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5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful!!, December 1, 1998
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This review is from: The Gentleman Caller (Mass Market Paperback)
This book shows the true enduring power of love. Jack is torn between two women, one so beautiful it hurts to look at her and the other, so sweet and devout. In the end Jack learn what truly matters and they both(Rosa and Jack) learn to let the past go. During the course of this book Jack learns what it is to have honor, for the life he lived previously was without. This is a book about two young women, one so starved her father's love that she would go to any lengths to have it, the other,the favored daughter, trying desperatly to hide from her past in the arms of God. It is a story of three men. One who has two daughters and finally when it is too late learns what really matters. The other had a nephew, who, to teach him a lesson in life, consigned him to three years in Hell. And the last, he learned his lesson, but is it too late to prove himself to his uncle and aunt and to the world? This is a page turner and I highly recommend it.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Too gloomy for this reader, January 8, 2000
This review is from: The Gentleman Caller (Mass Market Paperback)
Rosalie Lafon has decided that after all these years of helping out in the church and parish, it's time for her to take the veil and become a nun. However, at the same time her dying father forbids it, her priest urges her to think about it over the summer before making a commitment. Then her father brings home a surprise guest, a man who is American, not Creole, who is to be her fiance and the heir to the Lafon business and wealth. If Papa wishes this man to be in the family, why can't he marry her sister Corinne, who is young and beautiful and dreams of marriage?
Jack Waters, just out of prison after three years, can't believe it when Gaston Lafon offers him his fortune in exchange for marrying his daughter, Rosalie. He is even more suprised when he meets Rosalie and finds that she is pleasant, the perfect hostess, and not unattractive. Then he meets Corinne...
As always, Megan Chance gives her readers something different, something unexpected in a romance novel--but do be prepared. In the THE GENTLEMAN CALLER she paints a gorgeous picture of Creole New Orleans--but also does she paint hardships of the soul, a piece that is a little too gloomy, perhaps too real, for this reviewer's tastes. The characters all seemed selfish and morose, all focused only on their own goals--not that the situation is one any parties could easily be happy with, but nevertheless, these were not people I could like or feel sympathy for. For readers who want characters they can care about as well as some rays of hope and joy amidst the darkness, this reviewer very highly recommendeds Ms. Chance's THE PORTRAIT instead.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Wonderful, December 13, 1998
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Megan Chance has written another wonderful novel. Jack is hand picked by Rosalie's father to become her husband and be his heir. The only problems are 1) Rosalie does not want to get married, she wants to become a nun, and 2) Rosalie's younger sister Corrine is the most beautiful woman Jack has ever seen and she's set out to win Jack's heart too. When Corrine becomes pregnant by another man, she is determined to win Jack over so she can convince everybody that Jack is the father of her baby. Rosalie has her own secrets, guilt so strong that she feels she must devote her life to the church. This is a wonderful story and I highly recommend it.
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