Devil's Embrace by Catherine Coulter
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(Paperback - Reissue)
- Pub. Date: May 2000
- 416pp
- Sales Rank: 68,749
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: May 2000
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
- Format: Paperback, 416pp
- Sales Rank: 68,749
- Series: Devil's Duology Series
- ISBN-13: 9780451200266
- ISBN: 0451200268
- Edition Description: Reissue
Synopsis
the #1 New York Times bestselling author's first historical romance.
Kidnapped and taken to the beautiful city of Genoa, Cassie Brougham finds love in the arms of her captor, while she is betrothed to another man.
Biography
Catherine Coulter is the author of numerous historical romances, including the Bride series, and contemporary romantic thrillers, including the popular FBI series.
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Great bookby LadyHawkeAT
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February 09, 2009:
****CAUTION - PLOT SPOILERS***
In the time period portrayed, it was customary for marriages to be ?arranged? for financial/status advantage. If a nobleman was interested in a girl from a particular family (for whatever reason), he could, in effect, ?purchase? her through such arrangement. The fact that the Earl of Clare saw to Cassandra?s proper education from an early age reveals he always felt he was entitled to her affections. Not sure why he did not attempt an arranged marriage through her father or brother earlier on. Perhaps he was genuinely hoping he would secure her love otherwise.
Realizing there is a ?monkey wrench? thrown on his plans by the girl?s infatuation with Edward Lyndhurst, he does the only thing he can think of in order to keep her: he kidnaps her. Follows the oh so controversial rape scene. Remember the notion of entitlement. He has every intention of marrying her. In his mind and heart he already considers her to be his wife. After all, in the previously mentioned arranged marriage situation, how often do you think the wife had the right to protest the whole thing or deny her husband the ?marital due? on their wedding night? Whether a woman liked it or not, she was ?property?. Does the fact that Cassandra is taken against her will constitute rape? Yes, even by Ms. Coulter?s admission (that is after all the word she uses). But that simply is the way it was done.
From then on the book goes on to shown that Anthony deeply loves her. A lot of ranting and raving about the fact he flogs her, but she also shot at him, which, in my mind, evens the score. They have to learn to forgive each other. He ends up saving her from a fate worse than death and she ends up learning to love him (call it Stockholm Syndrome or whatever you want to call it). I must admit Cassandra?s fickleness when she runs back to the ever-so-shallow-and-insip-however-honorable Edward earned her a thumbs-down as a character IMHO. I do believe, however, it serves to give the reader closure in regards to their relationships and solidifies the depth of Cassandra?s love when she finally realizes how much she really loves and misses Anthony and that Edward is better off with Jenny after all.
In final retrospect, five stars for how masterfully crafted and entertaining this book is. Minus one star for the violence of the gang-rape scene (although some readers considered it necessary to the plot).
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July 02, 2008: OK so you've read the other reviews. You've heard about the rape. And yes I will say this book DOES have some distrubing content, BUT it also does have an amazing story. The point of the violence against Cassie shows that the leading man can love her so deeply that NOTHING can change how he feels about her and that in loving her so much he can help her recover from the tragedy she had faced. AS far as the age difference -keep in mind we are talking about historical romance and it is accurate for the time. 18 was an age when most women married and YES they did marry men much older then themselves. I read this book in my early 20's when I was just getting into romance. Now in my mid-30's it's still one of those great books you keep in the closet and re-read when there is nothing at the bookshop but the same old boring romance plot Boy meets girl - boy rescues girl - challenges keep them apart only to re-unite them just before the last page. This book has grit and depth of emotion, but if you like your novel sweet and superficial - you wont like this book. For the rest of us - it's a keeper!
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