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Moonshadow Man
Would Carey get away with it?
Carey had agreed to impersonate her cousin Camilla. Would Dr. Drew Tarrant discover the deception? It would certainly be difficult to fool him, because they were to spend the next fortnight alone together on the idyllic island of Moonshadow Cay. If she wasn't careful, Drew would discover another secret too...that she found him achingly attractive.
Carey had agreed to impersonate her cousin Camilla. Would Dr. Drew Tarrant discover the deception? It would certainly be difficult to fool him, because they were to spend the next fortnight alone together on the idyllic island of Moonshadow Cay. If she wasn't careful, Drew would discover another secret too...that she found him achingly attractive.
187 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
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About the author
Jessica Hart
485 books137 followersAfter a haphazard career spent working and travelling around the world, I stumbled into romance writing as a way to fund a PhD. My first book, A Sweeter Prejudice, came out in 1991, and since then I've written a further 59 books, some of which have won awards in the US and the UK.
I live in York, a historic city in the north of England, and waste the best part of my days planning trips away or on Facebook and Twitter, both of which mean that I end up writing late into the night. As well as romance, I write 'time slips' as Pamela Hartshorne, and am a freelance project editor and occasional writing tutor.
In May 2013 I will publishing the Jessica Hart Vintage Collection of five of my early books from the 90s.
For news of forthcoming books and exclusive offers, do sign up for my newsletter: email jessica@jessicahart.co.uk or come and find me on Facebook.
I live in York, a historic city in the north of England, and waste the best part of my days planning trips away or on Facebook and Twitter, both of which mean that I end up writing late into the night. As well as romance, I write 'time slips' as Pamela Hartshorne, and am a freelance project editor and occasional writing tutor.
In May 2013 I will publishing the Jessica Hart Vintage Collection of five of my early books from the 90s.
For news of forthcoming books and exclusive offers, do sign up for my newsletter: email jessica@jessicahart.co.uk or come and find me on Facebook.
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March 29, 2025
The story is set on a tropical island, someplace where the jungle is thick and hot and very green, and the ocean waves are cool and very blue and make a sighing, rippling sound as they wash over the heroine's bare toes.
The love scenes don't really start till later in the book, after the hero has spent a lot of time acting cold and aloof and pushing the heroine away from him with cutting comments about city girls on holiday and how she's not really there to pry into his personal life. Of course the heroine reacts to this by getting very curious, snooping around his little beachfront shack, and chatting with the warm, motherly native housekeeper who does the cooking and cleaning. I do remember the heroine helping with the dishes, and the housekeeper hugging her and the two of them laughing a lot over cool tropical drinks with tons of rum and fruit.
Naturally when they hang out in the kitchen or out on the patio the heroine gets the feeling that the friendly, smiling housekeeper will give her the low down on the gloomy hero's secret past. But somehow that doesn't happen! I remember the heroine frowning and wishing all the drinks with rum and fruit didn't suddenly get to her in a rush, making her feel so sleepy that she can't even keep her eyes open. The big, friendly housekeeper has secrets too, but she's very kind at heart. I remember her pushing the heroine to lie down in a hammock, or under a beach umbrella, saying something motherly about the hot sun and the heroine's skin being so pale. Of course the heroine feels very annoyed by this, even when she's lying down on soft cushions and listening to the sigh and ripple of the waves on the tropical beach. She keeps thinking about the hero, so cold and brusque and impatient, and wondering what it would take to warm him up. She keeps seeing herself in his arms, in his bed, making love to him and feeling his strong arms around her. Kissing his firm mouth. Of course as she's thinking all this she's really falling asleep, so the pictures of what will happen turn into dreams that are fleeting and fragmented but very vivid!
Like I said, I really can't remember much about this Jessica Hart romance, except that while I was reading it I forgot about everything and was completely in the heroine's head. Total escape!
The love scenes don't really start till later in the book, after the hero has spent a lot of time acting cold and aloof and pushing the heroine away from him with cutting comments about city girls on holiday and how she's not really there to pry into his personal life. Of course the heroine reacts to this by getting very curious, snooping around his little beachfront shack, and chatting with the warm, motherly native housekeeper who does the cooking and cleaning. I do remember the heroine helping with the dishes, and the housekeeper hugging her and the two of them laughing a lot over cool tropical drinks with tons of rum and fruit.
Naturally when they hang out in the kitchen or out on the patio the heroine gets the feeling that the friendly, smiling housekeeper will give her the low down on the gloomy hero's secret past. But somehow that doesn't happen! I remember the heroine frowning and wishing all the drinks with rum and fruit didn't suddenly get to her in a rush, making her feel so sleepy that she can't even keep her eyes open. The big, friendly housekeeper has secrets too, but she's very kind at heart. I remember her pushing the heroine to lie down in a hammock, or under a beach umbrella, saying something motherly about the hot sun and the heroine's skin being so pale. Of course the heroine feels very annoyed by this, even when she's lying down on soft cushions and listening to the sigh and ripple of the waves on the tropical beach. She keeps thinking about the hero, so cold and brusque and impatient, and wondering what it would take to warm him up. She keeps seeing herself in his arms, in his bed, making love to him and feeling his strong arms around her. Kissing his firm mouth. Of course as she's thinking all this she's really falling asleep, so the pictures of what will happen turn into dreams that are fleeting and fragmented but very vivid!
Like I said, I really can't remember much about this Jessica Hart romance, except that while I was reading it I forgot about everything and was completely in the heroine's head. Total escape!
April 5, 2019
Carey had to go instead of her notorious cousin to Moonshadow Cay to photograph the place and write a report about its suitability to be transferred into a resort. She was told no one would notice the difference between her and her cousin. However, Draw Tarrent, the scientist who was researching the coral reef in the island have a lot of doubts concerning her and she had to work hard not to be discovered especially while she was falling deep in love with him.
A very enjoyable novel to read, yet I found the hero too cruel at the end to the heroine.
A very enjoyable novel to read, yet I found the hero too cruel at the end to the heroine.
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August 26, 2024
I found this novel in my grandparents collection last summer, I was putting off reading it until last night, and I must admit it was beautiful Indeed. As I'm used to reading books on my tablet, it was refreshing to hold this book in my hand and enjoy turning its pages especially because the version I found is one published in the 95s (also translated in french).
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