Spanish Serenade [Mass Market Paperback]

Jennifer Blake (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 31, 1994

Beautiful, headstrong Pilar Sandoval y Serna will pay any price to escape the tyranny of her stepfather, Don Esteban. She turns to handsome, moody El Leon, a nobleman turned to a life of outlawry by the depredations of Don Esteban. Together in the hills, Pilar and El Leon find their wills in constant battle and their hearts in secret accord . . .

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

This silly, continent-hopping novel displays Blake's ( Love and Smoke ) trademark melange of blistering romance, historical melodrama and derring-do. In late 18th-century Seville, Pilar Marie Sandoval y Serna must escape the clutches of her stepfather, Don Esteban, "a devil in human form" whom she suspects of murdering her mother and stealing her family fortune. In desperation, she asks the infamous bandit "El Leon" to abduct her when Don Esteban escorts her to the convent to which he has consigned her. El Leon, who is by birth a gentleman named Refugio and has his own quarrel to settle with Don Esteban, agrees. But the rapacious Esteban in turn seizes Refugio's brother Vincente and sails for New Orleans to take up a political appointment. Pilar, Refugio and his band follow them to the New World, braving pirate attacks and other dangers. Once across the Atlantic, though, pursuers become the pursued as the Don tracks Refugio and Pilar westward through Indian territory. Pilar becomes Refugio's mistress on the run and ultimately his true love as the plot wends its way to a happy ending.
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Review

-Blake, who provides enough passion, lust and adventure to satisfy even the most voracious of romance consumers, triumphs again...- -Kirkus Reviews -Blake-s style is as steamy as a still July night on the bayou, as overwhelmingly hot as Cajun spice- -Chicago Tribune --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 40 pages
• Publisher: Ivy Books (October 31, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0449146030
• ISBN-13: 978-0449146033
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,318,384 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.