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Title: A Kiss to Remember
ISBN: 0553581856
Author:
Teresa Medeiros
Publicate Date: 2002-04
Publish: 2002-04
List Price: $7.50
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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1: Could have been better
I thought this book was an OK read. I had some real problems with it though. Like many of the other reviewers here I found myself not liking the heroine at all. Though the author spends a lot of time trying to make the reader understand the heroine's motives, and the fact that she felt guilt over her actions, it simply wasn't enough to make me come away liking her. The heroine went to far in not only manipulating a person who lost their memory into marrying her, but trying to shape their personality to the extent she did was unjustifiable.
Also, the two main characters did not spend enough time together, or have enough interaction to make me believe he fell in love with her enough to forgive all her many, many sins.
Finally, the brother and sister trying to kill him! Please, if I had been the hero I would have run away and never looked back. I am glad I read Lottie's story out of order first because I would have never given her a second chance.
This story had so much potential. Perhaps if they had took better care of the hero and made him care for them, find out their predicament and chose to help them, only later to find out he was the source of their problems to begin with. Now that would have been a really good read. I just didn't see any reason for the hero to fall in love with the heroine.
I understand the author had the heroine commit some of her sins to create some funny scenarios, but it still made the heroine lose some of her likeability. There were some funny scenes, and overall it made for a nice beach read, despite some of the flaws, so I gave it three stars. It just had so much potential to be better.
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2: Superb storyteller.
I very much enjoyed this book. The characters are lively - as often happens with her books - the story develops beautifully, and it really meakes you "dream" you were fortunate enough to be "inside" one of her stories. Really enjoyed it. Makes you forget about the entangled day to day life .......
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3: Very Good, Recommended Reading
This is the first book I have read from this author. I really enjoyed it. The story was creative, and interesting. There was some humor in the book and I liked the characters.
Defintely worth reading.
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4: Fast paced and entertaining
I think one of the worse horrors, as a child, is being ripped from your parents' arms and made to live with a physically abusive tyrant who beats you daily. What makes the pain most acute is the gradual loss of hope that your parents will somehow, someway, rescue you from the clutches of your captor.
This was the hellish childhood Sterling Harlow, seventh duke of Devonbrooke, had to endure. His father, broke and deeply in debt from gambling, literally sold his own son to his uncle, the sixth duke of Devonbrooke. His uncle didn't have an heir so Sterling was it.
Sterling grows up to be a hard, bitter, and unforgiving man. His mother writes to him faithfully for six years but he never responds. When he finds out of her death, he writes to his mother's ward that he plans to take over the manor and will, immediately upon his arrival, kick all of them out the house.
Laura Fairleigh, his mothers' ward, is at first enraged by Sterling's letter but then she becomes desperate. There is a provision in Sterling's mother's will that the manor will go to Laura if she marries before the age of twenty-one and her birthday is only three weeks away.
Instead of waiting a month, Sterling decides to visit the manor right away. When he's within minutes of arriving at the manor, Sterling has an accident that robs him of his memory. Laura finds him and takes him home. But while she's caring for Sterling, a plan begins to unfold in her mind; a plan to fool the stranger in her house into believing that he is her betrothed and that their wedding is within three weeks.
The highlight of this tale is Laura's younger siblings: Lottie and George. Lottie is a firebrand in love with gothic tales. She experiments with ways in which to kill Sterling before he marries Laura and has countless kittens that follow her around. George is the perfect balance for Lottie. He's always there to aid her or help get her out of scrapes.
This was a fun read. It was fast-paced and interesting enough to hold your attention. The attraction between Laura and Sterling seemed a bit contrived and shallow. Teresa Medeiros is a first-rate writer and I think her prose is what saves this rather weak storyline from mediocrity.
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5: This Book Deserves 10 stars!
'A Kiss to Remember' by Teresa Medeiros is one of the best romance books I've ever read. It tells the story of Laura, a country girl who needs to marry before her 21st birthday if she wants to keep her younger siblings and the house they are staying in before the devil himself Sterling Harlow of Devonbrooke can take it away from them. But everything gets turned upside down when she comes across an unconcious (not to mention gorgeous) man in the woods. Since he has no memory of who he is, Laura decides to play a game and announces him to everyone as her betrothed. She does not realize that the man she falls in love with is the rake-hell himself Sterling Harlow. I wish I could tell more of what happens but that would ruin the story.
The characters in this book are wonderfully written. The book is very funny, ecspecially when it comes to Lauras younger sister. For people out there who also like to read about that three letter word that we all enjoy, most romance book have maybe 1-2 good love scenes, this book has not 2, not 3, but 4! juicy love scenes. What I also love about this book is that is has an epilogue. Since this book was one of the best, if not the best romance book I've read (and trust me, I've read alot) I loved it so much that I was still thinking about it weeks later, it's that good. So anyone who enjoys a superb historical romance book, I highly recommend 'A Kiss to Remember.' Trust me, it's worth it!
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