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Pleasures Of A Notorious Gentleman - Kenangan Yang Hilang (2012)

by Lorraine Heath(Favorite Author)

3.88 of 5 Votes: 1

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English

genre

Romance

publisher

Dastan Books

series

London's Greatest Lovers

review 1: Bintang 4.Buku ke2 seri London's Greatest LoversDuchess of Ainsley: "Terkadang kita harus menyimpan rahasia untuk melindungi orang orang yg kita cintai".Bagi Mercy, cinta adalah pengabdian dan penghargaan terima kasih.Sebelum bertemu Stephen Lyons, Mercy Dawson hanya mengenal cinta kasih terhadap sesama melalui pengabdiannya sebagai perawat yg merawat dan memberikan secercah kebahagiaan bagi tentara tentara yg terluka dan sekarat di rumah sakit korban perang. Diselamatkan Stephen dari aksi perkosaan di kamp rumah sakit darurat Scutary, Mercy menyimpan cinta dan rasa terima kasih pada Stephen dengan cara melindungi dan merawat John, anak lelaki Stephen yg ditinggal ibu kandungnya.Mengetahui Stephen telah gugur dimedan perang, tanpa membuka rahasia bahwa dirinya bukanlah ibu... more yg telah melahirkan John, Mercy meyakinkan keluarga Stephen bahwa John adalah anak Stephen. Mercy ingin mengembalikan John pada keluarganya tapi Mercy tak ingin kehilangan John shingga Mercy menutupi kenyataan bahwa dirinya bukanlah ibu kandung John. Stephen yg tenyata masih hidup tapi kehilangan ingatannya selama 2tahun terakhir semasa karier keprajuritannya dimedan perang akhirnya menikahi Mercy yg menarik hatinya. Walau memiliki keterbatasan dalam ingatan, hubungan Stephen dan Mercy bukanlah lagi suatu kewajiban dan keharusan bagi Stephen. Stephen yg playboy sejati akhirnya takluk pada Mercy yg dicintainya.Namun bagai ular di taman Firdaus, Fancy, Ibu kandung John muncul saat Stephen mendapat gelar kehormatan kebangsawanan karena jasanya dimedan perang. Fancy yg materialistis yg mengincar kedudukan Mercy memanfaatkan situasi untuk mengambil keuntungan sehingga Stephen mengetahui rahasia yg selama ini ditutupi Mercy. Stephen mengusir Mercy dari kehidupannya dan John. Stephen yg angkuh termakan kisah licik Fancy, padahal banyak orang disekitarnya meyakinkan dirinya bahwa Mercy adalah ibu sejati John. Malah tingkah laku John sendiri menunjukkan kebutuhannya akan kehadiran Mercy sebagai ibunya. Nasehat sang ibunda pun tak dihiraukan Stephen sehingga sang ibupun membuka rahasia kelahiran diri Stephen yg disimpan ibunya selama ini agar tidak menyakiti hati banyak orang disekitarnya.Pertemuan yg diatur Ransom, adiknya antara Stephen dengan mantan prajurit seperjuangan yg banyak menceritakan saat saat mereka di Scutary, karakter Mercy yg bak malaikat ditengah tengah kengerian dan membawa sedikit kebahagiaan, saat kekejian yg dialami Mercy serta bagaimana Mercy dapat bangkit kembali setelah mengalami perkosaan dan diselamatkan Stephen, dan karakter Fancy yg egois dan bertolak belakang dengan Mercy, membuka mata Stephen. Betapa sakit hati Stephen saat menyadari betapa Mercy yg dicintainya telah tersakiti sedemikian rupa karena rasa tidak percaya Stephen pada Mercy. Setelah membereskan Fancy, Stephen akhirnya menemui Mercy, meminta pengampunan dan menjemput Mercy kembali kerumah untuk menciptakan kenangan yg membahagiakan Stephen, Mercy dan juga John.
review 2: Surprisingly this was my favourite book of this trilogy. I don't usually go for situations where misunderstandings are bound to happen, as is the case in this story, because I keep reading with a knot on my stomach thinking that when the truth is revealed all hell will break loose. I'm also not a fan of the amnesia plot but, at least to me, Heath made it work. I really liked Mercy and Stephen. Stephen is now a very different man from the one we met in the previous book and Mercy is a sensible young woman who fell under Stephen's spell when she first met him and then, in extraordinaty circumstances, fell in love with his baby son and did her best to protect him and stay close to him.I loved that these characters actually had bigger worries than their social life / love life or whatever. The Crimean war is referred to extensively. Not only the horrors of battle but also the conditions in which the wounded were cared for and the work done by Florence Nightingale and her nurses. What they saw and suffered there shapes Stephen and Mercy's actions and feelings.I liked how they got to know each other and then fell in love. How they understood each other due to their shared past. Everything was going so well for them when Mercy's secret is revealed and naturally, all hell breaks loose. Although I think she should have told Stephen earlier about her secret I also think that she reacted with courage and fortitude to his rejection. They definitely needed to discuss what had happened and why she had done it and I'm happy that Ainsley was there to see the truth that Stephen seemed unable to. There was quite a bit of angst and that is always a favourite with me.As a whole I think this was an entertaining trilogy. I liked this one better than the other two books but they were all easy and fast reads. I think I will be paying more attention next time a Heath book comes my way.Grade 4/5 less

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perang telah mengubah Stephen Lyons dari pria flamboyan dan suka main wanita menjadi pria yg sinis dan dinginapalagi ingatan Stephen ttg 2 tahun di peperangan hilang semuamungkin dirinya akan bahagia dg tidak mengingat masa kelam di peperanganitu tidak terjadi. alih-alih Stephen menjadi orang yg asing bagi dirinyaapalagi muncul Mercy, seorang mantan perawat perang yg membawa anak StephenBagi Stephen, kedatangan Mercy membawa keburukan dan kebaikankeburukan krn rasa frustasi untuk ingatannya yg hilang tambah besarkebaikan krn Stephen melihat Mercy sebagai wanita yg kuat, mandiri dan sosok ibu yg ideal bagi anaknyadi saat Stephen mulai menyukai Mercy, terkuaklah rahasia Mercy plus peranan mantan wanita simpanan Stephenkomen:#lebih suka karakter Stephen di sini dibanding Morgan (seri pertama)#kesal ngeliat sikap Mercy, apapun dia lakukan supaya tidak kehilangan anak dan Stephen. tapi ngerti alasan dia melakukannya#agak bingung dg hubungan keluarga Stephen, di mana Morgan-Stephen-Ainsley saudara kandung beda ayah. wah....ibunya menganut poliandri ^-^ . untungnya hubungan saudara ini lancar2 saja#penasaran gmn cerita Ainsley

rowanne

Overall, I think I enjoyed this book more than Passions of Wicked Earl. It moved along at a faster clip. I was happy to read the Duke of Ainsley provided for Stephen, and wondered how someone 23 years old could be so wise and mature. He is so intriguing I can't wait to read his story, which I have before me waiting to read. I hate it when there are strong heroines like Mercy who suddenly become weak and scared, as was the case when the babes real mother is introduced. It seems out of character. Nevertheless Stephen redeams himself; gains a purpose in life by the end, and it was a satisfying read.

nene

Not my favorite by this author.

Ina

Good Book

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