The Secret Woman [Hardcover]

Victoria Holt (Author), Philippa Carr (Author), Jean Plaidy (Author), Eleanor Hibbert (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1970

Anna Brett was a quiet woman whose only ambition was to carry on her aunt's profitable antiques business. And so she did, until the memory of a cherished moment with a blue-eyed stranger returned to haunt her. It was then that Anna discovered the secret woman within: a daring and passionate creature willing to risk everything on a trip to a faraway island in the South Seas...

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Editorial Reviews

From the Inside Flap

To all appearances, Anna Brett was a quiet, capable young woman whose only ambition was to carry on the profitable antiques business bequeathed her by a spinster aunt. And so she was -- until the memory of a cherished moment with a blue-eyed stranger suddenly returned to haunt her with savage intensity. It was then Anna discovered the secret woman who waited within her -- impetuous, daring . . . and dangerous. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From AudioFile

The social life of England and Australia in the late 1800's is set against a background of shipping and travel. The characters are rather predictable, but Eva Haddon does them full justice. In a voice soft and pleasant to the ear, Haddon conveys a feel for the usual servants and upper-class family members and is adept at conveying the emotions of those gripped in a lovers' triangle. D.M.W. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 317 pages
• Publisher: Doubleday (June 1970)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385036019
• ISBN-13: 978-0385036016
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,056,996 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Holt at her best, April 7, 2000

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Andrea Egger, author of Grave Accusations (Gallup, NM USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Secret Woman (Library Binding)

Victoria Holt's romance novels aren't always gothic romances, but gothic romances are the only kind I'll read -- the genre with castles or at least scary mansions, and ghosts, and usually a young woman who seems vulnerable but actually escapes death several times and brings family secrets to light. When Holt writes a gothic romance, she is a master! "The Secret Woman" is among my favorites. It seems heroine Anna Brett is doomed to be a governess for a rich family in England, but she later is led through circumstances to the captain of a ship named "The Secret Woman" and its secrets, many of which are diamond in nature. She also learns about the secret woman within herself while trusting the wrong people and learning the hard way about evil in a friend.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's so intreaging you can't put it down!!, June 2, 2001

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Linz (Imperial Valley, California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Secret Woman (Audio Cassette)

I read The Secret Woman my junior year in HS, and would get in trouble in class, becase I couldn't put the book down. The romantic story will trap you into believing that you are really there and part of the story. You will go on a wild trip with a young woman who falls in love with a man that is royalty. I really recommend reading this book whether for a school report or just for pleasure. I guarentee you'll fall into the story, and never want to put it down!! Victoria Holt is a wonderful autor and all her stories will trap you into believing you are there. PLEASE read this book!!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Victorian Mystery and Romance, January 5, 2008

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Flazatty "flazatty" (Scottsdale, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

Anna Brett meets Chantel, the well-trained nurse, and her life will never be the same. Victorian intrigue with the added spice of romance in the tropical islands.