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Autumn Rose
HER BATTLE WITH FATE
Years spent cloistered in Normandy had done little to temper the spirited Amalie de Saint-Hillaire. While traveling to her father's chateau, she'd flirted shamelessly with handsome Jean-Marc Beaunoir, never dreaming the rogue was on his way to the very same destination....
What had begun as a playful seduction had turned into something far more serious than Jean-Marc had intended. The young architect marveled as Amalie blossomed with each forbidden caress, but the past had taught him that love could not bridge the barriers of class. Had destiny made them prisoners of a love that could never be?
Years spent cloistered in Normandy had done little to temper the spirited Amalie de Saint-Hillaire. While traveling to her father's chateau, she'd flirted shamelessly with handsome Jean-Marc Beaunoir, never dreaming the rogue was on his way to the very same destination....
What had begun as a playful seduction had turned into something far more serious than Jean-Marc had intended. The young architect marveled as Amalie blossomed with each forbidden caress, but the past had taught him that love could not bridge the barriers of class. Had destiny made them prisoners of a love that could never be?
300 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published June 1, 1991
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April 16, 2017
Arguably, this was the book that got me into historical romance. Reading an ex library copy now, it's all a bit cheesy and old school. It's not rapey, which is very much to its credit (for the era) and has a tiny bit of social nuance (again, very relative).
The heroine has a bit of a journey to go on, maturity wise, and it makes for a satisfying read. Not comparable with modern historical romance, but it has a nostalgic appeal.
The heroine has a bit of a journey to go on, maturity wise, and it makes for a satisfying read. Not comparable with modern historical romance, but it has a nostalgic appeal.
January 28, 2014
Sexy! Sexy! Sexy!
December 18, 2019
This book made me angry. I am going through the Harlequin Historical Romance books that my friend gave me to read. Most of these Harlequin Historical Romances have the hero raping the heroine, and this book is no exception.
Rape is not something that should be romanticized. I get that rape happened in history, but it is unrealistic that a woman would ever fall in love with her rapist. Not only is it unrealistic, it is absolutely disgusting.
Also, most of the books I am reading has a man sexually assaulting a woman that is a member of the nobility. A man who raped a woman that was nobility would have been made an example of and would have gone to prison, if not outright killed by those in the higher class. A woman who is raped WOULD NOT ever want anything to do with her rapist. She would have been traumatized. She wouldn't want anything to do with this man. A father entering the room of his daughter to find a man raping his daughter would have most likely murdered the man.
I find books like this absolutely disgusting and I can't believe that they are allowed to be published.
Rape is not something that should be romanticized. I get that rape happened in history, but it is unrealistic that a woman would ever fall in love with her rapist. Not only is it unrealistic, it is absolutely disgusting.
Also, most of the books I am reading has a man sexually assaulting a woman that is a member of the nobility. A man who raped a woman that was nobility would have been made an example of and would have gone to prison, if not outright killed by those in the higher class. A woman who is raped WOULD NOT ever want anything to do with her rapist. She would have been traumatized. She wouldn't want anything to do with this man. A father entering the room of his daughter to find a man raping his daughter would have most likely murdered the man.
I find books like this absolutely disgusting and I can't believe that they are allowed to be published.
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August 20, 2012Letto in italiano e confrontato con l'edizione in lingua originale... un po' datato come stile, ma interessante la parte riguardante i giardini delle dimore nobili nel '600 e tutta la cura che richiedeva la loro realizzazione...
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