Garden of Dreams (A Harlequin Romance, 1943) (Paperback)

I like the old, old Harlequin Romance books, because to me they have more of a plot than the newer books; that have mostly sex every other chapter, or how to have sex.
But alas, I have to trade off from sex, to cruel, mean, cold, old or just abusive alpha males.
This story is a prim example of that. Lissa Fairfax had been dating Paul de Gue, for some time when he proposed marriage. Lissa found she couldn't except Paul's proposal, but Paul was insistent.
Raoul had heard about Paul's romance with Lissa, and decided to put a stop to it.
He met Lissa and called himself Paul Denis. But Lissa was wearing the broach that was given to the second son's bride to be, Lissa didn't know that the broach was that kind of gift, but she felt it was too expensive a gift to keep from Paul before she decided she would marry him.
Paul had to call off his date with Lissa, and because she didn't have a phone, Raoul delivered the message.
Raoul also invited Lissa to go with him to the theatre and dinner, Lissa excepted because she thought Paul trusted this man who said he was an acquainted with Paul.
Raoul treated Lissa like a call girl and although he fell in love with her because of his late wife's treatment of him, he saw all women painted with the same brush.
Later Lissa went to France with her employer Meggie Desmond who was also her godmother Maggie, a writer, received an invitation to France, she wanted to do research on documents of the de Gue family, when they were involved in the French revolution for her book.
Paul knew they were coming and he was delighted. Once there she knew Paul was not the man for her. But Paul had his own problems.
His older brother Raoul was a Comte, and Raoul was determined that Paul was going to marry the spoiled, hateful, snobbish, little twit Dominique Vaumont.
Then Lissa found out Raoul was in fact the Comte of Denis. And he treated Lissa like a lady of the evening.
Lissa found out that Dominique was determined to have one of the de Gue men.
Hearing Raoul speaking on the phone about the romance being broken up by him, and it didn't cost him anything Lissa except Paul's proposal with the understanding that it was just going to be a pretend engagement.
That's when the poop hit the fan.
From the back of the book: 'Lissa wasn't quite sure whether she wanted to marry the attractive Frenchman, Paul de Gue. So she gladly accepted his invitation to visit his relatives.
Unfortunately this also involved meeting the austere Comte Raoul de Gue. He made it clear the he did not want Lissa marring into the family!'

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Life time favorite....., July 10, 2010

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taylor johnson "love to read boomer" (madison, wisconsin) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Garden of Dreams (A Harlequin Romance, 1943) (Paperback)

This has always been my favorite Harlequin romance, since these little pocket-sized books came out so many years ago. I have a couple of tattered copies and was pleased to get an additional copy in very good shape. My order was filled quickly and the purchase was very cost effective. You can always find what you want on AMAZON!!!