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Moonshadow
News of his father's death brings Dominic d'Estainville back to Moonshadow — his family's plantation in Georgia — after three long years. But Moonshadow, his rightful inheritance, has been sold, and to obtain it Dominic must marry Veronique. the new owner’s daughter. Veronique agrees to the marriage for her dying father's sake, knowing that a future as the unloved wife of d'Estainville will bring her nothing but heartbreak, for she has loved Dominic all her life.
While the American Civil War threatens Moonshadow from without, a more bitter contest is fought inside its walls as Veronique battles to win the love and trust of a husband who despises her.
While the American Civil War threatens Moonshadow from without, a more bitter contest is fought inside its walls as Veronique battles to win the love and trust of a husband who despises her.
- GenresHistorical
190 pages, Paperback
First published August 14, 1981
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Valentina Luellen
35 books7 followersPseudonym for Judith Hagar. AKA Judith Polley and Helen Kent.
Valentina Luellen is one of the pen names of Judith Hagar. She published 33 historical romances for Mills & Boon, with many of the tiles featured in the Masquerade series.
Valentina Luellen is one of the pen names of Judith Hagar. She published 33 historical romances for Mills & Boon, with many of the tiles featured in the Masquerade series.
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January 6, 2021
Eh. I was too young when this came out and then read it when I was 13, so in love with Scarlett and Rhett it's painful to remember. This has that enigmatic, brooding, alpha hero that has no problem having a mistress bc his wife of convenience is not letting him into the bedroom. The reason she's not letting him in the bedroom? She loves him AND her plantation, Pinewood, too much. Moonshadow is his ancestral plantation. Head scratcher. But when your'e 13, who cares why?!? That's why I kept it. It hasn't held up under a re-skim. I wouldn't call it a romance now either. In fact, after I looked up how much it's selling for on Amazon I may sell it. Or not. I like my books. Below I copied and pasted my words from another review.
I was asked about Moonshadow by a GR friend, your'e going to have a hard time finding this one. I had to go to my attic to find it. Written in the early 80's and clearly an ode to Gone With The Wind. It is NOT in anyway a contemporary novel; do not read if you have any triggers for slavery and the Confederate views of the American Civil War because our MC's have those views, which makes them very unsympathetic in my view. DO NOT READ if that is hurtful to you, I can't stress that enough. I sat down last night and skimmed after I was asked about it and will write out passages for you if you are still interested in reading it. I don't believe in censorship or judgmental views about people who decide to read ANY book. So opposed, I don't even want comments under my reviews to have a hint of judgment of any reader. It bothers me. But if I'm being honest, this book bothered me more. It wasn't a literary achievement like GWtW by any stretch of the imagination. Also, the cheating was really in the background, the love of the plantations was the main focus. The drama, the angst was the war and those evil Yankees. I was born and grew up occasionally (I say that bc my dad was a missionary, we had lived in 4 foreign countries and 8 states by the time I was 18) but my family on both sides are there. We were taught about the War of Northern Aggression, not the Civil War. Shermans march was awful, no doubt about it, but so was what the south did. So as an adult this really colors my view of this book bc obviously I grew up. It induced no rage in me last night for the cheating, (maybe it did when I was a teen bc I AM a big lover of GWtW) but it did induce a reaction from the blatant views espoused. It has passages about how the H whipped any slaves that tried to run away or listen to abolitionists. Passages about how our H's mistress needed to be guarded from the "darkies". So folks, this is dated in a hateful way. If we were talking about a history book or a historical fiction that was showing a realistic picture of this time period it would be different. But in no way is this that kind of book. She tried to make the H and h sympathetic by giving them slaves that they loved, but that made it worse for me. Many people say the same about GWtW and that's valid. Also, French culture is huge in this book (which does differentiate from GWtW). I'm sick of typing GWtW. This time around the views the author wrote about are what really got my ire up. May be different for you, but I'll say under no circumstance is this book worth $13 plus shipping. It's not that well written, and that's the death knell for me.
I was asked about Moonshadow by a GR friend, your'e going to have a hard time finding this one. I had to go to my attic to find it. Written in the early 80's and clearly an ode to Gone With The Wind. It is NOT in anyway a contemporary novel; do not read if you have any triggers for slavery and the Confederate views of the American Civil War because our MC's have those views, which makes them very unsympathetic in my view. DO NOT READ if that is hurtful to you, I can't stress that enough. I sat down last night and skimmed after I was asked about it and will write out passages for you if you are still interested in reading it. I don't believe in censorship or judgmental views about people who decide to read ANY book. So opposed, I don't even want comments under my reviews to have a hint of judgment of any reader. It bothers me. But if I'm being honest, this book bothered me more. It wasn't a literary achievement like GWtW by any stretch of the imagination. Also, the cheating was really in the background, the love of the plantations was the main focus. The drama, the angst was the war and those evil Yankees. I was born and grew up occasionally (I say that bc my dad was a missionary, we had lived in 4 foreign countries and 8 states by the time I was 18) but my family on both sides are there. We were taught about the War of Northern Aggression, not the Civil War. Shermans march was awful, no doubt about it, but so was what the south did. So as an adult this really colors my view of this book bc obviously I grew up. It induced no rage in me last night for the cheating, (maybe it did when I was a teen bc I AM a big lover of GWtW) but it did induce a reaction from the blatant views espoused. It has passages about how the H whipped any slaves that tried to run away or listen to abolitionists. Passages about how our H's mistress needed to be guarded from the "darkies". So folks, this is dated in a hateful way. If we were talking about a history book or a historical fiction that was showing a realistic picture of this time period it would be different. But in no way is this that kind of book. She tried to make the H and h sympathetic by giving them slaves that they loved, but that made it worse for me. Many people say the same about GWtW and that's valid. Also, French culture is huge in this book (which does differentiate from GWtW). I'm sick of typing GWtW. This time around the views the author wrote about are what really got my ire up. May be different for you, but I'll say under no circumstance is this book worth $13 plus shipping. It's not that well written, and that's the death knell for me.
May 9, 2020
set in Georgia USA in 1850
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