L'héritage meurtrier

Joubert #1

by Jasmine Cresswell

De retour à Miami où son père se meurt, Isabella Joubert voit se rouvrir dans la douleur une porte claquée sept ans plus tôt. Cela fait sept ans, en effet, qu’elle a quitté la Floride et sa famille pour s’installer à Chicago et s’y bâtir une vie « normale », loin des affaires douteuses de son père. Tant bien que mal, elle s’est efforcée d’oublier qu’elle était la fille du plus grand trafiquant de tous les temps.
Désormais, malgré l’immense chagrin que lui cause la perte de son père, Isabella envisage l’avenir sous un jour nouveau. Hélas, un mystérieux CD-ROM que lui a légué son père vient briser ses illusions. En l’espace de quelques heures, elle voit sa maison mise à sac, sa voisine assassinée... et Sandro Marchese resurgir dans sa vie. Celui qui l’a autrefois trahie après l’avoir initiée à la plus folle des passions prétend se présenter à elle comme l’homme providentiel…
Pour Isabella, c’est un combat de plus qui commence. Et il peut lui être aussi fatal que les autres...

Genres: Romantic Suspense, Romance, Fiction

Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Born in England, Jasmine Cresswell now divides her time between her winter home in Sarasota, Florida and her summer home in Evergreen, Colorado. Jasmine has been writing since 1975 and has published over 50 novels, with 9 million copies of her books in print.
Jasmine served for two years as the editor of the Romance Writer's Report. She also served as president of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, and is a founder and former president of Novelists, Inc. She received the Colorado Authors' League Award for Best Paperback Novel of the Year and the Romance Writers of America Golden Rose Award. Her books also have received numerous Romantic Times certificates of excellence.

Experienced as a public speaker, Jasmine has conducted college seminars and addressed many writers' conferences. Interviews and profiles have appeared in newspapers throughout the country, and Jasmine considers herself a veteran of talk shows and news broadcasts.

Married to Malcolm Candlish, whom she met while she was working for the British Embassy in Rio de Janeiro, Jasmine and her husband have lived all over the world. She has a Bachelor's Degree with a double major in history and philosophy from Melbourne University, a second degree in history from Macquarie University, as well as a Masters Degree in history and archival administration from Case Western Reserve University in Ohio.

Reviews

[Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting plot and written in a way that keeps your attention. A number of the twists weren't all that surprising, but they were done in a intriguing way. For a daughter of a crime lord, Belle is incredibly naïve. Did she really think it was actually charitable donations? If TV has taught me anything, it's that 'charitable donations' is code for some sort of dirty money. I also liked the relationship presented- it completely took a backseat to everything that was happening.

On a down note, I really wish writers would realize that a woman in peril doesn't need to have a sexual assault part to it. It's a cliché I'm getting sick of.

[Once · Rating 3 out of 5]

Isabella was born into a family that she loved but her strong moral upbringing made her distance from them. Their family fortune was made by smuggling high tech equipment to the highest bidder. In his death bed her father gives her a disk and ask her to make things right. Needless to say that her life is turned upside down and that includes her love life. The book takes an unexpected turn and every chapter has new clues and new intrigues. The book is a good read but it will not keep you glued to your seat.

review link: http://www.onceuponatwilight.com/2011...

[beverly · Rating 1 out of 5]

One star because you can't select less

OMG! How stupid can the characters be? Not one has any sense and to add insult to injury, none of them are the least bit likeable. . .Not even the abused wife. What a huge waste of time and money. Don't bother.

[Ritaaz · Rating 3 out of 5]

In italiano si chiama "Mercanti di morte", mi è piaciuto, all'inizio forse l'ho trovato un po' lento ma poi ha preso il via. È stato strano leggerlo perché è ambientato nel 2000 quindi è un po' datato. Forse alcune cose le avrei approfondite meglio

[Anke · Rating 3 out of 5]

Een leuke combinatie van spanning, drama en romantiek.

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book.

[Tamara Leemans · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book. Easy to read and exiting enough to keep your attention. Some small parts where you frown a bit because some wierd connections are made but entertaining nevertheless.

[Laurie D'ghent · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really hard to get into for the first hundred pages or so, but then it picked up. All in all, pretty good. I probably would have enjoyed it more if the font hadn't played havoc with my blind-as-a-bat eyes.

[adoree · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bon, ça se laisse lire.
C'est du Harlequin vieille école. Si vous cherchez des scène hot, passez votre chemin. Les scènes d'amour sont décrites en 5 lignes. En fait, il ne faudrait même pas utiliser le pluriel. Et il n'y en a qu'une (quand je disais que c'est Old School!).
Pourquoi 3 étoiles,alors ? Parce que l'histoire se tient. On s'attache aux héros Bella et Sandro. L'intrigue policière est plus importante que la romance finalement. C'est bien écrit.
A lire quand on a riend d'autre sous la main...

[Marilyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Isabella Joubert's inheritance from her father, a man she loved but could not trust, was a disk...that named names. Another group thought she had a different disk than she actually had. In their trying to find the disk, "Belle" had her house trashed, her neighbor murdered, her ex-lover murdered, and fear beyond comprehension. Forced to turn to Sandro Marchese, the man she'd left 7 years earlier, she finds he's the only one she can trust, when once she trusted him not at all.

[Jena · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is more of a mystery novel than romance. The love story doesn't start off until 200+ pages into the book, then we're let down by how weak the heroine is regarding the hero. Apparently, he betrayed her in the past, and she accepts him back without ANY groveling what so ever. This tends to ruin the book for me.


By far, my least favorite from this very talented author.

[Jann · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this fast-paced murder mystery and liked the romantic 'dance' between the main female character and her good looking male opposite who said he was one of the good-guys, but was he? There were also questions about her brother and sister. Could she - should she - trust them? Everything becomes clear in the end which made it totally satisfying.

[Brenda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Full of suspense and twists, this is the story of a woman called to her father's deathbed and then the target of unsavory characters looking for something he gave her.

[Jessie Lalande]

Light reading. I enjoyed this book.

[Jeannet · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mooi, spannend verhaal.

[Maria · Rating 3 out of 5]

Intriguing but not too deep. Characters flushed out well without overly powerful. A bit predictable but still some surprises. Pleasant and quick read.

[Mary Beth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good. Quick read with lots of action.