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My Lady Midnight
Alain, Baron of Hawkswell, knew his children's winsome nursemaid was not all she seemed. Nay, beneath her serf's homespun lay a golden soul whose mysterious allure would change his life forever.
304 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published October 1, 1996
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Laurie Grant
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June 13, 2010
This was an excellent medieval romance with a lot of drama to go along with the love story. I loved how Alain cared for both of his children and even more so, how Claire "Haesal" easily became the most important woman in their lives. In this story the children were really the most important characters, next to the hero and heroine. If they came off poorly it would have spoiled the whole book. Thankfully bother Guerin and Perry were sweet and adorable. There was wonderful sibling banter between the two.
Claire's struggle with her growing feelings for Alain was believable. It had to be hard to start falling for a man that you believed didn't care for your cousin, to whom he had been married to previously. She had quite a struggle too, warring with how she felt and what to do about her duplicity.
The only thing about the book that struck me as odd, was that no one really noticed how Father Gregory wasn't very priestly or pious. There were too many things about him early on that pointed to him being a bad guy. Especially when the young squire started to recover and then took a turn for the worse.
I was also glad when she finally told Alain the truth about her reasons for being Hawkswell. Alain might have forgiven her faster than I would have expected, but I think that after all the time she had spent with the children and how protective she was of them, that there was no way she meant them any harm.
All the character's were well rounded and well developed and really helped carry the story. This was a great read!
Claire's struggle with her growing feelings for Alain was believable. It had to be hard to start falling for a man that you believed didn't care for your cousin, to whom he had been married to previously. She had quite a struggle too, warring with how she felt and what to do about her duplicity.
The only thing about the book that struck me as odd, was that no one really noticed how Father Gregory wasn't very priestly or pious. There were too many things about him early on that pointed to him being a bad guy. Especially when the young squire started to recover and then took a turn for the worse.
I was also glad when she finally told Alain the truth about her reasons for being Hawkswell. Alain might have forgiven her faster than I would have expected, but I think that after all the time she had spent with the children and how protective she was of them, that there was no way she meant them any harm.
All the character's were well rounded and well developed and really helped carry the story. This was a great read!
November 6, 2024
Nemesi -per RFS
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Ciao a tutti, amici lettori. Con la recensione di oggi ci troviamo in Inghilterra tra il 1135 e il 1140, durante le lotte di potere per la conquista del trono tra l’imperatrice Matilde e Stefano di Blois, che fanno da sfondo alla storia d’amore raccontata dall’autrice.
I nostri personaggi Lady Claire di Coverly e il barone Alain di Hawkswell, si trovano su due fronti rivali. La tenuta del paladino di Matilde, il barone Alain di Hawkswell, sorge in una zona strategica, che sorveglia l’accesso da sud di Londra. Essendo egli un vassallo fidato di Matilde, non vuole schierarsi dalla parte di Stefano ed è qui che entra in gioco la nostra protagonista, Lady Claire di Coverly, che prende una nuova identità, fingendosi la bambinaia dei figli del barone. L’obiettivo è obbligare Alain a disertare e unirsi alle fila di Stefano.
Devo dire che la storia mi ha colpito, perché l’autrice si è soffermata a narrare un tipo di amore che spesso passa in secondo piano, ovvero quello tra i nobili e la servitù.
Eppure tutti gli uomini nobili del tempo amavano trastullarsi e godere dei piaceri delle donne della casa, ma nessuno ne parla, perché sembra poca cosa; in realtà trovo la storia estremamente romantica, come trovo romantico lottare contro tutto e tutti per vivere un amore che va contro le regole e il volere dei reali.
Una storia profonda dai personaggi ben delineati, scritta in modo impeccabile. Concludo sottolineando un altro aspetto che mi ha colpito e di cui l’autrice parla con estremo tatto, ovvero la figura della matrigna, che in questo romanzo viene presentata in modo positivo, lasciando intendere che non è il legame di sangue che fa un genitore, ma il profondo sentimento che si prova per i figli. Mi sento quindi di consigliare il libro, merita di essere letto!
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Ciao a tutti, amici lettori. Con la recensione di oggi ci troviamo in Inghilterra tra il 1135 e il 1140, durante le lotte di potere per la conquista del trono tra l’imperatrice Matilde e Stefano di Blois, che fanno da sfondo alla storia d’amore raccontata dall’autrice.
I nostri personaggi Lady Claire di Coverly e il barone Alain di Hawkswell, si trovano su due fronti rivali. La tenuta del paladino di Matilde, il barone Alain di Hawkswell, sorge in una zona strategica, che sorveglia l’accesso da sud di Londra. Essendo egli un vassallo fidato di Matilde, non vuole schierarsi dalla parte di Stefano ed è qui che entra in gioco la nostra protagonista, Lady Claire di Coverly, che prende una nuova identità, fingendosi la bambinaia dei figli del barone. L’obiettivo è obbligare Alain a disertare e unirsi alle fila di Stefano.
Devo dire che la storia mi ha colpito, perché l’autrice si è soffermata a narrare un tipo di amore che spesso passa in secondo piano, ovvero quello tra i nobili e la servitù.
Eppure tutti gli uomini nobili del tempo amavano trastullarsi e godere dei piaceri delle donne della casa, ma nessuno ne parla, perché sembra poca cosa; in realtà trovo la storia estremamente romantica, come trovo romantico lottare contro tutto e tutti per vivere un amore che va contro le regole e il volere dei reali.
Una storia profonda dai personaggi ben delineati, scritta in modo impeccabile. Concludo sottolineando un altro aspetto che mi ha colpito e di cui l’autrice parla con estremo tatto, ovvero la figura della matrigna, che in questo romanzo viene presentata in modo positivo, lasciando intendere che non è il legame di sangue che fa un genitore, ma il profondo sentimento che si prova per i figli. Mi sento quindi di consigliare il libro, merita di essere letto!
May 31, 2009
This book was alright in the begginning. I don't normally read romance novels but I don't mind them at times. I picked this one up because it was set in medieval times. There was a lot of what I thought, ackward conversations, a few conversations that just didn't seem believable as quickly as things happened, and the worst thing is that things/ situations just seemed to happen because it was very convient for the plot. It annoyed me to no end. I felt it sort of dragged at the end as well and was glad when it was finally over. I really didn't care for any of the characters and really didn't feel any of the "love" between the main characters.
February 13, 2018
Basically why I don't really read regular romance, but I saw this at a thrift bookstore at the OBX it made me think about my grandmother who read basically three genres:
1) Mystery
2) Historical Romance (What I called sex books to tease her when she traded them with my mom. lol.)
3) ANY BOOK ABOUT FRANK SINATRA who was her forever boyfriend.
So obviously, I brought it home with me. It was okay. Par for the course with a pretty obvious "spy" who was threatening Claire from INSIDE THE CASTLE OMG. I had it called that he was shady before she'd even stepped foot in the castle.
It proceeded pretty much exactly how I thought it would, though I did expect more claws from the "hero"s old side piece.
I do wish that this had one of her notations inside the front cover where she would rate all the books she read -- she would have loved goodreads -- and it would have been cool to have a record to look back on now.
1) Mystery
2) Historical Romance (What I called sex books to tease her when she traded them with my mom. lol.)
3) ANY BOOK ABOUT FRANK SINATRA who was her forever boyfriend.
So obviously, I brought it home with me. It was okay. Par for the course with a pretty obvious "spy" who was threatening Claire from INSIDE THE CASTLE OMG. I had it called that he was shady before she'd even stepped foot in the castle.
It proceeded pretty much exactly how I thought it would, though I did expect more claws from the "hero"s old side piece.
I do wish that this had one of her notations inside the front cover where she would rate all the books she read -- she would have loved goodreads -- and it would have been cool to have a record to look back on now.
July 10, 2025
Sooooooo slow, too much minutia, and she lost me when trying to justify why the Lord of the manner’s life was more valuable than Verel. Because Verel was an only child and wasn’t married or had kids depend on him he shouldn’t feel guilt that the child threw himself in front of the crossbow and gave up his life to save the Lord’s. Then it gets worse taking the deception of being an English serf so far … past the point of redemption.
February 21, 2021
It was better than I expected, and still totally unmemorable. Frankly, once her plans of kidnapping the children were exposed, I kind of think that's unforgiveable. But hey, she's a hottie with a body, can't turn that away I guess.
June 18, 2021
It's an excellent book and by far one of the best I've come across... It's thrilling and interesting, in fact there are no words to describe it
June 20, 2011
An amusing romance that has nice flow and entertaining characters. Nice cozy read. =)
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