ILLUSION

by Emily French

Sophy van Houton. Impetuous. Headstrong. Rich.The beautiful heiress needed to marry to access her fortune. But deep in her heart was a stubborn dream-to find a man who loved her for herself, not for her beauty or her money. In Seth Weston she realized the extent of her own desires and the depth of his need for her. But need was not the same as love….Seth Weston. Proud. Honorable. Haunted.Seth Weston was determined to save his crumbling textile empire, even if it meant marrying for money. A marriage of convenience, indeed, for any love in him had died at Gettysburg. Until Sophy swept into his life, challenging his preconceptions, unleashing his hidden passion….

Genres: Romance, Historical, Harlequin, Historical Fiction, Harlequin Historical

296 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 25, 1995

About the author

Emily writes for Harlequin Historicals. She enjoys writing about the past, because there are a lot of issues you can raise in a historical novel that become more difficult in a contemporary novel. Her books are set in many different periods: 1204 in Wales, 1640 Wisconsin and 1757 Connecticut through to 1842 Maine and the Manhattan of 1865. Emily’s heroines are women who were unable to do the sorts of things they would today, but at the same time they have to be gutsy enough to appeal to today's readers. Historical novels are very popular, she says, because they can help the reader escape the misery of the present. Looking back always looks better than now. But for Emily, married at 17 and a mother at 18 at a time when that was "the done thing", the 21st century is full of promise. It's a time when a woman can do or be anything she wants. Apart from a couple of years with the kids, Emily has kept on working, but she always had a keen interest in the arts. She spent nine years in the theatre, but her husband complained about the noise and the mess of props for plays, so she took up drawing and painting and the smell of turpentine invaded the house. Now, Emily says, her dear heart knows where she is and that she's not turning their riverside home upside down. Emily French can be contacted at P.O. Box 5187, Bundaberg, Queensland 4670, Australia.

Reviews

[Desi · Rating 3 out of 5]

leído en Marzo 2013

Entretenido y fácil de leer!!

[Adriana Fogaça · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ilusões
Emily French
Clássicos Históricos 94
1996

Apesar de o enredo ser corriqueiro, posso dizer que a estória é boa. Não é, nenhuma maravilha, mas é possível considerar um bom divertimento. Claro, se não houver muita pretensão.

Mocinha, rica tem que se casar, para fugir de pretendentes desonestos. Ela prefere fazer um casamento de conveniência. Mocinho orgulhoso, de família de posição elevada socialmente, que se encontra com sérios problemas financeiros. Ele aceita a proposta da mocinha.

Com as partes sabendo do problema de cada um. Eles fazem um acordo nupcial. Onde o amor não entra nas regras imposta.

De certa forma, os dois conseguem seguir as regras do contrato de casamento, mas a paixão os invade, e com isso um casamento que era para ser apenas de conveniência, se transforma numa verdadeira estória de amor.

Mas não é só isso que este romance nos proporciona, também há: aventuras, investigações, traição e final feliz.

Por isso, 3 estrelas.

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[Khaztiel Denver · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mi calificación es de 2.5 estrellas ⭐