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Trouville #2
Verhulde verlangens
Schotland, 1318
In de Hooglanden is het smeden van het juiste verbond van levensbelang. Maar Honor en Anne laten zich niet zomaar uithuwelijken. Alleen de juiste man kan op hun overgave rekenen...
Lady Anne Baincroft zit niet echt te wachten op een nieuwe echtgenoot. Maar wanneer haar oom dreigt haar zoon van haar af te nemen, kan ze niet anders dan instemmen met zijn voorstel te trouwen met de beruchte, veeleisende Edouard Gillet, graaf van Trouville. Onverwacht verliest Anne haar hart aan de knappe graaf. Maar hij mag nooit ontdekken wat ze zo angstvallig voor hem verborgen houdt...
Dit verhaal is eerder verschenen onder de titel Bruid van Trouville
In de Hooglanden is het smeden van het juiste verbond van levensbelang. Maar Honor en Anne laten zich niet zomaar uithuwelijken. Alleen de juiste man kan op hun overgave rekenen...
Lady Anne Baincroft zit niet echt te wachten op een nieuwe echtgenoot. Maar wanneer haar oom dreigt haar zoon van haar af te nemen, kan ze niet anders dan instemmen met zijn voorstel te trouwen met de beruchte, veeleisende Edouard Gillet, graaf van Trouville. Onverwacht verliest Anne haar hart aan de knappe graaf. Maar hij mag nooit ontdekken wat ze zo angstvallig voor hem verborgen houdt...
Dit verhaal is eerder verschenen onder de titel Bruid van Trouville
318 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1999
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About the author
Lyn Stone
114 books39 followersLyn's foray into book-length fiction began in the early '90s, and she signed her first contract with Harlequin Historicals on Valentine's Day, 1996. "Flowers, candy, kisses, and a book sale, too! There will never be another day quite like that one!" she says.
"I always loved to write and even got excited about doing reports and term papers. I neglected other homework just to make that short story for English class as riveting as I possibly could."
Even so, she never really considered writing as a career until much later. Instead, Lyn studied art and worked in Europe while she visited the places she now writes about in her historicals. At that time, she was painting those sights and selling pictures.
While working at Boeing as an illustrator, she had the idea of trying to freelance book covers. Since she liked to paint faces and figures, romance novels seemed a logical choice. However, the field of cover art is highly competitive and she discovered it would take a great deal of research and preparation.
While studying the market on covers, she became firmly hooked on the contents of the books and decided to try writing instead. "Definitely one of my better decisions," she admits. She is still an avid romance reader and manages to read an average of four per week in addition to one or two books outside the genre.
Lyn feels a special affinity for England and Scotland with their wonderful castles and intriguing history. The American South and Southwest are her favorite settings for contemporary adventures.
She and her husband, Allen, both natives of Georgia, live in North Alabama near their two children and four grandchildren. "The family contributes to my research," Lyn says.
"They buy me books, clip articles, sketch costumes, and sometimes act out scenes. Even the grandchildren serve as inspiration for the younger characters."
"I always loved to write and even got excited about doing reports and term papers. I neglected other homework just to make that short story for English class as riveting as I possibly could."
Even so, she never really considered writing as a career until much later. Instead, Lyn studied art and worked in Europe while she visited the places she now writes about in her historicals. At that time, she was painting those sights and selling pictures.
While working at Boeing as an illustrator, she had the idea of trying to freelance book covers. Since she liked to paint faces and figures, romance novels seemed a logical choice. However, the field of cover art is highly competitive and she discovered it would take a great deal of research and preparation.
While studying the market on covers, she became firmly hooked on the contents of the books and decided to try writing instead. "Definitely one of my better decisions," she admits. She is still an avid romance reader and manages to read an average of four per week in addition to one or two books outside the genre.
Lyn feels a special affinity for England and Scotland with their wonderful castles and intriguing history. The American South and Southwest are her favorite settings for contemporary adventures.
She and her husband, Allen, both natives of Georgia, live in North Alabama near their two children and four grandchildren. "The family contributes to my research," Lyn says.
"They buy me books, clip articles, sketch costumes, and sometimes act out scenes. Even the grandchildren serve as inspiration for the younger characters."
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July 16, 2012
I liked this one because our hero, Edouard, fell in love with Lady Anne soon after he met her. After two forced marriages, he really wanted his next marriage to be a love match. He had a romantic soul and that's a sure way to get me involved with the story. So he tries to win her over, all the while not realizing that Anne has major trust issues. Oh, and that she's hiding her son's deafness from him because Anne is convinced Edouard expects perfection in everything, including children, and will send her son away if he found out. The uncle who blackmailed her into marriage and Edouard's knight were two vile characters and caused much upheaval and angst for the couple. This tale may be an oldie, but a goody for sure at 3.5 stars.
March 15, 2012
Edouard Gillet was a different hero, specially considering the time [1318]. His power to accept his situation and still love Lady Anne even with all her problemas and her son made him awesome to me.
I just think he was too modern and tolerant for the time. I admire Edouard for his actions, but he was too prince-like to the Dark Age.
STILL, I loved it and would love to read again sometime ^^
I just think he was too modern and tolerant for the time. I admire Edouard for his actions, but he was too prince-like to the Dark Age.
STILL, I loved it and would love to read again sometime ^^
August 5, 2022
This is the 2nd book of Lyn Stone I ever read. I liked the first book in this series so much that I took up Book 2, Bride of Trouville. Although these are made-believe characters, somehow the mental and emotional tapestry of the heroine and hero felt realistic, and I enjoyed reading them. Lady Anne was fiercely devoted to her son who was deaf. Against the hardship in her life, she emerged as a protective, resilient, creative and resourceful individual. She was also manipulative and deceptive under her mostly submissive facade which might be justifiably necessary for survival at a time when women had few rights and that emotional/mental/spiritual sovereignty was likely an unheard-of concept for men and women alike. The hero Eduard, Lord Trouville, is a very likeable character with his own share of flaws; however, I don't find his inner world as intriguing as Anne's. Alas, life is more than just black and white, it is a spectrum encompassing all shades. In my younger days complicated characters repelled me, because I was immature and unable to understand much of the inner working of myself and let alone in others, and it was reflected in my "taste" for heroines and heroes in stories. Now that I've grown more mature, I can better appreciate flawed characters. Overall, this is a very enjoyable story and Lyn Stone's sense of humour, depth and wisdom shone through the story and in many of the heroine's and hero's inner reflections. I highly recommend this book!
May 15, 2022
3.5
This was one of the first romance novels I read as a pre-teen and I was delighted when I found a copy. I am also surprised how well it held up. There were some "of the time" outdated things including some able-ist language. But overall I liked that Anne had agency despite her circumstances and how the book wrapped up.
This was one of the first romance novels I read as a pre-teen and I was delighted when I found a copy. I am also surprised how well it held up. There were some "of the time" outdated things including some able-ist language. But overall I liked that Anne had agency despite her circumstances and how the book wrapped up.
January 3, 2025
Was a bitch to buy this book because its no longer in print. Read it in the Fall of 2023 after reading the first book. This one is about the romance of the antagonist from the previous book. Its alright, the Count gets a boner at the marriage alter. The plot was weaker than in the first book, but it was enjoyable enough.
If you liked the first one you'll have a good enough read.
If you liked the first one you'll have a good enough read.
January 2, 2026
Bem escrito. História interessante. Adorei a representatividade de ter um personagem surdo bem escrito e descrito de forma coerente, o que é difícil de achar em livros, filmes e séries. Mas não poderia dar 5 estrelas pra um livro em que o mocinho
December 7, 2008
The main problem with Bride of Trouville is the first third of the book, which contains insufficient conflict to make it a really riveting read. While Stone ably sets up the setting and the characters, all of them get on together far too well, and the thrust of the story drags as a result.
Well, don’t despair! The rest of the book sets the pace by pouring conflict upon conflict, whether it be physical, emotional or mental, and the result is a stunning piece of writing that is only let down by the weak first chapters. Stone writes a medieval story of a French count arriving in Scotland, in an arranged marriage with a widow who holds a terrible secret – her son is deaf, and therefore his right to be the lord of his land is forfeit.
The topic of deafness is the hinge on which this book’s plot stands, and it’s a great one; while acceptance of disability is the norm in today’s society, it had devastating results in the olden days. Stone’s heroine, Anne, a loyal mother, is a strong and resilient character, qualities that make her admirable. Edouard is a classic alpha male and what I particularly enjoyed was the uncertainty and mystery built up surrounding his sometimes violent characters – he strikes his sons and kills a defenceless dog, apparently out of malice. However all is explained as the plot twists and turns, the characters undergo hardship and plenty of emotional turmoil, and the late day introduction of a raucous Highlander adds to the entertainment value no end. An excellent book once you get through the weaker introduction.
Well, don’t despair! The rest of the book sets the pace by pouring conflict upon conflict, whether it be physical, emotional or mental, and the result is a stunning piece of writing that is only let down by the weak first chapters. Stone writes a medieval story of a French count arriving in Scotland, in an arranged marriage with a widow who holds a terrible secret – her son is deaf, and therefore his right to be the lord of his land is forfeit.
The topic of deafness is the hinge on which this book’s plot stands, and it’s a great one; while acceptance of disability is the norm in today’s society, it had devastating results in the olden days. Stone’s heroine, Anne, a loyal mother, is a strong and resilient character, qualities that make her admirable. Edouard is a classic alpha male and what I particularly enjoyed was the uncertainty and mystery built up surrounding his sometimes violent characters – he strikes his sons and kills a defenceless dog, apparently out of malice. However all is explained as the plot twists and turns, the characters undergo hardship and plenty of emotional turmoil, and the late day introduction of a raucous Highlander adds to the entertainment value no end. An excellent book once you get through the weaker introduction.
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August 6, 2016I was interested in the third of the book where the story development was different from the usual formula but most of the conflicts were developed close to halfway through the book and I found them rushed and difficult to de-tangle as the pace got a bit rushed.
August 6, 2014
Typical Harlequin romance.
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