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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Romantic Vignettes is a collection of Marcia McClure's first three short stories. I am normally not one who likes to read short stories because I feel like they're, well....short! There is no time for character development and they feel to rushed. But I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed this collection. Even though they were her first stories they were still really good. The three stories included are The Unobtainable One (a governess comes to care for a child and falls madly for her older brother. Can she melt his icy heart?), The General's Ambition (A young woman loses her father and has to marry a man she has loved a very long time to fulfill his father's wish for an heir.), and Indebted Deliverance (a woman is being dragged off by four men when a handsome man passes by and helps. He offers her to winter at his place. Secrets and treachery arise as she becomes unwittingly involved in his complicated past.) I liked them all but I must admit that The General's Ambition was my personal favorite. One aspect of this collection that I really enjoyed was that at the end of each story, the author gives you some fun insight into the story. It made me feel like I was her good friend and she was sharing with me what was going on in her head while she was forming the story. Like how the names of the characters were chosen or the little things that have become a sign to her friends that she was thinking of them while she was writing. Also, some of the things that have become her trademarks in writing. Love ALL that inside information. I have really come to appreciate this author's work and it's really fun to see how it all started. I highly recommend it! sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
An Anthology of Three Premiere Novellas by Marcia Lynn McClure (Novella 1) THE UNOBTAINABLE ONE THE CHILD WAS STRAWBERRY-SWEET AND LOVING...BUT THE MAN WAS FORBIDDEN FRUIT. Annette Jordan had accepted the unavoidable reality that she must toil as a governess to provide for herself. Annette Jordan had accepted the unavoidable reality that she must toil as a governess to provide for herself. Thankfully, her charge was a joy-a vision of youthful beauty, owning a spirit of delight. But it was Annette's employer, Lord Gareth Barrett, who proved to be the trial-for she soon found herself living in the all-too-cliche governess' dream of having fallen desperately in love with the man who provided her wages. The child loved her-but could she endure watching hopelessly as the beautiful woman from a neighboring property won Lord Barrett's affections? (Novella 2) THE GENERAL'S AMBITIONS SHE HAD BEEN SELECTED TO MARRY AND BEAR THE PROGENY OF THE SON... Seemingly over night, Renee Millings found herself orphaned and married to the indescribably handsome, but ever frowning, Roque Montan. His father, The General, was obsessively determined that his lineage would continue posthaste-with or without consent of his son's new bride. But when Roque reveals the existence of a sworn oath that will obstruct his father's ambition, will the villainous General conspire to insure the future of his coveted progeny to be borne by Renee himself? Will Renee find the only means of escape from the odious General to be that of his late wife-death? Or will the son find no tolerance for his father's diabolic plotting concerning the woman Roque legally terms his wife? (Novella 3) INDEBTED DELIVERANCE SNOWBOUND AND ISOLATED...SHE HAD NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO ENDURE THE WINTER IN THE COMPANIONSHIP OF THE BRUTAL RACE TREVELIAN... Chalyce LaSalle had been grateful to the handsome recluse, Race Trevelian, when he had delivered her from certain tragedy one frigid winter day. He was addictively attractive, powerful and intriguing-and there was something else about him-an air of secreted internal torture. Yet, as the brutal character of her emancipator began to manifest, Chalyce commenced in wondering whether the fate she now faced would be any less insufferable than the one from which he had delivered her. Still, his very essence beckoned hers. She was drawn to him and her soul whispered that his mind needed deliverance as desperately as she had needed rescue that cold, winter's noon." Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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I too am a big fan of the whole governess who finds herself falling in love with the lord of the manor, which is what the first story is all about. Then there is the young lady who finds herself betrothed to a man she hardly knows who has a wicked father who she is afraid of. And finally you have the story of a young woman snowbound and isolated from everyone, except for the man who rescued her and is "enduring" her until winter is past. All three I enjoyed. (And I loved how the shirt came off in each story and the reason behind this - read the author's notes to find out why). These are fun, enjoyable and very romantic reads; easy to read and enjoy! ( )