Veiled Promises - Softcover

MacNish, Tracy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0821779524 ISBN 13: 9780821779521

Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp, 2005

Synopsis

Dashing Irish sea captain Patrick Mullen knows women like he knows the sea, but he is completely unprepared for the sight of lovely Camille Bradburn, the only daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Eton, and how quickly their love is endangered by those who would keep them apart. Original.

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Not since Kathleen E. Woodiwiss s masterful The Flame and the Flower has a romance dared to delve so deeply into a woman s vulnerability and the healing power of love Dashing Irish sea captain Patrick Mullen knows women like he knows the sea, but he is completely unprepared for the sight of lovely Camille Bradburn, the only daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Eton. Cultured, wealthy, innocent, and impossibly beautiful, she is nothing he could ever hope to have, and everything he has ever desired

Raised with unimaginable wealth and a servant for every task, Camille seems to live a fairy tale life that is the envy of every girl in England. But her privilege comes with a terrible, secret price. And when she spies Patrick beneath her balcony, she understands for the first time that freedom and passion may be possible after all

Their love is swift and soul-deep but also exceedingly dangerous, for others would do anything to keep them apart. But Camille won t be taken without a fight, not when she stands to lose a love worth more than all her family s riches

Reviews

Romance has evolved far beyond Perils-of-Pauline plotting, but you'd never know it from the star-crossed love shared between well-born Camille Bradburn and Irish sea captain Patrick Mullen in MacNish's dated debut, set in 18th-century England. The interests of Camille's father, the duke of Eton, lie in tupping the servants; her mother, the duchess, is a self-righteous harridan who beats her. When Camille, through her brother, meets Patrick, neither is prepared for the love that quickly grows between them. Their secret courtship is sweet, the stories they share revelatory, but outside forces pile ridiculous amounts of hardship and tragedy upon them. The author writes well, and a sure melancholy tone from the start foreshadows tremendous difficulties, but some readers—forced to endure the duchess's endless efforts to crush Camille's spirit, misunderstandings fueled by jealous lies, physical and sexual violence, separations and false imprisonment—may give up in despair before the couple finally achieve their happily-ever-after.
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As the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Eton, Camille is constantly being watched by her mother for the slightest hint of rebellion, but no amount of obedience ever seems to be enough. When sea captain Patrick Mullen arrives at her family's estate one day to look over some property, Camille knows she is breaking her mother's rules by going riding with the handsome Irishman, but she doesn't care. The punishment is quite severe, but Camille will do anything to be with her new love. Naturally her mother has other plans, and she will stop at nothing to arrange the marriage she wants for her daughter. MacNish's debut romance, a lushly written, richly detailed Georgian historical, pushes the boundaries of the genre with a story of love, revenge, jealousy, and secrets that can be quite dark, but is also refreshingly different with its complex, realistically flawed characters and compelling plot. John Charles
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Edition details

• Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0821779524
• ISBN 13: 9780821779521
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 383