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| Release Date | 2009-06-28 |
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| In the first of a dazzling series, Mary Jo Putney introduces the Lost Lords-maverick childhood friends together with a flair for defying convention. Every is concerning to discover the woman who is his ideal match-but perfection doesn't come effortlessly, even for the noble Duke of Ashton. . . Battered by the sea, Adam remembers nothing of his past, his ducal rank, nor of the shipwreck this nearly claimed his life. However, he's delighted to listen to this the golden-haired vision tending his wounds is his wife. Mariah's name and face may not be familiar, but her touch, her warmth, feel deliciously right. . . When Mariah Clarke prayed for a way to deter a bullying suitor, she didn't imagine she'd locate the answer washed ashore on a desolate beach. Convincing Adam this he is her husband is surprisingly simple. Resisting the temptation to act his wife, in each way, will prove anything but. And now a passion begun in fantasy has become dangerously real-and fully irresistible. . . "Intoxicating, romantic and utterly ravishing..."-Eloisa James Mary Jo Putney has made all of the national bestseller lists counting the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly. Five of her books have been named among the year's top five romances by The Library Journal, and three extra made Booklist Top Ten Romance lists. A ten-time finalist for the Romance Writers of America RITA, she has won the honor twice and is on the RWA Honor Roll for bestselling authors. She has been awarded two Romantic Times Career Achievement Awards, four NJRW Golden Leaf awards, in addition the NJRW career achievement prize for historical romance. Though much of her books have been historical, she has in addition published three contemporary romances. |
Customer Reviews |
 SPOILER ALERT... RIDICULOUS!! 2010-07-26 |
| By Terry W. Moore |
I started reading this book and it seemed like it was going to be really good. But, NO, it had to be totally ridiculous. First off, the cover of the book is all wrong. The main female character, Miriah, has blond hair not brown. If you don't want a spoiler, stop reading. This book had more resurections then we will see before the biblical rapture. Almost everybody that dies in this book mysteriously comes back to life. To start with, the main male character, The Duke of Ashton, Adam/Ash, is suppose to have died in a steamboat explosion. But he washes ashore on the main female character, Mariah's beach. Which that is all fine and good because that is what the basis for the storyline. Mariah's father is murdered while he is away on a trip to London. Later in the story, she finds out that he is alive and well and staying in London with her mother. And guess what, her mother was also suppose to have died when Mariah was only two years old. There's more, she finds out that not only is her father and mother alive and well, but she also has a twin sister that she never knew about. In the meantime, the main male character, Adam/Ash, has found out that his mother, who was also suppose to have died when he was a young child, also lives. Not only does his mother live, but he has younger sister. And his mother has remarried his dead (who died & stayed dead), father's best friend. And lucky him, he also has two step siblings. Now Mariah also has a friend, Julia, from her life at her manor. The story eludes to Julia being part of the high society circles in London and then she had ran away to this small town near Ireland to hide from this elusive past. But Mariah talks her friend into going back to London with her. Another resurection mystery, while out shopping they stop in a tea room and two women seem to recognize Julia and start whispering "isn't that?" and "I thought she was dead" ect. Which by the way never was explained. In the meantime back at the bat cave....A mysterious assasin is popping in and out of the story trying to kill Adam/Ash. He has loyal friends working behind the scenes to hunt down this would be assasin. They have discovered that the killer is a sailor who also was suppose to be dead. The story finally comes to a climatic end when the Duke, Adam/Ash decides that he wants to have a dinner party to have all the involved family get together to meet each other and celebrate all their resurected lives....And of course the would be assasin shows up to make his kill in front of a room full of witnesses, because that is what all the smart assasins do. What could go wrong?.., he has been discovered, so he grabs Mariah and puts a knife to her throat and threatens to kill her. He cuts her throat, but not enough to kill her and Adam/Ash saves the day by shooting the would be assasin in the head with a gun he had hidden in his coat. They all find out that the person behind the murder plot is none other than Adam/Ash's Aunt who raised him as her own son but secretly despised him for his inheritance to be Duke, over her own son. But, the party must go on. Mariah excusses herself like a proper lady and retires to her room for the night. Her best friend Julia walks her back to her room but returns to finish the dinner party because everybody still has to eat right? What could be more appetizing then having the host blow someone's head apart and having his lover's throat cut. At least they cover the murderer's body up. So all is well in LA LA LAND. Mariah's new found family, Adam's New found family and his loyal friends all live happily ever after.
Why did I contiue to read? You ask? Well it's like looking at a terrible accident. You know you shouldn't look but you do anyway because that is just our nature. We know how bad it's going to be but we just can't help ourselves. What can I say? I hoped it would get better but alas it didn't. :( |
| Mildly implausible storyline 2010-07-19 |
| By Tamilore (London, United Kingdom) |
I have never been a fan of books with amnesia as a plotline and Loving a Lost Lord does nothing to recommend this strategy. The book's main fault lies in the implausibility of the plot. Too many things occur that do not resonate with the norms and mores of the period in which the novel is based. Mariah's characterisation in particular is most odd and inconsistent with a woman of that time and in that 'class' (though her 'class' is a problem in itself as you will see in the book).
The plot includes an immense cast of characters, most of who are introduced at the end of the book in a harum scarum and confusing manner. One is left with the impression that this first novel in the 'Lost Lords' books was a mere stage to introduce a host of characters that seem 'interesting' enough to warrant their own stories. I would have much preferred a more consistent development of the Mariah character and less gaps and inconsistencies in the plotting.
Putney's writing style has always appealed to me and I acknowledge that there are severally charmingly written and descriptive scenes in the novel that I enjoyed immensely and this is why I have given the rating of 3 stars. I know that all the preamble has been dealt with we can have the more focused and evocative writing that I have come to enjoy in Putney's novels.
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| I am on the fence - it was OK but not sure I would pay full price... 2010-06-29 |
| By cb (Minot, ND) |
I love historical romances and this one OK but I am not sure I would have finished if I hadn't been on remote vacation spot...
Adam is a duke but after being in a accident at sea he has Amnesia. Mariah father is recently dead and is being bullied by a suitor so she jumps at the chance to pretend Adam is her husband. The story is sweet but the conflict that I like in my historical romances was not jumping off the pages.
Here are a few of my recent favorite from this genre that you might add to reading stack; Sex and the Single Earl, Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake and Destined to Last. |
 Little Miss HR 2010-06-19 |
| By cloey (RI) |
| I really liked this book I thougth it was a good read. I think every family being happy was a wee bit much. |
| Let's hope this series gets better.... 2010-06-19 |
| By C. Hubbard |
| I've read a lot of MJPs books so maybe I set the standard too high. I am okay with suspending reality when reading a romance - that's kind of the point. But this was absurd. The characters were wooden, and I really didn't care too much one way or the other what happened to them. The end is what did me in. This book only got three stars because of the author. |
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