Alone in the world, Amanda Carville has no dowry, no reputation left, and no one who believes her to be innocent of murder, since she was found holding the gun that killed her stepfather. Viscount Rexford also has his troubles. He's scarred by war, and cursed-or blessed-with the family trait of knowing the truth when he hears it, and his success at extracting the truth from military prisoners has left many doubting his honor and his methods. When Amanda tells him she didn't do it, he believes her. Tired of the truth business, Rex refuses to get involved...until his heart leaves him no choice.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Well, *I* liked it,
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This review is from: Truly Yours (Signet Eclipse) (Paperback)
Contrary to the very thoughtful reviews posted above, I have to say that I liked this book. I liked the characters, I liked the premise, and I stayed interested & was enterained all the way through. True, it's not as hilarious as Miss Lockharte's Letters, nor as moving as A Debt to Delia, but those are such excellent books that I don't expect any author to hit that level every time. Anybody who's read Metzger before knows she doesn't write sex manuals, and God knows there are enough of those out there already, so I don't feel that delayed consummation, etc. should be a consideration. In fact, I am damn tired of regencies that substitute graphic sexual athletics for character, setting and story. I would recommend Truly Yours as a good read, and it's going into my keeper box.
10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Lacking in romance and character developement,
This review is from: Truly Yours (Signet Eclipse) (Paperback)
I had a hard time trying to decide how to rate this book, the premise of the book was very good and original, the Royce family have a trait that apparently runs through the males of the family, they are able to tell the truth from lies. Jordin Rexford has inherited that gift (to him it seemed more like a curse) from his father. He sees colors when people are talking (If lying he sees red, if telling the truth he sees blue, if in doubt he sees green, etc)
Lady Amanda Carville is accused of killing her loathsome stepfather. She is innocent. And since her godmother is Lady Royce (Rex's mother), she sends note for her son to come to the aide of Amanda. Upon arriving in London (in a huffy mood), he directly removes Amanda from prison and puts her under his protection. After talking to Miss Carville, Rex directly knows that she is innocent, because her answers are "true blue". And so the story starts as Rex with the help of his cousin Daniel set out to prove lady Carville's innocence. And all the while Rex is fighting his attraction to Amanda. The problem with this book is that although it has its charming moments, and the characters are likable, the romance in it takes a second seat to the mystery of solving the crime, and who the real culprit is. And the mystery itself was not very interesting to begin with, with Daniel and Rex going around trying to find if Amanda's stepfather had any enemies and who would gain from his death. A big part of this book was wasted on drawn out, and somewhat boring investigations directed by Rex and Daniel. I found myself skipping pages especially after the first few chapters of this book, to get to the parts where there would be some interaction between Rex and Amanda. Of course there were some nice, and charming moments between Rex and Amanda, but not enough to carry a "romance" book. I didn't see how they could have fallen in love. It seemed to me more like attraction or infatuation, but not love. I also got frustrated with Rex's insistence that he would not marry, out of fear of siring children with this ability to see the truth, (since he considered himself a freak). Another problem is that the characters were not really developed. They were likable characters, but they could have been great characters, if the author had only spent more time on that aspect of the story. Amanda suffered greatly in her first week in prison before Rex had come to her rescue. And yet that matter is dealt with very superficially. The whole plot was focused too much on the mystery storyline, hence completely overshadowing the romance and the character development. Now I like romances that contain subplots of mystery/suspense/adventure, but this book didn't really contain any of those. In this book the rather bland mystery was the plot and the romance was the subplot.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
I liked it, too...,
By Marybeth Wallick (Ellsworth, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Truly Yours (Signet Eclipse) (Paperback)
Barbara Metzger strikes me as more of a thinking woman's romance writer. In my 400 level political science classes from Dr. Sawyer, we covered the philosophers. From Plato to Aristotle, Machiavelli, and Edmund Burke, drawing comparisons on the issues of good vs. evil, truth vs. lies/deception and all the shades of lies in between, dictatorship vs. republic/democarcy as types of gov't.. It was the first time I heard Burke's most famous quote, "All that is needed for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing." (The latest time was outside Columbia Univ. Monday, 9/2407, in protest of Ahmadinejad's speech.) All timeless concepts, morals, ethics, the grist of books from the beginning.
I have found many of Metzger's novels to deal with good vs. evil, how we choose to live our lives, i.e., An Angel for an Earl, turning lives around by changing our choices from bad to good...and eternity awaits.... Another story, the name escapes me, starts on the Spanish Peninsula in a war and St. Peter and Old Nick are arguing over who will get the soul of a soldier about to die. Old Nick cheated and sent a dog to make sure the man was his. The romance was a good one, per usual, but a very interesting secondary character was the sulphur smelling dog who changed sides from evil to good. Metzger can do all of this with humor, wit, creativity, imagination, the deft turning of a phrase, and alliteration. (A week ago I wrote an e-mail using the phrase, "proverbial primrose path", and thought to myself, 'Barbara'.) : ) She does not need sex scenes to sell a book. I always pick her books up because I know that it will not be endless sex scenes loosely strung together, nor a vampire book. She writes a good story that keeps your interest. I never liked 'farce' until I read her "Mrs. Whilton's Wedding". That was the first Metzger I read and I believe that I have read all of her books since then. I agree with 'dizzheart' that "Miss Lockharte's Letters" is one of her best. I admire her courage in taking on a philosophical study of "truth" in a way that reaches a broader spectrum than a class, as a romance noval, "Truly Yours". Something to make us stop and think, for at least a few minutes. It leaves us with something constructive to chew on rather than a trip through a pornographic sewer.
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