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"DO YOURSELF A FAVOR," LEW SAID. "FORGET ME."
Fay had worked desperately in the train crash --- using all her nurse's knowledge. Even Lew didn't know all she'd gone through that night to save his life.
But what could she do now to save their marriage? Was it worth saving?
There'd been so many mistakes, so much bitterness and hurt in their past. Was it possible that she and Lew, despite their differences, could really have a future together?
Fay had worked desperately in the train crash --- using all her nurse's knowledge. Even Lew didn't know all she'd gone through that night to save his life.
But what could she do now to save their marriage? Was it worth saving?
There'd been so many mistakes, so much bitterness and hurt in their past. Was it possible that she and Lew, despite their differences, could really have a future together?
158 pages, Unknown Binding
First published January 1, 1961
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Violet Winspear
175 books140 followersViolet Winspear was a British author renowned for her prolific output of romance novels, publishing seventy titles with Mills & Boon between 1961 and 1987. In 1973, she became a launch author for the Mills & Boon-Harlequin Presents line, known for its more sexually explicit content, alongside Anne Mather and Anne Hampson, two of the most popular and prolific British romance writers of the time. Winspear began writing while working in a factory and became a full-time novelist in 1963, producing her works from her home in South East England, researching exotic settings at her local library. She famously described her heroes as lean, strong, and captivating, “in need of love but capable of breathtaking passion and potency,” a characterization that provoked controversy in 1970 when she stated that her male protagonists were “capable of rape,” leading to considerable public backlash. Her novels are celebrated for their vivid, globe-spanning settings and dramatic tension, often employing sexual antagonism to heighten conflict between the alpha male hero and the heroine, who is frequently portrayed as naïve or overwhelmed by his dominance. Winspear never married or had children, and she passed away in January 1989 after a long battle with cancer, leaving a lasting influence on the romance genre.
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July 5, 2021
"Lucifer's Angel" is the story of Fay and Lew.
I really loved it!
Heroine is a sweet, starry eyed nurse who comes from humble beginnings. Hero is a famous Hollywood director. He sweeps her off her feet and they marry as he doesn't want to be lonely. Tables turn, when instead the heroine finds herself alone in the blinding lights of Hollywood. There is comparisons to his ex, feeling of isolation and the final nail in the coffin is a heartbreaking suspicion which leads to their first tragedy..
The heroine recovers by pushing the hero out of her life, only for a second disaster to reunite them.
Sweet, angst filled and really enjoyable. I liked both the characters despite their flaws and this was a good read for me.
Safe
4/5
I really loved it!
Heroine is a sweet, starry eyed nurse who comes from humble beginnings. Hero is a famous Hollywood director. He sweeps her off her feet and they marry as he doesn't want to be lonely. Tables turn, when instead the heroine finds herself alone in the blinding lights of Hollywood. There is comparisons to his ex, feeling of isolation and the final nail in the coffin is a heartbreaking suspicion which leads to their first tragedy..
The heroine recovers by pushing the hero out of her life, only for a second disaster to reunite them.
Sweet, angst filled and really enjoyable. I liked both the characters despite their flaws and this was a good read for me.
Safe
4/5
April 2, 2010
From the publisher:
"Do yourself a favor," Lew said. "Forget me."
Fay had worked desperately in the train crash--using all her nurse's knowledge. Even Lew didn't know all she'd gone through that night to save his life.
But what could she do now to save their marriage? Was it worth saving?
There'd been so many mistakes, so much bitterness and hurt in their past. Was it possible that she and Lew, despite their differences, could really have a future together?
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For a moment, I considered shelving this book as historical romance, LOL. It was written in 1961 - when my parents hadn't even met each other! - and I definitely had to adjust my mindset to enjoy this read, since most of the H/h's actions wouldn't make sense in today's age.
That said, I admit I wanted to smack Lew in the head several times, because he treated Fay poorly throughout most of the book. And she took it all in stride, which didn't help matters. BUT, and this is a big but, I ended up accepting all that - not because I was willing to buy that the 60's were unPC according to today's standards, but because Fay did grow a backbone at one point and Lew came to his senses and was really sorry for what he had done. He didn't grovel enough and she forgave him quite easily, but that was the way it worked back then so I was OK with it. The important thing is, I believed Lew was a better man in the end, one who was finally worthy of Fay.
"Do yourself a favor," Lew said. "Forget me."
Fay had worked desperately in the train crash--using all her nurse's knowledge. Even Lew didn't know all she'd gone through that night to save his life.
But what could she do now to save their marriage? Was it worth saving?
There'd been so many mistakes, so much bitterness and hurt in their past. Was it possible that she and Lew, despite their differences, could really have a future together?
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For a moment, I considered shelving this book as historical romance, LOL. It was written in 1961 - when my parents hadn't even met each other! - and I definitely had to adjust my mindset to enjoy this read, since most of the H/h's actions wouldn't make sense in today's age.
That said, I admit I wanted to smack Lew in the head several times, because he treated Fay poorly throughout most of the book. And she took it all in stride, which didn't help matters. BUT, and this is a big but, I ended up accepting all that - not because I was willing to buy that the 60's were unPC according to today's standards, but because Fay did grow a backbone at one point and Lew came to his senses and was really sorry for what he had done. He didn't grovel enough and she forgave him quite easily, but that was the way it worked back then so I was OK with it. The important thing is, I believed Lew was a better man in the end, one who was finally worthy of Fay.
February 5, 2017
Violet Winspear leaves behind the glittering Castellos and the broody, Latin heroes descending from Conquistadors, that she normally so favors, and takes us instead on a trek to Hollywood, where the requisite naive, country bumpkin, English girl meets and marries a cold and cruel American film director. Will she be able to make him fall in love with her? Will this marriage ever be something more than physical convenience for him?
VW is not really in her element here. The story is adequate but not compelling. There are some soap opera plot twists of course () but overall, the characters and the plot simply weren't interesting enough. I don't know how to put it other than I didn't feel that her heart was in this, the way I have felt it in some of her other novels.
Interestingly, it is the heroine, not the hero, who engages in a lot of OM drama. VW has written some of the most over-the-top, frustrating, catty, and psychotic OWs so it was a relief to be rid of their influence but it was also an odd choice given that she tries so hard to paint the hero as a debauched Hollywood stereotype who will likely think nothing of humiliating his mousy wife if the latest starlet catches his eyes.
The fact that VW spent more time developing the sympathetic character of the OM and had me wondering at times if in a twist, the OM was to become the real hero mid-way and the heroine would be better off with him, kind of gives you an idea why the romance in this story didn't really click for me, emotionally.
I think this was an experiment to see if she could write outside of her comfort zone and while it was not a dismal failure, because no matter what, she is truly a great writer, it just didn't quite work. I would still recommend it for VW fans and for fans of vintage romances in general (I believe this was written in 1961 originally) but if you have not read VW before, I don't think this is the one that will convert you.
VW is not really in her element here. The story is adequate but not compelling. There are some soap opera plot twists of course () but overall, the characters and the plot simply weren't interesting enough. I don't know how to put it other than I didn't feel that her heart was in this, the way I have felt it in some of her other novels.
Interestingly, it is the heroine, not the hero, who engages in a lot of OM drama. VW has written some of the most over-the-top, frustrating, catty, and psychotic OWs so it was a relief to be rid of their influence but it was also an odd choice given that she tries so hard to paint the hero as a debauched Hollywood stereotype who will likely think nothing of humiliating his mousy wife if the latest starlet catches his eyes.
The fact that VW spent more time developing the sympathetic character of the OM and had me wondering at times if in a twist, the OM was to become the real hero mid-way and the heroine would be better off with him, kind of gives you an idea why the romance in this story didn't really click for me, emotionally.
I think this was an experiment to see if she could write outside of her comfort zone and while it was not a dismal failure, because no matter what, she is truly a great writer, it just didn't quite work. I would still recommend it for VW fans and for fans of vintage romances in general (I believe this was written in 1961 originally) but if you have not read VW before, I don't think this is the one that will convert you.
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April 27, 2022So I ordered Violet Winspear's Lucifer's Angel sight unseen, and wanted either the original Harlequin edition or the 2nd Mills and Boon edition.
The OG 1961 version shows the heroine smoking a cigarette. Back in the day, that was common for pulp covers, and I've seen heroes on a few old romance covers puffing away at the not-so-wacky-tobaccy, but never the female MC!
And there she is, looking as toasted as melba and draped over the hero's white tuxedo jacket in a very flirty manner. Wonder how this image got past the prim and proper editors:
The 1973 first Mills & Boon edition is pretty enough, but I mostly collect 1st-run M & B's that were never published as Harleys. So I wasn't that interested in this one:
No, the copy I really wanted was the 1980 Mills & Boon reissue. I've read several places that this is the first romance (contemporary or category, anyway) to feature a kissing couple on the cover. And what a pretty one it is.
But unlucky sucker that I am, I got stuck with the worst option, the plain Harlequin Seasons Greetings re-issue in Pepto-Bismol pink that doesn't do the title any justice.
I should have gotten a more expensive version, but damn, this book-collecting obsession I have really adds up.
Oh, I'll review this one eventually. I'm just not super inspired to read it yet. The covers are half the fun of these books!
The OG 1961 version shows the heroine smoking a cigarette. Back in the day, that was common for pulp covers, and I've seen heroes on a few old romance covers puffing away at the not-so-wacky-tobaccy, but never the female MC!
And there she is, looking as toasted as melba and draped over the hero's white tuxedo jacket in a very flirty manner. Wonder how this image got past the prim and proper editors:
The 1973 first Mills & Boon edition is pretty enough, but I mostly collect 1st-run M & B's that were never published as Harleys. So I wasn't that interested in this one:
No, the copy I really wanted was the 1980 Mills & Boon reissue. I've read several places that this is the first romance (contemporary or category, anyway) to feature a kissing couple on the cover. And what a pretty one it is.
But unlucky sucker that I am, I got stuck with the worst option, the plain Harlequin Seasons Greetings re-issue in Pepto-Bismol pink that doesn't do the title any justice.
I should have gotten a more expensive version, but damn, this book-collecting obsession I have really adds up.
Oh, I'll review this one eventually. I'm just not super inspired to read it yet. The covers are half the fun of these books!
June 25, 2014
It seems I was reading a different book than other readers. Almost everyone considered Lew cruel, I did not, in actuality I found Fey cruel instead.
October 12, 2012
4½ Stars ~ Hollywood movie director, Lew met Fay while she was his grandmother's private nurse. He was quite taken by Fay's innocence and her quiet beauty. Fay, knowing Lew was way out of her league, lost her heart to him anyway. There wasn't any real courtship, no mad declarations of love, but Lew asked her to marry him. He made it perfectly clear that he wasn't an easy man to live with and that he didn't believe in love, nor did he believe in forever. Fay went into the marriage with open eyes, and did her best to fit into his Hollywood lifestyle. And things were actually okay until a spiteful woman told Fay about Lew's past affair with a starlet that had ended up with the starlet dead, and how Fay greatly resembled her. There were some poisonous things said about Lew that Fay found herself believing, and so her innocence was slowly whittled away. When, Jerry, one of the actors on Lew's current project started to shower attention on Fay, Lew forbade the friendship. But Jerry was relentless and pursued Fay and she found herself enjoying his company. The rift widened, with Fay becoming more fearful that Lew was soon going to tire of her and send her on her way. When Jerry shows up in London while Lew and Fay are there casting a movie, Lew accuses her of having an affair even though he knows it's not true. The trip had been too much, and Fay, in the early months of pregnancy, has a miscarriage, something Lew quickly blames himself for. With the loss of her child, Fay finally feels nothing, and she tells Lew that she's moving on without him. For several months they are a part, until Fay learns from the papers that Lew's grandmother has died and she goes to the country estate to be with Lew and his sister. Travelling together by train back to Hollywood, Lew comes to terms with the fact Fay is happy without him. The train derails and suddenly the reality of losing each other forces them to face how they truly feel.
This vintage romance, published in 1961, holds up very well and is Violet Winspear's debut. Lew goes into the marriage offering his admiration and affection, but he's clear that his reputation as a brute is true and that he demands his own way. Fay is a bit in awe of him and she's optimistic that she can bring out the best in him. The book is primarily written in Fay's point of view and we slowly see her innocence disappear. I'd have truly hated Lew except when Fay loses the baby we have lovely well written pages filled with Lew's point of view and his fear of losing her. Unfortunately, he doesn't tell her he loves her and when she finally stands up for herself, he lets her go away. This story is filled with angst and it had me emotionally involved right from the first pages. Though published a year before I was born, if not for the smoking, it could have been written quite recently.
This vintage romance, published in 1961, holds up very well and is Violet Winspear's debut. Lew goes into the marriage offering his admiration and affection, but he's clear that his reputation as a brute is true and that he demands his own way. Fay is a bit in awe of him and she's optimistic that she can bring out the best in him. The book is primarily written in Fay's point of view and we slowly see her innocence disappear. I'd have truly hated Lew except when Fay loses the baby we have lovely well written pages filled with Lew's point of view and his fear of losing her. Unfortunately, he doesn't tell her he loves her and when she finally stands up for herself, he lets her go away. This story is filled with angst and it had me emotionally involved right from the first pages. Though published a year before I was born, if not for the smoking, it could have been written quite recently.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 11, 2012
Violet Winspear is a romance author I can read and reread. This is one of the most painful to read as the Hollywood director hero is consistently cruel and uncaring to the sweet nurse heroine who loves him devotedly. Violet is often criticised for how hard and cruel her heros can be but she is an author who can take those heroes and redeem them bit by bit through the love of the heroine. They are the ultimate alpha male, usually with a dark past that makes their behaviour logical if not PC. The journey Lew and Fay have to go through to reach the obligatory happy ending is gut wrenching and tragic which somehow makes the ending sweeter. Even though not shown, Winspears books have plenty of implicit sizzle and passion. I've read this book a number of times and it seems like good timing now that HM&B are releasing new stories based on Hollywood and the lifestyle therein. I suspect not much will have changed in the people though the sizzle factor will be much more explicit in the modern.
August 12, 2021
"DO YOURSELF A FAVOR," LEW SAID. "FORGET ME."
Fay had worked desperately in the train crash --- using all her nurse's knowledge. Even Lew didn't know all she'd gone through that night to save his life.
But what could she do now to save their marriage? Was it worth saving?
There'd been so many mistakes, so much bitterness and hurt in their past. Was it possible that she and Lew, despite their differences, could really have a future together?
Fay had worked desperately in the train crash --- using all her nurse's knowledge. Even Lew didn't know all she'd gone through that night to save his life.
But what could she do now to save their marriage? Was it worth saving?
There'd been so many mistakes, so much bitterness and hurt in their past. Was it possible that she and Lew, despite their differences, could really have a future together?
November 23, 2020
Angst was good.
February 21, 2016
Good vintage one from Violet Winspear. The hero Lew is a domineering cynical Hollywood film director (I imagine in the style of Robert Evans) and it is in this mode that he arrogantly marries Fay who is in love with him. He makes no bones about not being in love with Fay although he wants her enough. Fay is young, shy and innocent and she gives in to all his demands. Naturally he takes her for granted. And although he treats her in his own high handed, seemingly brutal manner, you can see that he is caring and affectionate towards her.
I think that from the first, Fay"s gentle sweetness called to something in Lew that attracted him to her but he was never going to admit this in the start. He was too used to the harsh sophisticated cynicism of the Hollywood set he hung out with to appreciate these genuine qualities in Fay. They go through some heartbreaking and tragic times before they can come to their hard won happy ending.
I think that from the first, Fay"s gentle sweetness called to something in Lew that attracted him to her but he was never going to admit this in the start. He was too used to the harsh sophisticated cynicism of the Hollywood set he hung out with to appreciate these genuine qualities in Fay. They go through some heartbreaking and tragic times before they can come to their hard won happy ending.
September 17, 2023
I'm surprised. That's why 4 stars.
It starts in a very traditional way. An ingenue accepts a marriage proposal from a famous director.
The main characters hardly know each other, when The H claims he's tired of being alone and proposes to his grandmother's nurse. It's love at first sight for her and she doesn't question the rush to marry. Their married life is pure agony.
The real pivotal point is the h's pregnancy. Everything changes.
VW demonstrates that's she's a talented writer. And it appears to be her first book.
It starts in a very traditional way. An ingenue accepts a marriage proposal from a famous director.
The main characters hardly know each other, when The H claims he's tired of being alone and proposes to his grandmother's nurse. It's love at first sight for her and she doesn't question the rush to marry. Their married life is pure agony.
The real pivotal point is the h's pregnancy. Everything changes.
VW demonstrates that's she's a talented writer. And it appears to be her first book.
July 25, 2019
Ο άγγελος του κακού...
November 7, 2024
أول مرة أقرأ لفيوليت وينسبر الشهيرة
الرواية حلوة فعلا ومليانة تطور شخصيات وأسئلة مهمة عن الحب والتملك والنمو الشخصي والحرية والاستبداد في العلاقات عكس روايات هارلكوين الكيتش مقدرش أقول إنها كانت كيتش
ومبقتش قادرة أكره البطل هو صحيح كان شيطان زي ما اسم الرواية بيقول بس اتربى ودفع التمن في الآخر دفعه كاملا غير منقوص
الرواية حلوة فعلا ومليانة تطور شخصيات وأسئلة مهمة عن الحب والتملك والنمو الشخصي والحرية والاستبداد في العلاقات عكس روايات هارلكوين الكيتش مقدرش أقول إنها كانت كيتش
ومبقتش قادرة أكره البطل هو صحيح كان شيطان زي ما اسم الرواية بيقول بس اتربى ودفع التمن في الآخر دفعه كاملا غير منقوص
September 15, 2012
typical mrs.Winspear novel
I like it .. but i hated the part when lew lost his arms :(
I like it .. but i hated the part when lew lost his arms :(
October 4, 2013
رواية جميلة تتحدث عن قصة ممرضة بسيطة ارتبطت بمخرج سينمائي في هيوليود
. وعن التغيرات التي طرأت على حياتها
. وعن التغيرات التي طرأت على حياتها
April 28, 2023
For all the handwringing over the rise of dark romance, there is nothing new under the sun, my child, and this is a case in point. This - dating from 1961 - is not so much a romance as an effort to put our drippy English nurse heroine Fay through the wringer, a la 30s weeper movies like Mildred Pierce. As the book opens, Fay has just married handsome, faintly demonic Hollywood director Lew, who proposed because he was bored; she accepted because she's naive and fell in love with him, although she knows it can only end in tears. Spoiler: it does!
Like a game of Chutes and Ladders, no sooner does Fay find something that makes her happy - a female friend, a male friend, a nice dinner she's made herself - than bam! Winspear sends it all crashing to the ground. Her female friend's "safe" husband cheats and leaves her, her male friend turns out to be obsessed with Lew's dead ex-girlfriend whom Fay resembles, and Lew is totally uninterested in Fay's homemade roasted chicken. What's a girl to do?
Well, it's the sixties so Fay doesn't really have much in the way of rights - let's remember, folks, she can't even get her own bank account without Lew's permission! - so she sucks it up until a final fight when ; Lew is torn up by guilt but Fay leaves him anyway, then they end up hanging out for Reasons, then they end up on a train together and then for some reason they get back together? So that's that.
There is, at least, no sexual violence - at a Peak Fight moment when an eighties or nineties book would probably have a "forced seduction" resolution, Lew storms off to sleep in the spare bedroom while Fay cries. There is a ton of emphasis on Fay's girlishness, youth, delicacy, "little girl" mannerisms, etc., which is pretty creepy. I'd also argue that Fay is basically leading on the Other Man character (you're the best, I would totally have left my husband for you if you'd asked me earlier but I can't now, sorry, but let's be friends and hang out all the time) which makes Lew's jealousy a lot more understandable and less annoying - like, come on, Fay, don't play this game if you don't actually enjoy having this dude chasing you across the planet. (Also worthy of note: Lew and the Other Man have a really complicated interplay of professional and personal jealousy and relationships that has apparently lasted through one girlfriend, one wife, and several movies that they've made together. I'm not sure Fay's really relevant to this saga.)
Like a game of Chutes and Ladders, no sooner does Fay find something that makes her happy - a female friend, a male friend, a nice dinner she's made herself - than bam! Winspear sends it all crashing to the ground. Her female friend's "safe" husband cheats and leaves her, her male friend turns out to be obsessed with Lew's dead ex-girlfriend whom Fay resembles, and Lew is totally uninterested in Fay's homemade roasted chicken. What's a girl to do?
Well, it's the sixties so Fay doesn't really have much in the way of rights - let's remember, folks, she can't even get her own bank account without Lew's permission! - so she sucks it up until a final fight when ; Lew is torn up by guilt but Fay leaves him anyway, then they end up hanging out for Reasons, then they end up on a train together and then for some reason they get back together? So that's that.
There is, at least, no sexual violence - at a Peak Fight moment when an eighties or nineties book would probably have a "forced seduction" resolution, Lew storms off to sleep in the spare bedroom while Fay cries. There is a ton of emphasis on Fay's girlishness, youth, delicacy, "little girl" mannerisms, etc., which is pretty creepy. I'd also argue that Fay is basically leading on the Other Man character (you're the best, I would totally have left my husband for you if you'd asked me earlier but I can't now, sorry, but let's be friends and hang out all the time) which makes Lew's jealousy a lot more understandable and less annoying - like, come on, Fay, don't play this game if you don't actually enjoy having this dude chasing you across the planet. (Also worthy of note: Lew and the Other Man have a really complicated interplay of professional and personal jealousy and relationships that has apparently lasted through one girlfriend, one wife, and several movies that they've made together. I'm not sure Fay's really relevant to this saga.)
April 9, 2021
I really don't know how to feel about this book. I kept thinking whether this can be even be termed as a romantic book??
First of all there were barely scenes of the leads interacting and whatever was there it was not in the capacity of development in either their relationship or in their characters. Their scenes had all mundane information from them attending parties and their interactions and discussions on other characters. There was barely any basis for the FL falling for him. Till 80% of the book I was very convinced that she just felt flattered with the fact she was married to an uber successful and handsome looking man and was just infatuated with him. Ironically, FL and the OM had more in depth conversations and more chemistry than the leads
Well with the ML I was still in the dark of what motivated him to marry her until the end and whatever was implied in that direction did not make sense.If it was not for the interesting turn of events in the last 20% of the book this was a 1 star read to me.
That 20% just showed a slight glimpse that both leads cared for each other but again considering it was nearing the end the whole confession and their feelings felt rushed and unsatisfactory.
First of all there were barely scenes of the leads interacting and whatever was there it was not in the capacity of development in either their relationship or in their characters. Their scenes had all mundane information from them attending parties and their interactions and discussions on other characters. There was barely any basis for the FL falling for him. Till 80% of the book I was very convinced that she just felt flattered with the fact she was married to an uber successful and handsome looking man and was just infatuated with him. Ironically, FL and the OM had more in depth conversations and more chemistry than the leads
Well with the ML I was still in the dark of what motivated him to marry her until the end and whatever was implied in that direction did not make sense.If it was not for the interesting turn of events in the last 20% of the book this was a 1 star read to me.
That 20% just showed a slight glimpse that both leads cared for each other but again considering it was nearing the end the whole confession and their feelings felt rushed and unsatisfactory.
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December 28, 2020Ended better than it began. I'm not sure that the title is appropriate -- in fact I think it is off-putting to some extent. But it's well-known enough now if you pay attention to such books as this, since it's been reprinted so many times, that it might be pointless to change it.
A detail, but it's interesting that a pregnant woman smoking would not have been thought extraordinary when this was written.
A detail, but it's interesting that a pregnant woman smoking would not have been thought extraordinary when this was written.
October 10, 2023
Very old fashioned but we actually got the Hs POV! And no dumb misunderstandings or miscommunication, just 2 people with past hurts figuring it out. I would give it a 4.5. the knock off of half a point was for some minor inconsistencies and because I don't believe it took 3 days to drive from northern California to Los Angeles in the 1950s.
October 21, 2021
Enjoyable story shows her growing and changing from a supplicant love for an older, more sophisticated, successful handsome hero to a marriage and love of equals. One of the best I’ve read so from this author
February 21, 2022
ال٣ نجوم الحقيقة هما تقييم البنت اللي كنت عليها وانا صغيرة لما كنت بقرأ روايات عبير، ف مش هقدر أحكّم حقيقي ع القصة عشان انا استمتعت بيها لأني حسيتني لسه في سنين المراهقة، وقت ما كانت القصص دي رومانسية في عيوني ف��لا.
October 16, 2023
Not quite sure what I was expecting from a 1960s Mills and Boon novel, but this wasn't it.
Was kind of fun from a cultural snapshot point of view, but overall a fairly boring story without even implied sex!
Was kind of fun from a cultural snapshot point of view, but overall a fairly boring story without even implied sex!
February 19, 2022
رائعة و مختلفة
August 28, 2023
الرواية شيقة وجميلة ولكن لا تعجبني النهاية حيث أن الحبكة للنهاية ضعيفة بالنسبة لي
October 12, 2025
The blurb gives a completely different perspective of the book, don't trust it at all
December 11, 2022
هي نفسها رواية قطار في الضباب
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July 17, 2013قطار في الضباب
الفعل التلقائي لا يفهم على حقيقته ابداً فهو ينبع من رغبة طبيعية للاحتفاظ بالذات , أو من رغبة طبيعية ممائله للتضحيه بالنفس , وليس الضروري أن يكون الحب هو الدافع .....كان اسمه لومارش وكان مخرجاً في هوليود وسيماً ومشهوراً فاتن بلا هوادة , لكنه تزوج فاي العادية المظهر والمتواضعه الأصل , لم يكن أمامها في النهاية سوى الرحيل عنه بعدما خسرت جنينها بسببه لكن الرحلة في القطار معاً كصديقين , والحادث الرهيب الذي وقعله عندما حاول انقاذ فاي من الموت المحتم , جعلهما يكتشفان أن الفعل التلقائي , مهما كان , لا يحصل بدون دافع حقيقي عميق.. أن الحب وحده يدفع بالانسان الى التضحية بنفسه , لكن هل يكفي هذا كي يعود الواحد منهما للآخر بعد طول غياب؟
الفعل التلقائي لا يفهم على حقيقته ابداً فهو ينبع من رغبة طبيعية للاحتفاظ بالذات , أو من رغبة طبيعية ممائله للتضحيه بالنفس , وليس الضروري أن يكون الحب هو الدافع .....كان اسمه لومارش وكان مخرجاً في هوليود وسيماً ومشهوراً فاتن بلا هوادة , لكنه تزوج فاي العادية المظهر والمتواضعه الأصل , لم يكن أمامها في النهاية سوى الرحيل عنه بعدما خسرت جنينها بسببه لكن الرحلة في القطار معاً كصديقين , والحادث الرهيب الذي وقعله عندما حاول انقاذ فاي من الموت المحتم , جعلهما يكتشفان أن الفعل التلقائي , مهما كان , لا يحصل بدون دافع حقيقي عميق.. أن الحب وحده يدفع بالانسان الى التضحية بنفسه , لكن هل يكفي هذا كي يعود الواحد منهما للآخر بعد طول غياب؟
May 22, 2020
I owned this book when I was about 10 or 11. Violet Winspear was my favorite Harlequin writer at that time. It was OK reading it again. I thought they got married for really flimsy reasons. It really made no sense. Lew seemed meaner the first time I read it. I couldn't believe Fay got on a plane when her Dr. told her not to. That's some disturbing love, if she was willing to do that, just so she could be with Lew. And she didn't seem to be that upset she had a miscarriage, she just decided she wasn't in love with Lew anymore.
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March 7, 2025
"DO YOURSELF A FAVOR," LEW SAID. "FORGET ME."
Fay had worked desperately in the train crash --- using all her nurse's knowledge. Even Lew didn't know all she'd gone through that night to save his life.
But what could she do now to save their marriage? Was it worth saving?
There'd been so many mistakes, so much bitterness and hurt in their past. Was it possible that she and Lew, despite their differences, could really have a future together?
Fay had worked desperately in the train crash --- using all her nurse's knowledge. Even Lew didn't know all she'd gone through that night to save his life.
But what could she do now to save their marriage? Was it worth saving?
There'd been so many mistakes, so much bitterness and hurt in their past. Was it possible that she and Lew, despite their differences, could really have a future together?
October 7, 2020
This 1960's publication was in my mum's collection and was my introduction to Violet Winspear. Whilst it was a little fraught for me on my original reading and bearing in mind my age at the time (about 10) as an adult I had more understanding of these marital tensions.
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