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Jacinth
SHE WAS AS COLD AS ICE... .Or was she? Entrepreneur Mark Harding found Jacinth Norwood an absolute enigma. How could any woman seem so cool, yet awaken such passion in him? He knew that when she was in his embrace she was far from indifferent, but she refused to let down her guard and admit her true feelings.They spent whole days working together in his small office, but he was no closer to understanding her now than when he'd first hired her. And the longer their relationship went on, the more frustrating he found the situation. Jacinth might be able to feign an indifference he was quite sure she no longer felt, but his own passion was quickly exceeding the limits of his control.
- GenresRomance
186 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 1, 1988
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About the author
Laurey Bright
60 books37 followersLaurey Bright is another pen name of Daphne Clair.
Daphne Clair de Jong decided to be a writer when she was eight years old and won her first literary prize for a school essay. Her first short story was published when she was sixteen and she's been writing and publishing ever since. Nowadays she earns her living from writing, something her well-meaning teachers and guidance counsellors warned her she would never achieve in New Zealand. Her short stories have appeared in many magazines and anthologies, and a collection of them was presented in Crossing the Bar, published by David Ling, where they garnered wide praise.
In 1976, Daphne's first full-length romantic novel was published by Mills & Boon as Return to Love. Since then she has produced a steady output of romance set in New Zealand, occasionally Australia or on imaginary Pacific islands. As Laurey Bright she also writes for Silhouette Books. Her romances often appear on American stores' romance best-seller lists and she has been a Rita contest finalist, as well as winning and being placed in several other romance writing contests. Her other writing includes non-fiction, poetry and long historical fiction, She also is an active defender of the ideology of Feminists for Life, and she has written articles about it.
Since then she has won other literary prizes both in her native New Zealand and other countries. These include the prestigious Katherine Mansfield Short Story Award, with Dying Light, a story about Alzheimer's Disease, which was filmed by Robyn Murphy Productions and shown at film festivals in several countries. (Starring Sara McLeod, Sam's wife in Lord of the Rings).
Daphne is often asked to tutor courses in creative writing, and with Robyn Donald she teachs romance writing weekend courses in her home in the "winterless north" of in New Zealand. Daphne lives with her Netherlands-born husband in a farmlet, grazing livestock, growing their own fruit and vegetables and making their large home available to other writers as a centre for writers' workshops and retreats. Their five children, one of them an orphan from Hong Kong, have left home but drift back at irregular intervals. She enjoys cooking special meals but her cake-making is limited to three never-fail recipes. Her children maintain they have no memory of her baking for them except on birthdays, when she would produce, on request, cakes shaped into trains, clowns, fairytale houses and, once, even a windmill, in deference to their Dutch heritage from their father.
Daphne frequently makes and breaks resolutions to indulge in some hearty outdoor activity, and loves to sniff strong black coffee but never drinks it. After a day at her desk she will happily watch re-runs of favourite TV shows. Usually she goes to bed early with a book which may be anything from a paperback romance or suspense novel to history, sociology or literary theory.
Daphne Clair de Jong decided to be a writer when she was eight years old and won her first literary prize for a school essay. Her first short story was published when she was sixteen and she's been writing and publishing ever since. Nowadays she earns her living from writing, something her well-meaning teachers and guidance counsellors warned her she would never achieve in New Zealand. Her short stories have appeared in many magazines and anthologies, and a collection of them was presented in Crossing the Bar, published by David Ling, where they garnered wide praise.
In 1976, Daphne's first full-length romantic novel was published by Mills & Boon as Return to Love. Since then she has produced a steady output of romance set in New Zealand, occasionally Australia or on imaginary Pacific islands. As Laurey Bright she also writes for Silhouette Books. Her romances often appear on American stores' romance best-seller lists and she has been a Rita contest finalist, as well as winning and being placed in several other romance writing contests. Her other writing includes non-fiction, poetry and long historical fiction, She also is an active defender of the ideology of Feminists for Life, and she has written articles about it.
Since then she has won other literary prizes both in her native New Zealand and other countries. These include the prestigious Katherine Mansfield Short Story Award, with Dying Light, a story about Alzheimer's Disease, which was filmed by Robyn Murphy Productions and shown at film festivals in several countries. (Starring Sara McLeod, Sam's wife in Lord of the Rings).
Daphne is often asked to tutor courses in creative writing, and with Robyn Donald she teachs romance writing weekend courses in her home in the "winterless north" of in New Zealand. Daphne lives with her Netherlands-born husband in a farmlet, grazing livestock, growing their own fruit and vegetables and making their large home available to other writers as a centre for writers' workshops and retreats. Their five children, one of them an orphan from Hong Kong, have left home but drift back at irregular intervals. She enjoys cooking special meals but her cake-making is limited to three never-fail recipes. Her children maintain they have no memory of her baking for them except on birthdays, when she would produce, on request, cakes shaped into trains, clowns, fairytale houses and, once, even a windmill, in deference to their Dutch heritage from their father.
Daphne frequently makes and breaks resolutions to indulge in some hearty outdoor activity, and loves to sniff strong black coffee but never drinks it. After a day at her desk she will happily watch re-runs of favourite TV shows. Usually she goes to bed early with a book which may be anything from a paperback romance or suspense novel to history, sociology or literary theory.
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July 12, 2018
Poor hero! A wonderful, hard-working, compassionate, sexy guy stuck with a horrible woman and her even more horrible mother. At least, Hecate the cat is on his side. I hope she scratches the hell out of the horrible women in this family!
August 2, 2018
Brrr. Shades of Hitchcock.
The heroine is a frosty one and has all the emotional warmth and understanding of someone who registers on the autistic spectrum. She reminds me of Marnie, Hitchcock’s damaged and shutdown heroine, and frankly she’s kind of pitiful. With the rotten mother, abandoned by her father, and vague references to mum’s vanishing boyfriends, the h shows more than a few traits of a woman sexually abused as a child. No evidence to it at all, but who knows.
Why read this? I can’t resist a one star review with a narcissistic mother. It’s the equivalent of a mosquito bite you just have to scratch.
Naksed's review...
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The h is so shutdown there is little of the exploding body parts that so many heroines in HPlandia experience. She’s even immune to the hero for a good long time. Even after he makes a move she still excels at freezing him off. There is hope for her as she likes children and warms up to some native people who are mont-threatening. She starts to warm up a little when she reluctantly adopts a snarling, scratching demon cat which is really just the perfect pet for her in too many ways.
Rather bland goings on for the most part. It’s not the dramatic enough for an angst fest. Just pity the H’s father who is saddled with the mommy. That’s what you get for marrying in haste. At least the hero had a fighting chance.
The heroine is a frosty one and has all the emotional warmth and understanding of someone who registers on the autistic spectrum. She reminds me of Marnie, Hitchcock’s damaged and shutdown heroine, and frankly she’s kind of pitiful. With the rotten mother, abandoned by her father, and vague references to mum’s vanishing boyfriends, the h shows more than a few traits of a woman sexually abused as a child. No evidence to it at all, but who knows.
Why read this? I can’t resist a one star review with a narcissistic mother. It’s the equivalent of a mosquito bite you just have to scratch.
Naksed's review...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The h is so shutdown there is little of the exploding body parts that so many heroines in HPlandia experience. She’s even immune to the hero for a good long time. Even after he makes a move she still excels at freezing him off. There is hope for her as she likes children and warms up to some native people who are mont-threatening. She starts to warm up a little when she reluctantly adopts a snarling, scratching demon cat which is really just the perfect pet for her in too many ways.
Rather bland goings on for the most part. It’s not the dramatic enough for an angst fest. Just pity the H’s father who is saddled with the mommy. That’s what you get for marrying in haste. At least the hero had a fighting chance.
January 4, 2016
Not my favourite by her. Hero overhears heroine getting a marriage proposal from a co-worker. Heroine quits job because she turned down the proposal. Ends up working for the hero who keeps trying to figure her out. Some interesting locations in the South Pacific. Some psychology about the impact of the heroine's mother, but not a lot of drama.
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