Glorious Angel [Hardcover]

Johanna Lindsey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1982

The sensuous daughter of a dirt-poor Alabama farmer, Angela Sherrington dreams the impossible: loving the dashing heir to the magnificent Golden Oaks, Bradford Maitland...and having him love her in return. Now, in the satin boudoir of a Yankee bordello, her wish is coming true. At long last in the arms of the proud, powerful man she has always desired, Angela finally knows what rapture means. But scandal and a shocking family secret threaten to destroy their miraculous, forbidden romance -- unless two newly joined hearts can remain strong and true to a once-in-a-lifetime passion too powerful to deny.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 243 pages
• Publisher: Avon Books; Book Club (BCE/BOMC) edition (1982)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000BJOWOU
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,033,163 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

johanna Lindsey is one of the most popular authors of romantic fiction, with more than sixty million copies of her novels sold. World renowned for her novels of "first-rate romance" (New York Daily News), Lindsey is the author of forty-three previous bestselling novels, many of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers. Lindsey lives in Maine with her family.

Customer Reviews

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Boring!, October 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Glorious Angel (Mass Market Paperback)

When I started reading historical romances, Johanna Lindsay was one of the first authors that I read. Some of her books on my keepers list are A Gentle Feuding, Fire of Winter, Hearts Aflame. But Glorious Angel is one of her worst books. What do I remember most about this book? The hero. Not because he is so gorgeous and sexy. Just the opposite. He came across as a wimp, no sex appeal at all. And no chemistry and passion between the hero and heroine. An unappealing hero will spoil a book for me.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not so Glorious Angel, August 9, 2002

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P. Rudnicki "cynderela23" (Norfolk Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Glorious Angel (Mass Market Paperback)

I have read many of Johanna Lindey's books, and I particularly like the Malory series. But I found Glorious Angel to be a bit overdone. The heroine has five, yes five, men going crazy for her at the same time. And I use crazy in the literal term. The hero's jealousy is absolutely insane, and makes him come off as very shallow. And no woman in her right mind would put up with him! I end up feeling more sorry for Angela at the end, other than overjoyed. Honestly, I wish that she ended up with one of her other suiters!
Glorious Angel is readable, but I suggest that you pick up one of Ms. Lindsey's other books. Try Love Me Forever, that one is GREAT!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not one of her best..., February 25, 2003

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Lealing (London, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Glorious Angel (Mass Market Paperback)

Angela Sherrington is the daughter of a poor farmer in Alabama who has had a crush on Bradford Maitland since she was eleven, when he rode past her on his black stallion and splashed her with mud. He tossed her a coin, for the ruined dress and she keeps this coin hung around her neck as a reminder. Some 9 or 10 years later she spots Bradford about to walk into a building in Masachusettes and follows him, not knowing that she has just walked into a bordelo.

I really liked the first half of the book but knew I would be disappointed with the second half after Angela runs away. She's just too much of a flirt for my liking. Kissing strangers left right and centre. Not one of JLs best books. Try the Western series, much better!