Once Upon a Dream - Softcover

Kingsley, Katherine

3.7

213 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440220769 ISBN 13: 9780440220763

Publisher: Dell, 1997

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Lucy Kincaid endures a life of loneliness and drudgery in her stepmother's house on Ireland's windswept coast. All she has to sustain her are her dreams, until the day the golden stranger appears on a cliff-- a stranger who gazes at her with love in his eyes and poetry on his lips. Lucy's heart is lost-- until she realizes that he is the enemy: a despised Englishman, the man whose family stole her birthright.

Once upon a passion

Raphael Montagu, eight Duke of Southwell, searches futility for the mysterious Irish beauty he'd loved at first sight, certain that only she can heal his wounded heart. But when fate finally returns her to him at a London ball, she denies ever having seen him before. And when he claims her with a kiss and a vow of eternal love, she vanishes once again, leaving him with no clue as to her identity. His only hope is to travel back to Ireland to uncover the mystery that drove her from his side-- and finally claim her for his own. . .

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Review:

Don't miss this re-telling of the Cinderella story set against a backdrop of embittered hatred imposed by the conflict between the Irish and the English. When Raphael Montagu, eighth Duke of Southwell, visits the decrepit Irish estate he has just inherited, he glimpses a beautiful Irish maiden rhapsodizing Byronic verse alone near a cliff side. He falls in love at first sight. Lucy Kincaid, the real heir to the manor, is as enraptured by fantasy as he. She prays he will whisk her away from her spiteful stepmother and stepsisters, until he completes her verse and she realizes from his speech that he is English. Never was there a truer conflict!

From the Publisher:

"Katherine Kingsley is a glorious treasure, touching our hearts with exquisite magic." --Romantic Times

"If you haven't discovered Katherine Kingsley, you don't know what you're missing." --Lindsay Chase

"Katherine Kingsley is a miracle worker, a writer who understands the map of the human heart." --Romantic Times

Hailed by Romantic Times as "one of the most beloved voices in romantic fiction," Katherine Kingsley has brought her unique style to the retelling of the Cinderella tale, as two star-crossed lovers play out a romance that is the stuff of legend.

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