The Captive Heart by Bertrice Small
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- Pub. Date: October 2008
- 416pp
- Sales Rank: 19,917
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: October 2008
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
- Format: Paperback, 416pp
- Sales Rank: 19,917
- Series: Border Chronicles Series
- ISBN-13: 9780451225023
- ISBN: 0451225023
Synopsis
In 1461, Alix Givet, the daughter of Queen Margaret's physician, is forced into a loveless marriage with a Northumbrian baron's cruel son. When he unexpectedly dies, she flees over the border into Scotland, and into the mercy of a brooding laird. If she can warm his cold heart, it might provide the everlasting love of her dreams...
Publishers Weekly
Predictability, contrivance and flat dialogue abound in this historical romance by acclaimed author Small. In 1461 war-torn England, Alix Givet is forced to marry a baron's cruel son in order to find refuge for her dying father. When her husband commits suicide, Alix's relief soon turns to horror as her father-in-law announces that he intends to marry her. On foot, Alix runs across the border to Scotland, where she's rescued from a wintry storm by Malcolm Scott, a gruff laird who vowed never to marry again after his first wife betrayed him. A few graphic sex scenes later, the two have fallen in love and married; the rest of the novel they spend dealing with the English baron-cum-raving madman who is convinced that Alix is rightfully his. Two-dimensional characters-either without flaw or completely unredeemable-and hastily dispatched political/historical background sink the story, but Small's included enough steamy scenes that fans should find what they're looking for. (Oct.)
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Bertrice Small is a New York Times bestselling author and the recipient of numerous awards.
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Another Small? bookby CheliD
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August 30, 2009: Alix Givet is the daughter of Queen Margaret's physician and as they are fleeing the Yorkists, the band of refugees seek shelter with Sir Udolf Watteson. Her father, ill, can go no farther, so a bargain is made where Alix will marry his son Hayle and the two will remain. However, Hayle doesn't want a bride, he only wants his mistress, so he mistreats Alix for the entire time that they are wed. Her father agonizes over her situation but dies before she is freed when Hayle's mistress dies and he kills himself, Alix is forced to flee when her father-in-law decides that he will marry her because he now needs an heir.
Setting off on foot by herself, Alix crosses the border to Scotland where she is found near dead and taken to the keep of a brooding border lord. The Love story that follows twists and turns to an unusual ending.This was not one of Bertrice Small's better books. I saw a re-write of Skye O'Malley at the beginning and some of her other themes in the middle. The writing was a bit staid in this one, and the characters were not as well defined as normal. Usually, Small gets 4 stars from me, but this one is only a 3.Not her best work...by ShadowLilo
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March 04, 2009: I liked the characters in the book. Especially the hero, but there still seemed to be something lacking. It also seemed to be on repeat most of the time. Dealing with the same problem over and over again. It got a little old. I also didn't like the ending it was very abrupt and tragic. I didn't see why it had to end as tragically as it did. I have read better by this author. It wasn't the worst book I have read, but I wont be putting it into my permanent library. GREAT Book cover though!
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