Evening Star (Paperback)

by Catherine Coulter (Author) "Giana, I must fix that bow in your hair, it's hanging over your ear..." (more)
Key Phrases: leather squabs, Van Cleve, Randall Bennett, New York (more...)

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Product Description
When Alex Saxton wins virgin Giana Van Cleve in the infamous Roman Flower Auction, he never expects to lose his heart.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Signet (May 8, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451203844
• ISBN-13: 978-0451203847
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #260,927 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Engrossing ride through the gamut of human emotions, August 24, 2003

By	Trisha A. Howell "Howell Canyon Press author" (Los Angeles, CA, United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Evening Star is one of those rare wonderful books that the reader feels forlorn after it is over. Our hero and heroine, Alex Saxton and Giana Van Cleve, are such well-drawn and fascinating human beings that they become the reader's riveting intimate friends as their very realistic yet exciting lives are played out in a delightfully sensual, heartbreakingly emotional and always entertaining plot with endless twists. The novel is so engrossing that I had to read its 420 pages in one sitting.

The willfully independent Giana is saved from the matrimonial clutches of a cunning fortune hunter when her wealthy shipbuilding mother Aurora sends her from London to Rome for a very enlightening summer education with her Uncle Daniele. What Aurora doesn't know is that Daniele not only gives her a glimpse of the seedier side of life but makes her hang out in a high class brothel posing as one of its girls, though no one is allowed to touch her.

Her ultimate test is her posing as one of the virgins to be sold at the astounding Roman Flower Auction. But nothing goes as planned, and Alex Saxton wins the bid for the intriguing and saucy Giana.

Four years after her incredible escape from him and his festering humiliation, he encounters her again in London-a formidable opponent in a major business negotiation. He becomes obsessed with revenge, and the desire to have her no matter what. What he gets is something he never bargained for.

For a breathtaking and thoroughly entertaining ride through the gamut of human emotions, don't miss Evening Star. Like many Catherine Coulter novels, it's a sure bet.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, April 25, 2001

By	starboard (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Evening Star (Paperback)

Great read! I enjoyed this book so much. If historical romance is your favorite genre please don't miss this one.

12 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Cheap Trick, September 8, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Evening Star (Paperback)

I read this when it was originally published as SWEET SURRENDER. While I enjoyed it the first time through (4 stars), I was very upset to find that this "new title" was the identical book, republished with a new name. No rewrite. Not something I missed along the way. Just a verbatim copy of SWEET SURRENDER - renamed to "fit" the original Star Trilogy and make it a Quartet. As a long time fan of C.C., Catherine, you're better than that.