#25 - اصابع القمر

by Rebecca Stratton

اترين تحملت في شبابها مالم تتحمله فتاة أخرى . والدها عاش بعيداً ووالدتهاتوفيت باكراً, الا انها احبت زوجة والدها الثانية ماريا وبعد وفاتها قامت برعاية أخويها غير الشقيقين كأم وأب وماريا , زوجة أبيها الثانية ,أرسلوايطلبون رعاية الصغيرين بول والكسندر , وعلى كاترين أن تأخذهم الى جزيرةداكوليس ..وهناك ظهرت في وجهها صعوبات من نوع آخر, فأعجبها الشاب الوسيم نيكولاس لبراعته في الغزل
الاّ ان شقيقه البكر ستيفان وقف في وجهه مذكراٍ اياه بخطيبته أثينا .. ووجدت كاترين نفسها في مأزق لا تعرف لمن تتجه خفقات قلبها ... حتى لامستها ذات ليلة أصابع القمر

Genres: Harlequin Presents, Mills and Boon, Contemporary Romance

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1974

About the author

Rebecca Stratton wrote two books as a Harlequin Presents author. Writing for the Harlequin Romance imprint, she published 43 novels. She also wrote under the name Lucy Gillen. She passed away in 1982.



Biography from Harlequin Romance #2489 The Golden Spaniard

"When one happens to be an unmarried woman of forty-five and apparently fixed for the rest of her working life in a safe and settled job," Rebecca Stratton says of herself, "it is apt to be regarded as bordering on the insane to suddenly give it all up and become a full-time writer."

But that is precisely what British-born and -bred Rebecca did one August day in 1967. Writing had always been her ultimate aim, and she felt that if she didn't make the move right then and there she'd end her days as "one more elderly lady sighing for what might have been."

When Rebecca Stratton's first attempt at a romance novel was accepted, she didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. So she did both. Then she celebrated with friends and relatives. And then sat down to the job of writing more books - and reveled in it!

Reviews

[Naksed · Rating 1 out of 5]

I hate the trope of the spoiled brat heroine lusting after two brothers, especially since one of them was engaged and was making it quite clear he would not break that engagement but keep the heroine as his bit on the side. I was treated to many passages of heroine objectifying the hot bod of hero's younger brother and engaging in makeout sessions with him then angrily stomping her foot and denying that she was doing anything wrong when she got caught by the hero. The heroine was an OW through and through. Honestly, the hero was too good for her!

[Kay · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 Stars ~ Catherine never really knew her father who left his family in England to work overseas returning so rarely that she didn't get a chance to bond with him. When her mother died, he returned to bury her and place Catherine, then 11, into a boarding school. Then two years later he brought a new bride and Catherine was able to live at home again. Her step-mother was Greek and in the five years Catherine knew her, bore her father two sons, and died giving birth to the last one. So once again her father returned to bury a wife, but since Catherine was now 18, he left the two little ones in her care and went back to his life in Greece. Now at 21, Catherine receives word from her step-mother's family that her father has died, and that they wish for her to bring the boys to Greece, where the eldest brother has been granted guardianship. Parting with the boys is breaking Catherine's heart, until the autocratic Stefan invites her to stay in Greece as well.

Written in the 70's, the role of women in a very traditional Greece is one of cherished members of the family who need to be cared for. It's unthinkable for a woman to show independence and have a role in business. Stefan is a very traditional Greek, and he clashes with the free spirit that Catherine is. She's lived her entire life her own way with little male influence, so adapting to life under Stefan's roof is rather a battle. This very old school Harlequin was an okay read.

[Anne Patkau · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lavishes verbiage on romantic phases of night light, in case you forget what class of fiction the blonde cover models depict. Stunning red-haired Catherine Granger 21 had cared for her step-brothers Paul and Alex, now 3 1/2 and 5, in England after their young Greek mother Maria died, but their largely absent father drowned accidentally in Greece, leaving Maria's eldest brother Stefan Medopolis appointed guardian.

"Katerina" signs away to him her inherited shares in their shipping and export company; she has no right to get angry when she fails to ask for translations of the documents first. She waits for him to offer a tour off Dakolis, the family-owned island. She lets him order her meal.

His olive skin, stern hawk profile, strong possessive grasp, whispered foreign phrases, assumption of control - all add up to the ideal old-fashioned Harlequin hero. She is pretty, passive, naive, clothed in heels and soft clingy dresses - usual early Harlequin heroine. Heavy flowers perfume warm tropical exotic air, bright ocean scenery - classic Harlequin setting.

I used to chew them up, bubble gum for the girl side of the brain, like big-gun fast-chase action candy for the aggressive boy side. So dated.

[أجمل زهرة · Rating 4 out of 5]

#25 - اصابع القمر
روايات عبير

اترين تحملت في شبابها مالم تتحمله فتاة أخرى . والدها عاش بعيداً ووالدتها توفيت باكراً, الا انها احبت زوجة والدها الثانية ماريا وبعد وفاتها قامت برعاية أخويها غير الشقيقين كأم وأب وماريا , زوجة أبيها الثانية ,أرسلوا يطلبون رعاية الصغيرين بول والكسندر , وعلى كاترين أن تأخذهم الى جزيرةداكوليس ..وهناك ظهرت في وجهها صعوبات من نوع آخر, فأعجبها الشاب الوسيم نيكولاس لبراعته في الغزل
الاّ ان شقيقه البكر ستيفان وقف في وجهه مذكراٍ اياه بخطيبته أثينا .. ووجدت كاترين نفسها في مأزق لا تعرف لمن تتجه خفقات قلبها ... حتى لامستها ذات ليلة أصابع القمر

[RomLibrary]

Since her father had never taken any interest in them, Catherine had had to act virtually as a mother to her two small half-brothers, and she simply adored them.

So she could hardly believe it when her father died--and left the two boys to the guardianship of a Greek uncle none of them had ever heard of. Catherine was heartbroken to realize that she must part from the children and send them to live with this man, Stefan Medopolis, in his Greek island home. It softened the blow a little that she was at least going out there herself until the children were settled in -- but really that was only deferring the agony of parting from them.

And then it seemed that Stefan Medopolis was planning to take over Catherine's life as well -- with Catherine, of course, having no say in the matter! She loved her little brothers, but even for them could she put up with the situation?

[Caz · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not sure whom I disliked more: the vapid doormat MFC who acts very inappropriately with an engaged man and is stupid enough to sign legal papers (signing away her shares in the family business) without questioning them, or the arrogant, misogynistic asshat MMC who holds his guardianship of her two little half-brothers over her head like a cudgel. The only decent characters were the plot moppets, and I suppose the other uncle. Even the old grandmother was manipulative!

[Myrna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Half-Greek, half - Turkish autocratic hero. Beautiful "independant" red-haired heroine.

[Lynn Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyable story set in the 1970s at the time it was written. Wholesome family read and engaging characters to follow through the evolving story. My book is the 1974 UK M&B version with the blue cover.

[Rana · Rating 3 out of 5]

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