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The Nutcracker Prince
"Are you really my daddy?"
Anna wriggled loose from her mother's grip and gazed up at Kon. "You look just like the Nutcracker Prince in my storybook!"
Meg was shaken by the stars in her daughter's eyes, shaken by this new threat to her own fragile emotions and hard-won independence. But she knew it was too late...
"My mommy told me my daddy lives in Russia and can't ever come to visit," Anna confided to Kon in a loud whisper.
"Well, your mommy is wrong, Anochka. I'm your daddy and I've always loved you, even though we've never met and I lived far away. But now I'm finally here, in America." Kon glanced at Meg. She couldn't, wouldn't, meet his eyes. "I'm looking forward to our first Christmas together, Anochka...as a family."
Anna wriggled loose from her mother's grip and gazed up at Kon. "You look just like the Nutcracker Prince in my storybook!"
Meg was shaken by the stars in her daughter's eyes, shaken by this new threat to her own fragile emotions and hard-won independence. But she knew it was too late...
"My mommy told me my daddy lives in Russia and can't ever come to visit," Anna confided to Kon in a loud whisper.
"Well, your mommy is wrong, Anochka. I'm your daddy and I've always loved you, even though we've never met and I lived far away. But now I'm finally here, in America." Kon glanced at Meg. She couldn't, wouldn't, meet his eyes. "I'm looking forward to our first Christmas together, Anochka...as a family."
187 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published November 1, 1994
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Rebecca Winters
1,135 books207 followersaka Rebecca Brown Burton, Rebecca Burton
Rebecca Winters, born Rebecca Brown Burton, was the author of over 175 romance novels published with Harlequin, delighting readers worldwide for more than 35 years. Her stories, translated into many languages, have sold nearly thirty million copies. A French teacher turned novelist, she combined her love of language, family, and storytelling into a remarkable literary legacy.
Rebecca Winters, born Rebecca Brown Burton, was the author of over 175 romance novels published with Harlequin, delighting readers worldwide for more than 35 years. Her stories, translated into many languages, have sold nearly thirty million copies. A French teacher turned novelist, she combined her love of language, family, and storytelling into a remarkable literary legacy.
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April 3, 2012
Una histoia de amor... Al tocar temática rusa,
me recordó muchas cosas, así que le doy 4 star.
me recordó muchas cosas, así que le doy 4 star.
November 29, 2018
Me ha gustado el libro, los sentimientos, los personajes y la historia de cómo viven el amor, los miedos, los riesgos y como ello trae unos resultados tan hermosos. Me gustó mucho toda la trama de él y su trabajo, realmente me atrapó este libro.
February 25, 2010
Oh Rebecca Winters. *sigh* you lost me as a fan a couple of books before. Her novels are so formulaic that I tend to pick them up, read the back and go "oh, this is just like (insert the name of any of her books here). I doubt that I will find myself returning to read anything new of hers in the future unless my library is seriously lacking in new reading material!
Meg was just a seventeen year old girl the first time she went to Russia and was hauled into KGB custody because she gave a Russian national a pair of her sunglasses not knowing that it was considered a crime. That's where she met Konstantine, a KGB agent who took personal interest in the girl.
It wasn't until she returned to Russia six years later as a twenty-three year old that she saw him again. Meg lost her heart to the dark haired stranger. But it wasn't until she returned stateside that she realized she was carrying his child.
Now a single mother, Meg is flummoxed when Kon pops back into her and her daughter's life stating that he is going to marry Meg and start a good old fashioned American family with dogs and a white picket fence.
Meg hardly believes that Kon, the man who rose so fast in the rankings of the KGB, would have defected from his beloved motherland of Russia and turned traitor against the government. Even when her Senator calls Meg personally to insure her of Kon's genuine "American-ness," she still fells that he's only here to take their daughter and flee back to Russia.
Rebecca Winters doesn't do a very good job of instilling any emotion into her writing. The characters are very flat and come off as condescending at points. When Kon finally gets Meg to marry him for their daughter's sake, he still remains emotionally distant even when Meg takes the time to try to get him to open up to her. And then he runs away ... three weeks pass and he just appears back at the house (Meg has been beside herself all this time with longing and love for the man that she could hardly stand until he took off) with his long lost mother who doesn't speak a word of English but instantly loves her granddaughter.
Really, Rebecca Winters, you need to take some time to build the emotion, build the characters, hell ... build the plot. Until then ... I'm giving up on you.
Meg was just a seventeen year old girl the first time she went to Russia and was hauled into KGB custody because she gave a Russian national a pair of her sunglasses not knowing that it was considered a crime. That's where she met Konstantine, a KGB agent who took personal interest in the girl.
It wasn't until she returned to Russia six years later as a twenty-three year old that she saw him again. Meg lost her heart to the dark haired stranger. But it wasn't until she returned stateside that she realized she was carrying his child.
Now a single mother, Meg is flummoxed when Kon pops back into her and her daughter's life stating that he is going to marry Meg and start a good old fashioned American family with dogs and a white picket fence.
Meg hardly believes that Kon, the man who rose so fast in the rankings of the KGB, would have defected from his beloved motherland of Russia and turned traitor against the government. Even when her Senator calls Meg personally to insure her of Kon's genuine "American-ness," she still fells that he's only here to take their daughter and flee back to Russia.
Rebecca Winters doesn't do a very good job of instilling any emotion into her writing. The characters are very flat and come off as condescending at points. When Kon finally gets Meg to marry him for their daughter's sake, he still remains emotionally distant even when Meg takes the time to try to get him to open up to her. And then he runs away ... three weeks pass and he just appears back at the house (Meg has been beside herself all this time with longing and love for the man that she could hardly stand until he took off) with his long lost mother who doesn't speak a word of English but instantly loves her granddaughter.
Really, Rebecca Winters, you need to take some time to build the emotion, build the characters, hell ... build the plot. Until then ... I'm giving up on you.
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March 3, 2013I probably won't rate Nutcracker Prince until I do a re-read because my feelings might have changed in the years since reading.
Yes, this is a basic harlequin-type romance that's been churned out among a long chain of books at a mile a minute, but I read this darn book several times, many years ago, because I loved the mysterious KGB agent and his secret relationship with an American woman who he never got over. There was more to it than the typical "here's daddy back to reclaim his child" story (as advertised with that cover).
Just going off my recollected feelings, but this would have been an enthusiastic 4 star back when I read it. Will the book have held up with time? Who knows? I hope to get a copy of this someday and see if it still gives me the warm fuzzies.
Yes, this is a basic harlequin-type romance that's been churned out among a long chain of books at a mile a minute, but I read this darn book several times, many years ago, because I loved the mysterious KGB agent and his secret relationship with an American woman who he never got over. There was more to it than the typical "here's daddy back to reclaim his child" story (as advertised with that cover).
Just going off my recollected feelings, but this would have been an enthusiastic 4 star back when I read it. Will the book have held up with time? Who knows? I hope to get a copy of this someday and see if it still gives me the warm fuzzies.
December 18, 2019
I would die to read this book again. I'm quite possibly obsessed with it as I read it aeons ago and can't find it anywhere. I enjoyed this Harlequin best out of the very few I've read.
Edit: Finally got a hold of it through archive.org
I couldn't read it fast enough 😊😊😊
Edit: Finally got a hold of it through archive.org
I couldn't read it fast enough 😊😊😊
July 25, 2009
One of my quick-read favorites.
December 2, 2015
One of my favorites at Christmas.
April 18, 2013
me enamore de ese ex agente de la kgb y Anna me robo el corazón
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