Silver-Tongued Devil [Hardcover]

Jennifer Blake (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1996

The winding Mississippi weaves wicked tales while New Orleans has always been a place of good and evil, of humid nights, heavy passions, sinister greed and tricky affairs. Angelica Carew's romantic entanglements never seemed so tricky until the day death stared her in the face. It was none other than Renold Harden who saved her life but it was she who would save his soul. Feeling he was owed a little something for his good deed, Harden thought he'd take it all, all of Angelica, that is. He seemed to be ever

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

The prose in Blake's latest (after Shameless) is rather like rococo art: complex, often lyrical and a tad grandiloquent. After an explosion destroys the riverboat on which she is traveling, Angelica Carew awakens to find herself supposedly wed to her rescuer, Renold Harden. Renold, she learns, is the stepson of Gerald Delaup, late owner of Bonheur, the Louisiana plantation her gambler father had won in a game of cards. Renold, convinced that Angelica's father had cheated to gain Bonheur, will go to any lengths to reclaim the land that rightfully belongs to his mother and half-sister-including force Angelica into a miserable marriage. While an enjoyable read, the characters come off as vapid and uninspired: Renold's hatred and vengeance falls flat, while Angelica, in her annoying blandness, justifies and accepts everything Renold does and says. Read this one for the rich texture and exquisite attention to antebellum detail.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

Bursts of well-written action and love scenes. (Historical Novels Review 20111122)

Ms. Blake does a masterful job of weaving in conditions, mores, and perils of the late nineteenth century Louisiana (The Long and Short of It )

A fabulous one-of-a-kind historical romance... Touching and compelling. (The Romance Reviews ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 521 pages
• Publisher: Thorndike Pr (June 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786206691
• ISBN-13: 978-0786206698
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,699,450 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jennifer Blake has been called "the steel magnolia of women's fiction" for her enduring career as an author. She has also been lauded as a "pioneer of the romance genre" and an "icon of the romance industry." A New York Times and international best selling author from the publication of "Love's Wild Desire" in 1977, she is a charter member of Romance Writers of America, member of the RWA and Affaire de Coeur Halls of Fame, and recipient of the RWA Lifetime Achievement Rita. She holds numerous other honors, including two Maggies, two Holt Medallions, multiple Reviewer's Choice awards, the Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times BookReviews Magazine, and the Frank Waters Award for literary excellence. She has written 65 books with translations in 20 languages and more than 30 million copies in print. Jennifer and her husband live on a lake in northern Louisiana.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars this is the book for you, May 21, 2000

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nesiha klenja (connecticut) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silver-Tongued Devil (Mass Market Paperback)

anyone who is interested in a good conversation along with a good romance will enjoy this book. the heroine has a wit to match the heroes. you have to pay close attention and infer what is being said. don't skip pages cause you will miss out. this was definitely something for the mind to enjoy. i rate it one of the best because it never lagged, you never get bored because they are always sparring with words;whether with eachother or their own conscience. so if you want an intense novel this is is.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bucket of words, April 6, 2006

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Elizabeth R. Morgan "mystimorgan" (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Silver-Tongued Devil (Mass Market Paperback)

I bought this book thinking it would roll smoothly and fluidly, engrossing me to keep reading until I was done. Unfortunately it has taken me 2 weeks just to get to page 74. Ms. Blake is the Don King of the Romance Writing World. There are so many nauseatingly long descriptions of every little detail from conversations to observances that I find it impossible to read more than 3 or 4 pages without getting frustrated. I want to get in to the story, I'd like a little of the fantasy to be left up to my imagination. Ms. Blake is so long winded that I feel like I'm reading a blow by blow narrative of a documentry, instead of losing myself in a historical fantasy life.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting, October 4, 2000

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Juanita (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silver-Tongued Devil (Mass Market Paperback)

hey :)

i think this is a really cool book to read because it keeps you interesting. you can't just put the book down because you HAVE to know what's going to happen next... i like that in a book. it's a cool romance novel, and i highly recommend it. it's changed my opionion about romance novels. you must read it! :) if you have any questions about the book you can email me at: [e-mail], take care :)