Whisper Always [Paperback]

Rebecca Hagan Lee (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Jove (October 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0515127124
• ISBN-13: 978-0515127126
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,846,275 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful read., July 20, 2000

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EB "EB" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Whisper Always (Paperback)

Ms. Hagen Lee has crafted a captivating tale of love and ambition in "Whisper Always." Christina Fairfax makes her debut before the Queen in a gown nothing short of dreadful, yet the ballroom is buzzing with her name. Slipping off to another room to rid herself of the cumbersome embellishments on her gown, Christina finds herself before Lord Blake Ashford. He sparks her thoughts and she whirls from the room only to find herself in the arms of Crown Prince Rudolph of Hapsburg-Lorraine. The Crown Prince is arrogant and Christina, not realizing who she waltzes with, speaks her mind, offending him. Only to find herself being swept away by Lord Blake Ashford. He has been her savior twice in one evening and she finds it difficult to get thoughts of him out of her mind.

Christina's upwardly mobile, thoughtlessly manipulative mother sells her daughter to the highest bidder - Crown Prince Rudolph - at auction, leaving her in need of rescuing once again. With the knowledge that Christina has been purchased by Prince Rudolph for a necklace, Lord Ashford devises a plan to rescue her once again. He rescues Christina and takes her to his house where she will be safe from her mother and the Crown Prince - but Christina and Lord Ashford are not safe from the feelings they begin to feel for one another.

Lord Ashford wars between conflicting emotions as Christina fights the attraction they both feel. But, as the passion grows between Christina and Lord Ashton, a secret from his past could destroy their hopes of future happiness. As Christina flees to Austria with Crown Prince Rudolph, Lord Blake Ashton must find a way to get through to Christina and prove his love for her is true before it is too late.

This marvelously written tale is full of well crafted characters and plot twists. A wonderful read.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book captured me from the very first page., November 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Whisper Always (Paperback)

This book is wonderfully written!The emotions you feel for Blake and Cristina are incredible.You laugh with them,cry with them, pull for them and rejoice with them.I think the author did a great job of making you fall in love with these two characters.It's my absolute favorite of Mrs. Lee's books.I stayed up late every night to finish it.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well worth reading, November 30, 1999

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Sarah "sssspro" (North East, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Whisper Always (Paperback)

Blake and Cristina's story is an interesting tale that tries to expand the traditional Victorian age story. Ms. Lee portrays a very realistic political arena in Europe during the late nineteenth century. Diplomats scrounging between powers, forming alliances and always trying to maintain the utmost in proper etiquette. An unhealthy climate, where diplomats try to attain a "balance of power", which ultimately backfires with the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. (But enough with the history lesson).

This is a love story that is very well written and a pleasure to read. Ambitions abound at every corner, yet our hero and heroine try desperately to overcome these. Blake has a tortured past, and almost isn't capable of overcoming it. Fortunately for Cristina, he does, and early enough in the story so as to not render this plot with a "typical" climatic ending (Blake finding his love for Cristina). Cristina on the other hand is young, but determined. No milksop miss here. After rising above an atrocious relationship with her mother, and apparent abandonment of her father, Cristina finds friendship and comfort in some interesting places.

It is great to watch as Cristina and Blake build their love together through all the obstacles they face. In Victorian England, Cristina probably would not have had the freedoms or done many of the things she ultimately did, but this is a minor criticism in the overall story. Pick up and enjoy Whisper Always.