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Always Trilogy #3
A Órfã e o Vingador
Rebecca Blake Carter viu o seu mundo ruir quando tinha apenas três anos de idade. Após a morte dos pais, foi acolhida por uns parentes gananciosos e terríveis. Perfeitamente consciente de ser um fardo para aquela família, teve uma verdadeira vida de Gata Borralheira.
Raven Shawcross também viu o seu mundo desmoronar-se na infância. Perdeu os pais, a fortuna, a reputação. E foi por isso que definiu um único objetivo para a sua vingar os pais e recuperar o que lhe pertence. Rebecca Blake, que está ligada às pessoas que lhe destruíram a família, não passa de um meio para atingir um fim.
Apesar da sua atração imediata por Rebecca, os planos de Raven, uma vez em ação, não podem ser parados. Usar Rebecca significa partir o coração dela no processo, e Raven não podia estar menos preocupado. Mas à medida que a conhece, fica crescentemente perturbado ao descobrir que há outras coisas no mundo pelas quais vale a pena lutar e que são mais fortes do que a vingança.
O amor verdadeiro pode ser o melhor final de todos.
Raven Shawcross também viu o seu mundo desmoronar-se na infância. Perdeu os pais, a fortuna, a reputação. E foi por isso que definiu um único objetivo para a sua vingar os pais e recuperar o que lhe pertence. Rebecca Blake, que está ligada às pessoas que lhe destruíram a família, não passa de um meio para atingir um fim.
Apesar da sua atração imediata por Rebecca, os planos de Raven, uma vez em ação, não podem ser parados. Usar Rebecca significa partir o coração dela no processo, e Raven não podia estar menos preocupado. Mas à medida que a conhece, fica crescentemente perturbado ao descobrir que há outras coisas no mundo pelas quais vale a pena lutar e que são mais fortes do que a vingança.
O amor verdadeiro pode ser o melhor final de todos.
- GenresRomance
432 pages, Paperback
Published May 1, 2023
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About the author
Cheryl Holt
92 books396 followersCHERYL HOLT is a New York Times, USA Today, and Amazon “Top 100” bestselling author who has published seventy novels.
She’s also a lawyer and mom, and at age forty, with two babies at home, she started a new career as a commercial fiction writer. She’d hoped to be a suspense novelist, but couldn’t sell any of her manuscripts, so she ended up taking a detour into romance where she was stunned to discover that she has a knack for writing some of the world’s greatest love stories.
Her books have been released to wide acclaim, and she has won or been nominated for many national awards. She is considered to be one of the masters of the romance genre. For many years, she was hailed as “The Queen of Erotic Romance”, and she’s also revered as “The International Queen of Villains.” She is particularly proud to have been named “Best Storyteller of the Year” by the trade magazine Romantic Times BOOK Reviews.
She lives and writes in Hollywood, California, and she loves to hear from fans. Visit her website at www.cherylholt.com.
She’s also a lawyer and mom, and at age forty, with two babies at home, she started a new career as a commercial fiction writer. She’d hoped to be a suspense novelist, but couldn’t sell any of her manuscripts, so she ended up taking a detour into romance where she was stunned to discover that she has a knack for writing some of the world’s greatest love stories.
Her books have been released to wide acclaim, and she has won or been nominated for many national awards. She is considered to be one of the masters of the romance genre. For many years, she was hailed as “The Queen of Erotic Romance”, and she’s also revered as “The International Queen of Villains.” She is particularly proud to have been named “Best Storyteller of the Year” by the trade magazine Romantic Times BOOK Reviews.
She lives and writes in Hollywood, California, and she loves to hear from fans. Visit her website at www.cherylholt.com.
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January 27, 2024
•| ⊱✿⊰ |• 4,8 Stars •| ⊱✿⊰ |•
Rebecca foi separada da sua irmã gémea e do seu meio-irmão Nathan devido a um acidente de carruagem onde os seus pais morreram.
Nathan, como futuro conde, o seu avô recolheu-o.
Sarah e Rebecca, sendo bastardas não tiveram a mesma sorte, Sarah foi para um orfanato, Rebecca para casa da tia materna, onde é tratada como criada e não como membro da família.
Raven, melhor amigo de Nathan e Sebastian, companheiro das incursões a África, assim que vê Rebecca confunde com Sarah, que conheceu quando ela foi confrontar Sebastian com a existência dos seus dois meios irmãos.
Nathan e Sarah já se encontram reunidos, agora é a vez de Rebecca.
Os Carter roubaram o pai de Raven, que se suicidou na prisão, levando à morte a sua mãe, deixando os três filhos órfãos.
A irmã de Raven morreu durante o parto, agora é ele e o seu irmão mais novo, e eles vão a caminho de ser vingarem dos Carter.
Mas Raven apaixona-se pela amorosa Rebecca...
Como prosseguir com os seus planos de vingança?
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Rebecca was separated from her twin sister and half-brother Nathan due to a carriage accident in which her parents died.
Nathan, as the future earl, her grandfather took him in.
Sarah and Rebecca, being bastards, did not have the same luck, Sarah went to an orphanage, Rebecca to her maternal aunt's house, where she is treated as a servant and not as a member of the family.
Raven, Nathan and Sebastian's best friend, companion on the forays to Africa, as soon as he sees Rebecca, he mistakes him for Sarah, who he met when she went to confront Sebastian with the existence of his two half brothers.
Nathan and Sarah are already reunited, now it's Rebecca's turn.
The Carters stole Raven's father, who committed suicide in prison, killing her mother, leaving three children orphans.
Raven's sister died during childbirth, now it's him and his little brother, and they're on their way to get revenge on the Carters.
But Raven falls in love with the loving Rebecca...
How to proceed with your revenge plans?
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March 19, 2022
The plot was excellent and I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough, but the style of writing wasn’t my favourite. For the time period I felt there wasn’t the finesse and the dialogue between all the characters. It didn’t have the polish and detailed word descriptions other authors create.
July 30, 2019
4.25 stars--
ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 1, 2019
CHERYL HOLT delivers the thrilling and dramatic final novel in her acclaimed ALWAYS trilogy…
Rebecca Blake Carter saw her world fall apart when she was just three years old. Her parents died, and she was sent to live with her greedy, horrid relatives. They always made sure she realized she was a terrible burden, and she's lived a true Cinderella existence. She's constantly riveted by odd dreams that remind her of a prior period in her life, one where she was surrounded by people who loved her. Who were they? And how could she find them again?
Raven Shawcross also saw his world fall apart when he was a small boy. His father was duped in a confidence scheme, and his family ended up losing everything: their property, their reputation, their good name. His parents died of shame, and he vowed to avenge them by retrieving what was wrongly taken by their enemies. He's spent his life, preparing for the moment when he will finally be able to deliver the justice he's dreamed of having.
But when he meets Rebecca, he's disturbed to find that there are other things in the world worth having besides retribution. True love just might be the best ending of all.
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REVIEW: 4.25 stars--ALWAYS MINE is the third and final instalment in Cheryl Holt’s historical ALWAYS romance series focusing on the Blake siblings. This is twenty-seven year old Rebecca Blake Carter, and thirty year old wealthy businessman and traveller Raven Shawcross’ story line. ALWAYS MINE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.
Told from several third person perspectives including Raven and Rebecca ALWAYS MINE focuses on Rebecca Blake Carter as she struggles in the home of her abusive Aunt Beatrice. Rebecca was orphaned at the age of three, and has no memories of the past including the family she can no longer remember. Fast forward to present day wherein a dark but dashing stranger comes into her life, and turns Rebecca’s world on its’ access. Enter world traveller and wealthy businessman Raven Shawcross, and the man with whom Rebecca will fall in love. What ensues is the building relationship and romance between Rebecca and Raven, and the fall-out as Raven reveals the truth about who he is, and his plans for the future including destroying Rebecca and the only family she has ever known.
Raven Shawcross is on a mission. Since the age of ten when his family lost everything including the father they loved, Raven has been h*ll bent for fury to take down the people responsible. Meeting Rebecca Blake became a distraction, a distraction directly connected to the people he wanted to destroy; a means to an end that he would also take down in the process. Rebecca Blake was completely oblivious to the life she once knew. Always feeling like something or someone was missing, Rebecca dreamed of the day she would be rescued from the life fate had ordered but her would be rescuer was nothing more than the devil in disguise.
The relationship between Rebecca and Raven was one of immediate attraction but Raven had placed his plans into motion and no one was going to interfere. Using Rebecca as a means to an end meant breaking Rebecca’s heart in the process, a heart he would soon discover had fallen for his own. The $ex scenes are passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
There is a large ensemble case of secondary and supporting characters including the previous story line couples: Nathan Blake and Nell Drummond: Sebastian Sinclair and Sarah Blake Robinson; Rebecca’s cousins Beatrice and her son Clayton, as well as a Alex, a young orphan Rebecca has help raised since an infant.
ALWAYS MINE is a story of betrayal, vengeance, family and loss; secrets and lies. The premise is engaging and entertaining; the romance is captivating but struggles with a need for revenge; the characters are colorful, dynamic and lost. ALWAYS MINE is a satisfying conclusion to Cheryl Holt’s ALWAYS trilogy
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 1, 2019
CHERYL HOLT delivers the thrilling and dramatic final novel in her acclaimed ALWAYS trilogy…
Rebecca Blake Carter saw her world fall apart when she was just three years old. Her parents died, and she was sent to live with her greedy, horrid relatives. They always made sure she realized she was a terrible burden, and she's lived a true Cinderella existence. She's constantly riveted by odd dreams that remind her of a prior period in her life, one where she was surrounded by people who loved her. Who were they? And how could she find them again?
Raven Shawcross also saw his world fall apart when he was a small boy. His father was duped in a confidence scheme, and his family ended up losing everything: their property, their reputation, their good name. His parents died of shame, and he vowed to avenge them by retrieving what was wrongly taken by their enemies. He's spent his life, preparing for the moment when he will finally be able to deliver the justice he's dreamed of having.
But when he meets Rebecca, he's disturbed to find that there are other things in the world worth having besides retribution. True love just might be the best ending of all.
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REVIEW: 4.25 stars--ALWAYS MINE is the third and final instalment in Cheryl Holt’s historical ALWAYS romance series focusing on the Blake siblings. This is twenty-seven year old Rebecca Blake Carter, and thirty year old wealthy businessman and traveller Raven Shawcross’ story line. ALWAYS MINE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.
Told from several third person perspectives including Raven and Rebecca ALWAYS MINE focuses on Rebecca Blake Carter as she struggles in the home of her abusive Aunt Beatrice. Rebecca was orphaned at the age of three, and has no memories of the past including the family she can no longer remember. Fast forward to present day wherein a dark but dashing stranger comes into her life, and turns Rebecca’s world on its’ access. Enter world traveller and wealthy businessman Raven Shawcross, and the man with whom Rebecca will fall in love. What ensues is the building relationship and romance between Rebecca and Raven, and the fall-out as Raven reveals the truth about who he is, and his plans for the future including destroying Rebecca and the only family she has ever known.
Raven Shawcross is on a mission. Since the age of ten when his family lost everything including the father they loved, Raven has been h*ll bent for fury to take down the people responsible. Meeting Rebecca Blake became a distraction, a distraction directly connected to the people he wanted to destroy; a means to an end that he would also take down in the process. Rebecca Blake was completely oblivious to the life she once knew. Always feeling like something or someone was missing, Rebecca dreamed of the day she would be rescued from the life fate had ordered but her would be rescuer was nothing more than the devil in disguise.
The relationship between Rebecca and Raven was one of immediate attraction but Raven had placed his plans into motion and no one was going to interfere. Using Rebecca as a means to an end meant breaking Rebecca’s heart in the process, a heart he would soon discover had fallen for his own. The $ex scenes are passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
There is a large ensemble case of secondary and supporting characters including the previous story line couples: Nathan Blake and Nell Drummond: Sebastian Sinclair and Sarah Blake Robinson; Rebecca’s cousins Beatrice and her son Clayton, as well as a Alex, a young orphan Rebecca has help raised since an infant.
ALWAYS MINE is a story of betrayal, vengeance, family and loss; secrets and lies. The premise is engaging and entertaining; the romance is captivating but struggles with a need for revenge; the characters are colorful, dynamic and lost. ALWAYS MINE is a satisfying conclusion to Cheryl Holt’s ALWAYS trilogy
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July 31, 2024
2,5⭐️
Claramente sou a minoria aqui. Quando um livro tem a classificação media de 4,3⭐️, e eu não consigo dar nota positiva, algo vai mal😅 Não gostei do livro, foi um esforço para o acabar. Personagens tontas e hipócritas (só para citar algumas qualidades). Fez-me imensa confusão o uso de expressões modernas num romance histórico. Coisas como "Ele é uma brasa" ou "Cala-te totó" não são adequadas em livros destes 🤦🏻♀️ Claramente esta autora não é para mim. Dou 2,5⭐️ porque os protagonistas, apesar de me terem irritado, não foram tão insuportáveis como os do primeiro livro 😅 Fiquei muito desiludida porque já não lia um romance histórico há bastante tempo e deparei-me com esta série 🙃🙃🙃 (li-os de rajada para não ter que me preocupar com eles mais tarde!) Se os romances históricos mais recentes forem minimamente parecidos a este, fico-me pelos mais antigos 🤞🏻
Claramente sou a minoria aqui. Quando um livro tem a classificação media de 4,3⭐️, e eu não consigo dar nota positiva, algo vai mal😅 Não gostei do livro, foi um esforço para o acabar. Personagens tontas e hipócritas (só para citar algumas qualidades). Fez-me imensa confusão o uso de expressões modernas num romance histórico. Coisas como "Ele é uma brasa" ou "Cala-te totó" não são adequadas em livros destes 🤦🏻♀️ Claramente esta autora não é para mim. Dou 2,5⭐️ porque os protagonistas, apesar de me terem irritado, não foram tão insuportáveis como os do primeiro livro 😅 Fiquei muito desiludida porque já não lia um romance histórico há bastante tempo e deparei-me com esta série 🙃🙃🙃 (li-os de rajada para não ter que me preocupar com eles mais tarde!) Se os romances históricos mais recentes forem minimamente parecidos a este, fico-me pelos mais antigos 🤞🏻
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June 21, 2023
5 Estrelas!
Que livro incrível, no início comecei a achar que não era bem o que eu estava a espera por ser tão focado na vingança, mas depois foi incrível e tudo o que eu queria. AMEI!!!
Que livro incrível, no início comecei a achar que não era bem o que eu estava a espera por ser tão focado na vingança, mas depois foi incrível e tudo o que eu queria. AMEI!!!
October 20, 2023
O final perfeito para a trilogia...foi o fechar de ciclo perfeito para os irmãos Blake e a prova de que algumas coisas são mais fortes que tudo e que o amor é para sempre.
O amor é o elo mais forte de todos e é capaz de ultrapassar tudo; o amor que une estes irmãos não tem comparação, vê-los a reencontrarem-se após mais de 20 anos separados é magnífico e arrebatador e o facto de se juntarem deste modo só prova que algumas coisas estão destinadas a acontecer.
A autora faz uma contextualização incrível ao leitor, então mesmo não me recordando de todos os aspetos das histórias anteriores, recordei por alto o cerne de cada uma e foi fantástico rever tudo e todos. Nesta história conhecemos oficialmente a Rebecca e descobrimos o que de facto lhe aconteceu quando foi separada dos irmãos - todos tiveram uma infância triste isso é inegável, mas no meio de tanta tristeza, todos conseguiram encontrar um pouco de luz e de felicidade.
Por algum motivo que não consigo explicar, sinto que este livro cativa mais que os anteriores - quer pela intriga, quer pela vingança que o Raven tenta levar a cabo. Adorei cada instante, não me queria separar das personagens nem da sua história. O romance é maravilhoso como a autora tão bem sabe fazer...e ao mesmo tempo sinto que é mais "inocente" e belo do que os outros romances da autora (mas claro que é sensual e cativante em todos os aspetos).
A autora sabe como criar enredos envolventes e apaixonantes - ler um livro dela é saber que vamos entrar numa aventura única de intrigas familiares e segredos inesperados...Recomendo imenso.
O amor é o elo mais forte de todos e é capaz de ultrapassar tudo; o amor que une estes irmãos não tem comparação, vê-los a reencontrarem-se após mais de 20 anos separados é magnífico e arrebatador e o facto de se juntarem deste modo só prova que algumas coisas estão destinadas a acontecer.
A autora faz uma contextualização incrível ao leitor, então mesmo não me recordando de todos os aspetos das histórias anteriores, recordei por alto o cerne de cada uma e foi fantástico rever tudo e todos. Nesta história conhecemos oficialmente a Rebecca e descobrimos o que de facto lhe aconteceu quando foi separada dos irmãos - todos tiveram uma infância triste isso é inegável, mas no meio de tanta tristeza, todos conseguiram encontrar um pouco de luz e de felicidade.
Por algum motivo que não consigo explicar, sinto que este livro cativa mais que os anteriores - quer pela intriga, quer pela vingança que o Raven tenta levar a cabo. Adorei cada instante, não me queria separar das personagens nem da sua história. O romance é maravilhoso como a autora tão bem sabe fazer...e ao mesmo tempo sinto que é mais "inocente" e belo do que os outros romances da autora (mas claro que é sensual e cativante em todos os aspetos).
A autora sabe como criar enredos envolventes e apaixonantes - ler um livro dela é saber que vamos entrar numa aventura única de intrigas familiares e segredos inesperados...Recomendo imenso.
April 16, 2024
O final perfeito para os três irmãos ! De todos os protagonistas Raven é de certeza o mais mauzinho 👺 😍. Adorei acompanhar esta trilogia até ao encontro final. Mas ainda ficaram algumas coisas por acontecer .. continuava a acompanhar as histórias desta família.
July 10, 2023
Sim, fui ler o livro sem antes ler os outros... Se me sentir às aranhas? Não! Se fiquei com vontade de ler todos os livros desta escritora? SIM!
O que eu gostei mais foi o foco da vingança, todas as maquinações e o jogo de tabuleiro que se teve que fazer para que tudo no final fizesse sentido!! TÃO BOM!!!!
O romance entre os personagens principais também foi muito bom, mas uma pessoa queria um pouco mais ahaha Mas toda as indecisões e os conflitos de interesse pelos quais tiveram que passar, criando ali momentos de alta tensão, fizeram com que o último terço do livro fosse lido vorazmente!
Uma das minhas criticas é: Penso que não haja a necessidade de ridiculizar algumas personagens a níveis extremos para mostrar que outras são "melhores", mas percebo o motivo da autora assim o fazer.
O que eu gostei mais foi o foco da vingança, todas as maquinações e o jogo de tabuleiro que se teve que fazer para que tudo no final fizesse sentido!! TÃO BOM!!!!
O romance entre os personagens principais também foi muito bom, mas uma pessoa queria um pouco mais ahaha Mas toda as indecisões e os conflitos de interesse pelos quais tiveram que passar, criando ali momentos de alta tensão, fizeram com que o último terço do livro fosse lido vorazmente!
Uma das minhas criticas é: Penso que não haja a necessidade de ridiculizar algumas personagens a níveis extremos para mostrar que outras são "melhores", mas percebo o motivo da autora assim o fazer.
July 21, 2020
The best of three
I read all three in this series. I loved getting to know each character and see how they evolved.from poor beginnings to true love stories.
I read all three in this series. I loved getting to know each character and see how they evolved.from poor beginnings to true love stories.
March 17, 2021
Raven is my kinda guy😍
April 25, 2025
o melhor da saga 😍
May 15, 2023
Gostei muito desta série, 3 irmãos separados na infância por parentes maldosos e sem escrúpulos que se reencontram passados 20 anos.
Este é sobre Rebecca criada por uma prima da mãe, uma criatura fria e calculista que toda a vida a tratou mais como criada do que família.
É também a história de Raven que viu a sua vida destruída devido á perfídia de um homem sem moral que engana o patrão e o leva a ser julgado pelos crimes que ele cometeu, Raven volta para vingar a sua família, limpar o nome do seu pai e a sua vida vai levar uma reviravolta ao cruzar-se com Rebecca.
Para quem gosta deste género literário recomendo sem reservas.
Este é sobre Rebecca criada por uma prima da mãe, uma criatura fria e calculista que toda a vida a tratou mais como criada do que família.
É também a história de Raven que viu a sua vida destruída devido á perfídia de um homem sem moral que engana o patrão e o leva a ser julgado pelos crimes que ele cometeu, Raven volta para vingar a sua família, limpar o nome do seu pai e a sua vida vai levar uma reviravolta ao cruzar-se com Rebecca.
Para quem gosta deste género literário recomendo sem reservas.
August 11, 2021
I read the first book in this series over a year ago. I bought all three books on Kindle at the same time but didn't love the first book enough to go right into books two and three. I liked book 3 a lot more than book 1. I also read them out of order not realizing that Always Mine was the third in the series. Love this one so much more than Always. Now I want to go back and read book 2, Always Yours right away.
I did have to laugh at how much the author uses the word "loaf" regarding relaxing or just laying around. Truly, I've never read the word so much. I also learned a new word "gamboling", which at first I thought was a typo for "gambling", until both words appeared in the same sentence. Then I had to look the word up. Always good to learn something new.
I did have to laugh at how much the author uses the word "loaf" regarding relaxing or just laying around. Truly, I've never read the word so much. I also learned a new word "gamboling", which at first I thought was a typo for "gambling", until both words appeared in the same sentence. Then I had to look the word up. Always good to learn something new.
November 19, 2019
book 3 the last the series this is the story of the other twin separated fro he brothes and twin sister when the Parents were killed in a carriage accident when she was 3 her mother's cousin took her in but she was treated as a servant it is a book as good as the other 2 in the series and keep me turniong the pages until the end
August 11, 2019
Always Mine (Book 3) By Cheryl Holt
Five stars, this was good the other twin Rebecca and encounter with with Nathan... Who was on a mission of revenge... This has drama, honesty and some sensuality.. It was a good ending of a closing series.
Five stars, this was good the other twin Rebecca and encounter with with Nathan... Who was on a mission of revenge... This has drama, honesty and some sensuality.. It was a good ending of a closing series.
August 12, 2019
Great Read
Things get better all the time. I have read the Always trilogy and enjoyed all three. Bringing all three together in this book was a good idea. Cheryl Holt makes her stories so real. Hope we get more like this.
Things get better all the time. I have read the Always trilogy and enjoyed all three. Bringing all three together in this book was a good idea. Cheryl Holt makes her stories so real. Hope we get more like this.
August 23, 2019
This was a good story that drew all the loose ends together. Rebecca and Raven are interesting characters as are their interactions. Raven’s revenge nearly destroys their relationship. A good series.
August 8, 2019
Great story
Really good reading strong charectersright to the end . Loved the two main characters and glad the mother and son got what they deserved . Wonderful ending
Really good reading strong charectersright to the end . Loved the two main characters and glad the mother and son got what they deserved . Wonderful ending
September 4, 2019
Always mine
Enjoyed the book ,some what different, but I love this period in history ,take you back in time leaner history
Enjoyed the book ,some what different, but I love this period in history ,take you back in time leaner history
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