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Moonlight Lovers: Five Love Stories to Enchant You
A collection of tales of supernatural romance features the writing of Jo Beverly, Anita Mills, Patricia Rice, Maura Seger, and Mary Balogh. Original.
368 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 1, 1993
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Mary Balogh
193 books6,367 followersMary Jenkins was born in 1944 in Swansea, Wales, UK. After graduating from university, moved to Saskatchewan, Canada, to teach high school English, on a two-year teaching contract in 1967. She married her Canadian husband, Robert Balogh, and had three children, Jacqueline, Christopher and Sian. When she's not writing, she enjoys reading, music and knitting. She also enjoys watching tennis and curling.
Mary Balogh started writing in the evenings as a hobby. Her first book, a Regency love story, was published in 1985 as A Masked Deception under her married name. In 1988, she retired from teaching after 20 years to pursue her dream to write full-time. She has written more than seventy novels and almost thirty novellas since then, including the New York Times bestselling 'Slightly' sextet and 'Simply' quartet. She has won numerous awards, including Bestselling Historical of the Year from the Borders Group, and her novel Simply Magic was a finalist in the Quill Awards. She has won seven Waldenbooks Awards and two B. Dalton Awards for her bestselling novels, as well as a Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award.
Mary Balogh started writing in the evenings as a hobby. Her first book, a Regency love story, was published in 1985 as A Masked Deception under her married name. In 1988, she retired from teaching after 20 years to pursue her dream to write full-time. She has written more than seventy novels and almost thirty novellas since then, including the New York Times bestselling 'Slightly' sextet and 'Simply' quartet. She has won numerous awards, including Bestselling Historical of the Year from the Borders Group, and her novel Simply Magic was a finalist in the Quill Awards. She has won seven Waldenbooks Awards and two B. Dalton Awards for her bestselling novels, as well as a Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award.
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July 30, 2018
3 Estrellitas y porque solo he leído el relato de Mary Balogh. Me estoy estrenando con la lectura en inglés y estoy eligiendo pequeños relatos para coger soltura. Admito que al principio cuesta ponerse, pero una vez le coges el tranquillo te vas olvidando del diccionario porque lo que lees más o menos lo entiendes por contexto.
¿Y qué tenemos en éste relato de Mary Balogh? Se llama "The North Tower/La Torre Norte" y se nota que es un relato escrito para Halloween, histórico y con cierto toque paranormal, ambientado a finales de octubre y principios de noviembre.
Apenas tiene 70 páginas y nos cuenta la "aventura romántica" de Daphne Borland. Daphne es una chica de buena familia venida a menos que iba a emplearse como institutriz hasta que le llegó un golpe de suerte. Su abuelo que es un barón que acaba de fallecer, le ha legado el castillo de Roscoe y sus tierras, con la condición de que antes de las navidades despose a su vecino, el conde de Everett. Así lo acepta Daphne si con ello puede tener una nueva vida y propiedades, aunque estas sean de su esposo cuando se casen.
Una vez llega al castillo todo es nuevo y excitante, y por lo que dicen los sirvientes, está encantado. Habrán de pasar unos días hasta que Daphne conozca a su futuro esposo, y mientras tanto deambulará por el castillo conociendo todos sus recovecos y secretos, en especial la torre norte y lo que ocurrió en ella cien años atrás.
No voy a contar todo el misterio referente a lo que ocurrió en la torre y lo que significó para Daphne y su futuro, pues si escribo una sola palabra habré spoileado toda la historia. Aunque bonita y anecdótica, me ha sabido a poco, sobre todo el romance, que no me ha llenado tanto como debería, pues siento que no es el de los verdaderos protagonistas, pero aún así es un Mary Balogh y merece la pena, aunque haya tenido que leerlo en inglés.
¿Y qué tenemos en éste relato de Mary Balogh? Se llama "The North Tower/La Torre Norte" y se nota que es un relato escrito para Halloween, histórico y con cierto toque paranormal, ambientado a finales de octubre y principios de noviembre.
Apenas tiene 70 páginas y nos cuenta la "aventura romántica" de Daphne Borland. Daphne es una chica de buena familia venida a menos que iba a emplearse como institutriz hasta que le llegó un golpe de suerte. Su abuelo que es un barón que acaba de fallecer, le ha legado el castillo de Roscoe y sus tierras, con la condición de que antes de las navidades despose a su vecino, el conde de Everett. Así lo acepta Daphne si con ello puede tener una nueva vida y propiedades, aunque estas sean de su esposo cuando se casen.
Una vez llega al castillo todo es nuevo y excitante, y por lo que dicen los sirvientes, está encantado. Habrán de pasar unos días hasta que Daphne conozca a su futuro esposo, y mientras tanto deambulará por el castillo conociendo todos sus recovecos y secretos, en especial la torre norte y lo que ocurrió en ella cien años atrás.
No voy a contar todo el misterio referente a lo que ocurrió en la torre y lo que significó para Daphne y su futuro, pues si escribo una sola palabra habré spoileado toda la historia. Aunque bonita y anecdótica, me ha sabido a poco, sobre todo el romance, que no me ha llenado tanto como debería, pues siento que no es el de los verdaderos protagonistas, pero aún así es un Mary Balogh y merece la pena, aunque haya tenido que leerlo en inglés.
May 28, 2015
Mary Balogh - The North Tower page 7 - 75
Miss Daphne Borland inherits Roscoe Castle with the condition that she marries her neighbour the Earl of Everett in three months after inheriting . They have never met before ...
I loved this reincarnation story 5 stars
Maura Seger - Reflections page 76 - 143
Bram Hayes is invited by his aunt to a séance at her home . He thinks spiritualists are all thieves out to dupe the ignorant and gullible and wants to protect his aunt from that .Is Miss Nora Butler a fraud ?
Well written story 4 stars
Jo Beverley - The Demon's Bride page 144 - 230
Reverend Proudfoot and his daughter Rachel are new in the living of Walberton . The vicar studies superstitions,customs and beliefs and here he finds a local one called Dym's Night ,or Demon's Night .
The earl of Morden is attracted to Rachel and tries to seduce her from page 1 or in this case page 144 .When he realizes she is to be the "Bride" on Walpurgis night he only wants to protect her from the supernatural events that occur on that night because the "Bride" of hundred years past was killed .
Suspensive tale 4 stars
Anita Mills - The Haunting of Sarah Gordon page 231 - 300
Captain David Gordon was killed in action but his wife Sarah hears and even feels him . But that is not enough for she always wanted a child - his child .
What a heart wrenching story ! With a beautiful ending . 5 stars
Patricia Rice - Midnight Lovers page 301 - 364
Usa shortly after the civil war . Adrian Doncaster is invited in the home of his friend Emile in New Orleans where he meets Camille LeFebvre .
This story is full of warm nights with the distant thunder of drums from a voodoo ceremony , black magic and ghosts .
An atmospheric and sexual tensed story 4+ stars
Miss Daphne Borland inherits Roscoe Castle with the condition that she marries her neighbour the Earl of Everett in three months after inheriting . They have never met before ...
I loved this reincarnation story 5 stars
Maura Seger - Reflections page 76 - 143
Bram Hayes is invited by his aunt to a séance at her home . He thinks spiritualists are all thieves out to dupe the ignorant and gullible and wants to protect his aunt from that .Is Miss Nora Butler a fraud ?
Well written story 4 stars
Jo Beverley - The Demon's Bride page 144 - 230
Reverend Proudfoot and his daughter Rachel are new in the living of Walberton . The vicar studies superstitions,customs and beliefs and here he finds a local one called Dym's Night ,or Demon's Night .
The earl of Morden is attracted to Rachel and tries to seduce her from page 1 or in this case page 144 .When he realizes she is to be the "Bride" on Walpurgis night he only wants to protect her from the supernatural events that occur on that night because the "Bride" of hundred years past was killed .
Suspensive tale 4 stars
Anita Mills - The Haunting of Sarah Gordon page 231 - 300
Captain David Gordon was killed in action but his wife Sarah hears and even feels him . But that is not enough for she always wanted a child - his child .
What a heart wrenching story ! With a beautiful ending . 5 stars
Patricia Rice - Midnight Lovers page 301 - 364
Usa shortly after the civil war . Adrian Doncaster is invited in the home of his friend Emile in New Orleans where he meets Camille LeFebvre .
This story is full of warm nights with the distant thunder of drums from a voodoo ceremony , black magic and ghosts .
An atmospheric and sexual tensed story 4+ stars
August 12, 2019
Enchanting fantasy romance stories set in the past, the moon, moonlight as feature in each story, with steamy sex, but not extreme.
The writers, I've read & enjoyed the stories, romance books by the authors so I was glad I bought this 1993 paper back book collection of their stories.
The first story was my favorite of the stories in this collection.- "The North Tower" by Mary Balogh.
My least liked story was Jo Beverley's "The Demon's Bride." The hero behaved like a sex starved predator when he was alone with the heroine. Instead of the erratic appearances, slobbering, pawing at the heroine, suggestive talk, it would have more interesting, add to the mystery if he had been "reserved," stared at her, acted a bit "gloomy." But Jo Beverly's romances can be unusual, different, not to every one's romance tastes in reading.
I'm keeping this collection of stories to re-read when I'm in the mood for ghosts, spirits, dark nites & moonlight.
The writers, I've read & enjoyed the stories, romance books by the authors so I was glad I bought this 1993 paper back book collection of their stories.
The first story was my favorite of the stories in this collection.- "The North Tower" by Mary Balogh.
My least liked story was Jo Beverley's "The Demon's Bride." The hero behaved like a sex starved predator when he was alone with the heroine. Instead of the erratic appearances, slobbering, pawing at the heroine, suggestive talk, it would have more interesting, add to the mystery if he had been "reserved," stared at her, acted a bit "gloomy." But Jo Beverly's romances can be unusual, different, not to every one's romance tastes in reading.
I'm keeping this collection of stories to re-read when I'm in the mood for ghosts, spirits, dark nites & moonlight.
reprint
April 12, 2020Balogh The North Tower available in rereleased ebook No Ordinary Love, which I own
contains:
Mary Balogh - The North Tower page 7 - 75
Maura Seger - Reflections page 76 - 143
Jo Beverley - The Demon's Bride page 144 - 230
Anita Mills - The Haunting of Sarah Gordon page 231 - 300
Patricia Rice - Midnight Lovers page 301 - 364
contains:
Mary Balogh - The North Tower page 7 - 75
Maura Seger - Reflections page 76 - 143
Jo Beverley - The Demon's Bride page 144 - 230
Anita Mills - The Haunting of Sarah Gordon page 231 - 300
Patricia Rice - Midnight Lovers page 301 - 364
October 2, 2019
Sometimes it is interesting reading books written almostv20 years ago. I am not usually a fan of ghost stories, but I found this book of short stories and figured I could read one and not have to finish a whole book before I went to bed. And after reading this book, I am still not a fan of ghost stories.
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