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The Truth About Love (Cynster Novels)
Product: The Truth About Love (Cynster Novels)
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List Price: $7.50
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Manufacturer: Avon
Book written by: Stephanie Laurens
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Product Description: The Truth About Love (Cynster Novels)
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.92
EAN: 9780060505769
ISBN: 0060505761
Label: Avon
Manufacturer: Avon
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 448
Publication Date: 2006-02-01
Publisher: Avon
Release Date: 2006-01-31
Studio: Avon
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Editorial Reviews about The Truth About Love (Cynster Novels):
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Bold, passionate and possessive, the Cynster men let nothing stand in their way when it comes to claiming the women of their hearts. Gerrard Debbington, Vane Cynster's brother-in-law, is one of London's most eligible gentlemen. Uninterested in marriage, his driving passion is to paint the fabled gardens of Lord Tregonning's Hellebore Hall -- an opportunity that is now at hand...if Gerrard agrees to create an honest portrait of Tregonning's daughter as well. Gerrard chafes at wasting his talents on some simpering miss, only to discover that Jacqueline Tregonning stirs him as no other. Certainly, she is beautiful, but it is her passionate nature that strikes sparks with Gerrard's own, igniting desire and sweeping them into each other's arms, convincing Gerrard that he has found his ideal soul mate -- the lady he must have as his wife. But something is horribly wrong at Hellebore Hall. Evil and lies are reaching out to ensnare Jacqueline -- and Gerrard will have to move Heaven and Earth to protect the remarkable woman who, for him, personifies the truth about love...
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Spotlight customer reviews about The Truth About Love (Cynster Novels):
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Get a thesaurus!
Comment: Horrible, horrible. This turned out to be a poorly-written, sloppy, trashy 5-cent romance novel. The author loves the words "glory" (which she tosses in enough times to rob the word of any meaning) and "evocative" (which she manages to use about 5 times in 2 pages). Ugh, get a thesaurus already! So, the plot: a famous painter, Gerrard, is to paint a 23-year-old woman, Jacqueline, and, by way of the painting, prove that she is innocent of both her mother's and her fiancé's murders. Ridiculous. Of course, said girl and guy fall hopelessly in love within days, and the painter knows she is "the one," and vice versa. Everyone thinks she's guilty, even her dad! Oh, also, the painter and his friend work with the lady and her aunt to conduct a whisper campaign, persuading the public to change their minds about her guilt in the murders. It's so silly. They show up at a bunch of balls and afternoon teas, and say, "No, it wasn't J. We've concluded it was someone who was in love with J!" like they're just dishing about the latest in Paris fashions. So weird. And, if we're supposed to believe that this is set in the 1800's, then, why is this unmarried lady allowed in the painter's presence alone, why are they allowed to wander through the gardens for hours on end, unsupervised, and how does she make so many midnight visits to the painter's bedchamber without being reported to her father by servants?? It's too unbelievable. Don't go here. Incredibly lame.
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Summary: Surprisingly UNLIKE Laurens Other Novels--A Definite Keeper
Comment: I have to say--having read everything by Laurens so far, and at times getting a bit bored with the repeat plot-lines--this was a breath of fresh air. I was expecting the same story, different verse, but this story was much more. The mystery was truly and FINALLY engaging! I was debating up until the last few pages as to WHO the villian(s) could be and when the mystery was solved, I was blown away! The hero's artistic side also shown through in the way he viewed the heroine. Most of all, I loved the fact that in this story neither party was pretending that they DID NOT want a relationship. So many of Laurens stories revolve around one or both lead characters fighting to NOT get involved, whereas this story was all about love and passion between two people who had real chemistry and were not afraid to show it. A definite keeper!!!
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Summary: Deeper than the ones before
Comment: I have read several of the classic Cynster novels, but The Truth About Love is one of my favorites by Laurens. The chemistry between Michael and Jacqueline is amazing; you can feel it leaping off the pages. The characters read each other so well, and they don't need words to express anything.
This book is all about feelings and their struggles with the concept of love. I fell deeply in love with both of these characters and this book.
Laurens is an exceptional writer, and this novel portrays that.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Only Two Stars
Comment: I usually adore the Cynster novels by Stephanie Laurens and buy them as soon as they are released. This one I really could have done without reading. What is really strange is I am not sure why. The story sounds interesting, but it really wasn't. The plot dragged on and was unrealistic. I did not like the characters and could not even finish the book. I have never read a book this bad by Stephanie Laurens before. I'm only giving it two stars because occasionally there was a few funny sentences in the sections that I did read.
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Summary: Soulful "artiste" reveals innocence via painting (oh please, spare me!)
Comment: I am a big Stephanie Laurens' fan, but this book is not up to par. The premise is ridiculous, the hero paints a portrait of the heroine to reveal her innocence in the death of her mother and fiance. Um, yeah right. And the soulful artiste thing was just irritating, I was rolling my eyes throughout the book.
I like Laurens' work for the most part, but why does every single book have the same hero (practically) and he seduces the female before thinking about asking her to marry, and she is always a virgin (even when she is a widow!) or was deflowered ages ago by the same hero. And they never seem to worry about getting pregnant. I am pretty suprised that the female never holds out for marriage before giving it up.
But I did love the cover art, it's the best thing about this particular Cynster novel.
ADDENDUM: I just finished Mary Jo Putney's 'River of Fire' which was also about artists, and it was so much better than 'The Truth About Love'. The story had much more depth and I found it more satisfying, and the portrayal of the artists and the artistic process was much more believeable. Get 'River of Fire' instead of 'The Truth About Love'.
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