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5.0 out of 5 stars
Prince of Eden by Marilyn Harris,
This review is from: Prince of Eden (Paperback)
This is the only romantic novel that I can still remember after 15-18 years and I have read a large numbers of novels. A friend lent it to me when I was in high school and after the first few pages, I am awed by the development of the story. Marilyn Harris is a rare top-class writer whose writing skill is able to capture the interest and emotional participation of the reader. Prince of Eden is not frivolously written unlike most romantic novels with a shallow or sugar coated plot and a cinderella ending. This is a solid piece of work with substance. You will sense that the writer has put in a lot of thoughts and ingredients to make the story come alive. All the plots are intricately plan and brilliantly presented. You will be surprise to find a number of vivid and humanly interesting characters seeking your empathy in this wonderful historical novel. I believe you will be as absorbed in it like in a movie. I have never shed a tear and feel so emotional for other books except this one. It is a pity this novel is out of print.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
one of my all favs,
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This review is from: Prince of Eden (Paperback)
the 2nd of a 7 part series about the eden family. they don't write romances like this anymore. the story sucks you in quickly, and will keep you up at night totally absorbed. a true page turner, both exhilerating and tragic.the characters are so rich and well developed. the sex scenes between heroine and hero are hot but few. oh, and for you ladies who like a handsome hunk on the cover. this is the book for you (paperback only). this guy is so gorgeous, it makes me want to put his picture in my wallet....
5.0 out of 5 stars
"Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night",
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This review is from: The Prince of Eden (Mass Market Paperback)
Edward Eden is the eldest son but unable to inherit the title since he's illegitimate, but instead his father Thomas left him everything else - the lands, the castle and all that money. Edward lives what appears to be a dissipated life in London, but to the poorer residents of London he's known as The Prince of Eden for all he's done to help them. Edward pours much of his great fortune into a Ragged School in his London home, much to the ire of younger brother James who would like nothing better than to wrest away the money he feels rightfully belongs to him. At Eden castle, Edward's mother is now a lonely widow, estranged from her children and paying a very high price for loving her husband too much and leaving them to be raised by the conniving (and incestuous!) Cranford siblings.Upon the death of a very dear friend, a grief-stricken Edward accepts a carriage ride from a stranger, along with the offer to drown his sorrows in a bottle of opium and well...another opium eater is born. "Laudanum," De Quincey said softly. "The only passage a man needs to get from here to Heaven. Will you be so kind as to accompany me, Mr. Eden?" During a visit to Eden Castle, Edward falls hard for his brother's betrothed, Harriet Powels, and they spend an afternoon of passion in the glen (which brings unforeseen consequences on future generations). Harriet knows her duty, and that is a duty that breaks Edward's heart and sends him back to the opium dens. "Five days and nights of tranquil oblivion, floating out of touch with reality on the wings of opium, had been sufficient to dull the memory of what he had found in the dungeon cell of Newgate. It had not been enough to obliterate it. He doubted if there was enough opium in all of India to accomplish that." That is a very bare bones summary of the beginning of this book and you don't want to know more before going in, just kick back and enjoy the ride because it is a seriously bumpy one. There are unexpected twists and turns on every page with treacherous servants, thieving lawyers, opium dens, a night in Newgate prison, a secret birth, a missing infant, all heavily peppered with appearances from real historical characters and events (even the Brontės). Top that off with some of the most heartbreaking scenes I've come across in a long, long time, and you've got a perfect recipe for an unputdownable book. I warn you - do not read the last 100 or so pages on a plane, train, bus or in any other public place - you will need that box of tissue handy. I haven't cried like that since you-know-who died in Penman's The Reckoning. I am still sucker punched 24 hours later and no idea when I'll recover from it. Fans of big old family sagas with plenty of angst and drama should feel right at home. Those readers liking their fiction on the lighter side with sugar coated heroes and heroines getting that picture perfect HEA should look elsewhere. The series, This Other Eden The Prince of Eden The Eden Passion The Women of Eden Eden Rising American Eden Eden and Honor
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