My Enchanted Enemy (Sonnet Books) [Mass Market Paperback]

Tracy Fobes (Author)

Book Description

Series: Sonnet Books | Publication Date: February 26, 2001

Weaving a spellbinding paranormal tale, Tracy Fobes seals her reputation as an innovative star of distinctive and intriguing romantic novels to treasure. "My Enchanted Enemy" Posing as a gypsy bride, Juliana St. Germaine vows to wed Cole Strangford, the sole heir to the gypsy clan that cursed her family in centuries past. Marrying Cole and bearing his child would at last break a dark spell cast amid the moonlight and salt spray of the English coast. The task at hand is a trick of mistaken identity to seduce Cole and win his hand. Cole is more consumed with locating a legendary gem and turning the tide on his family's ill luck than with thoughts of marriage. His uncle's urgent matchmaking had left him cold -- until he meets the newest candidate: a beautiful widow with haunting, captivating eyes. Now, the power of love can change the course of their entwined destinies. And though Juliana's mission may succeed, she realizes -- too late -- that she has lost her heart to the one man she should call her enemy.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Fobes (To Tame a Wild Heart) draws readers into a world of mysticism and magic once again in this beguiling, early-19th-century romance between an inventor and a sea maiden. Centuries ago, an old gypsy witch consigned the descendants of the St. Germaine family to life as half-human, half-dolphin creatures because they stole her family's lucky Sea Opal and killed the leader of her clan. Cole Strangford is the final descendent in the gypsy witch's family line, and Juliana St. Germaine knows it's imperative she marry him to break the curse on her people. When out of water, the sea people can take on human forms, so Juliana and her brother, George, devise a clever scheme to seduce Cole and his prospective bride, Lila. The seduction goes as planned, but Juliana soon finds herself falling in love with Cole and regretting her deception. While Juliana's transformation into a half-dolphin is unattractively explicit, the beauty and power of the sea creatures more than compensates for the jarring description. Likewise, Fobes's stilted dialogue ("...we must share confidences, no?") doesn't detract from the refreshing originality of this fanciful fable.

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From Booklist

After Anthony St. Germaine steals the magical Sea Opal from a gypsy wise woman, she curses him and his descendants, who from that moment on are fated to live in the ocean as nagas--half humans and half dolphins. The only way to break the spell is for a St. Germaine woman to seduce one of the gypsy's Strangford descendants and hope for a child. Now Juliana St. Germaine is about to try her luck by pretending to be Juliana Pritchard, a stranger Cole Strangford, an inventor who is currently working on a deep-sea diving suite, intends to wed. But the closer Juliana gets to her goal, the more she realizes that she's falling in love with the one man she's destined to betray. Forbes skillfully mixes science and magic to create a refreshingly original and superbly imaginative tale, and her writing is elegant and evocative as the romance between Juliana and Cole intensifies from sweet to deeply sensual. John Charles
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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 343 pages
• Publisher: Pocket (February 26, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743412796
• ISBN-13: 978-0743412797
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 4.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,773,315 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars enchanting Regency romantic fantasy, March 14, 2002

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This review is from: My Enchanted Enemy (Sonnet Books) (Mass Market Paperback)

In 1810 Shoreham, England, Cole Strangford works on a diving suit that will enable him to breath underwater when his Uncle Gillie interrupts his work with unwanted news. The father of Juliana St. Germaine looks favorably on a marriage match between his daughter and Cole. The duo are arriving today, which means Cole's race to complete his invention before William James is in jeopardy.

Cole does not want to marry anyone, as he prefers searching for the lost Sea Opal, but knows he is obligated to sire a Romany heir for the good of his people. Joanna does not want to marry anyone either, but knows she is obligated to find a way to remove the family curse that makes them sea people. When they meet sparks fly and love enters the relationship. However, he obsesses on finding the gem that means good fortune for his family while she must betray his love to lift the curse.

This enchanting Regency romantic fantasy charms the audience from start to finish due to the strong cast that makes readers believe in the unreal. The story line is fabulous due to the lead protagonists. Joanna struggles not to fall in love, which would mean failure to accomplish her task; Cole battles obligations with his feelings for his prospective bride. With a powerful support cast propelling the action-packed plot forward, readers will delight in MY ENCHANTED ENEMY while seeking previous and future works from Tracy Fobes.

Harriet Klausner

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very charming book - 1st read by Fobes, July 2, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: My Enchanted Enemy (Sonnet Books) (Mass Market Paperback)

I really enjoyed this book. The only thing that kept it from being a 5 star in my book was that she didn't really allow you to see either couple getting to know each other and falling in love. I can only recall 2 segments for each couple, otherwise she wrote that weeks went by and that the couples were getting alon and then bam both couples were in love. I didn't feel like I have a major interest in whether the couples stayed together or not. I did find the book a charming read though. But not at all romantic.