Moonstruck Madness [Paperback]

Laurie McBain (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1991 | Series: Moonstruck Madness

"The plot has imaginative twists and turns, and the backgrounds are lush and evocative. It's good, satisfying fun."
-Publishers Weekly

She's one thing by day, something else altogether by night...

After escaping the slaughter of her clan at a young age, Scottish noblewoman Sabrina Verrick provides for her siblings by living a double life, until the night she encounters the Duke, and her secret and all she holds dear is threatened...

He's so disillusioned, he's completely vulnerable...

With his inheritance at stake, Lucien, Duke of Camareigh, sets a trap for the Scottish beauty with the piercing violet eyes, never imagining what will happen when the trap is sprung...

As their lives become irreversibly entangled, Lucien and Sabrina become each other's biggest threat, as well as their only salvation...

Praise for Laurie McBain:

"Ms. McBain's flare for the romantic intermingled with suspense will keep the reader riveted to the story until the last page."
-Affaire de Coeur

"Vivid sense of description, colorful characters... I found myself happily lost in the magnificence of the storytelling."
-Los Angeles Herald Examiner

(20101227)

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

With entertaining characters, intriguing plots, and steamy romance, this novel will have the reader eagerly turning each page. (Night Owl Romance 20110214)

An enjoyable and unique historical romp. (The Long and Short of It Reviews 20110221)

As powerful now as at its first publication in 1977, Moonstruck Madness transports you to a fascinating world of high drama and high stakes where power reigns until love finally wins. (Linda Banche Romance Author 20110223)

The story is a non stop action packed romance with sizzle, sparks and flames aplenty (Yankee Romance Reviewers 20110225)

Laurie McBain has crafted a novel that will grab the interest of the reader from the first page. (Debbie's Book Bag 20110303)

Interesting, intriguing, spellbinding. (Seriously Reviewed 20110303)

It will kept you on the edge of your seat,with you heart in your throat. A must read and a keeper. (My Book Addiction and More 20110303)

If you want to read a good old fashioned romance you can't go wrong with this one. (Celtic Lady's Reviews )

Alluring... A very lovely little romance that you should defiantly check out!
(The Royal Reviews )

You will not find a couple more exciting to read about and a romance so full of plot. (Books Like Breathing ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Laurie McBain became a publishing phenomenon at age twenty-six with her first historical romance. She wrote seven romances, all of which were bestsellers, selling over 11 million copies. All have been out of print for over 5 years. She is a winner of the RT Reviewers' Choice Award. She lives in the Bay Area.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Avon Books (Mm) (May 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380008718
• ISBN-13: 978-0380008711
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,258,446 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely story, January 20, 2000

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Claire "Night Rose" (Malta) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moonstruck Madness (Paperback)

By the day she was Lady Sabrina Verrick, exquisite belle of high society. By night she was a criminal, Bonni Charlie, the lawless highwayman whose notoriety rang the length and breadth of the 18th century England.

Wounded and on the run, hunted like an animal through the night, Sabrina's wild career drove her at last into the power of one man who was not afriad to tame her. Brutal, arrogant, he would hurt her, betray her, subdue her free spirit - but never admit that he loved her... (text refers to book's back cover)

A very enjoyable book. Action packed and sensual too. I really enjoyed reading it. One of the best. I highly recommend it.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Moonstruck Madness, January 7, 2000

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Jodell West (East Anglia, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moonstruck Madness (Paperback)

I read this book years ago in my late teens and literally reread it over and over until it fell apart. I am now trying to obtain another copy and hope very much to find one. This story is absolutely perfect. A strong female heroine, with a lot of vitality, proves to be humorous match for the devil-may-care hero. Absolutely love the highwayman(woman) scenerio. A must read for any romantic genre lover!

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my top ten guilty pleasures..., January 23, 2007

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C. Barron "stankerbell" (lacey, wa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Moonstruck Madness (Paperback)

Moonstruck Madness was the first romance book I ever read. I look at it with a certain amount of nostalgia and fondness. A friend of mine, lent it to me to read in 6th grade and I never gave it back. In fact, I still have that copy and like others, have read it to shreds.

This book is probably why I'm addicted to historical "bodice-rippers". What makes this particular romance novel appealing is that it's set in the early to mid-1700's and it's not the typical regency romance at all.

Is there anyone else who's tired of boring balls, Hyde Park and Gretna Green?

In fact, McBain is one of those authors whose books very comfortably straddles that line between being historical fiction or historical romance because her books are very well researched and the historical events and places in her novels are as much in the forefront as the characters themselves.

If you liked this book and your looking for more than the usual modern romance you should try reading: Kathleen Woodwiss, Rosemary Rogers, Anya Seton, Elswyth Thane, Dorothy Dunnett, Diana Gabaldon, and Phillipa Gregory.