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Redemption
THE BEAUTY...
Lovely, talented actress Gabriela Rozina vowed to make her mark on the stage, to triumph over her wretched childhood as an orphan. No one understood the ambition that kept her rehearsing until midnight, alone in London's Drury Theatre. Only she wasn't alone. He was there, a handsome stranger whose burning eyes both terrified and tantalized her and whose powerfully sensuality filled her with a dizzying, nameless desire ...
THE BEAST...
He was creature of the night, a monster damned for eternity. For three hundred years, Marcus Danewell had existed without knowing the tenderness of a woman. Until Gabriela lured him from his subterranean hiding place with her spirit and ravishing beauty. He hungered for her kisses, and, heaven help him, her blood. Desperately, he struggled against the temptation to make her his, to initiate her into the ways of the damned; yet he was drawn to her by a passion...a passion that could cost Gabriela her earthly soul or give Marcus back what he thought he'd lost forever--the chance to love.
Lovely, talented actress Gabriela Rozina vowed to make her mark on the stage, to triumph over her wretched childhood as an orphan. No one understood the ambition that kept her rehearsing until midnight, alone in London's Drury Theatre. Only she wasn't alone. He was there, a handsome stranger whose burning eyes both terrified and tantalized her and whose powerfully sensuality filled her with a dizzying, nameless desire ...
THE BEAST...
He was creature of the night, a monster damned for eternity. For three hundred years, Marcus Danewell had existed without knowing the tenderness of a woman. Until Gabriela lured him from his subterranean hiding place with her spirit and ravishing beauty. He hungered for her kisses, and, heaven help him, her blood. Desperately, he struggled against the temptation to make her his, to initiate her into the ways of the damned; yet he was drawn to her by a passion...a passion that could cost Gabriela her earthly soul or give Marcus back what he thought he'd lost forever--the chance to love.
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First published February 1, 1997
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October 24, 2010
If you love vampire romance meets Phantom of the Opera, seek out this book. I've had this book since 97 and it's well loved.
January 25, 2018
This is the way Vampire Romance should be. Hard and fast.
The plot moved quickly, the action was not too overdone, just enough. Very enjoyable read.
Though I would highly recommend this to adult readers, not so much a young reader though.
Left me with a few questions at the end, but I suppose I will just have to read it all again. I suppose it could have done with a bit more of the gruesome side of being a Vampire though. Though if you want lite Vampire instead of alot of blood this is one to read.
Way better than Twilight on all levels though.
Update: Still with the same question at the end, no matter how many times I read this one
The plot moved quickly, the action was not too overdone, just enough. Very enjoyable read.
Though I would highly recommend this to adult readers, not so much a young reader though.
Left me with a few questions at the end, but I suppose I will just have to read it all again. I suppose it could have done with a bit more of the gruesome side of being a Vampire though. Though if you want lite Vampire instead of alot of blood this is one to read.
Way better than Twilight on all levels though.
Update: Still with the same question at the end, no matter how many times I read this one
March 9, 2023
The heroines dream of becoming a star, of joining the elite acting company set to travel the world and perform Shakespeare to the masses, has always been laughed at. No one has ever believed in her, other than the casting director who gave her this chance to star as Ophelia in the new rendition of Hamlet. She's determined to succeed. She refuses to accept the stereotypes of an actress and surrender her body to any wealthy man that shows interest. She will succeed on her own terms and the constant pressure of her admirer is becoming a serious problem as he's becoming more aggressive towards her.
Practicing late one night, going over her lines to improve her stage presence, she encounters the most beautiful man she's ever seen. He appears out of the darkness to comfort her while she cries in a brief moment of weakness. She falls in love with his on sight, feeling as if somehow this man has always been a part of her soul. He is very distant and it seems like her presence is causing him distress and she can't understand why. She pleads with him to help her practice her lines, knowing at this chemistry between them will go a long way towards inflicting true emotion into the written words. He is hesitant and obviously anxious to retreat but she convinces him to stay. In that span of time, she comes to learn a whole lot about this man while at the same time realizing that she knows so little. He is tormented and very brooding. He says she is the most beautiful creature he's ever seen, a comment that stuns and compels her. While at the same time, after they share a kiss, he flees back into the shadows.
As days pass, she awaits a chance to see him again, brazenly calling him out for watching her from the shadows but being too cowardly to show himself.... Little does she know the dangers she's courting but perhaps even if she did, the need to have this man would have driven her anyway.
The hero knows this woman is both a dagger in his very being as well as a source of light to his darkness. He thought to watch her from the rafters, willing is not content, with just seeing her beauty and never touching. He should have known better. This woman is brave and stubborn, but horribly foolish. He's a monster. She makes it worse. It's better if he just stays away. But he can't. She won't let him. They enter into a complex and tormented love affair. Both loving each other with an intense passion bordering on obsessive while at the same time having so very much stacked against them. The heroine's mortality. The hero’s pain and suffering and insecurities. The hero’s maker returning to torment him again. It seems as if their love is losing the battle and the darkness is rapidly swallowing them whole.
Okay, this is not normally a complaint of mind but I found this book to be too angsty. I KNOW! What the hell, right? Me, not a fan of the level of torment and pain laced throughout the book? Unthinkable. Yet..... It just got to the point where it past believable and reasonable torture and became a mockery of true human emotion. The hero was just a mess, emotionally. He was insecure, he was full of pain and suffering and he wallowed in his misery almost gleefully. He was always so brooding and quick to succumb to his dark thoughts. Brief moments of happiness were always quick to be over shadowed by another issue he endured and it just became too much. Too much drama. The heroine cried too much. Considering she was portrayed as a strong woman willing to fight for her dreams, she spent nearly every chapter weeping over something or another. Together they had an intense passion but one that became so obsessive and almost unhealthy. The heroine went into almost a withdraw when she was parted from the hero. I didn't much like that feeling. The whole storyline was focused on their pain and their love. Nothing went into setting, little into an actual villain, and the whole of the story took place in the theatre. No change of scenery made this book become boring quite fast. I'm struggle to rate this book because it deserves more than a 2 star but I find it hard to say it went as far as deserving a 3. I will round op and say that this book was intense and I'm not too interested in reading it again considering the heavy feeling it left me with.
Practicing late one night, going over her lines to improve her stage presence, she encounters the most beautiful man she's ever seen. He appears out of the darkness to comfort her while she cries in a brief moment of weakness. She falls in love with his on sight, feeling as if somehow this man has always been a part of her soul. He is very distant and it seems like her presence is causing him distress and she can't understand why. She pleads with him to help her practice her lines, knowing at this chemistry between them will go a long way towards inflicting true emotion into the written words. He is hesitant and obviously anxious to retreat but she convinces him to stay. In that span of time, she comes to learn a whole lot about this man while at the same time realizing that she knows so little. He is tormented and very brooding. He says she is the most beautiful creature he's ever seen, a comment that stuns and compels her. While at the same time, after they share a kiss, he flees back into the shadows.
As days pass, she awaits a chance to see him again, brazenly calling him out for watching her from the shadows but being too cowardly to show himself.... Little does she know the dangers she's courting but perhaps even if she did, the need to have this man would have driven her anyway.
The hero knows this woman is both a dagger in his very being as well as a source of light to his darkness. He thought to watch her from the rafters, willing is not content, with just seeing her beauty and never touching. He should have known better. This woman is brave and stubborn, but horribly foolish. He's a monster. She makes it worse. It's better if he just stays away. But he can't. She won't let him. They enter into a complex and tormented love affair. Both loving each other with an intense passion bordering on obsessive while at the same time having so very much stacked against them. The heroine's mortality. The hero’s pain and suffering and insecurities. The hero’s maker returning to torment him again. It seems as if their love is losing the battle and the darkness is rapidly swallowing them whole.
Okay, this is not normally a complaint of mind but I found this book to be too angsty. I KNOW! What the hell, right? Me, not a fan of the level of torment and pain laced throughout the book? Unthinkable. Yet..... It just got to the point where it past believable and reasonable torture and became a mockery of true human emotion. The hero was just a mess, emotionally. He was insecure, he was full of pain and suffering and he wallowed in his misery almost gleefully. He was always so brooding and quick to succumb to his dark thoughts. Brief moments of happiness were always quick to be over shadowed by another issue he endured and it just became too much. Too much drama. The heroine cried too much. Considering she was portrayed as a strong woman willing to fight for her dreams, she spent nearly every chapter weeping over something or another. Together they had an intense passion but one that became so obsessive and almost unhealthy. The heroine went into almost a withdraw when she was parted from the hero. I didn't much like that feeling. The whole storyline was focused on their pain and their love. Nothing went into setting, little into an actual villain, and the whole of the story took place in the theatre. No change of scenery made this book become boring quite fast. I'm struggle to rate this book because it deserves more than a 2 star but I find it hard to say it went as far as deserving a 3. I will round op and say that this book was intense and I'm not too interested in reading it again considering the heavy feeling it left me with.
July 11, 2010
As actress Gabriela Rozina rehearses until midnight in London's Drury Theatre, a creature of the night watches her. For 300 years, Marcus Danewell has existed without knowing the tenderness of a woman. Now, he struggles against the temptation to make Gabriela his own.
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