The Silver Lion [Paperback]

Lynn Kerstan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 4, 2003

The Golden Leopard and Heart of the Tiger were hailed as "absolutely riveting" (Romance Reviews Today) and "unforgettable."* Now, Lynn Kerstan wraps up her acclaimed trilogy with a novel of honor, sacrifice, and the redeeming power of love...

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There was no one better suited for the position of his new secretary than Helena Pryce, but if Derek Leighton, the "Archangel" Earl of Varden, had any clue as to the depths of passion and despair she would put him through, he never would have hired her. The unconventional, sharp-tongued Miss Pryce clears the first hurdle by securing the lease of a castle he wants to purchase, but she surprisingly refuses to let Derek hide away there because she has other plans for him. With a passionate interest in reform legislation, Helena believes that the Archangel is the best means for presenting her ideas to influential and powerful politicians. Then one unforgettable, unregrettable night of passion changes their relationship forever, but the two become entangled in a web of deceit and treachery that threatens everything and everyone they both hold dear. Subtly nuanced characters, exquisitely sensual love scenes, and a plot laced with dangerous suspense and perilous secrets all blend brilliantly together as RITA Award-winner Kerstan brings her Big Cat trilogy to a superb conclusion. John Charles
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Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Onyx (November 4, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451411161
• ISBN-13: 978-0451411167
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,550,510 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Passionate, rich and complex characters!, December 26, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Silver Lion (Paperback)

This is the kind of historical romance that is getting harder and harder to find. The characters are complex people who draw you into their lives. The plot is well-crafted and the twists and turns are not obvious beforehand. At the end of the book you feel like you know these people and you don't want to see them go.

And the heros! Dark and Dangerous, Light and Tormented. Lymond's descendents, every one of them. Yum! These are not just guys you'd run into in Wal-mart dressed up in period garb but the real thing.

I loved this whole series. Kerstan is on the very short list of authors who are on my auto-buy list, along with Laura Kinsale, Judith Ivory, and Mary Balogh.

Please, please, please, publishers! Give us more authors who write this kind of book instead of the vapid fluff that has taken over the Regency Historical niche these last few years!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars terrific historical romance, November 7, 2003

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Silver Lion (Paperback)

In 1823 India, Derek "The Archangel" Leighton tries to stop Michael "The Tiger" Keynes from stealing from the East India Consortium. Derek sets a trap, but fails at his mission. Instead Michael breaks Derek's hand before fleeing into the night.

A year later in London, Helena Pryce applies for the job of personal secretary to Derek, an earl because she feels he will not reject a candidate due to gender as the lord grew up in a home of females. He offers her a deal if she purchases a castle for him, he will hire her. Using her connections, Helena succeeds. Adhering to his agreement, Derek hires Helena, but is also curious about her. As he investigates his new personal secretary, he and she fall in love. However, his inquiries into Helena's life lead him to the man who broke his hand on the Asian subcontinent and to the woman from his past that he once believed he loved and one day would marry. Derek must decide between vengeance and love.

SILVER LION, Lynn Kerstan's third and final feline tale (see THE GOLDEN LEOPARD and HEART OF THE TIGER) is a terrific historical romance starring strong lead protagonists and a powerful support cast including return engagements. The story line has plenty of action, but is more of a deep character study as the heroine redeems the hero filling him with love, hope and honor, traits he felt lost forever. As with the previous two graceful tales, this is a winner that will lead to sub-genre fans hoping for more early nineteenth century cat lives to come.

Harriet Klausner

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book made me ill., August 23, 2007

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J. D. Witt (Tulsa, OK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Silver Lion (Paperback)

I have to agree with the previous reviewer J. Mullally, this "hero" has nothing whatsoever to recommend him. On the carriage ride home after the visit to the king he says such horrible insulting things to our heroine that I would never have forgiven him, much less worked for him another minute, no matter what he threatened to do if she quit. And marry him? Rather take the hangman's noose than this obnoxious, bloated, aristocratic bag of wind. He actually states that she's not good enough to marry to her face. Throughout his entire tirade, none of it deserved by her in any way I might add, I found myself actually growing sick to my stomach at his cold, cruel, and completely merciless attack on her character.

Nothing he did afterward improved my opinion of him. And Helena certainly deserved much better. She was a jewel and the reason I kept reading.

No stars for this book. None. And I'm GLAD his hand was smashed to bits. Too bad it wasn't his brains.