A poor but beautiful actress, Miss Sarah Armistead agrees to pose as the latest conquest of a cynical, handsome rake for money's sake, but as she begins to succumb to her employer's charms, she finds it hard to keep up the ruse.
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A shifting maze of intrigue and complexity in which nothing is as it seems. Brilliantly plotted with outstanding characterizations...masterfully crafted. -- Romantic Times, March 1997
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I had such fun writing A Passionate Performance, which was a finalist for the Virginia Romance Writers' Holt Medallion. Stories where things are not as they appear really spark my imagination. In this book, a lordly master of illusion learns that there's more than one kind of magic. Lord Linton is as cunning as he is handsome, but when he hires an impoverished Regency miss to masquerade as his mistress in order to help him catch his father's killer, even he cannot envision the extraordinary performance that awaits.
A little magic and a lot of sparks catch Linton and the feisty Sarah unawares, and I'm hoping they'll do the same for you!
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Revenge is not all there is,
By Aunt Aggie (Arizona) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Passionate Performance (Signet Regency Romance) (Paperback)
Lord Justin Linton's father was licentious and downright mean to both his son and wife. The senior Linton is killed by a jealous "unknown" lover and the mother takes her own life. Before passing, senior Linton had somehow instilled the belief of an "eye for an eye" into his son. Therefore, Lord Linton spends his adult years planning the confession and downfall of the woman who took his father's life and caused his mother's suicide.
Lord Linton hires Miss Sarah Armistead, a wellborn-lady-actress-by-necessity, to help recreate events and circumstances leading to his father's death. Although Linton is rather dark and cold, we see an occasional flicker of good. Sarah seeks to reach him and free his soul from misguided revenge. There are some implausible situations (of course) and Lord Linton's vulnerabilities might have been better developed along with the story's resolution but, as far as Regencies go, this one was not bad or great; the writing flowed well and it kept my interest. 3 1/2 stars
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Boring.,
By Avid Reader "dswhung" (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews
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I'm afraid the performance is neither interesting nor passionate. The story is contrived and incredible. After reading several disappointing books with raving reviews, I'm getting wary about buying books which are written by relatively new and unknown wirters.
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