The Lover [Paperback]

Robin Schone (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2000

Even desire has its price...Thirty-six-year-old Anne Aimes is a spinster whose only attraction is her wealth. But her plain looks mask a passionate woman who yearns to know a man's intimate caresses. Michel des Anges- Michael of the Angels- is renowned for his ability to bring women pleasure. All it will cost her is ten thousand pounds... Driven by vengeance, ravaged by tragedy, Michael seeks to lose himself in a woman who will demand only physical pleasure. A woman who won't suspect his own aching needs- or his true motive for accepting her terms. Unable to resist the lure of her guileless desire, he plunges her into a deadly web of deception and revenge where the price of carnal ecstacy is life itself...

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Kensington (April 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0758204272
• ISBN-13: 978-0758204271
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (146 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #176,851 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

"My grandparents were very poor: they did not have indoor plumbing. When I stayed with them, I lived pretty much like our ancestors did in the 19th century. The experience gave me a very practical mindset regarding history and the people who lived it. Technology may change, but we do not. We all want. We all need. Beauty. Passion. Love."



ABOUT THE AUTHOR

USA Today Bestselling Author Robin Schone is the recipient of the Romantic Times 2008 Career Lifetime Achievement Award for Most Innovative Historical Romances. She is published in thirteen countries, including China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and Spain. Scandalous Lovers was chosen by RUSQ (Reference & User Services Quarterly, the official journal of the Reference and User Services Association of the American Library Association) as one of five books to represent the "wide range of historical fiction in romance." Claims RUSQ: "Robin Schone writes sensual, explicit stories...about characters who are frequently older and less beautiful than most romance protagonists. Her history is impeccable; the storytelling is straightforward but emotionally driven."


CONTACT THE AUTHOR

Robin is currently redesigning her website at www.robinschone.com, but the old one is still up and provides exerpts of her novels as well as pictures of her international books. She loves to play on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Robin-Schone/94303274529. Please drop by and say hi!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

62 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sexy and Hot, March 9, 2001

By 

J. Austin "jodylync" (Dublin, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lover (Paperback)

Anne Aimes is a spinster. She has never known the touch of a man. Michel des Anges is male prostitute, paid to give women pleasure. Five years ago, he was disfigured in a fire. Now he has to pay women to have sex with him. Then Anne appears. She fears dying without having known pleasure. She pays Michel 10,000 pounds to show her such pleasure for 30 days. Michel is amazed by Anne's passion. He thinks of her as his spinster. She blossoms under his touch. But Michel is embroiled in a web of tragedy. A figure from his past vows to take from him all that he cares about. And he is beginning to care for Anne.

Anne and Michel are marvelous characters. Anne is 36, past the age of blossoming youth. She is shy, but courageous. With Michel she grows bold and passionate. Michel is a tragic character. Handsome, yet vulnerable. Charming, yet dangerous. He is amazed that Anne would want him, scarred as he is. He is soothed by the passion she gives him. She becomes his lifeline. Two lonely people needing to feel alive, wanted, and needed. An intriguing story with lusty love scenes. Enjoy!

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No Fluff Here, April 23, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Lover (Paperback)

If you don't like mystery and eroticism, then don't buy this book. The villian is evil, and what he does is evil. It's not for the faint-of-heart readers, and it's not for readers who want cardboard characters with their sex watered down--Robin Schone calls it for what it is, no love lances or ramrods here, and she doesn't cheapen her sex by throwing in vulgar profanities every other word.

Anne Aimes buys a man so she can experience passion. What she doesn't count on is that Michel des Anges, a man named for his ability to give women pleasure, is being systematically destroyed by the villian. We know that the villian hurt Michel as a child, and we know that the villian is responsible for a fire that disfigured Michel, and we know that he will try to kill Anne, but we have to wait to find out everything about Michel's past with the villain and why he's out to destroy Michel. Robin Schone doles out clues and information with each chapter instead of giving it to you all at once.

If you want fluff, look elsewhere. If you want to read about sex and danger and men and women who cry and laugh and grow stronger through love and sex, give The Lover and its sequel, Gabriel's Woman, a try. I think you'll be glad you did.

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good Read, December 29, 2001

By 

Kristi Ahlers (Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lover (Paperback)

I must admit I was not sure I would like this book based on the different reviews that I had read but, in the end I was glad that I made the buy!

The story between Michae/Michel and Anne was very good. I feel that although the story had a dark theme, it was nice to find that something could come from it. Both Michael and Anne had their own problems before either had met. The love (yes I do believe that they loved) was special in that both were scared in different ways but each was able to see in the other something that was special. I feel that that was what was important.

As far as the love scenes go I feel that they were very moving in the fact that both wanted to feel something, and in the fact that they both were able to give to each other. I don't feel that they were clinical or gross. But they are not for the faint of heart either.

Ms. Schone writes about something that is very hard to talk about and her stories are always very moving. Yes, it was at times hard to understand what or who "the man" was in the story, but eventually it was all explained including why Michael was the way he was.

This book is worth taking the time to read. Don't be put off by the fact that it is an Erotic romance. The book is more then sex scenes. Ms. Schone is a talented writer and I look forward to reading more from her.