The Lady Lies [Unabridged] [Hardcover]

Samantha Saxon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2005

Lady Celest Rivenhall leads a double life: She is a British agent posings as a spy for the French, She has hardended her heart against the reality of her situation - fighting to remain true to herself amidst the lies she is forced to live. But when the legendary Lord Aidan Duhearst, Earl of Wessex is delivered into her hands as a prisoner of war, she knows that she will risk anything to aid the courageous British officer-anything but the truth....

Product Details

• Hardcover: 312 pages
• Publisher: The Berkeley Publishing Group (2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739454463
• ISBN-13: 978-0739454466
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,999,067 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Lady Lies is a MASTERPIECE!!!, June 26, 2005

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Nicole Wagner (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lady Lies (Berkley Sensation) (Paperback)

YOU GOTTA READ THIS BOOK!!!! Its a MUST. From the opening paragraphs your get hooked. The writing is superb. The attention to nuances and dramatic's of body language is meticulous. It almost plays out in such detail that it is like a movie for your mind.
Lady Celeste Rivenhall is a spy, and as the story opens we find that Aidan, a solider and a viscount, has been captured and is being held in a French prison camp. Celeste orchestrates a daring escape for Aidan all while pretending to be a French collaborator. They have an instant attraction that makes the rest of the story sizzle.
I read a lot of romance novels but I have to say that this is a step above. It has only a few expected remarks that all Regency era books have (ie the need for chaperones) and bravely follows its own path leading to Ms. Saxon's own style of intrigue and suspense. She writes unapologetically tortured characters who suffer and die and writes evil villians so well that I could easily find myself seduced by the dark side. I am going to read everything this woman puts out.
(The only problem I had with the book, albeit minor, was that she used different names for the same person from paragraph to paragraph and sometimes it was hard to keep everyone straight. But then again...I am kinda a spaz.)

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great read but not perfection!, July 17, 2006

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Duchess "Hero Worship" (Duluth, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Lady Lies (Berkley Sensation) (Paperback)

I love Saxon's style. And I would've given this story five stars but I just can't...

I love stong, above-average heroines and Lady Rivenhall was no exception. She's sharp, resourceful, daring, intelligent and sexy as all get out. However, I got so tired of reading how beautiful, so beautiful, so insanely beautiful she was! Made my teeth ache. Plus, I began to dislike how every man she encountered went to his knees because of her beauty. Every. Single. Man. I know heroines can be exceptionally attractive but say it once or twice and be done with it.

The hero was excellent too in his qualities. Aidan hated, absolutely hated his attraction to her, but like every male in the book, just couldn't help himself. I found it hard to believe he'd bo so in love with her just because they were so sexually compatible..because he doesn't learn of her "true" motives until way later in the book. They had good chemistry, but I don't think the love relationship was what it could have been. They fought most of the book, and didn't do any soul connecting/bonding. So this lead me to think he loved her because it was so unexplainable otherwise, because she was SO BEAUTIFUL! And that Lady Rivenhal loved him because HE was so good-looking and because she had admired him and his heroics before they met.

Another reason I didn't give 5 stars..she got me upset more than once. She did a great job introducing awesome secondary characters, only to have them meet an untimely death! Characters I was lead to believe would be good characters in her next novel. She broke my heart a couple of times with this twist. Be prepared for some violence.

Overall, liked it a lot..but it is not a masterpiece, and killing off good characters is something I guess I'll have to get used to.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Page turning excitement, October 27, 2005

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D. gerads - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lady Lies (Berkley Sensation) (Paperback)

If you don't enjoy Oliver Stone because you're hung up on the historical inaccuricies, this is not the book for you. But if you love a good adventure with a strong female character, excitement, drama, mystery, all at a fast past, get this book! I have never, ever pre-ordered a book before, but I did preorded Samantha Saxon's next book. Too many of the books coming out today are not exciting, too concerned about telling us just the exact hue of the daisies or being the written version of the history channel, or worse yet, no development of characters whatsoever because the author is afraid of being inaccurate, etc. Samantha Saxon was a delightful find that'll keep you guessing.