Innocent Passions [Hardcover]

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Avon Books (January 1, 2003)
• ISBN-10: 0739432079
• ISBN-13: 978-0739432075
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,962,861 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Brenda Hiatt began writing in 1988, an Army wife at home with two preschool children. She promised herself that if nothing sold before her youngest began school she'd get a "real job," so she was thrilled to sell a Regency romance novel to Harlequin six months ahead of that deadline. Originally from Virginia, Brenda received degrees in Biology and Psychology from the College of William and Mary, in Williamsburg, before attending graduate school at Texas A&M University. She has since lived in Hawaii, South Carolina and Texas. Brenda now writes full time and lives in Indiana, where she recently achieved her black belt in taekwondo. She also enjoys hiking, scuba diving and all kinds of travel when she gets the chance!

To date, she has published six Harlequin Regency Romances, one Harlequin Superromance, two single title historical romances with HarperCollins and six historical romances with Avon Books. Brenda's first single title historical romance, SCANDALOUS VIRTUE, received rave reviews in Publisher's Weekly and other media and was named Best Romance Novel of 1999 by the American Book Readers Association. She prides herself on her thorough historical research, and when she takes a break from the past, Brenda embraces the future by teaching writing classes on the Internet.

An active member of Romance Writers of America and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Brenda has also served as President of Novelists, Inc, an international organization of over 600 multi-published novelists.

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fine Regency romance!, November 1, 2004

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J. Brennan (Pittsburgh) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Innocent Passions (Mass Market Paperback)

I found Noel and Rowena to be another very sweet romantic couple. I do not think like another reviewer that these stories are repetitive - only that each of the men attempts to recreate the Saint - but the romances and the women are all completely different and all very nicely written. This, as in the others I felt a strong connection between Noel and Rowena. I may be a sucker for romance but I did love this story very much!!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars CAN THE SAINT OF SEVEN DIALS PLOT DRAG ANYMORE?, August 17, 2004

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L. Perrault "RegencyLover" (WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Innocent Passions (Mass Market Paperback)

I really enjoyed the first in this series, the second one was a little too repetitive for me, but this one was too much. Noel is the third Saint of Seven Dials and hopefully the last (Unfortunately it's not). Does anyone else notice that this is the same storyline everytime with slightly different characters? I thought Rowenna was a strong woman and I might have enjoyed her in another story. Noel was a great secondary character, but I wasn't given enough about him to really care. Rowenna and Noel's romance was uninspiring and the plot tiring. I only finished it because I can't start a book without finishing it. Not sure what Hiatt was doing, but I'm ashamed to admit I read the next book just to see if she could redeem herself. NOPE

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars fine Regency romance, February 2, 2003

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Innocent Passions (Mass Market Paperback)

In 1816 country mouse Rowena Riverstone visits London to meet William Corbett, editor of the Political Register. Rowena has submitted several controversial articles under the alias MRR to the Register.

Bow St. Runner Noel Paxton is the current Robin Hood "Saint of Seven Dials" robbing the rich to help the poor. He hopes the guise will enable him to uncover a spy that he believes is connected to Rowena based on her articles. Noel "courts" Rowena expecting to find the connection, but instead discovers that his heart connects to that of the bumpkin. Even as Noel revises his secret agenda to keep his cherished Rowena safe, he may prove too late as his previous efforts to identify and capture the deadly agent through her places his beloved in danger.

Fans of the exciting "Saint of Seven Dials" will enjoy the latest reincarnation of the hero who changes when the previous player falls in love. Even with a hidden agenda, Noel is typical of the champions as he cares what happens to those around him and when he loves he does so with all his soul. INNOCENT PASSIONS is a fine entry that displays why Regency romance readers revere Brenda Hiatt.

Harriet Klausner