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Survint un inconnu...
Un amour d'enfance est parfois bien puissant ; on s'éblouit d'un regard tendre ; on s'affole d'un geste distant. Et puis survient un inconnu… un homme farouchement possessif qui ne recule devant rien pour avoir celle qu'il désire, Laura, presqu'une enfant, dont il fera une femme sa femme.
Mais la possession n'est pas l'amour. Et l'amour pourra-t-il naître enfin des gestes brutaux de l'inconnu ?
Mais la possession n'est pas l'amour. Et l'amour pourra-t-il naître enfin des gestes brutaux de l'inconnu ?
159 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published June 1, 1978
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Charlotte Lamb
259 books313 followersSheila Ann Mary Coates Holland
aka Sheila Holland, Sheila Coates, Charlotte Lamb, Sheila Lancaster, Victoria Woolf, Laura Hardy
Sheila Ann Mary Coates was born on 1937 in Essex, England, just before the Second World War in the East End of London. As a child, she was moved from relative to relative to escape the bombings of World War II. Sheila attended the Ursuline Convent for Girls. On leaving school at 16, the convent-educated author worked for the Bank of England as a clerk. Sheila continued her education by taking advantage of the B of E's enormous library during her lunch breaks and after work. She later worked as a secretary for the BBC. While there, she met and married Richard Holland, a political reporter. A voracious reader of romance novels, she began writing at her husband's suggestion. She wrote her first book in three days with three children underfoot! In between raising her five children (including a set of twins), Charlotte wrote several more novels. She used both her married and maiden names, Sheila Holland and Sheila Coates, before her first novel as Charlotte Lamb, Follow a Stranger, was published by Mills & Boon in 1973. She also used the pennames: Sheila Lancaster, Victoria Wolf and Laura Hardy. Sheila was a true revolutionary in the field of romance writing. One of the first writers to explore the boundaries of sexual desire, her novels often reflected the forefront of the "sexual revolution" of the 1970s. Her books touched on then-taboo subjects such as child abuse and rape, and she created sexually confident - even dominant - heroines. She was also one of the first to create a modern romantic heroine: independent, imperfect, and perfectly capable of initiating a sexual or romantic relationship. A prolific author, Sheila penned more than 160 novels, most of them for Mills & Boon. Known for her swiftness as well as for her skill in writing, Sheila typically wrote a minimum of two thousand words per day, working from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. While she once finished a full-length novel in four days, she herself pegged her average speed at two weeks to complete a full novel. Since 1977, Sheila had been living on the Isle of Man as a tax exile with her husband and four of their five children: Michael Holland, Sarah Holland, Jane Holland, Charlotte Holland and David Holland. Sheila passed away on October 8, 2000 in her baronial-style home 'Crogga' on the Island. She is greatly missed by her many fans, and by the romance writing community.
aka Sheila Holland, Sheila Coates, Charlotte Lamb, Sheila Lancaster, Victoria Woolf, Laura Hardy
Sheila Ann Mary Coates was born on 1937 in Essex, England, just before the Second World War in the East End of London. As a child, she was moved from relative to relative to escape the bombings of World War II. Sheila attended the Ursuline Convent for Girls. On leaving school at 16, the convent-educated author worked for the Bank of England as a clerk. Sheila continued her education by taking advantage of the B of E's enormous library during her lunch breaks and after work. She later worked as a secretary for the BBC. While there, she met and married Richard Holland, a political reporter. A voracious reader of romance novels, she began writing at her husband's suggestion. She wrote her first book in three days with three children underfoot! In between raising her five children (including a set of twins), Charlotte wrote several more novels. She used both her married and maiden names, Sheila Holland and Sheila Coates, before her first novel as Charlotte Lamb, Follow a Stranger, was published by Mills & Boon in 1973. She also used the pennames: Sheila Lancaster, Victoria Wolf and Laura Hardy. Sheila was a true revolutionary in the field of romance writing. One of the first writers to explore the boundaries of sexual desire, her novels often reflected the forefront of the "sexual revolution" of the 1970s. Her books touched on then-taboo subjects such as child abuse and rape, and she created sexually confident - even dominant - heroines. She was also one of the first to create a modern romantic heroine: independent, imperfect, and perfectly capable of initiating a sexual or romantic relationship. A prolific author, Sheila penned more than 160 novels, most of them for Mills & Boon. Known for her swiftness as well as for her skill in writing, Sheila typically wrote a minimum of two thousand words per day, working from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. While she once finished a full-length novel in four days, she herself pegged her average speed at two weeks to complete a full novel. Since 1977, Sheila had been living on the Isle of Man as a tax exile with her husband and four of their five children: Michael Holland, Sarah Holland, Jane Holland, Charlotte Holland and David Holland. Sheila passed away on October 8, 2000 in her baronial-style home 'Crogga' on the Island. She is greatly missed by her many fans, and by the romance writing community.
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October 27, 2015
He definitely needed therapy!!!! And, I loved it. (Hangs head in shame)
This is exactly why we never publicly admit to reading HP's and hid in our closets while reading them when we were 13.
Quintessential Lamb, an absolute master of the genre.
This is exactly why we never publicly admit to reading HP's and hid in our closets while reading them when we were 13.
Quintessential Lamb, an absolute master of the genre.
August 22, 2017
**Spoiler Alert**
This stranger certainly sets out to disturb from the word go. He sees, he grabs, he kisses the rattled h who feels obliged to show some indignation (especially as she enjoyed the kiss) and slaps him back drawing blood. But the undaunted H just grins back saying he likes it as she has marked him. And I was hooked with this ‘were’ analogy.. Ah-woooooo ;))
No but seriously for a vintage, these two had serious chemistry…and especially as the h was ‘in love’ with a pious goody good doctor. Every time the H grabs n gropes her, she grabs n gropes back! Lovely harly heaven!! *happy sigh*
The H sulks temporarily when told of her devotion for the om but then he shrugs n comes back full throttle aiming to get her body if not her heart. And thanks to an embezzling father he gets to do the usual blackmail routine. They get married and off to Venice it is for the honeymoon… so all is well as well it can be. Translated - they can’t keep their hands off each other.
The H gets what he wants but yeah he soon realizes he wants more so some more sulking follows…the h meanwhile discovers what real passionate love is all about n she wants more from the H too. So in true harly tradition they want the same thing but are too blind to realise that they already have it.
As it is a vintage n a CL to boot, so a slap n a rape is de rigueur. The rape was a bit weird if I may say so and it was rape, no forced seduction poseur. They have a good sex life but then things sour n they keep to their sides of bed. One morning they wake at 4 am n the H just like that rapes her. A 4 am rape, for god’s sake! Maybe she is not a morning person?
But I really loved the chemistry between the two. They have their cute moments. And an H who falls real bad from the word go. In fact he’s stumped she doesn’t feel the same. The ending was aww so sweet n very satisfying.
This stranger certainly sets out to disturb from the word go. He sees, he grabs, he kisses the rattled h who feels obliged to show some indignation (especially as she enjoyed the kiss) and slaps him back drawing blood. But the undaunted H just grins back saying he likes it as she has marked him. And I was hooked with this ‘were’ analogy.. Ah-woooooo ;))
No but seriously for a vintage, these two had serious chemistry…and especially as the h was ‘in love’ with a pious goody good doctor. Every time the H grabs n gropes her, she grabs n gropes back! Lovely harly heaven!! *happy sigh*
The H sulks temporarily when told of her devotion for the om but then he shrugs n comes back full throttle aiming to get her body if not her heart. And thanks to an embezzling father he gets to do the usual blackmail routine. They get married and off to Venice it is for the honeymoon… so all is well as well it can be. Translated - they can’t keep their hands off each other.
The H gets what he wants but yeah he soon realizes he wants more so some more sulking follows…the h meanwhile discovers what real passionate love is all about n she wants more from the H too. So in true harly tradition they want the same thing but are too blind to realise that they already have it.
As it is a vintage n a CL to boot, so a slap n a rape is de rigueur. The rape was a bit weird if I may say so and it was rape, no forced seduction poseur. They have a good sex life but then things sour n they keep to their sides of bed. One morning they wake at 4 am n the H just like that rapes her. A 4 am rape, for god’s sake! Maybe she is not a morning person?
But I really loved the chemistry between the two. They have their cute moments. And an H who falls real bad from the word go. In fact he’s stumped she doesn’t feel the same. The ending was aww so sweet n very satisfying.
January 8, 2018
Wow these two were hot for each other. It just took the heroine a hundred pages to catch up. Is there such a thing as a "dark romp?" Because if there is, this is one.
The opening takes place in the dark, on the East End of London where the naive gazelle of a heroine is out trying to understand the man she loves, a do-gooder doctor. The hero is babysitting his drunken nephew, but forgets everything when he sees the heroine. He kisses her against her will, she responds, he takes her glove only to return it tenfold the next day with gloves in every color.
I think that sets the tone for the rest of the story. It's lighthearted on the surface -but menacing -yet there is an extravagance of feeling between the H/h that can't be dismissed.
The secondary characters are interesting. The heroine's mother can't be out of bed for more than 6 hours at a time because she has a heart condition. (She's 50) The heroine's father is an extrovert accountant (oxymoron?) who does a bit of light embezzlement from the hero's company to keep the family coffers brimming. It's the father who is the key for the hero to push marriage on to the heroine. But it's their epic sexual attraction that makes it all seem inevitable and right.
The hero's family isn't as interesting. Dad's a dour French executive. Mom's also bedridden after a car accident. Their scenes with the heroine in the last third of the story slow down the narrative and ended up knocking a star from my rating. (Funny - the 4:00 AM rape that the heroine didn't consider a rape didn't do that - just the boring scenes with the in-laws)
The ending was kind of perfect for a dark romp. The heroine tells the hero she's pregnant (after he punches do-gooder doctor) and the laments she's soon going to look like a pumpkin. Hero assures her he's hot for pumpkins.
If you love stalker alphas, this one is for you. Just be warned - it's a dark romp with consent issues and rape triggers.
The opening takes place in the dark, on the East End of London where the naive gazelle of a heroine is out trying to understand the man she loves, a do-gooder doctor. The hero is babysitting his drunken nephew, but forgets everything when he sees the heroine. He kisses her against her will, she responds, he takes her glove only to return it tenfold the next day with gloves in every color.
I think that sets the tone for the rest of the story. It's lighthearted on the surface -but menacing -yet there is an extravagance of feeling between the H/h that can't be dismissed.
The secondary characters are interesting. The heroine's mother can't be out of bed for more than 6 hours at a time because she has a heart condition. (She's 50) The heroine's father is an extrovert accountant (oxymoron?) who does a bit of light embezzlement from the hero's company to keep the family coffers brimming. It's the father who is the key for the hero to push marriage on to the heroine. But it's their epic sexual attraction that makes it all seem inevitable and right.
The hero's family isn't as interesting. Dad's a dour French executive. Mom's also bedridden after a car accident. Their scenes with the heroine in the last third of the story slow down the narrative and ended up knocking a star from my rating. (Funny - the 4:00 AM rape that the heroine didn't consider a rape didn't do that - just the boring scenes with the in-laws)
The ending was kind of perfect for a dark romp. The heroine tells the hero she's pregnant (after he punches do-gooder doctor) and the laments she's soon going to look like a pumpkin. Hero assures her he's hot for pumpkins.
If you love stalker alphas, this one is for you. Just be warned - it's a dark romp with consent issues and rape triggers.
March 29, 2016
I previously rated this a 4 star, but in all fairness I have to rate it a 3 star.
I hate to admit this, but I really enjoyed this trophy,old school, un-PC book.
The hero is bowled over by the heroine who is seriously unimpressed due to her lukewarm love for a boyhood friend.
Due the actions of one of the most annoying parents ever- her father, a part usually reserved for the mothers, the heroine ends up in a MOC.
The passion between the H and the h is pretty hot for 1979 which helped bump it up a star. There heroine is quite something. She blows hot and cold over both men to an amazing extent.
Sad to say not only does the hero slap her but has rough sex with her. What's worse is I am not taking a star off for it. He really adores her.Or so he says. By the way, the other guy is a wimp.
Interesting element: For those reader that are in the 40s or 50s you may either be amused or dismayed by the decrepit description of the elder, white haired parents. Pretty much every other essential secondary character has a heart condition or is confined to a wheelchair. They sound like they are in the 80s when, nope, their 50s. Hmmmm.
I hate to admit this, but I really enjoyed this trophy,old school, un-PC book.
The hero is bowled over by the heroine who is seriously unimpressed due to her lukewarm love for a boyhood friend.
Due the actions of one of the most annoying parents ever- her father, a part usually reserved for the mothers, the heroine ends up in a MOC.
The passion between the H and the h is pretty hot for 1979 which helped bump it up a star. There heroine is quite something. She blows hot and cold over both men to an amazing extent.
Sad to say not only does the hero slap her but has rough sex with her. What's worse is I am not taking a star off for it. He really adores her.Or so he says. By the way, the other guy is a wimp.
Interesting element: For those reader that are in the 40s or 50s you may either be amused or dismayed by the decrepit description of the elder, white haired parents. Pretty much every other essential secondary character has a heart condition or is confined to a wheelchair. They sound like they are in the 80s when, nope, their 50s. Hmmmm.
March 25, 2024
A love triangle between a crazed, obsessed older hero, a young, virginal, beautiful heroine, and a bland, good samaritan other man. IMHO, CL executed this trope much more effectively with Savage Surrender.
WARNING: Old Skool...ahem..."forced seductions" abound and those scenes are truly brutal. This is CL. No holds barred.
WARNING: Old Skool...ahem..."forced seductions" abound and those scenes are truly brutal. This is CL. No holds barred.
June 10, 2025
Sweetly toxic?
Honestly, based on that title and the blurb, I came prepared with holy water. But it doesn't happen until almost half the book? He courts her slowly, befriends her parents, takes her out on dates~
It made me wonder if maybe I was reading the wrong author...
But then he slaps her once and sort of marital rapes her so, yeah no, it's Charlotte Lamb alright 😭💀
(If you see my rating, read my review and judge me... you're probably a healthy individual~✨)
Honestly, based on that title and the blurb, I came prepared with holy water. But it doesn't happen until almost half the book? He courts her slowly, befriends her parents, takes her out on dates~
It made me wonder if maybe I was reading the wrong author...
But then he slaps her once and sort of marital rapes her so, yeah no, it's Charlotte Lamb alright 😭💀
(If you see my rating, read my review and judge me... you're probably a healthy individual~✨)
February 26, 2022
I liked this one overall, but it was missing the charm of other CL books.
The H is crazy-town. Obviously obsessed with the h. He seems to have multiple personalities, swinging wildly between besotted simp and rapacious jealous monster. He blackmails her into a marriage despite believing that she loves someone else. 👀😈 I didn’t hate him. 🤷🏼♀️
The h wasn’t much better. She was an outraged virgin handing out come hither glances from under her eyelashes. Driving the men in her life out of their minds. 🤡
This includes loads of jealous rages and dubious-to-nonexistent consent. Although sometimes I was confused why she was choosing to fight… her thoughts didn’t always match up with her reactions.
I think this book could have just as easily been called “Mixed Signals”. 🤷🏼♀️
Bottom Line? It was a solid j/p read, I just missed the subtle humor that I’m used to seeing from Ms Lamb. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
⚠️SAFETY SQUAD SPOILERS⚠️
- no cheating or sharing
- OW drama - the h thinks a woman at a party is the H’s ex lover - he deliberately lets her believe that, hoping she’ll show some jealousy
- OM drama - the h has a crush on OM when book opens - this relationship is the source of lots of jealous rages and Torrid Embraces - the h flirts and dances with other men at a party
- dubcon and noncon
- h is a 20 yr old virgin
- H is 38 and experienced
- the H slaps the h once during a heated argument
The H is crazy-town. Obviously obsessed with the h. He seems to have multiple personalities, swinging wildly between besotted simp and rapacious jealous monster. He blackmails her into a marriage despite believing that she loves someone else. 👀😈 I didn’t hate him. 🤷🏼♀️
The h wasn’t much better. She was an outraged virgin handing out come hither glances from under her eyelashes. Driving the men in her life out of their minds. 🤡
This includes loads of jealous rages and dubious-to-nonexistent consent. Although sometimes I was confused why she was choosing to fight… her thoughts didn’t always match up with her reactions.
I think this book could have just as easily been called “Mixed Signals”. 🤷🏼♀️
Bottom Line? It was a solid j/p read, I just missed the subtle humor that I’m used to seeing from Ms Lamb. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
⚠️SAFETY SQUAD SPOILERS⚠️
- no cheating or sharing
- OW drama - the h thinks a woman at a party is the H’s ex lover - he deliberately lets her believe that, hoping she’ll show some jealousy
- OM drama - the h has a crush on OM when book opens - this relationship is the source of lots of jealous rages and Torrid Embraces - the h flirts and dances with other men at a party
- dubcon and noncon
- h is a 20 yr old virgin
- H is 38 and experienced
- the H slaps the h once during a heated argument
December 21, 2011
I feel like such a horrible feminist for loving this book. Hero has forced seduction, hero slaps woman.
*shakes head*
The hero Laura is out on night with a social worker as a way to see what her love, Dr. Tom Nicol's life is like. Well the social worker is cool towards her and makes no bones about the fact that she does not want her there. So as the two are going about the social workers rounds a car full of drunken young men swerve in front of them. Out pops our hero Randal who decides that he wants to swipe a kiss and a glove from our heroine, Laura, for some juvenile game the guys are playing. Laura was appalled when the hero's lips touched her own but oddly, aroused at the same time.
That kiss knocked Randall for one, and he makes it his business to make Laura his. With the help of the social worker, Randall is able to track down Laura. Laura "happens" to run into Randall while out walking one day. Randall asks for a date and of course, Laura turns him down. Well this only makes Randall want her more and it works to his advantage when he discovers that Laura's farther is his employee. What's more, Laura farther has been stealing money from the company for some time. I don't want to give anything else away because this book is very good book so please read it.
I give this book 4.5 stars
You may not like this book if:
1 very jealous heroes bother you
2. the hero slaps the heroine once.
*shakes head*
The hero Laura is out on night with a social worker as a way to see what her love, Dr. Tom Nicol's life is like. Well the social worker is cool towards her and makes no bones about the fact that she does not want her there. So as the two are going about the social workers rounds a car full of drunken young men swerve in front of them. Out pops our hero Randal who decides that he wants to swipe a kiss and a glove from our heroine, Laura, for some juvenile game the guys are playing. Laura was appalled when the hero's lips touched her own but oddly, aroused at the same time.
That kiss knocked Randall for one, and he makes it his business to make Laura his. With the help of the social worker, Randall is able to track down Laura. Laura "happens" to run into Randall while out walking one day. Randall asks for a date and of course, Laura turns him down. Well this only makes Randall want her more and it works to his advantage when he discovers that Laura's farther is his employee. What's more, Laura farther has been stealing money from the company for some time. I don't want to give anything else away because this book is very good book so please read it.
I give this book 4.5 stars
You may not like this book if:
1 very jealous heroes bother you
2. the hero slaps the heroine once.
January 22, 2022
Hero is crazy about heroine. He will get her by hook or by crook. He blackmails her father who has embezzled hero’s money. Heroine has no option but to marry him.
Till the end she is hankering after her second cousin , a dedicated doctor who puts his vocation before his own love life.
The latter half was a bit strange with the hero going over the brink and being violently enraged and jealous.
Descriptions of life in the seventies. Very well done. A slower time. There is beauty in just reading about their simple lives. And sadness. For how it’s all gone.
The heroine seems young which she is and as the hero accuses her, a born coquette.
One never knows if this girl will be steady or not. They both are quite real. In that sense. Human.
I had read it years ago. The party scene in Venice reminded me.
Liked it more this time around.
Classic vintage harlequin presents.
Reviewers are shocked that her mother is an invalid at fifty. What they don’t realise is that there was very little treatment for a severe heart condition in those times. It isn’t fantasy. But very real for those times.
Also it does tire a person out and weaken them. Even now.
Till the end she is hankering after her second cousin , a dedicated doctor who puts his vocation before his own love life.
The latter half was a bit strange with the hero going over the brink and being violently enraged and jealous.
Descriptions of life in the seventies. Very well done. A slower time. There is beauty in just reading about their simple lives. And sadness. For how it’s all gone.
The heroine seems young which she is and as the hero accuses her, a born coquette.
One never knows if this girl will be steady or not. They both are quite real. In that sense. Human.
I had read it years ago. The party scene in Venice reminded me.
Liked it more this time around.
Classic vintage harlequin presents.
Reviewers are shocked that her mother is an invalid at fifty. What they don’t realise is that there was very little treatment for a severe heart condition in those times. It isn’t fantasy. But very real for those times.
Also it does tire a person out and weaken them. Even now.
October 23, 2015
this was a re-read for me from november 2012 and i dunt think i wud maintain the 5 star this time around. i wud rather go for a 4 star bcoz i had dat horrible feeling dat the hero was a rapist ! which he was, as a matter of fact !lol. randal was an absolute beast to laura ! he cud not accept dat she loved the doctor and not him. as it's an HP, ofc she fell for him later on, but i was not convinced. the hero was a wannabe wife beater ! he had serious potential in this category. however, this is still a must read. it was highly charged, very emotional, and contained lots of angst as hero's jealousy knew no bounds !
October 25, 2014
It's Whitney, My Love but Harlequin Presents style. He loves her, but she thinks she loves someone else. Classic Charlotte Lamb including a slap and shake. He mentions several times wanting/loving her so much he felt he could kill her. Stalkerific and angsty drama. The ending was a bit abrupt, but that is not uncommon in the older HPs. I like the old school books, so a solid 4 star read.
July 23, 2013
Obsessed stalker hero forces much younger heroine to marry him. She thinks she's in love with a doctor she's known all her life, however. Of course they fall in love and live HEA. The title was at least apt this time. Dude was disturbing.
January 19, 2018
How Mindblowing,Exciting,Sexy and totally intense,Charlotte are as her best when she writes about her smitten,jealous,possessive heroes hot in pursuit.
Randal Mercier are one of them and WOW how stubborn he was in his pursuit of Laura Hallam.He really was a "disturbing stranger" and that proved how he stole a kiss from her the first time they met.He uses blackmail and seduction to get what he wants,and in his arrogance he thinks that he can get Laura to fall in love with him.
The heroine having an emotional love relationship with the OM (which the Hero witness) and throwing her love to the OM at the hero`s face...can do a lot of damage,generally to the hero.If it was the hero who had it ALL with the OW we would have hated it ten times more,but i still hate it in here.Everytime the heroine said out loud that she loves the OM to the Hero,it irked me and made me uncomfortable as i knew that she really hurt the hero.
I like how Randal makes her fall in love with him (without him knowing) and their honeymoon was wonderful!But things gets really intense after they get home,still i love their relationship and i really adored both of them.Randal in his intense Alpha Jealousy was really scary..
In the end when he couldn`t watch seeing her miserable he decides to let her go,AND OH HOW I JUST FELL MORE IN LOVE WITH HIM!We could literally see how it killed him.So glad i was when Laura put him out of his misery!
WARNING!:There is a rape-scene and a scene where the H slaps the h,and a scene where he kiss her so brutally that her lips bleed.
Randal Mercier are one of them and WOW how stubborn he was in his pursuit of Laura Hallam.He really was a "disturbing stranger" and that proved how he stole a kiss from her the first time they met.He uses blackmail and seduction to get what he wants,and in his arrogance he thinks that he can get Laura to fall in love with him.
The heroine having an emotional love relationship with the OM (which the Hero witness) and throwing her love to the OM at the hero`s face...can do a lot of damage,generally to the hero.If it was the hero who had it ALL with the OW we would have hated it ten times more,but i still hate it in here.Everytime the heroine said out loud that she loves the OM to the Hero,it irked me and made me uncomfortable as i knew that she really hurt the hero.
I like how Randal makes her fall in love with him (without him knowing) and their honeymoon was wonderful!But things gets really intense after they get home,still i love their relationship and i really adored both of them.Randal in his intense Alpha Jealousy was really scary..
In the end when he couldn`t watch seeing her miserable he decides to let her go,AND OH HOW I JUST FELL MORE IN LOVE WITH HIM!We could literally see how it killed him.So glad i was when Laura put him out of his misery!
WARNING!:There is a rape-scene and a scene where the H slaps the h,and a scene where he kiss her so brutally that her lips bleed.
August 12, 2020
I wanted to hit the H with a frying pan! 🙈🤦🏻♀️
He was so so horrible. I did like his obsession with the h but at times it became a bit too much.
He also forced her/raped her one night for sex when she woke him up accidentally in the middle of the night.
I mean how jealous can a guy get that he has to rape his wife based on assumptions?
Okay, so this is a Lamb novel and I expected the over the top machismo males who don’t take no for an answer before getting into it.
I was enjoying the angst but....
....... it actually would have been a 5 star had he NOT raped her that one night. And at the end he admitted that that was exactly what he was doing because he wanted to hurt her because of his hurt feelings. Jeez, just talk it out man, don’t rape.
He was so so horrible. I did like his obsession with the h but at times it became a bit too much.
He also forced her/raped her one night for sex when she woke him up accidentally in the middle of the night.
I mean how jealous can a guy get that he has to rape his wife based on assumptions?
Okay, so this is a Lamb novel and I expected the over the top machismo males who don’t take no for an answer before getting into it.
I was enjoying the angst but....
....... it actually would have been a 5 star had he NOT raped her that one night. And at the end he admitted that that was exactly what he was doing because he wanted to hurt her because of his hurt feelings. Jeez, just talk it out man, don’t rape.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 19, 2020
Vintage romance novel. Very old school. You therefore just have to go with the flow and don’t think too much.
The hero is a rich, powerful, possessive, jealous man obsessed with the woman.
The woman is a sweet, weak, pretty, young doll.
Much passion and desire from the man. He pursues her and is crazy about her.
If you like political correctness and wants emancipation in a romance, this book is not for you.
Although he is not always nice in his passion for her, I loved it. His love and desire for her is so believable.
The hero is a rich, powerful, possessive, jealous man obsessed with the woman.
The woman is a sweet, weak, pretty, young doll.
Much passion and desire from the man. He pursues her and is crazy about her.
If you like political correctness and wants emancipation in a romance, this book is not for you.
Although he is not always nice in his passion for her, I loved it. His love and desire for her is so believable.
July 2, 2013
This book was like reading "Gone with the wind." I liked the angst and the intensity. Love triangle was interesting. Hero was super jealous and possessive. He even slaps and rapes the heroine so don't read this if you can't stand jerky heroes.
July 23, 2015
Love this author's older books she sure did not write weak characters!
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September 5, 2018
Absolute five-star vintage trainwreck of a romance novel, that's full on crazy! It does not get more WTF than this. This is seriously strong stuff and not recommended for those that like a sweet romance.
Gorgeous, insane, lethally alpha arrogant hero (36) becomes instantly obsessed with a teenage girl (19), and blackmails her into marriage:
This is a relatively tame quote. Randal is frequently threatening and abusive, and at one point rapes Laura. This is not the wedding night defloration scene which is "mere" forced seduction. It's a later scene where he brutalises her, later admits to it, and never shows any contrition or apology. Mores and expectations were very, very different in the 1970s. You can't approach a novel like this with a 21st century mindset, because it would simply be unpalatable.
Oh - he also slaps her at one point, after sexually assaulting her. No apology for that one either.
Laura has such a "traitorous body" that Charlotte Lamb mentions it three separate times. She also has a steel-lined vagina, needing no recovery time even after her first (pretty brutal) deflowering.
To add to the angst, the teenage heroine has a chaste childhood crush on the gloriously flaccid Doctor Tom, who's a clear nine on the 1-10 gay scale. (This being 1979, so we all have to pretend he's straight). He claims some sort of medical vocation which is why he couldn't declare himself to Laura earlier, but he's kidding himself.
And there's a simply divine 1970s dinner party!
* diced melon
* braised chicken breasts rolled around liver pâté
* a melting coffee cream laced with rum
* thin slices of orange and lemon to serve with the coffee
All in all, I think Charlotte Lamb went a bit too far with the rape scene. We really needed massive contrition after a scene like that, eg with the hero absenting himself out of shame and being prostrate with grovelling and apologies, but we never get it. He continues to be a bastard to her. It's a bit of a shame, because that will ruin the book for many (most?) readers, and there are some great, melodramatic moments in this that should have made it a classic, rather than beyond the pale.
Gorgeous, insane, lethally alpha arrogant hero (36) becomes instantly obsessed with a teenage girl (19), and blackmails her into marriage:
"I don't want your stupid sentimental little heart, my dear, I want your body. As marriage is the only way I'm ever going to get it, I'll marry you."
This is a relatively tame quote. Randal is frequently threatening and abusive, and at one point rapes Laura. This is not the wedding night defloration scene which is "mere" forced seduction. It's a later scene where he brutalises her, later admits to it, and never shows any contrition or apology. Mores and expectations were very, very different in the 1970s. You can't approach a novel like this with a 21st century mindset, because it would simply be unpalatable.
"I was raping you," he said savagely. "That was how I felt. I wanted to take you as brutally as I knew how. God, I was miserable, Laura. I thought my gamble had been lost. Although you were so sweet and responsive in bed, you seemed as much in love with Nicol as ever, and I was desperate. We were home and you would be seeing him again. The thought of that made me so jealous I could hardly bear to look at you."
Oh - he also slaps her at one point, after sexually assaulting her. No apology for that one either.
Laura has such a "traitorous body" that Charlotte Lamb mentions it three separate times. She also has a steel-lined vagina, needing no recovery time even after her first (pretty brutal) deflowering.
To add to the angst, the teenage heroine has a chaste childhood crush on the gloriously flaccid Doctor Tom, who's a clear nine on the 1-10 gay scale. (This being 1979, so we all have to pretend he's straight). He claims some sort of medical vocation which is why he couldn't declare himself to Laura earlier, but he's kidding himself.
And there's a simply divine 1970s dinner party!
* diced melon
* braised chicken breasts rolled around liver pâté
* a melting coffee cream laced with rum
* thin slices of orange and lemon to serve with the coffee
All in all, I think Charlotte Lamb went a bit too far with the rape scene. We really needed massive contrition after a scene like that, eg with the hero absenting himself out of shame and being prostrate with grovelling and apologies, but we never get it. He continues to be a bastard to her. It's a bit of a shame, because that will ruin the book for many (most?) readers, and there are some great, melodramatic moments in this that should have made it a classic, rather than beyond the pale.
June 6, 2017
"Disturbing stranger" is the story of Laura and Randall.
Young Laura is reaching 20, and has always been in love with Tom, her childhood hero and now a doctor taking care of her frail mother. One night, she catches the eye of 36 year old Randall, who instantly becomes obsessed with her and turns out, is her father's boss.
He relentlessly pursues her, and later circumstances force them to be married.. but there is angst because both of their feelings and insecurities.
If you want to read an old school OTT crazy possessive alpha, this book is for you. That being said, this has scene that would make this a bodice ripper and also, warning .
The heroine was immature and the hero had insecurities, but this was still a good read. Ends in HFN.
Safe with major exceptions
3.5/5
Young Laura is reaching 20, and has always been in love with Tom, her childhood hero and now a doctor taking care of her frail mother. One night, she catches the eye of 36 year old Randall, who instantly becomes obsessed with her and turns out, is her father's boss.
He relentlessly pursues her, and later circumstances force them to be married.. but there is angst because both of their feelings and insecurities.
If you want to read an old school OTT crazy possessive alpha, this book is for you. That being said, this has scene that would make this a bodice ripper and also, warning .
The heroine was immature and the hero had insecurities, but this was still a good read. Ends in HFN.
Safe with major exceptions
3.5/5
November 13, 2023
Is this a romance or the prequel to a murder/suicide news story? Our H is obsessed and jealous and possessive and uses rape to demonstrate ownership of his wife. Let’s not forget he slapped her before wedding, shook her violently and slugged her cousin.
The h decides she must be in love because she enjoys sleeping with H. Honey, that’s not love.
Please see a longer review here: https://www.morebooksthantime.com/dis...
Why 3 stars and not 0? I don't rate on how decent the h and H are (a good thing as Goodreads lacks a negative 6MM) but how compelling the book is to read.
The h decides she must be in love because she enjoys sleeping with H. Honey, that’s not love.
Please see a longer review here: https://www.morebooksthantime.com/dis...
Why 3 stars and not 0? I don't rate on how decent the h and H are (a good thing as Goodreads lacks a negative 6MM) but how compelling the book is to read.
July 7, 2017
Very Cute love story....!
September 5, 2018
I realized on the first page I had read it before and there is no need to reread.
March 21, 2025
No question about it: the MMC was very disturbing!
In this book we have the quite old clichés that can be dangerous if read by young women. But I'm not young, impressionable or opposed to delve into my woman's cave every now and then!
FMC has always hero-worshiped a doctor friend and waited for him to notice her back and marry her. One night, a handsome enigmatic man with grey eyes (of course) saw her and decided she's IT for him. He passionately kissed her and she responded and then hated him and hated herself because he made her betray her secret love for her doctor friend.
MMC told her: I'm gonna have you, come hell or high water. And he proceeded (disturbingly) to do just that!
For all my feminist friends: was there boddice ripping scenes: YES! Some night negligées ripping! Most importantly: was there rape disguised in scene of "oh, please don't" (FMC)/ "You made me do it because I want to possess you even if I hurt you" (MMC): YES: 1 scene during their marriage when he suspected she was cheating!
In this book we have the quite old clichés that can be dangerous if read by young women. But I'm not young, impressionable or opposed to delve into my woman's cave every now and then!
FMC has always hero-worshiped a doctor friend and waited for him to notice her back and marry her. One night, a handsome enigmatic man with grey eyes (of course) saw her and decided she's IT for him. He passionately kissed her and she responded and then hated him and hated herself because he made her betray her secret love for her doctor friend.
MMC told her: I'm gonna have you, come hell or high water. And he proceeded (disturbingly) to do just that!
For all my feminist friends: was there boddice ripping scenes: YES! Some night negligées ripping! Most importantly: was there rape disguised in scene of "oh, please don't" (FMC)/ "You made me do it because I want to possess you even if I hurt you" (MMC): YES: 1 scene during their marriage when he suspected she was cheating!
May 2, 2017
I clicked 2 stars first and then decided to be a bit more generous.
Because the story wasn't bad, it was just not riveting enough. Neither the dreamy variety nor the hard realism types.
Just an older man taking a fancy to a young little chick and getting her by hook or by crook. The hapless little girl is forced to fall for the hero, as he bulldozes his way into her life, her home, her father's job, and finally her bed.
The author is hell bent on making the pair sound like a love match but they do come across as a odd pair. I have read many stories where the hero is a decade older, but here in this story, there is no connect formed between them except in bed.
The doormat in the tale is the OM, a saintly doctor who loves the girl but wants to practice medicine in impoverished India ! I am an Indian, and I would like to clarify that we certainly don't need the services of doormats like this guy !!!
The girl is 20 and her only ambition is to keep somebody's house and live a good life. Nothing wrong with that, but that doesn't sound like heroine material.
2.5 stars. Ok for just one breezy read.
Because the story wasn't bad, it was just not riveting enough. Neither the dreamy variety nor the hard realism types.
Just an older man taking a fancy to a young little chick and getting her by hook or by crook. The hapless little girl is forced to fall for the hero, as he bulldozes his way into her life, her home, her father's job, and finally her bed.
The author is hell bent on making the pair sound like a love match but they do come across as a odd pair. I have read many stories where the hero is a decade older, but here in this story, there is no connect formed between them except in bed.
The doormat in the tale is the OM, a saintly doctor who loves the girl but wants to practice medicine in impoverished India ! I am an Indian, and I would like to clarify that we certainly don't need the services of doormats like this guy !!!
The girl is 20 and her only ambition is to keep somebody's house and live a good life. Nothing wrong with that, but that doesn't sound like heroine material.
2.5 stars. Ok for just one breezy read.
June 17, 2020
You know how non-romance readers believe that romance books are unfeminist? Usually due to the stigma that developed after bodice rippers and older harlequins got tremendously popular? Well, this book is the epitome of the type of book they mean. The hero is the absolute worst. He’s physically, emotionally, and physiologically abusive. He slaps the heroine, and manhandles her in pretty much every scene. He actually rapes the heroine. And no, it wasn’t “dubious consent” he quite literally rapes her. There’s just no way to excuse any of the stuff that happens in the book. But let me tell you that I did in fact enjoy it. No, not really, I won’t tell you why I enjoyed it. But I did provide trigger warnings.
TW/CW:
Mother with illness, slight fatphobia, age gap (19h&36H; and also with OM she is in love with and whom she was raised with, he also reciprocates and mentions wanting her when she was still too young), unbalanced power dynamics, manhandling, rape joke, ableist slurs (“vegetable”), non consensual stuff, using slavery metaphors, physical abuse from hero, emotional and physiological abuse from hero, dubcon, rape, grief, pregnancy.
TW/CW:
Mother with illness, slight fatphobia, age gap (19h&36H; and also with OM she is in love with and whom she was raised with, he also reciprocates and mentions wanting her when she was still too young), unbalanced power dynamics, manhandling, rape joke, ableist slurs (“vegetable”), non consensual stuff, using slavery metaphors, physical abuse from hero, emotional and physiological abuse from hero, dubcon, rape, grief, pregnancy.
December 16, 2016
Four stars despite some disturbing elements in this book as my bookshelves indicate. Besides that, I have a weakness for crazy in love hero even when he acts in a non-pc way.
May 16, 2021
Wow! Darn I have too rewrite review later...39 minutes of writing lost...stupid iPhone! Ok I’m back, however I think my first review was better, but here is a recreated version.
Disturbing stranger
Or Stranger who is disturbed .....this is pure Charlotte Lamb Vintage!(I loved it) Preeti gives a great review which encompasses most of my thoughts.
If you are all about political correctness and /or basic human decency these vintage romances are not for you! (Not criticizing, just warning)
I would say I’m a feminist in regards to equal rights, equal pay, equal opportunities...yet I seem to get a guilty pleasure out of these ott take control abusive heroes...let’s not analyze that!
I liked the ott, jealous, stalker Hero Randal who’s gaze was as intense as a cat at a mouse hole. He played his part well.
I liked that the h/H felt extreme chemistry with each other upon first kiss
I liked all the kissing: the soft ones and the punishing ones
I liked that although our hero initially wanted Laura as a sexual conquest, that he started to scale back on that and get to know her by hanging out at her home watching her for what sounds like several weeks(it’s discussed briefly in a paragraph or 2)
I like that the heroine actually repurposed a bridesmaid gown(I always said I would, yet never did)
I like that there is an age difference of 16 years...it tells me he has had plenty of years of dating yet she is the first to ensnare him.(meant to be)(I try not to dwell on the fact that statistically men die earlier than woman and she could be left a young widow ...maybe he will to be 100) Oh I just like the older man trope in general.
I like the hero’s family. They seemed decent(minus hero’s derange proclivities)
I like that heroine’s dad loved her mom even though their marriage was probably difficult on him(more on mom later)
I like the blackmail marriage scenario which told me the hero didn’t want to take any chances of losing heroine...needs more time....
I love that they had a very romantic honeymoon despite the fact that at their wedding the h was wearing a locket of the om around her neck and then looked lovingly at the gift he gave the couple....talk about poking the bear!!! The H destroyed both items btw!
I liked that even though our heroine seems like a kitten, she has some lioness tendencies!
I liked the ending.
OTHER STUFF:
Let’s talk about the OM-Tom-I have read that some reviewers have thought that he may have been a closet homosexual, and since this book was published in 1979, homosexuality would not have been something you put in a Harlequin. I am not sure...he reminds me more of Father De Briccasart from Thornbirds(moment of truth only saw mini series never read book) The father’s main ambition was becoming a priest and later cardinal...this took precedence over Meggie his one true love(also huge age difference) I think Dr. Tom is very dedicated to his craft...he says his way of life would make Laura unhappy, (probably would) but he doesn’t even offer the choice. Instead he looks glumly on as she gets married, and tells her to not carry things to far because he doesn’t want to lose his head. So you see, he could never be the hero as his love for her doesn’t eclipse everything else....and what about his gal pal Pat ? She makes me think of the SNL skit where Julia Sweeney plays androgynous Pat...the book even refers to her as asexual....she was a minor character, but was ultimately responsible for the h and H meeting...
The h’s mom- ok so there are lots of things people can get in a tizzy about regarding this book...here is my beef with vintage books....50 year olds all have 1 step in the grave...seriously the mom has had 2 heart attacks and can only be up and about a few hours a day...no one should excite her...she can’t cook or garden or go out etc....this is no kind of life! Now one may say well yeah, this is an isolated case, but unfortunately it’s not. There have been numerous vintage ones I have read where 50 year olds are portrayed as little old ladies and men. There was one I read where the dad was in his early 40’s and he was treated like a senior citizen. I have met 40 year old men that can wipe the floor with some 20 year olds. 😅 😅 Hopefully our h will not suffer the same fate!
Overall, I liked this book. I liked the vintage craziness of it all!
For some reason reading this book made me think of Skylar Greys song I love the way you lie
Even angels have their wicked schemes
And you take that to new extremes
But you'll always be my hero
Even though you've lost your mind
Just gonna stand there and watch me burn
Well that's alright because I like the way it hurts
Just gonna stand there and hear me cry
Well that's alright because I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie
Now there's gravel in our voices
Glasses shattered from the fight
In this tug of war you always win
Even when I'm right
'Cause you feel me fables from your head
With violent words and empty threats
And it's sick that all these battles
Are what keeps me satisfied
Disturbing stranger
Or Stranger who is disturbed .....this is pure Charlotte Lamb Vintage!(I loved it) Preeti gives a great review which encompasses most of my thoughts.
If you are all about political correctness and /or basic human decency these vintage romances are not for you! (Not criticizing, just warning)
I would say I’m a feminist in regards to equal rights, equal pay, equal opportunities...yet I seem to get a guilty pleasure out of these ott take control abusive heroes...let’s not analyze that!
I liked the ott, jealous, stalker Hero Randal who’s gaze was as intense as a cat at a mouse hole. He played his part well.
I liked that the h/H felt extreme chemistry with each other upon first kiss
I liked all the kissing: the soft ones and the punishing ones
I liked that although our hero initially wanted Laura as a sexual conquest, that he started to scale back on that and get to know her by hanging out at her home watching her for what sounds like several weeks(it’s discussed briefly in a paragraph or 2)
I like that the heroine actually repurposed a bridesmaid gown(I always said I would, yet never did)
I like that there is an age difference of 16 years...it tells me he has had plenty of years of dating yet she is the first to ensnare him.(meant to be)(I try not to dwell on the fact that statistically men die earlier than woman and she could be left a young widow ...maybe he will to be 100) Oh I just like the older man trope in general.
I like the hero’s family. They seemed decent(minus hero’s derange proclivities)
I like that heroine’s dad loved her mom even though their marriage was probably difficult on him(more on mom later)
I like the blackmail marriage scenario which told me the hero didn’t want to take any chances of losing heroine...needs more time....
I love that they had a very romantic honeymoon despite the fact that at their wedding the h was wearing a locket of the om around her neck and then looked lovingly at the gift he gave the couple....talk about poking the bear!!! The H destroyed both items btw!
I liked that even though our heroine seems like a kitten, she has some lioness tendencies!
I liked the ending.
OTHER STUFF:
Let’s talk about the OM-Tom-I have read that some reviewers have thought that he may have been a closet homosexual, and since this book was published in 1979, homosexuality would not have been something you put in a Harlequin. I am not sure...he reminds me more of Father De Briccasart from Thornbirds(moment of truth only saw mini series never read book) The father’s main ambition was becoming a priest and later cardinal...this took precedence over Meggie his one true love(also huge age difference) I think Dr. Tom is very dedicated to his craft...he says his way of life would make Laura unhappy, (probably would) but he doesn’t even offer the choice. Instead he looks glumly on as she gets married, and tells her to not carry things to far because he doesn’t want to lose his head. So you see, he could never be the hero as his love for her doesn’t eclipse everything else....and what about his gal pal Pat ? She makes me think of the SNL skit where Julia Sweeney plays androgynous Pat...the book even refers to her as asexual....she was a minor character, but was ultimately responsible for the h and H meeting...
The h’s mom- ok so there are lots of things people can get in a tizzy about regarding this book...here is my beef with vintage books....50 year olds all have 1 step in the grave...seriously the mom has had 2 heart attacks and can only be up and about a few hours a day...no one should excite her...she can’t cook or garden or go out etc....this is no kind of life! Now one may say well yeah, this is an isolated case, but unfortunately it’s not. There have been numerous vintage ones I have read where 50 year olds are portrayed as little old ladies and men. There was one I read where the dad was in his early 40’s and he was treated like a senior citizen. I have met 40 year old men that can wipe the floor with some 20 year olds. 😅 😅 Hopefully our h will not suffer the same fate!
Overall, I liked this book. I liked the vintage craziness of it all!
For some reason reading this book made me think of Skylar Greys song I love the way you lie
Even angels have their wicked schemes
And you take that to new extremes
But you'll always be my hero
Even though you've lost your mind
Just gonna stand there and watch me burn
Well that's alright because I like the way it hurts
Just gonna stand there and hear me cry
Well that's alright because I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie
Now there's gravel in our voices
Glasses shattered from the fight
In this tug of war you always win
Even when I'm right
'Cause you feel me fables from your head
With violent words and empty threats
And it's sick that all these battles
Are what keeps me satisfied
May 20, 2025
Wow, it would have been a great story if the MMC had not been such a narcissistic jerk!
March 28, 2021
I actually really enjoyed this of the five or so I've read of her books recently.
It is the tale of an obsessed older man who really, really wants this young ingenue for keeps and tries to pursue her gently until his slow but steady courtship is foiled by her embezzling father. Now his timeline has been thrown off because he needs to clean that up quickly, and so he makes an offer to marry her, and he's not happy to be rushed from his original plot—er, plans.
Also foiling his plans is heroine's unceasing love/infatuation of Ashley—oh sorry, his name is actually Tom Nicols, but he was like a strange mixture of Scarlett O'Hara's Ashley and Jane Eyre's cousin John. Meaning he felt this strong devotion to his vocation, but considered her too fragile to be able to go with him to far off developing countries that need his medical skillz. On the other hand, he would not stop throwing her wistful looks and compliments and basically catching her fluttering handkerchief and kissing it and holding it to his breast. I was initially predisposed to liking him, but he ended up annoying me mightily.
Randal on the other hand was a maelstrom, determined to make his new wife love him. He's passionately possessive and uses her lust for him to strike hard, but whenever he even thinks she's thinking of another man, he goes insane (picture Anger from Inside-Out with shooting flames for hair).
Anyway just at the end when he realizes that he cannot keep her and acts a bit cold, he sees that she's been talking to the doctor friend! He flies in for a punch, all his alpha possessiveness aroused and claims he will never let her go. She's super happy now, because she thought he was getting tired of her. Nope, he's been obsessed since the beginning (there was an awesome obsessive scene where he picked up her hairbrush and lays a strand of her silvery hair across his palm).
Some reviewers have commented that when Charlotte Lamb dials down the crazy, her plots aren't as great, and I sort of gave to agree. This one fit a mold but was excellently carried off for the genre.
It is the tale of an obsessed older man who really, really wants this young ingenue for keeps and tries to pursue her gently until his slow but steady courtship is foiled by her embezzling father. Now his timeline has been thrown off because he needs to clean that up quickly, and so he makes an offer to marry her, and he's not happy to be rushed from his original plot—er, plans.
Also foiling his plans is heroine's unceasing love/infatuation of Ashley—oh sorry, his name is actually Tom Nicols, but he was like a strange mixture of Scarlett O'Hara's Ashley and Jane Eyre's cousin John. Meaning he felt this strong devotion to his vocation, but considered her too fragile to be able to go with him to far off developing countries that need his medical skillz. On the other hand, he would not stop throwing her wistful looks and compliments and basically catching her fluttering handkerchief and kissing it and holding it to his breast. I was initially predisposed to liking him, but he ended up annoying me mightily.
Randal on the other hand was a maelstrom, determined to make his new wife love him. He's passionately possessive and uses her lust for him to strike hard, but whenever he even thinks she's thinking of another man, he goes insane (picture Anger from Inside-Out with shooting flames for hair).
Anyway just at the end when he realizes that he cannot keep her and acts a bit cold, he sees that she's been talking to the doctor friend! He flies in for a punch, all his alpha possessiveness aroused and claims he will never let her go. She's super happy now, because she thought he was getting tired of her. Nope, he's been obsessed since the beginning (there was an awesome obsessive scene where he picked up her hairbrush and lays a strand of her silvery hair across his palm).
Some reviewers have commented that when Charlotte Lamb dials down the crazy, her plots aren't as great, and I sort of gave to agree. This one fit a mold but was excellently carried off for the genre.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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