Sweet Revenge [Mass Market Paperback]

Nora Roberts (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1988

At twenty-five, Princess Adrianne lives a life most people would envy.  Beautiful and elegant, she spends her days dabbling in charities and her nights floating from one glamorous gala to the next.  But her pampered-rich-girl pose is a ruse, a carefully calculated effort to hide a dangerous truth.

For ten years Adrianne has lived for revenge.  As a child, she could only watch the cruelty hidden behind the facade of her parents' fairy-tale marriage.  Now
she has the perfect plan to make her famous father pay.  She will take possession of the one thing he values above all others--The Sun and the Moon, a fabled necklace beyond price.

Yet just as she is poised to take her vengeance, she meets a man who seems to divine her every secret.  Clever, charming, and enigmatic, Philip Chamberlain has his own private reasons for getting close to Princess Adrianne.  And only when it's too late will she see the hidden danger...as she finds herself up against two formidable men--one with the knowledge to take her freedom, the other with the power to take her life.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Move over, Sidney Sheldon: the world has a new master of romantic suspense, and her name is Nora Roberts."—Rex Reed

"Her stories have fueled the dreams of twenty-five million readers."—Entertainment Weekly

“You can’t bottle wish fulfillment, but Nora Roberts certainly knows how to put it on the page.” —New York Times

From the Publisher

"Move over, Sidney Sheldon: the world has a new master of romantic suspense, and her name is Nora Roberts."
--Rex Reed

"Her stories have fueled the dreams of twenty-five million readers."
--Entertainment Weekly

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Bantam (December 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553278592
• ISBN-13: 978-0553278590
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1 x 6.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (83 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #85,488 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #39 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Romance > Authors, A-Z > ( R ) > Roberts, Nora

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43 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet Revenge was very captivating., July 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Sweet Revenge (Mass Market Paperback)

In the beginning when I started reading and realized that I had to go through Adriannes childhood in order to get to the present, I was almost going to stop reading, thinking it was going to be one of those books where it's a long and boring way to the point of the story. Luckily, I was mistaken. The way the story was written, the text, it just captivated you to continue reading. It made a very smooth and descriptive change to the present. Not once did I get bored. I just couldn't wait to have a break in my busy schedule to continue reading Sweet Revenge. Nora Roberts wrote it in a way that made the characters become part of you. I was very content with the ending, Adrianne needed and deserved what Phillip offered. I was so satisfied with this story from Nora Roberts, that I will look for more of her work, as this was the first book I read from her.

38 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Riveting reading, December 14, 1999

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Anne Cahill (Groton, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sweet Revenge (Mass Market Paperback)

I've read about 30 Nora Roberts books and there are very few I haven't liked, which makes it hard to choose favorites! But this would have to be one of them -- "un-put-downable" to the end. Sure, it's not exactly her most realism-based book -- a fictional country, a jewel-thieving princess, an Interpol agent who happens to be an ex-thief himself -- but who reads for realism anyway? The tension that Adrianne felt returning to her native Jacquir transmitted to the reader, and I couldn't wait for her to get out safely. A very good read.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is amazing - it has it all!, November 16, 2005

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Donna K. "bookcrosser" (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sweet Revenge (Mass Market Paperback)

Exotic setting, emotionally charged storylines, mystery, family dynamics, and a beautiful story of soulmates joining forces and finding true love. All are described in amazing detail, so the reader can not only visualize it, but experience it with all the senses - hear the sounds, smell the aromas, feel the touches, taste the delicacies!

I cannot find the words to express how spellbound I was by this story! It was a page-turner that I stayed up until the wee hours of the morning to read because I simply couldn't put it down for the evening. It definitely rates as one of the best books I've read all year.