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Heart Trilogy #2
Corazón ardiente
Como hija de un vizconde, la vivaz Coralee Whitmore está perfectamente situada para escribir acerca de a élite de Londres en la descarada gaceta para damas Heart to Heart. Pero bajo su elegante fachada late un corazón de una verdadera periodista.
De modo que cuando la muerte de su hermana queda descartada como un suicdio, Corrie jura descubrir la verdad, sospechando el que célebre conde de Tremaine era el amante de Laurel y el padre de su hijo ilegítimo. Corrie se infiltra en el castillo Tremaine figiendo ser una ingenua pariente cuya encantadora figura, y precarias circunstancias, la hacen irresisitble para el redomado granuja. Pero Corrie descubre que el conde no es lo que parece... ni ella es inmune a sus encantos, a pesar de lo mucho que desprecie su comportamiento libertino. Lejos de la columna de sociedad, la vida de Corrie se parece más a un culebrón de Dickens. Pero el peligro de su ardid difícilmente es ficticio: alguien está empeñado en asegurarse de que las preguntas de Corrie queden sin respuesta... y sin ser formuladas.
De modo que cuando la muerte de su hermana queda descartada como un suicdio, Corrie jura descubrir la verdad, sospechando el que célebre conde de Tremaine era el amante de Laurel y el padre de su hijo ilegítimo. Corrie se infiltra en el castillo Tremaine figiendo ser una ingenua pariente cuya encantadora figura, y precarias circunstancias, la hacen irresisitble para el redomado granuja. Pero Corrie descubre que el conde no es lo que parece... ni ella es inmune a sus encantos, a pesar de lo mucho que desprecie su comportamiento libertino. Lejos de la columna de sociedad, la vida de Corrie se parece más a un culebrón de Dickens. Pero el peligro de su ardid difícilmente es ficticio: alguien está empeñado en asegurarse de que las preguntas de Corrie queden sin respuesta... y sin ser formuladas.
352 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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About the author
Kat Martin
188 books3,171 followersKathleen Kelly Martin (aka Kathy Lawrence, Kasey Mars)
Kathleen Kelly was born on 14 July 1947 in the Central Valley of California, USA. She obtained a degree in Anthropology and also studied History at the University of California in Santa Barbara. She was a real estate broker, when she met her future husband, Larry Jay Martin. A short time after the two became acquainted, Larry asked her to read an unpublished manuscript of an historical western he'd written. Kat fell in love with both the book and the author! Then, after doing some editing for him, she thought she'd try her own hand at writing. She moved on to become a full time writer.
Published since 1988, she signed her books with her married name, Kat Martin, but she also used two pseudonyms: Kathy Lawrence for a book in collaboration with her husband Larry Jay Martin, and Kasey Mars for her first contemporary romances. The New York Times bestselling writer, among her many awards, has won the prestigious RT Book Review Magazine Career Achievement Award. To date, Kat has over eleven million copies of her books in print. She has been published in seventeen foreign countries, including England, South Africa, Spain, Argentina, Germany, Italy, Greece, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Bulgaria, China, and Korea.
Currently residing with her husband, a Western-writer and photographer, in Missoula, Montana, USA. But when they are not writing, they also enjoy skiing and traveling, particularly to Europe.
"I've always loved books. I was an avid reader, with any number of my own stories rolling around in my head. Writing them down seemed a logical step."
"I love anything old," Kat says. "I love to travel and especially like to visit the places where my books are set. My husband and I often stay in out-of-the-way inns and houses built in times past. It's fun and it gives a wonderful sense of a by-gone era."
Kathleen Kelly was born on 14 July 1947 in the Central Valley of California, USA. She obtained a degree in Anthropology and also studied History at the University of California in Santa Barbara. She was a real estate broker, when she met her future husband, Larry Jay Martin. A short time after the two became acquainted, Larry asked her to read an unpublished manuscript of an historical western he'd written. Kat fell in love with both the book and the author! Then, after doing some editing for him, she thought she'd try her own hand at writing. She moved on to become a full time writer.
Published since 1988, she signed her books with her married name, Kat Martin, but she also used two pseudonyms: Kathy Lawrence for a book in collaboration with her husband Larry Jay Martin, and Kasey Mars for her first contemporary romances. The New York Times bestselling writer, among her many awards, has won the prestigious RT Book Review Magazine Career Achievement Award. To date, Kat has over eleven million copies of her books in print. She has been published in seventeen foreign countries, including England, South Africa, Spain, Argentina, Germany, Italy, Greece, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Bulgaria, China, and Korea.
Currently residing with her husband, a Western-writer and photographer, in Missoula, Montana, USA. But when they are not writing, they also enjoy skiing and traveling, particularly to Europe.
"I've always loved books. I was an avid reader, with any number of my own stories rolling around in my head. Writing them down seemed a logical step."
"I love anything old," Kat says. "I love to travel and especially like to visit the places where my books are set. My husband and I often stay in out-of-the-way inns and houses built in times past. It's fun and it gives a wonderful sense of a by-gone era."
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October 24, 2021
2 y media *.
Con bastantes clichés (sobre todo del hombre que no sabe amar que ya me tiene bastante podrida) pero correcta.
Con un misterio a resolver que, cual CSI, menos mal que los culpables cuenta sus motivaciones porque sino nos quedamos en ascuas.
Con bastantes clichés (sobre todo del hombre que no sabe amar que ya me tiene bastante podrida) pero correcta.
Con un misterio a resolver que, cual CSI, menos mal que los culpables cuenta sus motivaciones porque sino nos quedamos en ascuas.
November 25, 2022
3.5 stars! I wished the romance was a bit more slow burn but still a hot spicy romantic read.
July 3, 2024
No esperaba q me gustara tanto la trama y es q me ha sorprendido lo bien armada q esta la trama argumental y es q estas historias son las q me hicieron enamorarme del género romántico histórico y actualmente ya es muy difícil encontrar historias tan bien escritas q no han sido dejadas a la improvisación.
Conocimos a Corrie como la amiga de Krista y nuestra experta en cotilleos. La historia empieza con el funeral de la hermana de Corrie, Laurel, quien presuntamente se habría suicidado con su hijo ilegítimo en brazos. A pesar de lo truculento del caso, me ha gustado particularmente q la trama no se detiene en la cuestión del escándalo, q existe obvio xq se ha muerto la hija de un visconde y encima se ha cargado al hijo nacido de una relación extramatrimonial; pero la narrativa no va de lo escandalizada q está la gente sino del dolor de la familia y particularmente del dolor de Coralee, xq además ella está segura q su hermana no se suicidaría y menos mataría a su hijo. El problema pasa xq si Laurel no se suicidó, es q la mataron, a ella y al bebé y Corrie esta decidida a averiguar quien fue. El primer sospechoso: el presunto padre, q no sabemos quien fue, pero Corrie empieza su actividad detectivesca q la lleva a asumir otra personalidad e inflitrarse en el castillo del conde de Tremaine, quien es el primer candidato a asesino de su hermana.
A partir de allí, todo empieza a complicarse, xq una vez instalada en el castillo no solo se multiplican los posibles candidatos a ex amantes/asesinos/padres desnaturalizados, sino q Corrie se ve cada vez más atraída al candidato Nº 01: Gray conde de Tremaine.
El suspense es sutil pero efectivo, y se van añadiendo buenas dosis de otros ingredientes q siempre le ponen sazón a este tipo de historias: atracción física entre los personajes principales con una interacción dialectica más q suficiente y mucha tensión sexual pero sin hacer las cosas tórridas, personajes secundarios interesantes q sin embargo no roban protagonismo sino q aportan tensión y más especulación, giros de tuerca q no te esperas y un final bastante dramático pero efectivo. De esos q contestan todas las preguntas y no dejan cabos sueltos.
Definitivamente este es mi tipo de historia, ya no se escriben historias como esta...ya lo dije pero lo vuelvo a repetir xq se extrañan esos tiempos...
Conocimos a Corrie como la amiga de Krista y nuestra experta en cotilleos. La historia empieza con el funeral de la hermana de Corrie, Laurel, quien presuntamente se habría suicidado con su hijo ilegítimo en brazos. A pesar de lo truculento del caso, me ha gustado particularmente q la trama no se detiene en la cuestión del escándalo, q existe obvio xq se ha muerto la hija de un visconde y encima se ha cargado al hijo nacido de una relación extramatrimonial; pero la narrativa no va de lo escandalizada q está la gente sino del dolor de la familia y particularmente del dolor de Coralee, xq además ella está segura q su hermana no se suicidaría y menos mataría a su hijo. El problema pasa xq si Laurel no se suicidó, es q la mataron, a ella y al bebé y Corrie esta decidida a averiguar quien fue. El primer sospechoso: el presunto padre, q no sabemos quien fue, pero Corrie empieza su actividad detectivesca q la lleva a asumir otra personalidad e inflitrarse en el castillo del conde de Tremaine, quien es el primer candidato a asesino de su hermana.
A partir de allí, todo empieza a complicarse, xq una vez instalada en el castillo no solo se multiplican los posibles candidatos a ex amantes/asesinos/padres desnaturalizados, sino q Corrie se ve cada vez más atraída al candidato Nº 01: Gray conde de Tremaine.
El suspense es sutil pero efectivo, y se van añadiendo buenas dosis de otros ingredientes q siempre le ponen sazón a este tipo de historias: atracción física entre los personajes principales con una interacción dialectica más q suficiente y mucha tensión sexual pero sin hacer las cosas tórridas, personajes secundarios interesantes q sin embargo no roban protagonismo sino q aportan tensión y más especulación, giros de tuerca q no te esperas y un final bastante dramático pero efectivo. De esos q contestan todas las preguntas y no dejan cabos sueltos.
Definitivamente este es mi tipo de historia, ya no se escriben historias como esta...ya lo dije pero lo vuelvo a repetir xq se extrañan esos tiempos...
August 26, 2015
Πέρασε ο καιρός και έχουμε επιτέλους στα χέρια μας και στις βιβλιοθήκες μας το δεύτερο μέρος της τριλογίας Από Καρδιάς της λατρεμένης Kat Martin. Η αλήθεια είναι πως μπαίνοντας στον πειρασμό να το συγκρίνω με το πρώτο μέρος της τριλογίας “Περιφανή Καρδιά”, η “Φλογερή Καρδιά” δεν έχει κάτι βασικό. Δεν έχει έναν Λέιφ. Θέλοντας να είμαι ειλικρινής οφείλω να ομολογήσω πως νόμιζα πως θα μου έλειπε η κοφτερή του γλώσσα και η ανεπιτήδευτη γλώσσα με την οποία αντιμετώπιζε την συντηρητική Αγγλία. Όμως έκανα λάθος.
Η “Φλογερή Καρδιά” είναι ένα καταπληκτικό μυθιστόρημα με έντονη αστυνομική χροιά. Η ίδια η ιστορία έχει τόσο ενδιαφέρον που συχνά έπιανα τον εαυτό μου να αδιαφορεί για τον ερωτικό πυρήνα του βιβλίου.
Η λαίδη Κόραλι Γουίτμορ βρίσκεται αντιμέτωπη με την αυτοκτονία της αδερφής της. Πενθώντας αλλά και αρνούμενη να κατανοήσει την αποτρόπαια αυτή πράξη, καταφτάνει στην έπαυλη του κόμη Τρεμέιν, προσπαθώντας να ανακαλύψει εάν είναι ο εραστής και δολοφόνος της αδερφής της. Για να μάθει όμως την αλήθεια μεταμφιέζεται σε ασήμαντη φτωχή συγγενή, μη μπορώντας να προβλέψει την ερωτική έλξη ανάμεσα σε εκείνη και τον άντρα που έχει ως στόχο να παραδώσει στη δικαιοσύνη.
Η πένα της Kat Martin για ακόμη μια φορά εντυπωσιάζει. Έχει τη μοναδική ικανότητα να σε ταξιδεύει μέσα από λυρικές περιγραφές τοπίων και ερωτικούς διαλόγους. Οι χαρακτήρες που χτίζει είναι εξαιρετικοί, αλλά αυτή τη φορά η βαρύτητα που δίνει στο ψυχογράφημα, όχι μόνο του πρωταγωνιστικού ζευγαριού, αλλά και των δευτερευόντων χαρακτήρων είναι αξιοσημείωτη. Μοναδικές ερωτικές σκηνές, απόλυτη χημεία και ένα αστυνομικό μυστήριο το οποίο κάνει ακόμα πιο ενδιαφέρον το βιβλίο. Προσωπικά με κέρδισε η προσοχή στις διακυμάνσεις της σχέσης του Γκρέι και της Κόλαρι.
Τον Νοέμβριο, περιμένουμε με αγωνία από τις εκδόσεις Άρλεκιν το τελευταίο μέρος της τριλογίας με πρωταγωνιστή έναν ακόμη Βίκινγκ.
Η “Φλογερή Καρδιά” είναι ένα καταπληκτικό μυθιστόρημα με έντονη αστυνομική χροιά. Η ίδια η ιστορία έχει τόσο ενδιαφέρον που συχνά έπιανα τον εαυτό μου να αδιαφορεί για τον ερωτικό πυρήνα του βιβλίου.
Η λαίδη Κόραλι Γουίτμορ βρίσκεται αντιμέτωπη με την αυτοκτονία της αδερφής της. Πενθώντας αλλά και αρνούμενη να κατανοήσει την αποτρόπαια αυτή πράξη, καταφτάνει στην έπαυλη του κόμη Τρεμέιν, προσπαθώντας να ανακαλύψει εάν είναι ο εραστής και δολοφόνος της αδερφής της. Για να μάθει όμως την αλήθεια μεταμφιέζεται σε ασήμαντη φτωχή συγγενή, μη μπορώντας να προβλέψει την ερωτική έλξη ανάμεσα σε εκείνη και τον άντρα που έχει ως στόχο να παραδώσει στη δικαιοσύνη.
Η πένα της Kat Martin για ακόμη μια φορά εντυπωσιάζει. Έχει τη μοναδική ικανότητα να σε ταξιδεύει μέσα από λυρικές περιγραφές τοπίων και ερωτικούς διαλόγους. Οι χαρακτήρες που χτίζει είναι εξαιρετικοί, αλλά αυτή τη φορά η βαρύτητα που δίνει στο ψυχογράφημα, όχι μόνο του πρωταγωνιστικού ζευγαριού, αλλά και των δευτερευόντων χαρακτήρων είναι αξιοσημείωτη. Μοναδικές ερωτικές σκηνές, απόλυτη χημεία και ένα αστυνομικό μυστήριο το οποίο κάνει ακόμα πιο ενδιαφέρον το βιβλίο. Προσωπικά με κέρδισε η προσοχή στις διακυμάνσεις της σχέσης του Γκρέι και της Κόλαρι.
Τον Νοέμβριο, περιμένουμε με αγωνία από τις εκδόσεις Άρλεκιν το τελευταίο μέρος της τριλογίας με πρωταγωνιστή έναν ακόμη Βίκινγκ.
February 9, 2020
Como pasar de una primera parte interesante y original, con un buen estilo y una historia coherente, a meterse en asesinatos, clichés de épocas y personajes sin sentido.
Aquí la protagonista se pone a dilucidar quién acabó con la vida de su hermana, que había tenido un bebé recientemente sin saberse quién era el padre. Para ello se hace pasar por otra mujer y se va a vivir a un castillo con desconocidos. Eso ya para empezar muy creíble no es, porque que te dejen entrar en una casa haciéndote pasar por alguien como si nada.. no lo veo.
Pero es que tras eso, el romance es todo acartonado. Ex amantes malévolas de por medio. Mentiras y seducción absurda. Una virgen que se hace pasar por una mujer casada. Y luego, cuando se arma todo y la familia de ella le rompe la trama...
Los obligan a casarse. Se odian. Luego se aman en secreto. Él no puede confesar sentimientos porque 'no sabe cómo amar' y ella es una suave y débil mujer. Investigan mientras se odian, pero se acuestan porque sucumben al placer, pero no. Drama. Tragedia. Se descubre todo: que sorpresa! (spoiler: no, era super predecible y visto ya mil veces).
Y final super feliz sacado de la manga.
Así no.
Aquí la protagonista se pone a dilucidar quién acabó con la vida de su hermana, que había tenido un bebé recientemente sin saberse quién era el padre. Para ello se hace pasar por otra mujer y se va a vivir a un castillo con desconocidos. Eso ya para empezar muy creíble no es, porque que te dejen entrar en una casa haciéndote pasar por alguien como si nada.. no lo veo.
Pero es que tras eso, el romance es todo acartonado. Ex amantes malévolas de por medio. Mentiras y seducción absurda. Una virgen que se hace pasar por una mujer casada. Y luego, cuando se arma todo y la familia de ella le rompe la trama...
Los obligan a casarse. Se odian. Luego se aman en secreto. Él no puede confesar sentimientos porque 'no sabe cómo amar' y ella es una suave y débil mujer. Investigan mientras se odian, pero se acuestan porque sucumben al placer, pero no. Drama. Tragedia. Se descubre todo: que sorpresa! (spoiler: no, era super predecible y visto ya mil veces).
Y final super feliz sacado de la manga.
Así no.
November 2, 2020
The heroine with the awful name Coralee is supposed to be intelligent. To investigate her sister's murder (one of many foolish decisions), she decides to play an uneducated ditz but does it laughably badly. She clumsily reveals her ability to read Greek, speak French, familiarity with Homer, can't remember 5 minutes later whether she lived with her claimed husband over or under a year...so the ex-military hero/earl Gray has no difficulty figuring out she's lying (a twelve year old child could have figured it out). How lucky that he was looking for a sexual relationship and considered that her looks and "mystery" made up for her lack of brains. Not all men require brains in their mistresses or courtesans although that does make such men themselves less attractive.
Coralee suspected him on the basis of nothing as possible murderer of her sister and his own baby, lied to him repeatedly and snooped in his bedroom and study, reading his private letters from his dead mother, not exactly the best wife and trusted partner material. However, ignorant of her perfidy he seduced her and by the rules of the day and her Viscount father in high dudgeon, he was forced to marry the not too bright deceiver who went on to explore a dark secret passageway and snoop in another man's room, caught by that man and her husband and "Lucy...she had some s'plaining to do" Really, she acted like screwball Lucy Ricardo of I Love Lucy and had the same red hair.
In another bone-headed move, when hubby said his brother's coming child could be his heir instead of a child of their own, she didn't bother telling him that the brother had been cuckolded. That would break the bloodline but she didn't think it was important for her husband the Earl to know?
TSTL heroine, awkward plot, clumsily inserted characters from other novels by the author, strangely sterile love scenes resulted in skim-reading to the anti-climactic end. Anyone who could not predict the resurrection of the baby wasn't paying attention.
One good line: "Perhaps that was the thing about desire. It chose you, not the other way around".
Coralee suspected him on the basis of nothing as possible murderer of her sister and his own baby, lied to him repeatedly and snooped in his bedroom and study, reading his private letters from his dead mother, not exactly the best wife and trusted partner material. However, ignorant of her perfidy he seduced her and by the rules of the day and her Viscount father in high dudgeon, he was forced to marry the not too bright deceiver who went on to explore a dark secret passageway and snoop in another man's room, caught by that man and her husband and "Lucy...she had some s'plaining to do" Really, she acted like screwball Lucy Ricardo of I Love Lucy and had the same red hair.
In another bone-headed move, when hubby said his brother's coming child could be his heir instead of a child of their own, she didn't bother telling him that the brother had been cuckolded. That would break the bloodline but she didn't think it was important for her husband the Earl to know?
TSTL heroine, awkward plot, clumsily inserted characters from other novels by the author, strangely sterile love scenes resulted in skim-reading to the anti-climactic end. Anyone who could not predict the resurrection of the baby wasn't paying attention.
One good line: "Perhaps that was the thing about desire. It chose you, not the other way around".
November 24, 2021
This is a really wonderful Historical Romantic Suspense. Even as an early work, this book is a great work by Kat Martin, one of my favorite Romantic Suspense authors. This book is a rare plot for an Historical Romance. The mystery is an intricate part of the plot. It is the foundation and the driving element of the book as a whole. The baddie wasn't revealed util near the end of the book.
When Coralee Whitmore's sister, Laurel, and her infant child die, everyone called it a murder suicide. Coralee would not accept that. As a viscount's daughter, she is a daughter of privilege, but she is also a writer for a ladies gazette, Heart to Heart, and is determined to get to the truth.
With nothing more to go on than village gossip, Coralee goes undercover at the home of the Earl of Tremaine, who has quite the reputation with the ladies and was on the top of Coralee's list of suspects as her sister's lover and the father of her illegitimate child. But, the closer she gets to the Earl, eh more she knows he isn't the villain and the more she loses her heart to him. Together, they are going to find out what really happened.
When Coralee Whitmore's sister, Laurel, and her infant child die, everyone called it a murder suicide. Coralee would not accept that. As a viscount's daughter, she is a daughter of privilege, but she is also a writer for a ladies gazette, Heart to Heart, and is determined to get to the truth.
With nothing more to go on than village gossip, Coralee goes undercover at the home of the Earl of Tremaine, who has quite the reputation with the ladies and was on the top of Coralee's list of suspects as her sister's lover and the father of her illegitimate child. But, the closer she gets to the Earl, eh more she knows he isn't the villain and the more she loses her heart to him. Together, they are going to find out what really happened.
March 30, 2017
This was a very good book and narration by Beverly Crick. (audible review)
I really enjoyed it a lot. I liked Coralee, she was smart, beautiful and had spunk. I liked the Earl too. They had some good chemistry together and made a great match. I did enjoy this book more than the first one and am glad I moved on with the series.
The story line and plot was good. I really liked how she infiltrated his home and did some spying. There was a good mystery here and a couple twists and turns that made this story even more exciting. There was a lot of great dialogue throughout the entire book. I was easy to follow along and flowed very well.
As for the narration, it was great. Beverly Crick gets better and better. She does a great job on the men's voices and does accents very well. Everyone gets their own distinct voice and she reads with emotion.
I am moving on to the third book in this series.
I really enjoyed it a lot. I liked Coralee, she was smart, beautiful and had spunk. I liked the Earl too. They had some good chemistry together and made a great match. I did enjoy this book more than the first one and am glad I moved on with the series.
The story line and plot was good. I really liked how she infiltrated his home and did some spying. There was a good mystery here and a couple twists and turns that made this story even more exciting. There was a lot of great dialogue throughout the entire book. I was easy to follow along and flowed very well.
As for the narration, it was great. Beverly Crick gets better and better. She does a great job on the men's voices and does accents very well. Everyone gets their own distinct voice and she reads with emotion.
I am moving on to the third book in this series.
abandoned
May 2, 2017Abandoned at 20%. I couldn't get into this one; I didn't particularly care for the heroine.
September 26, 2009
Well, it wasn't too terrible. Actually, up until the very, very end I was fairly sure I'd love the book. There were numerous story-point changes, from Coralee pretending to be Letty Moss (Gray's supposed cousin's wife left abandoned and destitute) and moving in, to the two becoming spouses to save Corrie from scandal to the subplot involving Corrie's dead sisters whose death was suspicious. Overall, the book was very explosive, with a lot of intrigue and emotional rollercoasters between Gray and Corrie, but sadly, the primary bummer came- ONCE AGAIN!!!!- at the end. Within three pages, Martin reveals the Rebecca (Gray's sister-in-law) arranged to have Gray killed rather than his first wife, was behind the murder of Corrie's sister and child, was carrying her husband's brother, Jason's, baby rather than Charle's, is shot in the neck, that Charles' infant is still alive, and that Charles and Jason are right as rain after all this...
While I don't mind for a lot of dramatic points to be combined into just a few pages, what bothers me is when the author doesn't reveal seemingly accurate character reactions. During this dinner party where everything goes crazy, everyone- practically EVERYONE- is calm as can be. There are no overly shocking reactions...it all just seemed too...blase.
I won't say I hated the book because of this bad, BAD aspect, I did enjoy it enough to consider maintaining Kat Martin as an author to read. Not a favorite book, but definatly not a waste of time.
While I don't mind for a lot of dramatic points to be combined into just a few pages, what bothers me is when the author doesn't reveal seemingly accurate character reactions. During this dinner party where everything goes crazy, everyone- practically EVERYONE- is calm as can be. There are no overly shocking reactions...it all just seemed too...blase.
I won't say I hated the book because of this bad, BAD aspect, I did enjoy it enough to consider maintaining Kat Martin as an author to read. Not a favorite book, but definatly not a waste of time.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 28, 2010
definitely a page turner.. can't get enough of it. loving the necklace trilogy of Kat Martin.. the flow of the story is fast for the first part.. but it somehow slowed in nearing the ending.
she brought out the characters of the heroin and the hero of the story... went well all through out!
she brought out the characters of the heroin and the hero of the story... went well all through out!
April 24, 2015
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พระเอกมีน้องชาย 3 คน น้องชายก็นอกใจเมียไปมีอะไรกับคนอื่น ส่วนตัวภรรยาของน้องชายคนนี้ ก็นอกใจไปมีอะไรกับน้องชายพระเอกอีกคน
โอย ความจงรักภักดีในครอบครัวอยู่ที่ไหน
ให้ 3 ดาวแบบพอถูไถ อ่านได้ก่อนนอน
นางเอกปลอมตัวเป็นภรรยาของญาติห่างๆของพระเอก เพื่อจะเข้าไปสืบหาตัวคนร้ายที่ฆ่าพี่สาวเธอ
พระเอกเจอนางเอกก็ถูกใจ อยากได้ แหม ไม่สนด้วยซ้ำว่านั่นน่ะเมียญาตินะจ๊ะ
พระเอกมีน้องชาย 3 คน น้องชายก็นอกใจเมียไปมีอะไรกับคนอื่น ส่วนตัวภรรยาของน้องชายคนนี้ ก็นอกใจไปมีอะไรกับน้องชายพระเอกอีกคน
โอย ความจงรักภักดีในครอบครัวอยู่ที่ไหน
ให้ 3 ดาวแบบพอถูไถ อ่านได้ก่อนนอน
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January 20, 2009
I can recommend Martin's other books, notably Fanning the Flame, however, I just HATED the hero of this one. HATE. The heroine wasn't a whole lot better, but she was plucky and enterprising and entirely wasted on hero. Once a hero needs to resort to aphrodisiacs to woe his lady love, the bloom is off the rose for me :)
February 5, 2008
Jason likes to get me a trashy romance novel for christmas every year....they can be kind of funny to read.
February 17, 2023
After her sister Laurel’s death, deemed suicide, Coralee Whitmore assumes the persona of a poor relation of Grayson Forsythe, Earl of Tremaine and the man she thinks was Laurel’s lover, and investigates her sister’s death. She is sure Laurel would never kill herself or harm her baby. Cora and her cousin Allison go to Castle Tremaine to find evidence.
Love, HEA, and a startling conclusion make this gothic tinged romance a good choice for most romance fans. Recommended.
Readalikes:
Amanda Quick – The River Knows and the Lavinia Lake and Tobias March series; Elizabeth Hoyt’s Maiden Lane romances; Valerie Bowman’s Secret brides series; Cara Elliott’s Circle of Sin trilogy; Megan Frampton – The Duke’s Guide to Correct Behavior; Sherry Thomas – His at Night; Lorraine Heath – She Tempts the Duke; Liz Carlyle – One Touch of Scandal.
Pace: Fast-paced
Characters: Well-developed
Storyline: Intricately plotted
Writing style: Engaging
Tone: Steamy
Frame: London, Castle Tremaine; 1844
Themes: Enemies to lovers
Red flags/Trigger warning: Murder, child endangerment
Love, HEA, and a startling conclusion make this gothic tinged romance a good choice for most romance fans. Recommended.
Readalikes:
Amanda Quick – The River Knows and the Lavinia Lake and Tobias March series; Elizabeth Hoyt’s Maiden Lane romances; Valerie Bowman’s Secret brides series; Cara Elliott’s Circle of Sin trilogy; Megan Frampton – The Duke’s Guide to Correct Behavior; Sherry Thomas – His at Night; Lorraine Heath – She Tempts the Duke; Liz Carlyle – One Touch of Scandal.
Pace: Fast-paced
Characters: Well-developed
Storyline: Intricately plotted
Writing style: Engaging
Tone: Steamy
Frame: London, Castle Tremaine; 1844
Themes: Enemies to lovers
Red flags/Trigger warning: Murder, child endangerment
February 15, 2021
I didn't love this book as much as the first. One of the things I loved about the first book was how funny Leif was; he cracked me up so much with his lines.
However, I liked Corrie and Gray in this book; it just kinda dragged. I read the first book in a day (and it was a reread) while this one's taken me about a week (and I'd never read it before). The mystery took forever, and
The steamy scenes towards the end were good, and overall, I liked this book and will read the third book. It just took forever to get anywhere.
However, I liked Corrie and Gray in this book; it just kinda dragged. I read the first book in a day (and it was a reread) while this one's taken me about a week (and I'd never read it before). The mystery took forever, and
The steamy scenes towards the end were good, and overall, I liked this book and will read the third book. It just took forever to get anywhere.
October 13, 2023
Fantastic book.
I absolutely loved this book and couldn’t stop reading. Corrie is sure someone killed her sister and baby nephew. She pretends to be someone else but ends up falling for Gray. Loved them together. As they find out something towards the end, I didn’t expect to cry so hard. Also, can Gray keep her safe? Loved the suspense level and really loved their happy ever after. I highly recommend this book.
I absolutely loved this book and couldn’t stop reading. Corrie is sure someone killed her sister and baby nephew. She pretends to be someone else but ends up falling for Gray. Loved them together. As they find out something towards the end, I didn’t expect to cry so hard. Also, can Gray keep her safe? Loved the suspense level and really loved their happy ever after. I highly recommend this book.
April 30, 2019
3.5 stars. I love Beverley A Crick’s narration. The mystery wasn’t as easy to figure out as I thought it would be. I do enjoy a fake identity story, but probably won’t remember this by tomorrow.
Updated to add: Just remembered one thing that bothered me about several characters in this book, including the hero. The lack of respect for wedding vows and quickness to commit adultery.
Updated to add: Just remembered one thing that bothered me about several characters in this book, including the hero. The lack of respect for wedding vows and quickness to commit adultery.
March 20, 2025
Coralee's sister is found floating in the river and she's thought she killed herself and month old illegitimate son. Corrie doesn't believe it so starts out to find a murderer. She falls in love and married Gray first but still thinks her sister is innocent. Together they find little Joshua and the murderer and return Joshua to his father after learning his wife and her friend had Laurel killed
July 14, 2020
Me gusto mucho aunque tengo que admitir que fue muy predecible en un inició, luego la autora te intenta confundir pero siempre tuve la ideas de quienes eran culpables de distintas cosas. Excepto por Thomas, eso si que no lo había pensado.
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August 8, 2022
Very good
I have really enjoyed this series. All the characters are unique and interesting! I loved each of their stories! Kst Marins Romance and intrigue always keeps you turning the page!
I have really enjoyed this series. All the characters are unique and interesting! I loved each of their stories! Kst Marins Romance and intrigue always keeps you turning the page!
June 29, 2023
Second of a series. I enjoyed the mystery of this story more than the first one. Still loving the romance world but I am going to leave traditional romance behind for now unless someone can recommend a sexy period piece book that isn’t so formulaic.
July 2, 2025
Mesmerizing Writing!!!!
This novel had many interesting characters, among my favorites; Corrie, Laurel,
Grey & Charles. He believed himself incapable to love. She set out on a very important quest. Once they meet everything they believe comes into question. Hugely Recommend!!!!!
This novel had many interesting characters, among my favorites; Corrie, Laurel,
Grey & Charles. He believed himself incapable to love. She set out on a very important quest. Once they meet everything they believe comes into question. Hugely Recommend!!!!!
June 3, 2017
Loved it! I loved Coralee and how she seemed to deal with the murder of her sister. Disappointed how easily the Earl found out her secret but still a good read.
August 18, 2018
Keeps you on your toes wondering who the killer is highly recommend 👍👍
May 19, 2020
Este libro No me gusto, siento que me falto conectar con los protagonistas.
January 25, 2021
1.5 No me gustó ni un poco, no se porqué lo termine, supongo que por el porno escrito, pero ni siquiera eso estaba bien logrado. En fin, no lo recomiendo
Media estrellita por el intento de trama
Media estrellita por el intento de trama
April 9, 2022
intrepid heroine
She was intent on finding her sister’s killer. He was intent on keeping her safe. They both succeeded and found each other. Good read.
She was intent on finding her sister’s killer. He was intent on keeping her safe. They both succeeded and found each other. Good read.
April 25, 2022
Not bad
Mystery, suspense, drama, romance...the works! This book has it all. Prefer this one to number one of the trilogy. Great read! Let's see what #3 has to offer...
Mystery, suspense, drama, romance...the works! This book has it all. Prefer this one to number one of the trilogy. Great read! Let's see what #3 has to offer...
October 26, 2022
The novel is Soo good I can't wait to read it how can I start
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